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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-bb
Focus:
Overall: Happiness in Life (O-HL)
Time frame:
currently (today, these days, presently) (c)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
3

Description

Self report on single question:

All in all, how much Unhappiness would you say you find in life today? Would you say…?
3   almost none
2   some unhappiness
1   great unhappiness

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Gubrium (1974): study US 1972 Aged persons, Detroit, USA, 197? N = 210