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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-SLu-g-sq-v-2-a
Focus:
Overall: Satisfaction with life (unspecified) (O-SLu)
Time frame:
generally (g)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
2

Description

Self report on single question:

'"Would you say that you are satisfied with your life, generally speaking, or are you not so satisfied...?"
2  satisfied with life
1  not so satisfied
-   undecided

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Noelle-Neumann (1987): study XZ Germany West 1982 Adults, general public, Germany, 1982 N = 1997