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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-HP-g-sq-n-11-a
Focus:
Overall: Happy Person (O-HP)
Time frame:
generally (g)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
numeric scale (n)
Scale Range:
11

Description

Self report on single question:

Generally speaking, to what extend do you consider yourself as a happy or an unhappy person?
0  absolutely unhappy
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  absolutely happy

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
European Social Survey (ESS) (2002): study ES 2002 16+ aged, general public, Spain, 2002-03 N = 1729
Mean
= 7.480
SD
= 1.738