Study Ormel (1980): study NL 1970

Public

15-60 aged, general public, followed 12 month, The Netherlands, 1967-77

Sample

Respondents

N = 296

Non Response

18%

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview

Correlate

Authors's Label

Change in burdens in the last year (lowering)

Our Classification

Error Estimates

Reliability between experts: _=.93.

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Objectieve rating by a panel of experts on the basis of:
a Report of life events in the last  year (T2-T3).
b life situation and life history of   the Ss.

Assessed at T3 (1977).

Typical events considered by the judges:
1. Change of role like marriage,
   promotion in job or retirement.
2. Change in health.
3. Change in contacts with important
   others or change in place of living.
4. Crisis events like loss of property
   or contact with police.
5. Important news about events that   
   have happened or are about to  
   happen.
6. Important decisions about job,  
   marriage, health or place of living.
7. Events that are predominantly
   financial, like concluding a
   mortgage or gaining a large sum in a
   lottery.
8. Other positive events.

Observed Relation with Happiness