Ouweneel & Veenhoven (1994): study ZZ 1980
Publication
- Author(s):
- Ouweneel, P.; Veenhoven, R.
- Title:
- Nation Characteristics and Average Happiness.
- Source:
- Working Paper, Department of Sociology, Erasmus University, 1994, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Investigation
- Public
- Adults, general public, 27 nations, ±1980
- Sample
- Selection from general population sample
- Respondents
- N = 27
- Non Response
- n.a.
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Most studies used face-to-face interviews
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Equivalent questions on overall happiness. (Slightly different items used in the various nations)
Scores transformed to common range 0 - 10 by means of Thurstone procedure (response options weighted by experts)
Weights for responses:
9.3 - very happy
6.7 - pretty happy
6.5 - fairly happy
4.1 - not too happy
3.7 - not very happy
2.7 - not happy
1.0 - not at all happy
0.6 - very unhappy - Classification:
- O-HV-*-sq-vt-11-a
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Equivalent questions on life-satisfaction rated on various scales. The items differ slightly in wording and number of the response options.
Scores are transformed to a common range 0 - 10 by means of expert weighting of response options (Thurstone's method). - Classification:
- O-SLV-*-sq-nt-11-a
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction