Study Sikkel (1981): study NL 1977
- Public
- 15+ aged, general public, The Netherlands, 1977
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 3900
- Non Response
- ?
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Happiness (affective dimension)
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Happiness measure type O-HP Happy (5): 29% ; Not happy (4+3+2+1): 66%
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Selfreport on single question
To what extend do you consider yourself a happy person....?
5 very happy
4 happy
3 neither happy nor unhappy
2 not very happy
1 unhappy
Observed Relation with Happiness
Happy/dissatisfied combination not more frequent among young well-educated, and unhappy/satisfied not more frequent among elderly low educated
Dissociation (either happy/dissatisfied or unhappy/satisfied) most frequent among the educated