Distributional findings | World Database of Happiness

Study Timmermans (1997): study NL 1990

Full text:: Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, would you say you are.....?
4  very happy
3  quite happy
2  not very happy
1  not at all happy.
Classification:: O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a
Author's label:: Happiness
Observed distribution
Frequencies: 1: 0.9%, 2: 5.6%, 3: 46.8%, 4: 46.6% (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics: On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:: 3.39 8.00
SD:: - -

Full text:: Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
1 dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 satisfied
Classification:: O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a
Author's label:: Life satisfaction
Observed distribution
Frequencies: 1: 0.5%, 2: 0.5%, 3: 0.8%, 4: 0.8%, 5: 4.7%, 6: 7.2%, 7: 18.7%, 8: 35.8%, 9: 17.5%, 10: 13.6% (total 100.1%)
Summary Statistics: On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:: 7.84 7.60
SD:: - -

Full text:: Self report on 10 questions:

During the past few weeks, did you ever feel ....?  (yes/no)
A   Particularly excited or interested in something?
B   So restless that you couldn't sit long in a chair?
C   Proud because someone complimented you on something
     you had done?
D   Very lonely or remote from other people?
E   Pleased about having accomplished something?
F   Bored?
G   On top of the world?
H   Depressed or very unhappy?
I    That things were going your way?
J    Upset because someone criticized you?

Answer options and scoring:
yes = 1
no  = 0
Summation:
-Positive Affect Score (PAS): A+C+E+G+I
-Negative Affect Score (NAS): B+D+F+H+J
-Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS
Possible range: -5 to +5

Name: Bradburn's 'Affect Balance Scale' (standard version)
Classification:: A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a
Author's label:: Affect Balance Scale
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics: On original range -5 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:: 1.82 6.80
SD:: - -