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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-HL-c-sq-v-4-n
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:
4

Description

Self report on single question:

In general, I am happy with how things are in my life right now
1  disagree strongly
2  disagree
3  agree
4  strongly agree

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Jones (2002a): study CA 1998 12-15 aged, Canada, 1998 N = 31194
Mean
= 1.960
SD
= 0.600