DeJonge & Wingen (2011): study NL 1999
Publication
- Author(s):
- DeJonge, T.; Wingen, M.
- Title:
- Notes of Statistics Netherlands on Happiness and Satisfaction with Life Data.
- Source:
- Statistics Netherlands, personal communication, November 2011
Investigation
- Public
- 12+ aged, general public, Netherlands, 1999
- Survey name
- NL-POLS 1999
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 8382
- 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
- Page in publication:
- 1
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.4%, 2: 2.4%, 3: 8.6%, 4: 69%, 5: 19.6% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 4.05 7.44
- SD:
- 0.64 1.25
- 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: 3.4%, 2: 8.6%, 3: 46.7%, 4: 32.9%, 5: 8.4% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.34 6.85
- SD:
- 0.88 1.46