Study Ventegodt (1997): study DK 1993

Public

31-33 aged, born at the university hospital, Denmark, 1993

Sample

Respondents

N = 4626

Non Response

36%

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Data were taken from the medical files of mothers and their babies

Correlate

Authors's Label

Abnormal health conditions shortly after birth

Our Classification

Distribution

N day 1 all:3271,   1:69,5%,   2:     2b:1,7%,   2c:0,8%,   2d:5,9%,   2e:0,1%,   2f:1,5%,   2g:0,5%,   2h:20,1%,   2i:1,2%,   2j:7,3%,   2l:1,8%
N day 5 all:4378,  1:65,6%,   2:   2b:2,5%,   2c:0,6%,   2d:2,1%,   2e:0,1%,   2f:0,9%,   2g:0,7%,   2h:18,1%,   2i:1,1%,   2j:6,6%,   2k:0,2%   2l:1,5%
N after day 5 all:4276,   1:95,7%   2:,   2c:0,4%,   2d:1,0%,   2g:0,4%,   2h:0,4%,   2i:0,2%,   2j:0,2%,   2k:1,5%,   2l:0,2%

Operationalization

Abnormal health conditions shortly after birth as reported in medical file
1:  normal
2:  abnormal health conditions at birth:
    2b: skin
    2c: blood and endocrine organs
    2d: respiratory apparatus
    2e: cardio-vascular system
    2f: wrong heart sound
    2g: gastro-intestinal system
    2h: uro-genital system
    2i: central nervous system
    2j: skeleto-muscular apparatus
    2k: enlargement of the breast
    2l: other
Assessed at day 1, day 5 and after day 5

Observed Relation with Happiness