Veenhoven (1983): study BE 1975
Publication
- Author(s):
- Veenhoven, R.
- Title:
- The Growing Impact of Marriage.
- Source:
- Social Indicators Research, 1983, Vol. 12, 49 - 63
Investigation
- Public
- 16+ aged, general public, Belgium, 1975
- Sample
- Probability multi-stage cluster sample
- Respondents
- N = 1513
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Taking all things together, how would you say things are these days? Would you say you are...?
3 very happy
2 fairly happy
1 not too happy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ab
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Page in publication:
- 57
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 37%, 2: 53%, 3: 10% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 1.73 5.89
- SD:
- 0.63 1.60
Correlational Findings
Married vs widowed
Married vs divorced
Married vs separated
Formally-married vs living-as-married
Never married (vs widowed)
Never married (vs divorced)
Nevermarried (vs separated)
Widowed (vs divorced)
Widow (vs separated)