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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-HL-u-sq-v-4-f
Focus:
Overall: Happiness in Life (O-HL)
Time frame:
time unspecified (u)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
4

Description

Self report on single question:

All things considered, are you happy?
4  completely happy
3  rather happy
2  rather unhappy
1  completely unhappy
-   happiness is not the main important thing
-   hard to answer

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
ICCV (2011): study RU 1989 16+ aged, general public, Russia, 1989 N = 2753
Mean
= 2.826
SD
= 0.638