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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-a
Focus:
Overall: Satisfaction with Life one Leads (O-SLL)
Time frame:
time unspecified (u)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
4

Description

Self report on single question:

On the whole are you with the life you lead?
4 satisfied
3 rather satisfied
2 as yet unsatisfied
1 unbearably dissatisfied

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Dekker (2007): study ZZ EU 25 2001 15+ aged, general public, EU 25 member states, 2001-2006 N = 25
Rhoads & Raymond (1981): study US Arizona 1979 Adults, Phoenix, Arizona, USA,1979 N = 547