True Risk Preferences > Testing Mechanisms for Identifying True Risk Preferences – additional questions

Single Wave Study

General Information

Title
Testing Mechanisms for Identifying True Risk Preferences – additional questions
Project Number
81.2
Abstract
In February a questionnaire about dealing with risks was presented to the LISS panel. Some additional questions were included in the Health Core questionnaire in November and December.
Longitudinal Type
Single Wave Study
Begin date
05-11-2012
End date
31-12-2012
Topics
Social behavior (LISS)
Psychology (LISS/ELSST)
Researcher
Charness, Gary, Offerman, Theo, Villeval, Marie Claire
Publisher
CentERdata
Copyright
© 2013 CentERdata
Funding Organization
CentERdata/MESS Project
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-zxj-bqtq

Datasets and documentation

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Codebook in English
codebook_hy12a_EN_1.0.pdf
Codebook in Dutch
codeboek_hy12a_Nl_1.0

Data Files

English SPSS datafile
hy12a_EN_1.0p.sav
English STATA file
hy12a_EN_1.0p.dta

Variables

Variable name Variable Label Variable Type
nomem_encrNumber of the household member encryptedpreloaded
hy12a_mYear and month of the field work periodconstructed
hy12a001On average, what percentage of your income do you save in a safe mannerdirectly measured
hy12a002On average, what percentage of your income do you invest in a risk-bearing mannerdirectly measured
hy12a003On average, what percentage of your income do you save in a safe manner compared to the percentage that you invest in a risk-bearing manner - not relevant, I spend the money all at oncedirectly measured
hy12a004On average, what percentage of your income do you save in a safe manner compared to the percentage that you invest in a risk-bearing manner - I don’t knowdirectly measured
hy12a005Do you own a house?directly measured
hy12a006For what length of time have you taken out (or did you take out) a fixed mortgage rate?directly measured
hy12a007For what length of time have you taken out (or did you take out) a fixed mortgage rate? - fixed for number of years:directly measured

Questions

Questionnaire: Testing Mechanisms for Identifying True Risk Preferences – additional questions

The questionnaire was administered in Dutch.

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Response Information

Response Overview
Selected number of household members 6,769 (100%)
Non-response: 1,012 (15.0%)
Response: 5,757 (85.0%)
Complete: 5,745 (84.9%)
Incomplete: 12 (0.1%)
Collection Events
Period
05-11-2012 to 27-11-2012
Sample
Panel members aged 16 years and older
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
A reminder was sent twice to non-respondents.
Period
03-12-2012 to 31-12-2012
Sample
Panel members aged 16 years and older who did not respond to the first collection event.
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
A reminder was sent twice to non-respondents.

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