Boelhouwer (2011): study NL 1997
Publication
- Author(s):
- Boelhouwer, J.
- Title:
- Notes Netherlands Institute for Social Research on Happiness and Satisfaction Data.
- Source:
- Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP), personal communication, 2011, The Hague, Netherlands
Investigation
- Public
- 12+ aged, general public, Netherlands, 1997
- Survey name
- NL-POLS 1997
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 3242
- Non Response
- 0
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- 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: 0.5%, 2: 2.2%, 3: 9.3%, 4: 67.4%, 5: 20.5% (total 99.9%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 4.05 7.45
- SD:
- 0.65 1.28
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
How satisfied are you with the life you currently lead?
5 extraordinary satisfied
4 very satisfied
3 satisfied
2 fairly satisfied
1 not very satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLL-c-sq-v-5-d
- Page in publication:
- 2
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 3.5%, 2: 9.8%, 3: 45.5%, 4: 33.2%, 5: 8% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.32 6.82
- SD:
- 0.89 1.48