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Studies

Bartels & Boomsma (2009): study NL 2005

Publication

Author(s):
Bartels, M.; Boomsma, D.I.
Title:
Born to be Happy? The Etiology of Subjective Well-Being.
Source:
Behavior Genetics, 2009, Vol. 39, 605 - 617

Investigation

Public
12+aged, mono- and dizygotic twins and their non-twin sibblings, The Netherlands, 2005-2007
Sample
Non-probability purposive sample
Respondents
N = 4052
Non Response
43,9
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Mailed questionnaire

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

… your life in general … (full question not reported)
10 best possible life
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1  worst possible life
Classification:
C-BW-g-sq-l-10-a
Author's label:
Quality of life in general
Remarks:
Question in Dutch Health Behavior Questionnaire (DHBQ)
Page in publication:
3
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
8.30 -
SD:
- -
Full text:
Self report on single question:

… your life at the moment … (full question not reported)
10 best possible life
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1  worst possible life
Classification:
C-BW-m-sq-l-10-a
Author's label:
Quality of life at the moment of measure
Remarks:
Question in Dutch Health Behavior Questionnaire (DHBQ)
Page in publication:
3
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
8.90 -
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Happiness of twin sibbling