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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-HL-c-sq-n-11-d
Focus:
Overall: Happiness in Life (O-HL)
Time frame:
currently (today, these days, presently) (c)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
numeric scale (n)
Scale Range:
11

Description

Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, place a checkmark in the position you feel best describes your present life
0  not at all happy
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 very happy

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Jacob et al. (2009): study ZZ 2005 Buddhist Peace Fellowship members, USA/Canada, 2005 N = 829