DeGraaf (2006): study NL 1996
Publication
- Author(s):
- DeGraaf, R.
- Title:
- Sexual Preference and Happiness.
- Source:
- Unpublished Analysis of Nemesis Dataset, Trimbos Institute, 2006, Utrecht, Netherlands
Investigation
- Public
- Homo- and heterosexual men and women, The Netherlands 1996
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 7069
- Non Response
- 7
- Assessment
- 
        Interview: face-to-face                    
 by professionals
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
- 
            Self report on single question:
 
 During the past 4 weeks….. Have you been a happy person?
 6 all of the time
 5 most of the time
 4 a good bit of the time
 3 some of the time
 2 a little of the time
 1 none of the time
 
 Item MH5 in SF-36 (Medical Outcome Study 36 item Short Form)
- Classification:
- M-TH-cm-sq-v-6-a
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Remarks:
- Hetero women           M = 4,80    SD = 1,01   N = 3075
 Homo women M = 4,63 SD = 1,11 N = 43
 
 Hetero men M = 4,92 SD = 0,99 N = 2795
 Homo men M = 4,21 SD = 1,49 N = 82
 
 All hetero (w+m) M = 4,86 SD = 1,00 N = 5870
 All homo (w+m) M = 4,35 SD = 1,34 N = 125
 
 All women: M = 4,80 SD = 1,01 N=3118
 All men: M = 4,90 SD = 1,02 N=2877
- Page in publication:
- all
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 22.7%, 2: 51.2%, 3: 11.5%, 4: 10.7%, 5: 3.1%, 6: 0.8% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 6 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 4.77 7.55
- SD:
- 1.06 2.12