Ventegodt (1995): study DK 1993
Publication
- Author(s):
- Ventegodt, S.
- Title:
- Liskvalitet I Danmark. (Quality of Life in Denmark. Results from a Population Survey).
- Source:
- Forskningscentrets Forlag, 1995, Copenhagen, Denmark
Investigation
- Public
- 18-88 aged, general public, Denmark, 1993
- Sample
- Non-probability purposive sample
- Respondents
- N = 1494
- Non Response
- 39%
- Assessment
-
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Mailed questionnaire
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Single direct question:
How are you feeling now....?
5 very good
4 good
3 neither good nor poor
2 poor
1 very poor - Classification:
- A-AOL-m-sq-v-5-a
- Author's label:
- immediate self-experienced well-being
- Remarks:
- The 5 verbal answer-categories were transformed to
cumulative percentages
1 = very poorly -> 10%
2 = poorly -> 30%
3 = neither /nor -> 50%
4 = good -> 70%
5 = very good -> 90%
Thus transformed the mean is 72
See Ventegodt, 1995: Measuring the Quality of Life, page 64-67 - Page in publication:
- 507, 398
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.7%, 2: 3.8%, 3: 13.8%, 4: 47.7%, 5: 33.9% (total 99.9%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 4.10 7.75
- SD:
- 0.83 2.07
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
'How satisfied are you with your life now?'
5 very satisfied
2 satisfied
3 neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
2 dissatisfied
1 very dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLu-c-sq-v-5-e
- Author's label:
- life satisfaction
- Remarks:
Original text in Danish:
'Hvor tilfreds er du med dit liv for tiden?'
5 meget tilfreds
4 tilfreds
3 hverken tilfreds eller utilfreds
2 utilfreds
1 meget utilfreds
The 5 verbal answer-categories were transformed to cumulative perentages
1 = very poorly -> 10%
2 = poorly -> 30%
3 = neither /nor -> 50%
4 = good -> 70%
5 = very good -> 90%
Thus transformed the mean is 69,5
See Ventegodt, 1995: Measuring the Quality of Life, page 64-67- Page in publication:
- 507, 400
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0%, 2: 4.7%, 3: 16.1%, 4: 52.8%, 5: 25.4% (total 99%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.97 7.43
- SD:
- 0.82 2.06
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question
How happy are you now?
5 very happy
4 happy
3 neither happy nor unhappy
2 unhappy
1 very unhappy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-5-ha
- Author's label:
- happiness
- Remarks:
- The 5 verbal answer-categories were transformed to
cumulative percentages
1 = very poorly -> 10%
2 = poorly -> 30%
3 = neither /nor -> 50%
4 = good -> 70%
5 = very good -> 90%
The transformed mean is then 65,5
See Ventegodt, 1995: Measuring the Quality of Life, page 64-67 - Page in publication:
- 507, 402
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.5%, 2: 2.2%, 3: 33.74%, 4: 46.5%, 5: 17.1% (total 100.04%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.77 6.93
- SD:
- 0.77 1.92