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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-HL-u-sq-v-7-I
Focus:
Overall: Happiness in Life (O-HL)
Time frame:
time unspecified (u)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
7

Description

Self report on single question:

How happy are you?
7  very happy
6  happy
5  more or less happy
4  not happy/not unhappy
3  more or less unhappy
2  unhappy
1  very unhappy

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
VanLandeghem & Vandeplas (2017): study IN 2008 Households, Rural regions, India, 2008-2010 N = 2000
Mean
= 3.700