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Studies

Moser-Peters (1969): study NL Utrecht 1967

Publication

Author(s):
Moser-Peters, C.M.
Title:
Achtergronden van Geluksgevoelens. (Backgrounds of Happiness Feelings).
Source:
Nederlands Instituut voor Preventieve Geneeskunde (TNO), 1969, Leiden, Netherlands

Investigation

Public
21-65 aged general public, City of Utrecht,The Netherlands, 1967
Sample
Respondents
N = 300
Non Response
14% unattainable etc.
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, how would you say you are these days.....?
5   extremely happy
4   very happy
3   happy
2   pretty happy
1   not too happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-5-c
Author's label:
Happiness.
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 2%,   2: 13%,   3: 43%,   4: 27%,   5: 15%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.41 6.00
SD:
3.30 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Age.