Typical text:

How do you feel about your life as a whole right now?
- delighted
- pleased
- mostly satisfying
- mixed
- mostly dissatisfying
- unhappy
- terrible
delighted = 7 ..... terrible = 1

Mexico

Finding Measure Code Year Original (1 - 7) Scale (0 - 10) mean SD mean SD O-SLW-u-sq-v-7-c 2001 5.13 0.99 8.08 1.95 Average 5.13 0.99 8.08 1.96

Poland

Finding Measure Code Year Original (1 - 7) Scale (0 - 10) mean SD mean SD O-DT-u-sq-v-7-a 1991 4.67 1.05 6.11 1.76 O-DT-u-sq-v-7-a 1992 4.61 1.04 6.02 1.73 O-DT-u-sq-v-7-a 1993 4.57 1.05 5.95 1.75 O-DT-u-sq-v-7-a 1995 4.77 1.01 6.28 1.68 O-DT-u-sq-v-7-a 1996 4.73 1.06 6.21 1.77 O-DT-u-sq-v-7-a 1997 4.76 1.03 6.27 1.72 O-DT-u-sq-v-7-a 2000 4.91 1.05 6.52 1.75 O-DT-u-sq-v-7-a 2003 4.95 1.07 6.58 1.79 O-DT-u-sq-v-7-a 2005 5.01 1.04 6.68 1.73 O-DT-u-sq-v-7-a 2007 5.12 1.02 6.86 1.69 Average 4.81 1.04 6.35 1.74

United States of America

Finding Measure Code Year Original (1 - 7) Scale (0 - 10) mean SD mean SD O-DT-u-sqt-v-7-a 1972 2.59 1.09 2.65 1.82 O-DT-u-sq-v-7-a 1973 5.31 1.06 7.18 1.76 O-DT-u-sqt-v-7-a 1973 5.36 0.99 7.30 O-DT-u-sqt-v-7-a 1980 Average 4.42 1.05 5.71 1.79