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Studies

Stapel (1970): study NL 1969

Publication

Author(s):
Stapel, J.
Title:
Het Gelukkige Nederland: Een Staat van Welvaart. (Happy Netherlands: A State of Welfare).
Source:
NIPO, "Zo zijn Wij: De Eerste 25 jaar NIPO Onderzoek", Agon/Elsevier, 1970, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 56 - 63

Investigation

Public
21+ aged, general public, The Netherlands, 1969
Survey name
NL-NIPO
Sample
Probability sample (unspecified)
Respondents
N = 1003
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Do you think of yourself as.......?
3   happy
2   fairly happy
1   unhappy?
Classification:
O-HP-u-sq-v-3-a
Author's label:
Geluk
Page in publication:
57
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1%,   2: 20%,   3: 76%   (total 97%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.77 6.85
SD:
0.44 0.47

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Annual income (in Dutch Florin) Personal income City Size Community size Age Current age (in years) Marital status Married state (compared to non-married states)
Married (vs never married)
Married vs earlier married (widowed + separated + divorced)
Never married (vs formerly married: widowed + divorced+ separated)