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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-HL-?-sq-v-5-d
Focus:
Overall: Happiness in Life (O-HL)
Time frame:
time frame not reported* (?)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
5

Description

Self report on single question:

… happy in life .. (full text not reported)
5  happy in life
4  somewhat happy
3  somewhat unhappy
2  very unhappy
1  so unhappy

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Latif (2011): study CA 1994 45+ aged adults, Canada, followed 13 years. 1994-2007 N = 22040