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Studies

Hoogendoorn (2017): study NL 2013

Publication

Author(s):
Hoogendoorn, C.
Title:
Somewhat happily unemployed? A Comparison of the Feelings and Time-Use Reported by the Employed and Unemployed Respondents Participating in a Dutch DRM Survey
Source:
MSc thesis, 2017, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University, Netherlands

Investigation

Public
15-64 aged, users selfhelp website, Netherlands, 2013
Survey name
NL-GeluksWijzer
Sample
Non-probability self-selected
Respondents
N = 1869
Non Response
Assessment
Diary

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on a) activities of the previous day and b) how one had felt during these activities (DRM)

How did you feel during that activity?
10 happy
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0   unhappy
All numbers presented with faces

Computation: Average happiness over all activities/time
Classification:
A-AA-yd-mqr-fn-11-b
Author's label:
Happiness
Remarks:
Average happiness during activiteis weighed by the proportion of time spend on these.

Population mean computed by WDH-team from group averages in Table E
Page in publication:
18
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.90 -
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Unemployment; saddening effect