VanBeuningen et al. (2014): study NL 2012
Publication
- Author(s):
- VanBeuningen, J.; Moonen, L.; VanderHouwen, K.
- Title:
- Measuring Well-Being. An Analysis of Different Response Scales.
- Source:
- Discussion Paper 2014/03,, Statistics Netherlands, 2014, The Hague, The Netherlands
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, Netherlands, 2012
- Survey name
- NL-LISS 2012
- Sample
- Probability area sample
- Respondents
- N = 5556
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
To what extent do you consider yourself as a happy person?
1 completely unhappy
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 completely happy - Classification:
- O-HP-u-sq-n-10-b
- Author's label:
- Happiness 1-10
- Page in publication:
- 13
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0%, 2: 0%, 3: 0%, 4: 1%, 5: 3%, 6: 7%, 7: 23%, 8: 37%, 9: 22%, 10: 5% (total 98%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.82 7.57
- SD:
- 1.16 1.29
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
To what extent do you consider yourself to be a happy person?
0 completely unhappy
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 completely happy - Classification:
- O-HP-u-sq-n-11-ca
- Author's label:
- Happiness 0-10
- Page in publication:
- 13
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0%, 2: 0%, 3: 1%, 4: 1%, 5: 1%, 6: 4%, 7: 7%, 8: 21%, 9: 39%, 10: 21%, 11: 5% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.69 7.69
- SD:
- 1.39 1.39
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
To what extent do you consider yourself to be a happy person?
0 completely unhappy
1
2
3
4
5 neither unhappy, nor happy
6
7
8
9
10 completely happy - Classification:
- O-HP-u-sq-n-11-cb
- Author's label:
- Happiness 0-5-10
- Page in publication:
- 13
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question
'Taken all together, how satisfied are you with the life you currently lead? Please indicate on this scale. 10 means that you are completely satisfied and 1 means that you are completely dissatisfied.'
10 completely satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1 completely dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLL-c-sq-n-10-a
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction 1-10
- Page in publication:
- 13
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0%, 2: 0%, 3: 1%, 4: 2%, 5: 4%, 6: 7%, 7: 22%, 8: 41%, 9: 18%, 10: 4% (total 99%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.65 7.38
- SD:
- 1.29 1.43
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
How satisfied are you with the life you lead at the moment?
0 completely dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 completely satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLL-c-sq-n-11-aa
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction 0-10
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0%, 2: 0%, 3: 1%, 4: 1%, 5: 2%, 6: 4%, 7: 7%, 8: 24%, 9: 41%, 10: 15%, 11: 5% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.56 7.56
- SD:
- 1.40 1.40
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
How satisfied are you with the life you lead at the moment?
0 completely dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
5 neither dissatisfied nor satisfied
6
7
8
9
10 completely satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLL-c-sq-n-11-ab
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction 0-5-10
- Page in publication:
- 13
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0%, 2: 0%, 3: 1%, 4: 1%, 5: 2%, 6: 6%, 7: 6%, 8: 23%, 9: 38%, 10: 18%, 11: 5% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.56 7.56
- SD:
- 1.46 1.46