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Happiness Measures

Measures of Happiness: O-SLS-?-sq-l-10-a

Characteristics

Code:
O-SLS-?-sq-l-10-a
Focus:
Overall: Satisfaction with Life-Situation (O-SLS)
Time frame:
time frame not reported* (?)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
ladder scale (l)
Scale Range:
10

Description

Self report on single question:

".........on satisfaction with overall life situation........"
(Full question not reported.)
Rated on ladder scale
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(verbal scale anchors not reported.)

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Bendo & Feldman (1974): study US 1970 Low-income women with children, small cities and rural areas, New York State, USA, 1970 N = 1325
Mean
= 5.550