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Happiness Measures

Measures of Happiness: O-HL-c-sq-v-*-a

Characteristics

Code:
O-HL-c-sq-v-*-a
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:
0

Description

Self report on single question:

How happy are you these days?

Response options not reported

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation Adams (1997): study US 1980 Black Americans, USA, followed from 1980 to 1992 N = 623
Mean
= 2.100
SD
= 0.630