Equivalent measures Distributional Findings of Happiness by nation using measure type: 122C - 7-step numeral 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 your life these days? 7 satisfied : 1 dissatisfied Canada Finding Measure Code Year Original (1 - 7) Scale (0 - 10) mean SD mean SD O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-d 1997 5.32 1.32 7.19 2.19 Average 5.32 1.32 7.20 2.19 Korea (South) Finding Measure Code Year Original (1 - 7) Scale (0 - 10) mean SD mean SD O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-a 1981 4.36 1.41 5.61 2.36 O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-a 2001 4.56 1.27 5.94 2.12 Average 4.46 1.34 5.77 2.24 United Kingdom Finding Measure Code Year Original (1 - 7) Scale (0 - 10) mean SD mean SD O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-e 1991 5.23 1.29 7.05 2.15 O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-e 1996 5.24 1.32 7.07 2.21 O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-e 1997 5.23 1.34 7.05 2.23 O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-e 1998 5.31 1.27 7.18 2.11 O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-e 1999 5.21 1.35 7.02 2.25 O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-e 2000 5.17 1.31 6.95 2.19 O-SLW-c-sq-n-7-b 2000 5.22 1.26 7.03 2.10 O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-e 2002 5.25 1.30 7.09 2.16 O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-e 2003 5.27 1.29 7.12 2.16 O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-e 2004 5.24 1.28 7.06 2.14 O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-e 2006 5.18 1.29 6.96 2.15 Average 5.23 1.30 7.05 2.17 United States of America Finding Measure Code Year Original (1 - 7) Scale (0 - 10) mean SD mean SD O-SLW-c-sq-n-7-a 1971 5.70 7.80 O-SLW-c-sq-n-7-a 1971 2.46 1.25 2.43 2.08 Average 4.08 1.25 5.11 2.08