Study Verkleij & Stolk (1989): study MZ 1983

Public

30-50 aged, in working force, followed 1 year, urban areas, Netherlands, 1983-84

Sample

Respondents

N = 1100

Non Response

T1-T2 attrition: 27%

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
T1: interview, T2: mailed questionaire

Correlate

Authors's Label

Belonging/loneliness

Our Classification

Operationalization

a Feeling of social belonging

b Feeling of loneliness
  (11 item index DeJong, Gierveld &      Kamphuis 1985)

Observed Relation with Happiness