Study Boelhouwer (2014): study NL 2008

Public

12+ aged, general public, Netherlands, 2008

Survey name

NL-POLS 2008

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: 2%,   3: 14%,   4: 68%,   5: 16%   (total 101%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10

Mean:

3.95 7.00

SD:

0.68 1.30