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

Public

18+ aged, general public, Netherlands, 2012

Survey name

NL-LISS 2012

Sample

Respondents

N = 5556

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Life satisfaction on different scale types

Our Classification

Operationalization

Answers to same question on life satisfaction scored on different response scales:  
To what extend do you consider yourself to lead a satisfied live?
A: 10 step numerical scale
     1: completely dissatisfied
        :
   10: completely satisfied
B: 11 step numerical scale
       0: completely dissatisfied
         :
      10: completely satisfied
C: 11 step numerical scale with midpoint
        0: completely dissatisfied
          :
        5: neither dissatisfied or satisfied
          :
     10: completely satisfied

Observed Relation with Happiness