Measures of Happiness: O-DT-c-sq-v-7-c
Characteristics
- Code:
- O-DT-c-sq-v-7-c
- Focus:
- Overall: Delighted vs Terrible life (O-DT)
- Time frame:
- currently (today, these days, presently) (c)
- Mode:
- 1 question (sq)
- Scale Type:
- verbal scale (v)
- Scale Range:
- 7
Description
Self report on single question:Indicate the feeling you have now, generally speaking, how do you feel about your life...?
1 terrible
2 unhappy
3 mostly dissatisfied
4 mixed (about equally satisfied and dissatisfied)
5 mostly satisfied
6 pleased
7 delighted
- 8 neutral (neither satisfied nor dissatisfied)
- 9 never thought about it
- 10 does not apply to me
Scoring: 8, 9 and 10 left out
List of Studies Using this Measure
Standard Deviation
- Mean
- = 4.200
- SD
- = 0.720
- Mean
- = 5.100
- SD
- = 0.800
- Mean
- = 4.960
- SD
- = 0.860
- Mean
- = 4.700
- SD
- = 0.900
- Mean
- = 4.950
- SD
- = 0.900
- Mean
- = 4.780
- SD
- = 0.900
- Mean
- = 4.510
- SD
- = 0.900
- Mean
- = 4.550
- SD
- = 0.900
- Mean
- = 4.150
- SD
- = 0.930
- Mean
- = 5.060
- SD
- = 0.930
- Mean
- = 5.100
- SD
- = 0.940
- Mean
- = 5.170
- SD
- = 0.940
- Mean
- = 4.900
- SD
- = 0.950
- Mean
- = 4.600
- SD
- = 0.950
- Mean
- = 5.100
- SD
- = 0.960
- Mean
- = 4.960
- SD
- = 0.980
- Mean
- = 4.960
- SD
- = 1.000
- Mean
- = 4.460
- SD
- = 1.000
- Mean
- = 5.160
- SD
- = 1.000
- Mean
- = 5.300
- SD
- = 1.000
- Mean
- = 5.460
- SD
- = 1.020
- Mean
- = 4.140
- SD
- = 1.020
- Mean
- = 4.740
- SD
- = 1.060
- Mean
- = 4.300
- SD
- = 1.100
- Mean
- = 4.560
- SD
- = 1.100
- Mean
- = 4.700
- SD
- = 1.150
- Mean
- = 4.900
- SD
- = 1.200
- Mean
- = 5.000
- SD
- = 1.240
- Mean
- = 4.240
- SD
- = 1.480
- Mean
- = 5.140
- SD
- = 1.500
- Mean
- = 4.500
- SD
- = 1.930