| 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 |
| Collect period | October |
| Survey name | NL-LISS 2012 |
| 2012 survey of the longitudinal Internet Studies for the Social Sciences (LISS-panel). | |
| Sample | Probability area sample |
| Respondents N = | 5556 |
| Splitt up in 3 conditions: 1821 respondents: 10 point scale; 1891 respondents: 11 point scale end points labelled; 1844 respondents: 11 point scale with both endpoints and midpoint labelled. | |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Questionnaire: web |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: To what extent do you consider yourself as a happy person? 1 completely unhappy 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 completely happy |
| Classification | O-HP-u-sq-n-10-b |
| Author's label | Happiness 1-10 |
| Page in publication | 13 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 10 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 7.82 | 7.57 |
| Standard deviation | 1.16 | 1.29 |
| Scores in | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| % | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 23.0 | 37.0 | 22.0 | 5.0 |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: To what extent do you consider yourself to be a happy person? 0 completely unhappy 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 completely happy |
| Classification | O-HP-u-sq-n-11-ca |
| Author's label | Happiness 0-10 |
| Page in publication | 13 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 0 - 10 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 7.69 | 7.69 |
| Standard deviation | 1.39 | 1.39 |
| Scores in | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| % | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 21.0 | 39.0 | 21.0 | 5.0 |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: To what extent do you consider yourself to be a happy person? 0 completely unhappy 1 2 3 4 5 neither unhappy, nor happy 6 7 8 9 10 completely happy |
| Classification | O-HP-u-sq-n-11-cb |
| Author's label | Happiness 0-5-10 |
| Page in publication | 13 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| Scores in | 0 |
| % |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question 'Taken all together, how satisfied are you with the life you currently lead? Please indicate on this scale. 10 means that you are completely satisfied and 1 means that you are completely dissatisfied.' 10 completely satisfied 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 completely dissatisfied |
| Classification | O-SLL-c-sq-n-10-a |
| Author's label | Life satisfaction 1-10 |
| Page in publication | 13 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 10 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 7.65 | 7.38 |
| Standard deviation | 1.29 | 1.43 |
| Scores in | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| % | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 22.0 | 41.0 | 18.0 | 4.0 |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: How satisfied are you with the life you lead at the moment? 0 completely dissatisfied 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 completely satisfied |
| Classification | O-SLL-c-sq-n-11-aa |
| Author's label | Life satisfaction 0-10 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 0 - 10 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 7.56 | 7.56 |
| Standard deviation | 1.40 | 1.40 |
| Scores in | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| % | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 24.0 | 41.0 | 15.0 | 5.0 |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: How satisfied are you with the life you lead at the moment? 0 completely dissatisfied 1 2 3 4 5 neither dissatisfied nor satisfied 6 7 8 9 10 completely satisfied |
| Classification | O-SLL-c-sq-n-11-ab |
| Author's label | Life satisfaction 0-5-10 |
| Page in publication | 13 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 0 - 10 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 7.56 | 7.56 |
| Standard deviation | 1.46 | 1.46 |
| Scores in | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| % | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 23.0 | 38.0 | 18.0 | 5.0 |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| Happy on different scale types | show | O-HL by O-HL |
| Happy on different scale types | show | Response scale, also classified as above ↑ |
| Life satisfaction on different scale types | show | O-SL by O-SL |
| Life satisfaction on different scale types | show | Response scale, also classified as above ↑ |