Boelhouwer (2021): study NL 2015
Publication
- Author(s):
- Boelhouwer, J.
- Title:
- Geluk en levenstevredenheid in Nederland 2014-2019 (Happiness and life satisfaction in the Netherlands 2014-2019)
- Source:
- Personal communication
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged general public, Netherlands, 2015/16
- Survey name
- NL-SLI 2015
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 2436
- Non Response
- 12%
- Assessment
- Interview: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question
To what extent do you consider yourself a happy person....?
5 very happy
4 happy
3 neither happy nor unhappy
2 not very happy
1 unhappy - Classification:
- O-HP-u-sq-v-5-a
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.4%, 2: 2.5%, 3: 13.8%, 4: 68.7%, 5: 14.5% (total 99.9%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.94 6.98
- SD:
- 0.65 1.25
- 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
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.4%, 2: 0.2%, 3: 0.5%, 4: 0.7%, 5: 2.6%, 6: 7.3%, 7: 20.1%, 8: 41.8%, 9: 18%, 10: 8.3% (total 99.9%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.83 7.59
- SD:
- 1.31 1.46