Veenhoven (1984): study ZZ EU 9 1975
Publication
- Author(s):
- Veenhoven, R.
- Title:
- Conditions of Happiness.
- Source:
- Kluwer Academic, 1984 (reprint), Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Investigation
- Public
- 15+ aged, general public, EU 9 member states, Western Europe, 1975
- Sample
- Probability area sample
- Respondents
- N = 12996
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single questions
Six equivalent questions on overall happiness. (Slightly different items used in the various nations)
Scores transformed to common range 1 - 3, by recoding;
A "Generally speaking, how happy would you say you are;
would you say you are...?
3 very happy
2 fairly happy
1 not too happy
B Taken 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
C Taken all together, would you say you are.....?
3 very happy
2 quite happy
1 not very happy
1 not at all happy
D Taken all together how would you say things are these days; would you say you are ...?
3 very happy
2 pretty happy
1 not too happy
E In general, how happy would you say you are...?
3 very happy
2 fairly happy
1 not very happy
F How happy do you feel as you live now? Please choose one item from this card that is closest to your feeling
3 very happy
3 fairly happy
2 neither happy nor unhappy
1 fairly unhappy
1 very unhappy - Classification:
- O-HV-*-sq-vt-3-a
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
"...... satisfaction with life ......"
(various slightly different questions)
rated on different scale - Classification:
- O-SLV-*-sq-vt-3-a
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction