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Happiness Measures

Measures of Happiness: O-HL-g-sq-v-5-f

Characteristics

Code:
O-HL-g-sq-v-5-f
Focus:
Overall: Happiness in Life (O-HL)
Time frame:
generally (g)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
5

Description

Self report on single question:

In general, how happy do you consider yourself to be?
5   very happy
4   moderately happy
3   neither happy nor unhappy
2   moderately unhappy
1   very unhappy

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Nidup et al. (2018): study BT 2012 Adults, age range not rpeorted, Bhutan, 2012 N = 8847
Mean
= 4.150
SD
= 0.760
Hart et al. (2018): study ZZ Europe 2014 18+ aged, urban areas, European countries, 2014 N = 5205