Bartels & Boomsma (2009): study NL 2005
Publication
- Author(s):
- Bartels, M.; Boomsma, D.I.
- Title:
- Born to be Happy? The Etiology of Subjective Well-Being.
- Source:
- Behavior Genetics, 2009, Vol. 39, 605 - 617
Investigation
- Public:
- 12+aged, mono- and dizygotic twins and their non-twin sibblings, The Netherlands, 2005-2007
- Sample:
- Non-probability purposive sample
- Respondents:
- N = 4052
- Non Response:
- 43,9
- Assessment:
-
Questionnaire: paper
Mailed questionnaire
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Selfreport on single question:
… your life in general … (full question not reported)
10 best possible life
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1 worst possible life - Classification:
- C-BW-g-sq-l-10-a
- Author's label:
- Quality of life in general
- Remarks:
- Question in Dutch Health Behavior Questionnaire (DHBQ)
- Page in publication:
- 3
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0%, 2: 0%, 3: 0%, 4: 0%, 5: 0%, 6: 0%, 7: 0%, 8: 0%, 9: 0%, 10: 0%
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 8.30
- Full text:
-
Selfreport on single question:
… your life at the moment … (full question not reported)
10 best possible life
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1 worst possible life - Classification:
- C-BW-m-sq-l-10-a
- Author's label:
- Quality of life at the moment of measure
- Remarks:
- Question in Dutch Health Behavior Questionnaire (DHBQ)
- Page in publication:
- 3
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0%, 2: 0%, 3: 0%, 4: 0%, 5: 0%, 6: 0%, 7: 0%, 8: 0%, 9: 0%, 10: 0%
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 8.90
Correlational Findings
Happiness of sibblings