Tammes (2007): study NL 1979
Publication
- Author(s):
- Tammes, P.
- Title:
- Komt Geluk met de Jaren? ( Does Happiness Rise with Age?)
- Source:
- Schnabel, P.; Ed.: "Veel Geluk in Nederland", Social Planning Office, 2007, The Hague, Netherlands, 81 - 88
Investigation
- Public
- 16+ aged, general public, The Netherlands, 2007
- Sample
- Probability simple random sample
- Respondents
- N = 21929
- Non Response
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
CAPI since 1998
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
How satisfied are you with the life you currently lead?
5 extraordinary satisfied
4 very satisfied
3 satisfied
2 fairly satisfied
1 not very satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLL-c-sq-v-5-d
- Author's label:
- Contentment with life
- Page in publication:
- 81
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 5.5%, 2: 11.8%, 3: 42.7%, 4: 30.1%, 5: 9.9% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.27 8.34
- SD:
- 0.98 1.42