| 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-SocialCohesionSurvey2012 |
| Two splitt half samples. | |
| Sample | Probability sample (unspecified) |
| Respondents N = | 7641 |
| 3845 respondents with the verbally labelled 5-point scales; 3796 respondents with the numerical 11-point scales. | |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Questionnaire: web |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question To what extent do you consider yourself a happy person....? 5 very happy 4 happy 3 neither happy nor unhappy 2 not very happy 1 unhappy |
| Classification | O-HP-u-sq-v-5-a |
| Author's label | Happiness-5 |
| Page in publication | 7 |
| Remarks | Reversed scale. Skewness: -0.97, Kurtosis: +2.32 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 5 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 3.96 | 7.41 |
| Standard deviation | 0.70 | 1.75 |
| Scores in | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| % | 0.6 | 3.4 | 12.7 | 65.8 | 17.5 |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: On a scale of 0 to 10 I consider myself... 0 not a very happy person 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 a very happy person |
| Classification | O-HP-u-sq-n-11-a |
| Author's label | Happiness-11 |
| Page in publication | 7 |
| Remarks | Skewness: -1.45, Kurtosis +5.52 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 0 - 10 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 7.73 | 7.73 |
| Standard deviation | 1.31 | 1.31 |
| Scores in | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| % | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 5.7 | 23.3 | 43.5 | 16.1 | 6.2 |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: How satisfied are you with the life you currently lead? 5 extraordinary satisfied 4 very satisfied 3 satisfied 2 fairly satisfied 1 not very satisfied |
| Classification | O-SLL-c-sq-v-5-d |
| Author's label | Satisfaction-5 |
| Page in publication | 7 |
| Remarks | Skewness: -0.38, Kurtosis: +0.16 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 5 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 3.23 | 5.57 |
| Standard deviation | 0.95 | 2.37 |
| Scores in | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| % | 5.9 | 11.1 | 44.6 | 31.2 | 7.2 |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: To what extend are you satisfied with the life you currently lead? 0 completely dissatisfied 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 completely satisfied |
| Classification | O-SLL-c-sq-n-11-a |
| Author's label | Satisfaction-11 |
| Page in publication | 7 |
| Remarks | Skewness: -1.41, Kurtosis: +4.56 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 0 - 10 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 7.59 | 7.59 |
| Standard deviation | 1.41 | 1.41 |
| Scores in | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| % | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 4.1 | 8.0 | 24.8 | 39.4 | 15.1 | 5.7 |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| Family contacts and different scales | show | Current contacts |
| Family contacts and different scales | show | Response scale, also classified as above ↑ |
| Friends contacts and different scales. | show | Current friendship network |
| Friends contacts and different scales. | show | Response scale, also classified as above ↑ |
| Neighbours contacts and different scales | show | Response scale |
| Neighbours contacts and different scales | show | UNCLASSIFIED, also classified as above ↑ |
| Response scale: happiness | show | O-HL by O-HL |
| Response scale: happiness | show | Response scale, also classified as above ↑ |
| Response scale: life satisfaction | show | O-SL by O-SL |
| Response scale: life satisfaction | show | Response scale, also classified as above ↑ |
| Self-reported health status and different scales | show | Response scale |
| Self-reported health status and different scales | show | Self-perceived health, also classified as above ↑ |