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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-HL-cm-sq-v-3-a
Focus:
Overall: Happiness in Life (O-HL)
Time frame:
last month, last few weeks (cm)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
3

Description

Self report on single question:

All things considered, how happy would you say you are right now......?
2  very happy
1  pretty happy
0  not too happy

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Yerxa & Baum (1970): study US 1986 Spinal cord injured and controls, USA, 1986 N = 27