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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-HL-u-sq-v-4-h
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:

There are good and bad things in life, but taken all things together are you happy?
4  certainly yes
3  rather yes
2  rather no
1  certainly no
-  don't know

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
RUSSET panel study (2005): study RU 1999 16+ aged, general public, Russia, 1999 N = 2868
Mean
= 2.496
SD
= 0.656
RUSSET panel study (2005): study RU 1993 18+ aged, general public, Russia, 1993 N = 3727
Mean
= 2.488
SD
= 0.668
RUSSET panel study (2005): study RU 1997 18+ aged, general public, Russia, 1997 N = 2232
Mean
= 2.517
SD
= 0.657
RUSSET panel study (2005): study RU 1998 18+ aged, general public, Russia, 1998 N = 3513
Mean
= 2.475
SD
= 0.665
Allensbacher Institut fur Demoscopie (2010): study RU 1998 18+ aged, general public, Russia, 1998 N = 1600
Mean
= 2.811
SD
= 0.820