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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-QOL-c-sq-v-5-b
Focus:
Overall: QualityOfLife (O-QOL)
Time frame:
currently (today, these days, presently) (c)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
5

Description

Self report on single question:

How do you feel about your life just now?
5  excellent
4  good
3  neither good nor bad
2  bad
1  very bad

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Wu et al. (2014): study TW 2009 Students, Taiwan, 200? N = 146
Mean
= 3.080
SD
= 0.660
Jennes-Coussens et al. (2006): study CA 2001 Young male adults, aged 18-21, Canada N = 25
Mean
= 3.700