VanCampen & Verbeek-Oudijk (2017): study NL 2015
Publication
- Author(s):
- VanCampen, C.; Verbeek-Oudijk, D.
- Title:
- Gelukkig in een Verpleeghuis? (Happy in a Nursing Home?)
- Source:
- Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau, 2017, The Hague, Netherlands
Investigation
- Public
- Nursing home residents, Netherlands, 2017
- Survey name
- NL-Ouderen In Instellingen (OII)
- Sample
- Probability sample (unspecified)
- Respondents
- N = 951
- Non Response
- 45%
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
How happy or unhappy do you find yourself?
5 very happy
4 happy3.4
3 moderately happy
2 fairly unhappy
1 very unhappy - Classification:
- O-HP-u-sq-v-5-c
- Author's label:
- Overall Happiness
- Page in publication:
- 28, table 3.1
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 2%, 2: 8%, 3: 28%, 4: 53%, 5: 9% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.59 6.47
- SD:
- 0.72 1.81
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question
'Taken all together, how satisfied are you with the life you currently lead? Please indicate on this scale. 10 means that you are completely satisfied and 1 means that you are completely dissatisfied.'
10 completely satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1 completely dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLL-c-sq-n-10-a
- Author's label:
- Satisfaction with life
- Page in publication:
- 30, figure 3.3
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 1%, 2: 0.5%, 3: 1.5%, 4: 1.5%, 5: 4.5%, 6: 12.5%, 7: 31.5%, 8: 33.5%, 9: 8.5%, 10: 5% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.25 6.94
- SD:
- 1.49 1.66