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The “Databook of Happiness” is a reference work that was published in 1984 by Ruut Veenhoven together with “Conditions of Happiness,” in which he reviewed the then available research findings on subjective enjoyment of life. It formed the basis of the present World Database of Happiness.
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A complete overview of research findings on subjective enjoyment of life from 1911 to 1975 is presented in the Databook of Happiness, which was published in 1984 (Veenhoven 1984b). This databook limits to facts. Contrary to common literature reviews, it does not consider interpretations of these research findings. The book served as the basis for a synthetic study reported in the book “Conditions of Happiness” that appeared simultaneously in 1984 (Veenhoven 1984a).
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The databook limits to findings obtained using indicators that fit the concept of happiness as the “overall appreciation of one’s life as a whole.”...
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Veenhoven, R. (1984a). Conditions of happiness. Dordrecht/Boston/Lancaster: D. Reidel Publishing. ISBN. Still available at Springer Press.
Veenhoven, R. (1984b). Databook of happiness: A complementary reference work to ‘Conditions of happiness’ by the same author. Dordrecht/Boston/Lancaster: D. Reidel Publishing. Digital version available at: http://www2.eur.nl/fsw/research/veenhoven/Pub1980s/1984b.htm
Veenhoven, R. (2012). World database of happiness: Archive of research findings on subjective enjoyment of life. Netherlands: Erasmus University Rotterdam. Available at http://worlddatabaseofhappiness.eur.nl
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Veenhoven, R. (2014). Databook of Happiness. In: Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_663
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