DeJonge & Wingen (2011): study NL 2001
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
- 12+ aged, general public, Netherlands, 2001
- Survey name
- NL-POLS 2001
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 8209
- 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
- Page in publication:
- 1
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.5%, 2: 2.5%, 3: 7.5%, 4: 69%, 5: 20.4% (total 99.9%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 4.06 7.47
- SD:
- 0.65 1.25
- 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: 3.3%, 2: 8.1%, 3: 46.6%, 4: 33.5%, 5: 8.4% (total 99.9%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.36 6.87
- SD:
- 0.87 1.45
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
During the past 4 weeks….. Have you been a happy person?
6 all of the time
5 most of the time
4 a good bit of the time
3 some of the time
2 a little of the time
1 none of the time
Item MH5 in SF-36 (Medical Outcome Study 36 item Short Form) - Classification:
- M-TH-cm-sq-v-6-a
- Page in publication:
- 3
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.9%, 2: 2.8%, 3: 12.6%, 4: 16%, 5: 52.1%, 6: 15.5% (total 99.9%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 6 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 4.62 7.46
- SD:
- 1.04 1.75