Boelhouwer (2011): study NL 1999
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, 1999
- Survey name
- NL-POLS 1999
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 3674
- Non Response
- 0
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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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
- Page in publication:
- 1
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.5%, 2: 2.5%, 3: 8.71%, 4: 67.57%, 5: 20.72% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 4.06 7.45
- SD:
- 0.66 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: 3.7%, 2: 9.4%, 3: 47.5%, 4: 30.5%, 5: 8.9% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.32 6.80
- SD:
- 0.90 1.50