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Happiness Measures

Measures of Happiness: O-HL-c-sq-n-6-d

Characteristics

Code:
O-HL-c-sq-n-6-d
Focus:
Overall: Happiness in Life (O-HL)
Time frame:
currently (today, these days, presently) (c)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
numeric scale (n)
Scale Range:
6

Description

Selfreport on single question

Thinking about your life as a whole, how happy would you say you are these days?
6 extremenly happy
5
4
3
2
1 extremely unhappy

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Wells Gladow & Ray (1986): study US Washington 1983 Single mothers, low income, Washington, USA, 1983 N = 63