Equivalent measures Distributional Findings of Happiness by nation using measure type: 121A - 2-step verbal Lifesatisfaction Measure Types 111A 2-step verbal happiness 111B 3-step verbal Happiness 111BA 3-step verbal Happiness B 111C 4-step verbal Happiness 111D 5-step verbal Happiness 111E 6-step verbal Happiness 111F 7-step verbal Happiness 112A 5-step numeral happiness 112B 6-step numeral happiness 112C 7-step numeral Happiness 112D 8-step numeral happiness 112E 9-step numeral happiness 112F 10-step numeral Happiness 112G 11-step numeral Happiness 113 3-step verbal Happy: Right-Wrong 121A 2-step verbal Lifesatisfaction 121B 3-step verbal LifeSatisfaction 121C 4-step verbal LifeSatisfaction 121D 5-step verbal LifeSatisfaction 121E 6-step verbal Lifesatisfaction 121F 7-step verbal LifeSatisfaction 122A 5-step numeral LifeSatisfaction 122B 11-step numeral LifeSatisfaction 122C 7-step numeral LifeSatisfaction 122D 8-step numeral LifeSatisfaction 122E 9-step numeral LifeSatisfaction 122F 10-step numeral LifeSatisfaction 122G 11-step numeral LifeSatisfaction 122H 101-step numeral LifeSatisfaction 13A 7-step verbal Delighted-Terrible life 13B 8-step verbal Delighted-Terrible life 15A 4-step verbal Qua;ity of Life 15B 5-step verbal Quality of Life 15C 7-step good-bad things in life 15E 10-step Quality-Of-Life 15F 11-step Quality-Of-Life 16 OVERALL: SATISFACTION WITH QUALITY OF LIFE 16A 4-step verbal Satisfaction with QOL 16B 5-step verbal Satisfaction with QOL 16C 7-step verbal Satisfaction with QOL 16D 7-step numeral Satisfaction with QOL 16F 11-step numeral satisfaction with QOL 18 OVERALL: FURTHER ITEMS 18A Happiness + LifeSatisfaction in one question 18B 11-step Best-Worst Overall Happiness 19 OVERALL: MULTIPLE ITEMS 19A 2 item LifeSatisfaction 19B 3-item Overall Happiness 19C 2-item Happiness + LifeSatisfaction 19D Diener's SWLS items on overall happiness 19E Various questions on Happiness + LifeSatisfaction combined 19F 11step life-satisfaction estimated from responses about Affect and Contentment 19G 11-step life-satisfaction plus imputation of missing cases 21A 2-step verbal Average Affect 21C 4-step verbal Average Affect 21F 6-step verbal Average Affect 21G 10-step verbal Average Affect 21H 11-step verbal Average Affect 21I 7-step Pictorial Average Affect 21J 7-step numeral Average Affect 21K 10-step numeral Average Affect 21L 11-step numeral Average Affect 221 8-item Affect Balance Scale (Diener) 222 10-item Affect Balance Scale (Bradburn) 223 20 item Affect Balance Scale (Watson): PANAS 224 9-item Affect Balance (ESS) 231 5-step verbal Current Affect 24A More days like yesterday 24B Yesterday's overall affect 24C 5-item Yesterday's Affect Balance 24D 6 item yesterday Affect Balance 24E 10 item Yesterday Affect Balance 24F 11 item Yesterday's Affect Balance 24G 14-item Yesterday's Affect Balance 25C Automatic face analysis 31 CONTENTMENT: LIFE CLOSE TO IDEAL 31A 5-step verbal Close to Ideal 31B 5-step numeral Close to Ideal 31C 7-step verbal Close to Ideal 31D 7-step numeral Close to Ideal 32A1 7-step verbal Best-Worst possible life 32A2 7-step numeral Best-Worst possible life 32B 9-step numeral Best-Worst possible life 32C 10-step Best-Worst possible life 32D 11-step numeral Best-Worst possible Life 33A 4-step verbal Realization of Goals 33B 7-step verbal Realization of Goals 33C 11-step numeral Succes in Goals 34A 2-step verbal Life fits Wants 34B 3-step verbal Life fits Wants 34C 4-step verbal Life fits Wants 34D 5-step verbal Life fits Wants 34E 10-step numerical Life fits Wants 34F 11-step numerical Life fits Wants 4 MIXED MEASURES 411A 2-step Feel happy 411B 3-step Feel Happy 411C 4-step Feel Happy 411D 5-step Feel Happy 411E 6-step Feel Happy 411F 7-step Feel Happy 411G 7-step Feel Happy 411H 10/11-step Feel Happy 412A 4-step verbal Tme Happy 412B 5-step verbal Time Happy 412C 6-step verbal Time Happy 413A 4-step verbal Pleasant Life 413B 5-step Pleasant Life 414 Happy days 421 Yesterday Affect Balance + Best-Worst possible life 432 Shortened Satisfaction with Life Scale 5 HAPPY LIFE YEARS 6 INEQUALITY of HAPPINESS 61 SD 11step Life-satisfaction 62 SD 11 step Contentment 7 INEQUALITY ADJUSTED HAPPINESS Typical text: In general, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in your own personal life? - yes - no Guatemala Finding Measure Code Year Original (1 - 2) Scale (0 - 10) mean SD mean SD O-SLL-c-sq-v-2-a 1993 1.67 0.47 6.63 2.64 O-SLL-c-sq-v-2-a 