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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-DT-u-sq-v-6-a
Focus:
Overall: Delighted vs Terrible life (O-DT)
Time frame:
time unspecified (u)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
6

Description

Self report on single question:

How do you feel about your life as a whole?
6  delighted
5
4
3
2
1 terrible

Labels of other response options not reported

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Bookwala & Schulz (1996): study US 1991 65+ aged couples, United States, 1991 N = 1040
Mean
= 4.815
SD
= 0.795