Study

Publication
Author(s)	Gilbert, D.; Abdullah, J.
Title	Holidaytaking and the Sense of Well-Being.
Source	Annals of Tourism Research, 2004, Vol. 31, 103 - 121
DOI	DOI:10.1016/j.annals.2003.06.001
Investigation
Public	Holidaymakers and controls, Guildford area, UK
	2001-2002. T1 and T2 in one year
Survey name	Not available
Sample	Probability area sample
	Random sample of streets, post stratified to match the profile of holidaymakers
Respondents N =	604
Non Response	Not available
Assesment	Questionnaire: paper
	Questionnaires delivered at home at two points in time during the year
Happiness measure(s) used

Full text	Selfreport on 20 questions Over the past few week I have felt A optimistic B withdrawn C enthusiastic D good natured E discontented F confused G confident H tense I understood J insignificant K satisfied L lonely M free-and-easy N clear headed O helpless P impatient Q usefull R depressed S loving T hopeless Rated: 1 not at all to 9 all the time Computation: (A+C=D+G+I+K+M+N+Q+S) - (B+E+F+H+J+L+O+P+R+T) Name: Kamman's Affectometer 2, 20 item ABS version
Classification	A-BK-cm-mq-n-9-a
Author's label	Current affect
Remarks	Mean and SD of holiday takers at T1
Finding used in nation ranks	Yes

Full text	Selfrreport on single question asked twice: How do you feel about your life as a whole? 1 tremendously unhappy 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 tremendoesly happy
Classification	O-HL-u-sqr-n-9-a
Author's label	Life satisfaction (Life3)
Remarks	Mean and SD of holiday takers at T1
Finding used in nation ranks	Yes

Author's label		Our subject description
having had a holiday	show	Earlier leisure
having had a holiday	show	Traveling, also classified as above ↑
holidaymaking (vs not)	show	International life style
holidaymaking (vs not)	show	Traveling, also classified as above ↑