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Happiness Measures

Measures of Happiness: A-AOL-m-sq-v-5-a

Characteristics

Code:
A-AOL-m-sq-v-5-a
Focus:
Affect: Average Overall Level (A-AOL)
Time frame:
momentary (now) (m)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
5

Description

Single direct question:

How are you feeling now....?
5  very good
4  good
3  neither good nor poor
2  poor
1  very poor

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Ventegodt (1995): study DK 1993 18-88 aged, general public, Denmark, 1993 N = 1494
Mean
= 4.100
SD
= 0.830
Ventegodt (1997): study DK 1993 31-33 aged, born at the university hospital, Denmark, 1993 N = 4626
Mean
= 4.100
SD
= 0.860
Ventegodt (1996): study DK 1993 31-33 aged, Denmark 1993, born in University Hospital in Copenhagen N = 4611
Mean
= 4.100
SD
= 0.860