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Happiness Measures

Measures of Happiness: M-TH-u-sq-v-5-c

Characteristics

Code:
M-TH-u-sq-v-5-c
Focus:
Mixed: Time Happy (M-TH)
Time frame:
time unspecified (u)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
5

Description

Self report on single question:

Taking all together, how often do you feel happy?
5  very often
4  often
3  now and then
2  seldom
1 never

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Lau & Kramer (2005): study DE 2002 16+ aged, general public, Germany, 2002 N = 1715
Mean
= 3.224
SD
= 0.763