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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-HL-c-sq-v-5-g
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:
5

Description

Self report on single question:

Taking all together, would you say you are:
5  very happy
4  fairly happy
3  neither happy not unhappy
2  fairly unhappy
1 very unhappy

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation Moller et al. (1987): study ZA 1983 16+ aged, general public, South Africa, 1983 N = 5587
Mean
= 3.502
SD
= 1.259
 Moller (2006a): study ZA 1994 16+ aged, general public, South Africa, 1994 N = 2219
Mean
= 4.139
SD
= 0.938
 Moller (2006a): study ZA 1995 16+ aged, general public, South Africa, 1995 N = 2200
Mean
= 3.350
SD
= 1.186
 Moller (2006a): study ZA 1988 16+ aged, general public, South Africa, 1988 N = 3772
Mean
= 3.651
SD
= 1.146
 Moller (2006a): study ZA 1996 16+ aged, general public, South Africa, 1996 N = 2200
Mean
= 3.414
SD
= 1.190
 Moller (2006a): study ZA 1999 16+ aged, general public, South Africa, 1999 N = 2200
Mean
= 3.262
SD
= 1.403
 Moller (2006a): study ZA 2002 16+ aged, general public, South Africa, 2002 N = 2200
Mean
= 3.046
SD
= 1.172
 Moller & Roberts (2017): study ZA 2012 16+ aged general public, South Africa, 2012 N = 3000
Moller & Roberts (2017): study ZA 1983 16+ aged general public, South Africa, 1983-2012 N = 10000