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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-HL-?-sq-v-4-a
Focus:
Overall: Happiness in Life (O-HL)
Time frame:
time frame not reported* (?)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
4

Description

Self report on single question:

…. Happy with your life .. (full text not reported)
4  very happy
3  pretty happy
2  not too happy
1  not at all happy

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Helliwell & Huang (2013): study CA 2011 16+ aged, general public, Canada, 2011 N = 5025
Auma (2015): study NL Rotterdam 2009 General public, 67 neighborhoods, Rotterdam Netherlanfs 2009 N = 67
Mean
= 2.150
SD
= 0.820