| Publication |
| Author(s) | Rivera, M.; Croes, R.; Lee, S.H. |
| Title | Tourism Development and Happiness: A Residents ’ Perspective. |
| Source | Journal of Destination Marketing & Management. 2015, 1 -12 |
| URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdmm.2015.04.002 |
| Investigation |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, urban areas, Aruba, 2014 |
| | Public from geographical areas Noord, Oranjestad, San Nicolas and Santa Cruz, representing 67% of the total population of Aruba. |
| Survey name | Unnamed study |
| Sample | Non-probability accidental sample |
| | Randomly selected sample of towns, data were collected at town hall meetings and in uviversities and schools
Males 47%
Females 53% |
| Respondents N = | 855 |
| | Out of 1200 surveys, 925 surveys were collected, after deleting incomplete and unusable surveys 855 surveys were used. |
| Non Response | 22.9% |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| General remarks | Data collection took 4 months |
| Happiness measure(s) used |