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VanOotegem & Verhofstadt (2015): study BE Flanders 2011

Publication

Author(s):
VanOotegem, L.; Verhofstadt, E.
Title:
Perceived Capabilities as an Aggregated Indicator for Well-Being.
Source:
Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2015, Vol.10, 615 - 629.

Investigation

Public
General public, Flanders, Belgium, 2011+ 2012
Sample
Probability sample (unspecified)
Respondents
N = 2990
Non Response
Assessment

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self-report on single question:

Taking all things together, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole?
10  very satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 very unsatisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-h
Author's label:
General satisfaction.
Remarks:
60% 7-8
Page in publication:
618
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.36 7.36
SD:
1.48 1.48

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Socio-economic positions Current employment status
Full-time home maker
Unfit for work
Unemployed involuntary
Full-time vs part-time
Current status: retired or not
Involved in schooling or not
Realisation on Life domains 'goals reached' Perceived realization of life-goals Realisation on 'good health' Global health self-rating Realisation on 'good education' Realization of educational goals Realisation on 'sufficient income' Satisfaction with income Realisation on 'satisfying social life' Satisfaction with social participation Realisation on 'pleasant environments' Perceived quality of locality Realisation on 'act according to vision' Satisfaction with specific activities Realisation on 'satisfied with situation' Life compared with situation of others Realisation on 'satisfying relationship' Satisfaction with marriage Personality trait 'extravert' Extraverted Personality trait 'altruistic' Egoistic Personality trait 'conscientious' Conscientious Personality trait 'altruistic and conscientiuous' Conscientious
Egoistic
Personality trait 'worried' Current worries Personality trait 'hard to please' Liking
Self-perceived happy nature
Personality trait 'creative' Self-perceived creativeness
Satisfaction with own creativeness
Personality trait 'optimistic' or 'postive attitude' Optimistic
Positive reacting
Personality trait 'self-confident' Self-confidant Personality trait 'emotional' Emotional Personality trait 'progressive' Conservative
Preference for: left vs right wing
Personality trait 'jealous' Jealous Personality trait 'high expectations' or 'expectant' Optimistic Sexe Sexe: male (vs female) Age Current age (in years) Relationship Current intimate relationships Religious Religious (vs not) Scholing of mother Parents education