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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
C-CI-u-sq-v-7-a
Focus:
Contenement: life Close to Ideal (C-CI)
Time frame:
time unspecified (u)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
7

Description

Self report on single question:

In most ways my life is close to ideal
1  strongly disagree
2  disagree
3  slightly disagree
4  neither agree, nor disagree
5  slightly agree
6  agree
7  strongly agree

Item in Diener's Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS)

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation Tucker et al. (2006): study ZZ East-West pairs 1999 Students and community members, US and Russia, 1999 N = 277
Mean
= 4.140
 Zubieta et al. (2012): study AR Buenos Aires 2007 University students, Argentina, 200? N = 696
Mean
= 5.050
 Westaway et al. (2001): study ZA 1996 17-70 aged, South Africa, 199? N = 54
Mean
= 4.100
SD
= 2.100
 Westaway et al. (2001): study ZA 1996 /1 17-70 aged, South Africa, 199? N = 54
Mean
= 4.100
SD
= 2.100
 Oh et al. (2014): study US Michigan 2014 Internet users, Michigan, USA, 2014 N = 339
Mean
= 5.030
SD
= 1.170
 Nemcek et al. (2012): study SK 2010 15+aged, Slovakia, 2010 N = 452
Ganglmair Wooliscroft & Wooliscroft (2019): study AT 2016 Adults, 18+ aged, Austria, 2016 N = 360
Mean
= 5.200
SD
= 0.850
 Liang & Zhu (2015): study CN 2014 Landless peasants, aged 18-70, China, 2014 N = 1236
Mean
= 3.140
 Liang & Zhu (2015): study CN 2012 Landless peasants, China, 2012 N = 1236
Mean
= 3.140
SD
= 2.020
 Checa et al. (2019): study ES 2016 Adults, Spain, 20?? N = 726
Mean
= 3.660
SD
= 1.110
 Sandikci et al. (2016): study TR Ankara 2014 16+ aged general public, Ankara, Turkey, 2014 N = 279
Mean
= 3.210
 Wang et al. (2017): study CN Beijing 2015 15-25 aged students, Anhui and Beijing area, China, 2010 N = 2178
Mean
= 4.030
SD
= 1.500