Mental Health > Wave 4

Longitudinal Wave

General Information

Title
Wave 4
Project Number
35.4
Abstract
This is the fourth wave of the study Mental Health.
Longitudinal Type
Longitudinal Wave
Begin date
01-09-2008
End date
30-09-2008
Researcher
Westerhof, Gerben
Publisher
CentERdata
Copyright
© 2009 CentERdata
Funding Organization
CentERdata/MESS Project
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-z99-f3vd

Datasets and documentation

View Documentation

Codebook, in English
Codebook, in Dutch

Data Files

English SPSS file
English STATA file

Variables

Variable name Variable Label Variable Type
nomem_encrNumber of household member encryptedpreloaded
ai08d_myear and month of administrationconstructed
ai08d001random variable to determine the sequence of question blocksconstructed
ai08d002...that you are happy?directly measured
ai08d003...that you are interested in life?directly measured
ai08d004...that you are satisfied?directly measured
ai08d005...that you have made an important contribution to society?directly measured
ai08d006...that you are part of a community?directly measured
ai08d007...that our society is becoming a better place for people?directly measured
ai08d008...that people are basically good?directly measured
ai08d009...that you understand how our society works?directly measured
ai08d010...that you are happy with most aspects of you own personality?directly measured
ai08d011...that you can deal well with your daily responsibilities?directly measured
ai08d012...that you have warm and close relations with other people?directly measured
ai08d013...that you are being challenged to grow and become a better person?directly measured
ai08d014...that you have expressed your own views and ideas with confidence?directly measured
ai08d015...that your life has a direction or meaning?directly measured
ai08d016Experiencing happiness and satisfaction in lifedirectly measured
ai08d017Avoiding negative feelings, such as being dejected or anxiousdirectly measured
ai08d018Developing and improving my own persondirectly measured
ai08d019Being part of and contributing to societydirectly measured
ai08d020Was it difficult to answer the questions?directly measured
ai08d021Were the questions sufficiently clear?directly measured
ai08d022Did the questionnaire get you thinking about things?directly measured
ai08d023Was it an interesting subject?directly measured
ai08d024Did you enjoy answering the questions?directly measured
ai08d025MHC-SF totalderived
ai08d026MHC-SF subscale hedonic well-beingderived
ai08d027MHC-SF subscale social well-beingderived
ai08d028MHC-SF subscale psychological well-beingderived
ai08d029BSI total (norm)constructed
ai08d030BSI somatic complaints (norm)constructed
ai08d031BSI problems in cognitive functions (norm)constructed
ai08d032BSI interpersonal sensitivity (norm)constructed
ai08d033BSI depression (norm)constructed
ai08d034BSI fear (norm)constructed
ai08d035BSI hostility (norm)constructed
ai08d036BSI phobic fear (norm)constructed
ai08d037BSI paranoïd (norm)constructed
ai08d038BSI psychoticism (norm)constructed

Questions

Questionnaire: Welzijn

The questionnaire was conducted in Dutch. A part of the original questionnaire is not allowed to be published (Brief Symptom Inventory items).

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Response Information

Response Overview
Response: Selected number of household members: 2293 (100.0%)
Nonresponse: 489 (21.3%)
Response: 1579 (68.9%)
Complete: 1579 (68.9%)
Incomplete: 0 (0.0%)
Collection Events
Period
01-09-2008 to 30-09-2008
Sample
Random selection of 250 women and 250 men per age category (18-29, 30-49, 50-64, >=65), 1 member per household. Furthermore the members (>=16 years of age) of the households with at least one allochthonous person (known from the data of the panel recruitment). In total the gross selection was 2613 potential panel members, of which 2293 already participated in the panel.
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
a reminder was twice sent to non-respondents