Ventegodt (1996): study DK 1993
Publication
- Author(s):
- Ventegodt, S.
- Title:
- Liskvalitet hos 4500 31-33-arige. (The Quality of Life of 4500 31-33-Years-Olds).
- Source:
- Forskningscentrets Forlag, 1996, Copenhagen, Denmark
Investigation
- Public
- 31-33 aged, Denmark 1993, born in University Hospital in Copenhagen
- Sample
- Non-probability chunk sample
- Respondents
- N = 4611
- 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%
The in this way transformed mean is 71,9
See Ventegodt, 1995: Measuring the Quality of Life, page 64-67 - Page in publication:
- 422
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.7%, 2: 4.6%, 3: 14.3%, 4: 45.3%, 5: 35.1% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 4.10 7.74
- SD:
- 0.86 2.14
- 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 percentages
1 = very poorly -> 10%
2 = poorly -> 30%
3 = neither /nor -> 50%
4 = good -> 70%
5 = very good -> 90%
Thus transformed the mean is 69,3
See Ventegodt, 1995: Measuring the Quality of Life, page 64-67- Page in publication:
- 424
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 1%, 2: 6.8%, 3: 15.3%, 4: 48.5%, 5: 28.5% (total 100.1%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.97 7.42
- SD:
- 0.89 2.23
- 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%
Thus transformed the mean is 66,2
See Ventegodt, 1995: Measuring the Quality of Life, page 64-67 - Page in publication:
- 426
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.7%, 2: 3.1%, 3: 31.4%, 4: 44.3%, 5: 20.5% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.81 7.02
- SD:
- 0.82 2.04