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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-HL-c-sq-?-7-b
Focus:
Overall: Happiness in Life (O-HL)
Time frame:
currently (today, these days, presently) (c)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
scale not reported (?)
Scale Range:
7

Description

Self report on single question:

.. How things are going these days ..  (full text not reported)
7  very happy
6
5
4
3
2
1  very unhappy
Full labeling of scales not reported

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Lansford et al. (2001): study US 1992 Families with at least one child <10 in household, United States of America, 1992 - 1994 N = 799