Dekker & DeHart (2007): study NL 2006
Publication
- Author(s):
- Dekker, P.; DeHart, J.
- Title:
- Niet zo Gelukkig in de Dapperstraat. (Not so Happy in the Dapperstraat).
- Source:
- Schnabel, P.; Ed.: "Veel Geluk in Nederland", Social Cultural Planning Office, 2007, The Hague, Netherlands, 106 - 113
Investigation
- Public
- 16+ aged, general public, The Netherlands, 2006
- Sample
- Non-probability purposive-quota sample
- Respondents
- N = 159439
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Taking all things together in your life, how would you say things are these days? Would you say you are ....?
5 very happy
4 happy
3 neither happy nor unhappy
2 unhappy
1 very unhappy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-5-a
- Author's label:
- Geluk
- Page in publication:
- 109
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 2%, 2: 7%, 3: 25%, 4: 51%, 5: 15% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.70 6.75
- SD:
- 0.88 2.19