DeJonge & Wingen (2011): study NL 1990
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
- 15+ aged, general public, Netherlands, 1990
- Survey name
- NL-DLO 1990
- Sample
- Probability multi-stage random
- Respondents
- N = 4939
- Non Response
- 0
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
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: 0.5%, 2: 2%, 3: 9.7%, 4: 63.9%, 5: 23.9% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 4.09 7.52
- SD:
- 0.67 1.31
- 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: 3.8%, 2: 9.8%, 3: 33.5%, 4: 36.6%, 5: 16.2% (total 99.9%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.53 7.13
- SD:
- 1.00 1.67