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Kuiper & Cohen-Kettenis (1988): study NL 1983

Publication

Author(s):
Kuiper, B.; Cohen-Kettenis, P.T.
Title:
Sex Reassignment Surgery: A Study of 141 Dutch Transsexuals
Source:
Archives of Sexual Behavior, 1988, Vol. 17, 439 - 457

Investigation

Public
Transsexuals, in treatment and after treatment, Netherlands, 198?
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability purposive sample
Respondents
N = 141
Non Response
24.6%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

How do you feel yourself at the time being? Is your present wellbeing.....?
5   very high
4   high
3   moderate
2   rather low
1   low
Classification:
M-FH-c-sq-v-5-a
Author's label:
subjective well-being
Remarks:
Transformation to range 010 bt WDH team using fixed values
Page in publication:
445
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 2.1%,   2: 9.2%,   3: 23.4%,   4: 48.9%,   5: 16.3%   (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.68 7.48
SD:
0.92 1.63

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding completed treatment (vs in treatment)