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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-HL-u-sq-n-11-d
Focus:
Overall: Happiness in Life (O-HL)
Time frame:
time unspecified (u)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
numeric scale (n)
Scale Range:
11

Description

Self report on single question:

Taking everything into consideration: do you consider your self happy or unhappy?
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Verbal labels not reported

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Becchetti & Conzo (2010): study AR Buenos Aires 2009 18+ aged, low income households, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2009 N = 360
Mean
= 8.390
SD
= 1.380