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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

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

Currently I am .. with life as a whole
1  very dissatisfied
2  dissatisfied
3  neither satisfied, nor dissatisfied
4  satisfied
5  very satisfied

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Bernheim et al. (2006): study DE 1990 Patients university hospital, Berlin, Germany 1990-2003 N = 2584