Nawijn et al. (2010): study NL 2006
Publication
- Author(s):
- Nawijn, J.; Marchand, M.A.; Veenhoven, R.; Vingerhoets, A.J.
- Title:
- Vacationers Happier, but Most not Happier after a Holiday.
- Source:
- Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2010, Vol. 5, 35 - 47
Investigation
- Public
- 16+ aged, general public, Netherlands, followed 21 weeks, 2006
- Sample
- Probability sample (unspecified)
- Respondents
- N = 1530
- Non Response
- 470
- Assessment
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Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)
Completed every 8 weeks
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on 3 questions:
Over the last time
A I felt blue
B I felt unhappy
C I enjoyed my daily activities
Rated:
1 never
2 seldom
3 now and then
4 very often
5 always
Computation: (A+B)2 - C - Classification:
- A-AB-cm-mq-v-5-c
- Author's label:
- Affect balance
- Remarks:
- Ss answered questions every 2 months on how happy they had felt
T1: week 11 (March)
T2: week 19 (May)
T3: week 27 (July)
T4: week 35 (September)
T5: week 43 (November)
Non-vacationers:
T1: M = 2.04, SD = 1.43
T2: M = 2.01, SD = 1.42
T3: M = 2.04, SD = 1.46
T4: M = 2.00, SD = 1.44
T5: M = 2.02, SD = 1.44
Vacationers:
T1: M = 2.26, SD = 1.20
T2: M = 2.26, SD = 1.21
T3: M = 2.29, SD = 1.20
T4: M = 2.35, SD = 1.20
T5: M = 2.21, SD = 1.31 - Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range -4 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.11 -
- SD:
- 1.36 -