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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-HL-c-sq-c-9-a
Focus:
Overall: Happiness in Life (O-HL)
Time frame:
currently (today, these days, presently) (c)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
circles scale (c)
Scale Range:
9

Description

Self report on single questions:

… personal happiness with present state of affairs..
(full text not reported)
1  little happiness
2
3
4
5  moderate happiness
6
7
8
9  maximum happiness

Response options indicated with squares, ranging from small (1) to big (9)

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Naidu (1978): study IN Mumbai 1973 7-11 aged boys living in institution, Bombay, India, 197? N = 36