| Publication | |
| Author(s) | NIPO, |
| Title | Wat de Mensen Gelukkig Maakt. (The Things that Contribute to Happiness). |
| Source | De Publieke Opinie, 1949, Vol. 3, 3 - 4 |
| URL | HTTP://worlddatabaseofhappiness.eur.nl/hap_bib/freetexts/~NIPO_1949.pdf |
| Investigation | |
| Public | Adults, general public, The Netherlands, 1948 |
| Collect period | 1 |
| Survey name | NL-NIPO |
| Sample | Not available |
| Respondents N = | 500 |
| N not reported, probably about 500 | |
| Non Response | 7% |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: Do you think of yourself as.......? 3 happy 2 fairly happy 1 unhappy? |
| Classification | O-HP-u-sq-v-3-a |
| Author's label | Geluk (Happiness) |
| Remarks | Possibly same data as reported by Wessman 1956. If so, the question may have been presented with 4 response options, the first two of which having been combined in the 'unhappy' category. |
| DKNA % | 7.0 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 3 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 2.40 | 6.97 |
| Standard deviation | 0.61 | 1.51 |
| Scores in | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| % | 6.4 | 47.3 | 46.2 |
| Full text | Self report on single question: How is your life 3 good 2 fair 1 bad - no answer |
| Classification | O-QOL-u-sq-v-3-a |
| Author's label | Existence |
| DKNA % | 1.0 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 3 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 2.08 | |
| Standard deviation | 0.61 |
| Scores in | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| % | 15.0 | 61.0 | 23.0 |
| Author's label | Subject Code Finding | Subject description |
| Age | A04ab | Current age (in years) |
| Educational level | E01ab02 | Level of school-education |
| Having a good life | H07aa01d | O-HL by O-QOL |
| Income | I01ab | Current income level (unspecified) |
| Job satisfaction | W05ad01 | Satisfaction with work-as-a-whole |
| Male sex | G01aa | Sex (male vs female) |
| Marital happiness | M03ac03 | Satisfaction with marriage |
| Married | M02aa | Married state (compared to non-married states) |
| Non-religious | R12ad01 | Church-member or not |
| Political affiliation | P09ad | Current political (party) preference |
| Religious denomination | R12ac | Current religious denomination |
| Self-perceived health | H14ab02a | Global health rating |