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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-QOL-cm-sq-v-5-a
Focus:
Overall: QualityOfLife (O-QOL)
Time frame:
last month, last few weeks (cm)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
5

Description

Self report on single question:

How have things been going for you during the past 4 weeks?
4  very well
3  pretty good
3  good and bad parts about equal
2  pretty bad
1  bad

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Janz et al. (2001): study US Michigan 1996 Medical Patients, Michigan, United States, followed 1 year, 199? N = 570
Mean
= 3.840
SD
= 1.080
Chen et al. (2005): study JP 1999 9-10 aged children followed 3 years, Japan 1999-2002 N = 7794