Characteristics

Code:

O-Sum-*-mq-*-10-a

Focus:

Overall: Summed overall appraisals (O-Sum)

Time frame:

various time frames (*)

Mode:

multiple questions (mq)

Scale Type:

Different rating scales combined (*)

Scale Range:

10

Description

Self report on 2 questions:

A  All things considered, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?
    1  dissatisfied
     .
     .
    10 satisfied

B  Taking all together, how happy would you say you are?
    4  very happy
    3  quite happy
    2  not very happy
    1  not at all happy

Computation: Mean score, rescaled to range 1-10