Equivalent measures Distributional Findings of Happiness by nation using measure type: 121B - 3-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: How satisfied are you with the way you are getting on now? - very satisfied - all right - dissatisfied Australia Finding Measure Code Year Original (1 - 3) Scale (0 - 10) mean SD mean SD O-SLC-c-sq-v-3-aa 1948 2.02 0.65 6.68 2.11 Average 2.02 0.65 6.68 2.12 Austria Finding Measure Code Year Original (1 - 3) Scale (0 - 10) mean SD mean SD O-SLL-u-sq-v-3-b 1991 2.72 0.48 7.78 2.55 Average 2.72 0.48 7.78 2.55 Bulgaria Finding Measure Code Year Original (1 - 3) Scale (0 - 10) mean SD mean SD O-SLL-u-sq-v-3-b 1991 1.91 0.58 3.90 2.29 Average 1.91 0.58 3.90 2.29 Costa Rica Finding Measure Code Year Original (1 - 3) Scale (0 - 10) mean SD mean SD O-SLu-g-sq-v-3-c 1978 2.89 0.39 8.15 1.18 O-SLu-g-sq-v-3-c 1983 2.89 0.34 8.12 1.13 O-SLu-g-sq-v-3-c 1985 2.94 0.25 8.31 0.83 O-SLu-g-sq-v-3-c 1987 2.87 0.44 8.08 1.32 Average 2.90 0.35 8.17 1.12 Croatia Finding Measure Code Year Original (1 - 3) Scale (0 - 10) mean SD mean SD O-SLW-u-sq-v-3-b 1992 2.00 0.60 5.01 3.01 Average 2.00 0.60 5.01 3.01 Czech Republic Finding Measure Code Year Original (1 - 3) Scale (0 - 10) mean SD mean SD O-SLL-u-sq-v-3-b 1991 2.54 0.54 6.82 2.85 Average 2.54 0.54 6.82 2.86 France Finding Measure Code Year Original (1 - 3) Scale (0 - 10) mean SD mean SD O-SLC-c-sq-v-3-ab 1948 1.36 0.53 4.83 2.68 Average 1.36 0.53 4.83 2.68 Hungary Finding Measure Code Year Original (1 - 3) Scale (0 - 10) mean SD mean SD O-SLL-u-sq-v-3-b 1991 2.12 0.60 4.77 2.71 Average 2.12 0.60 4.77 2.71 Italy Finding Measure Code Year Original (1 - 3) Scale (0 - 10) mean SD mean SD O-SLC-c-sq-v-3-ab 1948 1.57 0.59 5.86 2.84 Average 1.57 0.59 5.86 2.84 Netherlands Finding Measure Code Year Original (1 - 3) Scale (0 - 10) mean SD mean SD O-SLC-c-sq-v-3-ab 1948 1.73 0.60 6.58 2.74 Average 1.73 0.60 6.58 2.74 Norway Finding Measure Code Year Original (1 - 3) Scale (0 - 10) mean SD mean SD O-SLC-c-sq-v-3-ab 1948 2.11 0.55 8.10 1.78 Average 2.11 0.55 8.10 1.78 Poland Finding Measure Code Year Original (1 - 3) Scale (0 - 10) mean SD mean SD O-SLL-u-sq-v-3-b 1991 2.06 0.65 4.63 2.81 Average 2.06 0.65 4.63 2.81 Romania Finding Measure Code Year Original (1 - 3) Scale (0 - 10) mean SD mean SD O-SLL-u-sq-v-3-b 1991 2.02 0.59 4.32 2.52 Average 2.02 0.59 4.32 2.52 Slovakia Finding Measure Code Year Original (1 - 3) Scale (0 - 10) mean SD mean SD O-SLL-u-sq-v-3-b 1991 2.44 0.56 6.25 2.91 Average 2.44 0.56 6.25 2.90 Slovenia Finding Measure Code Year Original (1 - 3) Scale (0 - 10) mean SD mean SD O-SLL-u-sq-v-3-b 1991 2.32 0.61 5.73 2.95 Average 2.32 0.61 5.73 2.96 Sweden Finding Measure Code Year Original (1 - 3) Scale (0 - 10) mean SD mean SD O-SLu-g-sq-v-3-e 1991 2.56 Average 2.56 United Kingdom Finding Measure Code Year Original (1 - 3) Scale (0 - 10) mean SD mean SD O-SLC-c-sq-v-3-aa 1948 1.78 0.65 5.89 2.27 Average 1.78 0.65 5.89 2.27 United States of America Finding Measure Code Year Original (1 - 3) Scale (0 - 10) mean SD mean SD O-SLS-c-sq-v-3-aa 1948 1.89 0.64 6.26 2.17 O-SLL-c-sq-v-3-a 1970 2.07 0.59 6.90 1.77 O-SLL-c-sq-v-3-a 1976 2.06 0.51 6.88 1.53 O-SLL-c-sq-v-3-a 2000 2.08 0.57 6.93 1.72 O-SLL-c-sq-v-3-d 2000 2.07 0.57 6.70 1.61 Average 2.03 0.58 6.74 1.76