Characteristics

Code:

O-HL-*-mq-v-16-a

Focus:

Overall: Happiness in Life (O-HL)

Time frame:

various time frames (*)

Mode:

multiple questions (mq)

Scale Type:

verbal scale (v)

Scale Range:

16

Description

Self report on three questions:

A  During the past 4 weeks….. Have you been a happy person?
    6  all of the time
    5  most of the time
    4  a good bit of the time
    3  some of the time
    2  a little of the time
    1  none of the time
B  Considering your life as a whole, would you describe it as…?"
    1  very unhappy
    2  unhappy
    3  unhappy
    4  mixed
    5  happy
    6  happy
    7  very happy
C  Taking all together, how would you say things are these days?
     3   very happy
     2   pretty happy
     1   not too happy