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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-SLu-u-sq-v-4-b
Focus:
Overall: Satisfaction with life (unspecified) (O-SLu)
Time frame:
time unspecified (u)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
4

Description

Self report on single question:

On the whole, are you ….?
4  fully satisfied
3  not fully but generally
2  still dissatisfied
1  extremely dissatisfied

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Gallup (2008): study US 2003 /2 18+ aged, general public, United States, 2003 N = 2064
Mean
= 3.293
SD
= 0.772