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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-SLL-c-sq-v-3-c
Focus:
Overall: Satisfaction with Life one Leads (O-SLL)
Time frame:
currently (today, these days, presently) (c)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
3

Description

Self report on single question:

"In general, how satisfying do you find the way you're spending your life these days? Would you call it ......?"
3  completely satisfying
2  pretty satisfying
1  not very satisfying

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Bamundo & Kopelman (1980): study US 1977 Heads of households, USA, 1977 N = 911