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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-SLC-u-sq-v-5-c
Focus:
Overall: Satisfaction with Life-Course (O-SLC)
Time frame:
time unspecified (u)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
5

Description

Self report on single question:

We have now been trough a lot of questions about your living conditions in different areas. How do you yourself view your own conditions/ By and large how do you think that your situation is?
5  very good
4  rather good
3  neither good nor bad
2  rather bad
1  very bad

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Berlin & Kaunitz (2015): study SE 1991 18-75 aged general public, Sweden, followed 9 years1991, 2000 N = 6406
Mean
= 4.350