Bakker & VandeBerg (1974): study NL 1968
Publication
- Author(s):
- Bakker, P.; VandeBerg, N.
- Title:
- Determinanten en Correlaten van Geluk.(Determinants and Correlates of Happiness).
- Source:
- Unpublished Thesis, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 1974, Netherlands
Investigation
- Public
- 20-65 aged, general public, The Netherlands, 1968
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 1552
- Non Response
- 34% refusal and unattainable.
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
"Generally speaking are you a happy person.......?"
Responses were made on an open line scale, and were later coded in 7 categories:
1 very unhappy
2
3
4
5
6
7 very happy. - Classification:
- O-HP-g-sq-ol-7-a
- Author's label:
- Happiness.
- Error estimates:
- signs of correlations reversed
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 62%, 2: 18%, 3: 10%, 4: 8%, 5: 2%, 6: 2%, 7: 2% (total 104%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 1.72 -
- SD:
- 2.27 -