| 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,2013 |
| Collect period | June |
| Survey name | NL-Mobility Panel |
| SN Web panel. Subset of National Mobility Survey | |
| Sample | Probability simple random sample |
| 976 respondents completed the entire questionaire; only respondents 18 years over are included. | |
| Respondents N = | 970 |
| 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 10 |
| Page in publication | 17 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 10 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 7.74 | 7.49 |
| Standard deviation | 1.12 | 1.25 |
| Scores in | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| % | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 25.0 | 46.0 | 18.0 | 3.0 |
| 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-10 |
| Page in publication | 17 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 10 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 7.70 | 7.44 |
| Standard deviation | 1.03 | 1.14 |
| Scores in | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| % | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 27.0 | 43.0 | 17.0 | 2.0 |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| Classification of the 1-10 scale for happiness | show | O-HL by O-HL |
| Classification of the 1-10 scale for happiness | show | Response scale, also classified as above ↑ |
| Classification of the 1-10 scale for life satisfaction | show | O-SL by O-SL |
| Classification of the 1-10 scale for life satisfaction | show | Response scale, also classified as above ↑ |