Study Arampatzi et al. (2018): study NL 2012
- Public:
- 15-44 aged, internet users, The Netherlands, 2012-2013
- Survey name:
- NL-LISS 2012-2013
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 1944
- Non Response:
- Assessment:
- Questionnaire: web
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Contact with friends
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Single question:
"How often do you do the following: Spend an evening with friends?"
7 Almost every day
6 Once or twice a week
5 A few times per month
4 About once per month
3 A number of times per year
2 About once per year
1 Never
Observed Relation with Happiness
Frequency of social media use/week
<10 hrs >10 hrs DM
Few contacts 7.05 7.18 -.13
Many contacts 7.23 7.38 -.15
- difference +.18 +.20
- time spent on social network sites
- time spent on internet (other)
- time spent on online games
- trust in people
- gender
- age
- employment status
- marital status
- education
- year dummies
Propensity score matching produces similar results
- infrequent contact with family
- satisfaction with social contacts
- social loneliness