Dataset used to assess healthcare workers' happiness, health, and motivation in Kenya (RNDKM).

The current dataset is on healthcare workers' (n=553) overall scores on happiness, health status, and motivation in all public and faith-based hospitals in Meru County, Kenya. The three questionnaires/instruments used for data collection were: Happiness: Reference: Peterson, C.; Park, N.; Seligman, M. Orientations to happiness and life satisfaction: the full life versus the empty life. Journal of Happiness Studies 2005, 6, 25-41, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10902-004-1278-z Health status: Reference: The EuroQol Group. EQ-5D Instruments. Availabe online: https://euroqol.org/eq-5d-instruments/ Motivation: Reference: Mbindyo, P.M.; Blaauw, D.; Gilson, L.; English, M. Developing a tool to measure health worker motivation in district hospitals in Kenya. Human Resources for Health 2009, 7, 40. Ethical approval to collect this data was from: The research ethics committee at the University of Pretoria, South Africa [718/2019]. The Institutional Review Board at the United States International University Africa, in Kenya [USIU-A/IRB/130-2020]. National research license was provided [901924] from the National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation, Kenya. The Meru County Government Department of Health approved this study to be carried out in their county [CGM/COH/1/17(50)].