VanSantvoort (2009): study ZZ Europe 2005
Publication
- Author(s):
- VanSantvoort, M.M.
- Title:
- Disability in Europe: Policy, Social Participation and Subjective Well-being.
- Source:
- Ipskamp, 2009, Enschede, Netherlands
Investigation
- Public:
- 15+ aged, general public, 9 European countries, 2005
- Sample:
- Probability multi-stage cluster sample
- Respondents:
- N = 14889
- Non Response:
- 30 %
- Assessment:
-
Interview: face-to-face
Most studies based on face-to-face interviews
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Selfreport on 2 questions:
A. Taking all things together, how happy would you say you are?
10 extremely happy
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 extremely unhappy
B. All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life nowadays.?
10 extremely satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 extermely dissatisfied
Summation: (A+B)/2 - Classification:
- O-Sum---mq-n-11-b
- Author's label:
- Subjective well-being
- Remarks:
- Weighted mean of all nations by means of table 7.1, page 113.
M= Belgium:7.6 Germany:6.9 Denmark:8.4 Finland:8.0 The Netherlands:7.7 Slovenia:7.0 Slovakia:5.9 United Kingdom:7.3 - Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0%, 2: 0%, 3: 0%, 4: 0%, 5: 0%, 6: 0%, 7: 0%, 8: 0%, 9: 0%, 10: 0%, 11: 0%
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.40 7.40