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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-SLP-c-sq-n-11-b
Focus:
Overall: Satisfaction with Personal Life (O-SLP)
Time frame:
currently (today, these days, presently) (c)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
numeric scale (n)
Scale Range:
11

Description

Self report on single question:

Now let us talk about your PERSONAL LIFE. How satisfied or dissatisfied are you with how things are going in your OWN PERSONAL LIFE at this time? To indicate this, would you use this card again. The more satisfied you are with your personal life at this time the higher the number you should pick, the more dissatisfied you are, the lower the number
0  dissatisfied
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5
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9
10 satisfied

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Gallup (2008): study US 1984 18+ aged, general public, United States, 1984 N = 1343
Mean
= 7.488
SD
= 2.345