1995 1.68 0.47 6.72 2.61 O-SLL-c-sq-v-2-a 1997 1.70 0.46 6.81 2.57 O-SLL-c-sq-v-2-a 1999 1.56 0.50 6.02 2.78 O-SLL-c-sq-v-2-a 2001 1.47 0.50 5.53 2.79 Average 1.61 0.48 6.34 2.68 United States of America Finding Measure Code Year Original (1 - 2) Scale (0 - 10) mean SD mean SD O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1973 1.79 0.41 7.31 2.29 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1979 1.81 0.40 7.41 2.21 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1979 1.76 0.43 7.16 2.39 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1979 1.79 0.41 7.30 2.30 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1981 1.83 0.38 7.53 2.12 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1981 1.84 0.37 7.58 2.08 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1981 1.83 0.38 7.53 2.12 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1982 1.76 0.43 7.16 2.39 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1982 1.78 0.42 7.24 2.34 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1983 1.79 0.40 7.35 2.27 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1983 1.78 0.42 7.24 2.34 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1984 1.82 0.38 7.51 2.14 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1984 1.81 0.40 7.41 2.21 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1985 1.83 0.37 7.57 2.08 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1986 1.86 0.35 7.71 1.95 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1986 1.85 0.36 7.65 2.01 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1987 1.85 0.36 7.65 2.01 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1988 1.88 0.33 7.82 1.83 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1988 1.83 0.37 7.57 2.09 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1990 1.82 0.38 7.49 2.15 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1990 1.87 0.34 7.77 1.89 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1990 1.89 0.32 7.87 1.77 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1990 1.84 0.37 7.60 2.05 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1990 1.86 0.34 7.73 1.93 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1990 1.88 0.32 7.83 1.82 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1990 1.87 0.33 7.79 1.87 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1990 1.83 0.37 7.56 2.10 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1990 1.84 0.37 7.59 2.06 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1991 1.81 0.40 7.41 2.21 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1991 1.82 0.39 7.48 2.16 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1991 1.84 0.37 7.59 2.07 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1991 1.88 0.33 7.82 1.83 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1991 1.85 0.36 7.65 2.01 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1991 1.88 0.33 7.81 1.84 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1991 1.86 0.35 7.70 1.96 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1992 1.80 0.40 7.37 2.25 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1992 1.78 0.42 7.26 2.33 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1993 1.83 0.38 7.54 2.11 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1996 1.88 0.33 7.81 1.84 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1997 1.86 0.35 7.70 1.96 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1998 1.87 0.33 7.78 1.87 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 1998 1.86 0.35 7.71 1.95 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 2000 1.88 0.33 7.82 1.83 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 2001 1.86 0.35 7.71 1.95 O-SLP-c-sq-v-2-a 2001 1.85 0.36 7.64 2.02 O-SLP-c-sq-v-2-a 2002 1.86 0.34 7.73 1.92 O-SLP-c-sq-v-2-a 2002 1.84 0.37 7.60 2.06 O-SLP-c-sq-v-2-a 2003 1.86 0.35 7.70 1.96 O-SLP-c-sq-v-2-a 2003 1.89 0.31 7.90 1.73 O-SLP-c-sq-v-2-a 2004 1.86 0.35 7.72 1.94 O-SLP-u-sq-v-2-a 2005 1.86 0.34 7.74 1.92 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 2006 1.85 0.36 7.65 2.01 O-SLP-c-sq-v-2-a 2007 1.86 0.35 7.70 1.96 O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b 2008 1.81 0.39 7.46 2.18 O-SLP-c-sq-v-2-a 2011 1.79 0.41 7.31 2.29 O-SLP-c-sq-v-2-a 2013 1.80 0.40 7.37 2.25 O-SLP-c-sq-v-2-a 2015 1.85 0.36 7.66 2.00 O-SLP-c-sq-v-2-a 2016 1.85 0.36 7.66 2.00 O-SLP-c-sq-v-2-a 2020 1.90 0.30 7.94 1.68 Average 1.84 0.37 7.59 2.05