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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-HL-u-sq-v-5-m
Focus:
Overall: Happiness in Life (O-HL)
Time frame:
time unspecified (u)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
5

Description

Self report on single question:

How happy are you?
5  very happy
4
3
2
1  very unhappy

Labels of other response options not reported

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Nie et al. (2015): study CN 2010 16-60 aged, internet users, China, 2010 N = 4686
Mean
= 4.030
SD
= 0.900