Study Boelhouwer (2014): study NL 2002

Public

12+ aged, general public, Netherlands, 2002

Survey name

NL-POLS 2002

Sample

Probability multi-stage random

Respondents

N = 1000

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:

Self report on single question

To what extent do you consider yourself a happy person....?
5  very happy
4  happy
3  neither happy nor unhappy
2  not very happy
1  unhappy

Classification:

O-HP-u-sq-v-5-a

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 1%,   2: 3%,   3: 9%,   4: 67%,   5: 21%   (total 101%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10

Mean:

4.03 7.18

SD:

0.71 1.35