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Happiness Measures

Measures of Happiness: O-HL-g-sq-v-4-c

Characteristics

Code:
O-HL-g-sq-v-4-c
Focus:
Overall: Happiness in Life (O-HL)
Time frame:
generally (g)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
4

Description

Self report on single question:

In general, could you say that you are happy?
4  very happy
3  quite happy
2  not very happy
1  not happy at all
-   difficult to say

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Ukrainian Monitoring Center (2000): study UA 1998 Adult general public, rural areas, Ukraine, 1998 N = 2001
Mean
= 2.257
SD
= 0.736