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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-SLW-c-sq-v-4-o
Focus:
Overall: Satisfaction w Life as a Whole (O-SLW)
Time frame:
currently (today, these days, presently) (c)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
4

Description

Self report on single question

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole nowadays?
4  very satisfied
3  fairly satisfied
2  fairly unsatisfied
1  very unsatisfied

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Tsai (2016): study TW 2005 /1 19+ aged, general public, Taiwan, 2005 N = 2146
Mean
= 2.802
SD
= 0.628