Study Stapel (1988): study NL 1988

Public

18+ aged, general public, The Netherlands, 1988

Sample

Probability systematic sample

Respondents

N = 952

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Highly structured interview at home

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:

Self report on single question:

Do you feel.....?
3   happy
2   not very happy
1   unhappy

Classification:

M-FH-u-sq-v-3-a

Author's label:

Happiness

Page in publication:

tabel 1

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 1%,   2: 11%,   3: 85%   (total 97%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10

Mean:

2.87 6.58

SD:

0.37 1.12