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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

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

Description

Self report on single question:

How satisfied are you with life as a whole these days.....?
10 very much
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0  not at all

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
GESIS (2007): study XZ Germany West 1974 /1 16+ aged, general public, Germany-West (former), 1974 N = 2307
Mean
= 7.071
SD
= 2.028