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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-SLu-c-sq-n-5-a
Focus:
Overall: Satisfaction with life (unspecified) (O-SLu)
Time frame:
currently (today, these days, presently) (c)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
numeric scale (n)
Scale Range:
5

Description

Self report on single question:

All in all, are you currently satisfied with your life.......?
1   not satisfied
2
3
4
5   very satisfied
(Originally presented horizontally)

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Gehmacher (1992d): study AT 1989 /1 Military male cadres, Austria, 1989 N = 1350
Mean
= 3.000