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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-HP-u-sq-v-5-c
Focus:
Overall: Happy Person (O-HP)
Time frame:
time unspecified (u)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
5

Description

Self report on single question:

How happy or unhappy do you find yourself?
5  very happy
4  happy3.4
3  moderately happy
2  fairly unhappy
1  very unhappy

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
VanCampen & Verbeek-Oudijk (2017): study NL 2015 Nursing home residents, Netherlands, 2017 N = 951
Mean
= 3.590
SD
= 0.723