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Happiness Measures

Measures of Happiness: O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-la

Characteristics

Code:
O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-la
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:
5

Description

Self report on single question:

Are you, in general, satisfied with your present life?
1  not at all satisfied
2
3
4
5  very satisfied
Labels of intermediate response options not reported

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Fengler et al. (1983): study US Vermont 1978 Elderly, Vermont, USA, 1978 N = 1400