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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-HV-h-sq-v-2-a
Focus:
Overall: Happiness Various items (O-HV)
Time frame:
hitherto (h)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
2

Description

Self report on single question:

Taking altogether, my life did not go very well up to now.  Life could have been more kind to me
1  no
2  yes
-   DK/NA

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
GESIS (2007): study XZ Germany West 1968 Parents of students, Germany-West (former), 1968 N = 1729
Mean
= 1.252
SD
= 0.434