Distributional findings on happines in Israel (IL)

Measure type: 111C   4-step verbal Happiness Taking all things together, would you say you are?: - very happy - quite happy - not very happy - not at all happy very = 4 ......not at all = 1
Details	Measure code	Year	On original range 1 - 4		On range 0 - 10
			Mean	SD	Mean	SD
	O-HL-c-sq-v-4-f	1991	2.88	0.77	6.16	2.13
	O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a	2001	3.02	0.79	6.91	2.22
Average			2.95	0.78	6.53	2.17

Measure type: 111F   7-step verbal Happiness Considering your life as a whole, would you describe it as - very unhappy - unhappy - mixed - happy - very happy very happy = 7 .... very unhappy = 1
Details	Measure code	Year	On original range 1 - 7		On range 0 - 10
			Mean	SD	Mean	SD
	O-HL-g-sq-v-7-a	2002	5.32	1.10	7.38	2.05
Average			5.32	1.10	7.38	2.05

Measure type: 112E   11-step numeral Happiness Generally speaking, how happy do you feel? 10 extremely happy . . 0 extremely unhappy
Details	Measure code	Year	On original range 0 - 10		On range 0 - 10
			Mean	SD	Mean	SD
	O-HL-u-sq-n-11-a	2002	7.29	2.10	7.29	2.10
	O-HL-u-sq-n-11-a	2008	7.59	2.01	7.59	2.01
	O-HL-u-sq-n-11-a	2010	7.65	2.01	7.65	2.01
Average			7.51	2.04	7.51	2.04

Measure type: 121C   4-step verbal LifeSatisfaction How satisfied are you with the life you lead? - very satisfied - fairly satisfied - not very satisfied - not at all satisfied very = 4 ....... not at all = 1
Details	Measure code	Year	On original range 1 - 4		On range 0 - 10
			Mean	SD	Mean	SD
	O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-f	2003	3.07	0.73	7.82	2.14
	O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-f	2003	3.06	0.76	7.77	2.22
	O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-f	2005	3.06	0.76	7.76	2.24
	O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-f	2005	3.05	0.76	7.77	2.22
	O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-f	2006	3.08	0.75	7.84	2.16
	O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-f	2007	3.12	0.72	7.95	2.04
	O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-f	2008	3.13	0.71	8.02	1.98
	O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-f	2009	3.15	0.71	8.04	1.96
	O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-f	2010	3.22	0.70	8.19	1.84
Average			3.10	0.73	7.91	2.09

Measure type: 122F   10-step numeral LifeSatisfaction All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole now? 10 satisfied . . . 1 dissatisfied
Details	Measure code	Year	On original range 1 - 10		On range 0 - 10
			Mean	SD	Mean	SD
	O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a	2001	7.02	2.18	6.69	2.42
Average			7.02	2.18	6.69	2.42

Measure type: 122G   11-step numeral LifeSatisfaction All things considered, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days? 10 very satisfied . . 0 not satisfied
Details	Measure code	Year	On original range 0 - 10		On range 0 - 10
			Mean	SD	Mean	SD
	O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd	2002	6.61	2.60	6.61	2.60
	O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-a	2007	7.08	1.97	7.08	1.97
	O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd	2008	7.45	2.16	7.45	2.16
	O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd	2010	7.49	2.14	7.49	2.14
Average			7.16	2.22	7.16	2.22

Measure type: 235   More days like yesterday Do you want more days like yesterday? - yes - no % yes
Details	Measure code	Year	On original range 0 - 100		On range 0 - 10
			Mean	SD	Mean	SD
	A-AOL-yd-sq-v-2-a	2007	64.00
Average			64.00

Measure type: 236   14-item Yesterday's Affect Balance Did you feel yesterday.. (yes/no)? - well rested - worried - proud - depressed - ...etc Computation: % positive affect minus % negative affect
Details	Measure code	Year	On original range -100 - 100		On range 0 - 10
			Mean	SD	Mean	SD
	A-AB-yd-mq-v-2-b	2007	34.00
	A-AB-yd-mq-v-2-b	2008	31.00
Average			32.50

Measure type: 31B   9-step numeral Best-Worst possible life Here you have a ladder of nine rungs representing different conditions of life in which a person may possibly be. The top of the ladder '9' represents the best possible condition one may think of, and the bottom '1' represents the worst possible condition. On which rung do you think you stand at present with regard to your personal condition? - 9 best possible - . . - . . - 1 worst possible
Details	Measure code	Year	On original range 1 - 9		On range 0 - 10
			Mean	SD	Mean	SD
	C-BW-c-sq-l-9-a	1982	6.45
	C-BW-c-sq-l-9-a	1982	6.95
	C-BW-c-sq-l-9-a	1983	6.46
	C-BW-c-sq-l-9-a	1984	6.24
	C-BW-c-sq-l-9-a	1984	6.00
Average			6.42

Measure type: 31D   11-step numeral Best-Worst possible Life Suppose the top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you and the bottom of the ladder the worst possible life. Where on this ladder do you feel you personally stand at the present time? - 10 - . - . - 0
Details	Measure code	Year	On original range 0 - 10		On range 0 - 10
			Mean	SD	Mean	SD
	C-BW-c-sq-l-11-a	1961	5.32	2.25	5.32	2.25
	C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c	2006	7.16	1.85	7.16	1.85
	C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c	2007	6.80		6.80
	C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c	2007	7.09	1.84	7.09	1.84
	C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c	2011	7.40		7.40
Average			6.75	1.98	6.75	1.98

Cite as: R. Veenhoven, Distributional findings on Happiness in Israel (IL), World Database of Happiness, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Viewed on 2013-05-25 at http://worlddatabaseofhappiness.eur.nl .