print

Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
M-TH-u-sq-v-7-a
Focus:
Mixed: Time Happy (M-TH)
Time frame:
time unspecified (u)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
7

Description

Self report on single question:

The moments of joy and deep satisfaction with your life are:
1  very rare
2  rare
3  relatively rare
4  neither rare nor frequent
5  relatively frequent
6  frequent
7  very frequent

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Zamfir (1984): study RO 1979 Working people, Romania, 1979 N = 1804
Mean
= 3.920
SD
= 1.390