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Studies

DutchHouseholdSurvey DHS (2016): study NL 2015

Publication

Author(s):
DutchHouseholdSurvey DHS,
Title:
Dutch Household Panel (DHS) Codebooks.
Source:
CentERData, University of Tilburg, The Netherlands

Investigation

Public
16+ aged, general public, Netherlands, 2015
Survey name
NL-DHS 2015
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 2677
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)
Respondents complete an online survey every week

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

To what extent do you think of yourself as a happy person?
5  very happy
4  happy
3  neither happy nor unhappy
2  unhappy
1  very unhappy
-  don't know
Classification:
O-HP-u-sq-v-5-d
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.3%,   2: 1.3%,   3: 14.5%,   4: 60%,   5: 23.4%   (total 99.5%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.05 7.19
SD:
0.68 1.45
Full text:
Self report on single question:

This past month I felt happy
1  never
2  seldom
3  sometimes
4  often
5  mostly
6  continuously
Classification:
M-FH-cm-sq-v-6-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.7%,   2: 3.9%,   3: 16%,   4: 23.4%,   5: 47.7%,   6: 8.3%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 6 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.38 -
SD:
1.02 -