Study DeJong-Gierveld (1969): study NL 1965
- Public
- 30-55 aged, general public, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1965
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 600
- Non Response
- 31%;
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview and low structured questionnaire at home.
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Number of intimates,friends and aquaintances
- Our Classification
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- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- 3-item index of closed questions on number of people one can talk with about personal things, number of people one cares about, and number of acquaintances.
Observed Relation with Happiness
Married males : r = +.12 (ns)
Never married females: r = +.21 (ns)
Married females : r = +.17 (01)