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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-SLW-c-sq-l-11-g
Focus:
Overall: Satisfaction w Life as a Whole (O-SLW)
Time frame:
currently (today, these days, presently) (c)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
ladder scale (l)
Scale Range:
11

Description

Self report on single question:

All things considered, please indicate how satisfied you feel with your life at the moment? The bottom of the ladder indicates extreme dissatisfaction, while the top indicates high levels of satisfaction with your life. On which step of the ladder do you personally feel you stand at the moment, assuming that the higher up the step the more satisfied and the lower on the ladder the more dissatisfied you are with your life?
10  very satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0  very dissatisfied

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Lindqvist et al. (2018): study SE 2016 Earlier lottery winners and controls, Sweden 2016 N = 3362
Mean
= 7.210
SD
= 1.930
Brown et al. (2015a): study ZZ OECD member states 2011 +18 aged, metropolitan areas in 5 OECD nations, 2011 N = 1964