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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-SLL-c-sq-v-5-b
Focus:
Overall: Satisfaction with Life one Leads (O-SLL)
Time frame:
currently (today, these days, presently) (c)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
5

Description

Self report on single question:

How satisfied are you with the life you lead these days.......?
5  very satisfied
4  fairly satisfied
3  neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
2  rather dissatisfied
1  very dissatisfied

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Gehmacher (1987a): study AT 1987 Residents housing estates, Vienna, Austria, 1987 N = 218
Mean
= 3.100