DeJonge & Wingen (2011): study NL 1983
Publication
- Author(s):
- DeJonge, T.; Wingen, M.
- Title:
- Notes of Statistics Netherlands on Happiness and Satisfaction with Life Data.
- Source:
- Statistics Netherlands, personal communication, November 2011
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, Netherlands, 1983
- Survey name
- NL-LSS 1983
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 3999
- Non Response
- 0
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
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
- Remarks:
- Joint survey Statistics Netherlands/CBS and Netherlands Institute for Social Research/SCP
- Page in publication:
- 1
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.4%, 2: 2.6%, 3: 12.4%, 4: 64.5%, 5: 20.2% (total 100.1%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 4.01 7.36
- SD:
- 0.68 1.34
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
How satisfied are you with the life you currently lead?
5 extraordinary satisfied
4 very satisfied
3 satisfied
2 fairly satisfied
1 not very satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLL-c-sq-v-5-d
- Page in publication:
- 2
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 4.7%, 2: 14.3%, 3: 47.3%, 4: 26.6%, 5: 7% (total 99.9%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.17 6.54
- SD:
- 0.92 1.56