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Studies

Motmans et al. (2011): study BE 2010

Publication

Author(s):
Motmans, J.; Meier, P.; T'Sjoen, G.
Title:
De levenskwaliteit van transgender personen in Vlaanderen (Quality of life of transgender people in Flanders)
Source:
Steunpunt Gelijkekansenbeleid, Consortium Universiteit Antwerpen, Drukkerij Lithos

Investigation

Public
Transgender people, Belgium, 2010
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability self-selected
Respondents
N = 135
Non Response
37%
Assessment
Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)
The questionairre could be filled out online or on paper

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report to single item.

All things considered, how happy are you with your life as a whole?

1 = totally unhappy
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 = totally happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-n-10-e
Author's label:
Mate van gelukkig zijn
Page in publication:
64
Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your life these days? Please tell me on a scale of 1 to 10, where one means very dissatisfied and 10 means very satisfied
10 very satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1  very dissatisfied
-  don't know
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-b
Author's label:
Algemene tevredenheid
Page in publication:
63
Full text:
Selfreport on single question,

In general, I can say that I lead more or less the life I want.
5 agree completely
4 agree
3 agree nor disagree
3 disagree
1 disagree completely
Classification:
C-W-u-sq-v-5-c
Author's label:
Gevoel van levensvervulling
Remarks:
In the questionnaire this question was preceded by a question on optimism about the future
Page in publication:
65
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 5.2%,   2: 12.7%,   3: 11.9%,   4: 50%,   5: 20.1%   (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.67 -
SD:
1.09 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Transgender