| Study | Deen et al. (2005): study NL 2005 |
| Title | Het Geluk van Werkend Nederland 2005. (The Happiness of Working People in the Netherlands in 2005). |
| Source | Projectpaper I0164 Motivaction i.o.o.Randstad (Temp Agency), 2005, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| URL | https://worlddatabaseofhappiness-archive.eur.nl/hap_bib/freetexts/deen_n_2005.pdf |
| Public | 16-64 aged workers, The Netherlands, 2005 |
| Sample | Probability systematic sample |
| Non-Response | ? |
| Respondents N = | 3202 |
| Correlate | |
| Author's label | Satisfaction with possibility to escape daily life |
| Page in Source | 38,39 |
| Our classification | Attitudes to freedom |
| Operationalization | Selfreport of satisfaction with possibility to escape daily life Rated 1 very dissatisfied tot 5 very satisfied. |
| Observed distribution | (very) dissatisfied:19%; neutral: 23%; (very) satisfied: 58% |
| Observed Relation with Happiness | ||
| Happiness Measure | Statistics | Elaboration/Remarks |
| O-HP-u-sq-n-10-a | DM=+ | dissatisfied: M=6,2 satisfied: M=7,5 |
| O-HP-u-sq-n-10-a | r=+.35 | |
| Code | Full Text |
| O-HP-u-sq-n-10-a | Selfreport on single question: To what degree you consider yourself as a happy person? 1 very unhappy 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 very happy |
| Symbol | Explanation |
| DM | DIFFERENCE of MEANS Type: descriptive statistic only. Measurement level: Correlate: dichotomous, Happiness: metric Range: depending on the happiness rating scale of the author; range symmetric about zero. Meaning: the difference of the mean happiness, as measured on the author's rating scale, between the two correlate levels. |
| r | PRODUCT-MOMENT CORRELATION COEFFICIENT (Also "Pearson's correlation coefficient' or simply 'correlation coefficient') Type: test statistic. Measurement level: Correlate: metric, Happiness: metric Range: [-1; +1] Meaning: r = 0 « no correlation , r = 1 « perfect correlation, where high correlate values correspond with high happiness values, and r = -1 « perfect correlation, where high correlate values correspond with low happiness values. |