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Happiness Measures

Measures of Happiness: M-PL-u-sq-v-7-b

Characteristics

Code:
M-PL-u-sq-v-7-b
Focus:
Mixed: Pleasure in Life (M-PL)
Time frame:
time unspecified (u)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
7

Description

Self report on single question:

Moments of dissatisfaction or unhappiness with your life are:
7  very rare
6  rare
5  relatively rare
4  neither rare nor frequent
3  relatively frequent
2  frequent
1  very frequent

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Zamfir (1984): study RO 1979 Working people, Romania, 1979 N = 1804
Mean
= 4.270
SD
= 1.270