Study VanBeuningen et al. (2014): study NL 2012 /2

Public

18+ aged, general public, Netherlands, 2012

Survey name

NL-SocialCohesionSurvey2012

Sample

Respondents

N = 7641

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Response scale: life satisfaction

Our Classification

Remarks

Samples A and B obtained by splitt-half and hence otherwise identical.

Operationalization

Answers to same question on live satisfaction:
To what extend do you consider yourself a satisfied  person?

Answers rated in 2 sub-samples on different response scales:

Sample A: 5-step verbal response scale
    -  exceptionally satisfied
    -  very satisfied
    -  satisfied
    -  fairly satisfied
    -  not that satisfied
Sample B: 11 step numerical scale
    10  completely satisfied
     :
    0   completely dissatisfied

Observed Relation with Happiness