| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Veenhoven, R. |
| Title | Conditions of Happiness. |
| Source | Kluwer Academic, 1984 (reprint), Dordrecht, The Netherlands |
| URL | http://www2.eur.nl/fsw/research/veenhoven/Pub1980s/84a-con.htm |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 15+ aged, general public, EU 9 member states, Western Europe, 1975 |
| Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany West, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom | |
| Survey name | Not available |
| Eurobarometer survey. Countries included are: Great Britain, Ireland, France, Western Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark. | |
| Sample | Probability area sample |
| Probability area sampling. | |
| Respondents N = | 12996 |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Structured interview | |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on single questions Six equivalent questions on overall happiness. (Slightly different items used in the various nations) Scores transformed to common range 1 - 3, by recoding; A "Generally speaking, how happy would you say you are; would you say you are...? 3 very happy 2 fairly happy 1 not too happy B Taken all things together, how would you say things are these days; would you say you are ...? 3 very happy 2 fairly happy 1 not too happy C Taken all together, would you say you are.....? 3 very happy 2 quite happy 1 not very happy 1 not at all happy D Taken all together how would you say things are these days; would you say you are ...? 3 very happy 2 pretty happy 1 not too happy E In general, how happy would you say you are...? 3 very happy 2 fairly happy 1 not very happy F How happy do you feel as you live now? Please choose one item from this card that is closest to your feeling 3 very happy 3 fairly happy 2 neither happy nor unhappy 1 fairly unhappy 1 very unhappy |
| Classification | O-HV---sq-vt-3-a |
| Author's label | Happiness |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: "...... satisfaction with life ......" (various slightly different questions) rated on different scale |
| Classification | O-SLV---sq-vt-3-a |
| Author's label | Life satisfaction |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| Civic disorders | show | Civil war in nation |
| Coercion by government | show | Political freedom in nation |
| Degree of 'interest democracy' | show | Interest democracy (interest-groups) in nation |
| Degree of internal war | show | Civil war in nation |
| Freedom of press | show | Freedom of press in nation |
| GNP per capita | show | Gnp per capita (raw) |
| Income inequality | show | Income inequality in nation |
| Inflation | show | Inflation in nation |
| Liberal democracy | show | Parliamentary democracy in nation |
| Political protest | show | Political violence in nation |
| Social security | show | Social security in nation |
| Suicide rates | show | Suicide in nation |
| Unemployment | show | Unemployment in nation |