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Happiness Measures

Measures of Happiness: O-SLW-c-sq-v-7-h

Characteristics

Code:
O-SLW-c-sq-v-7-h
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:
7

Description

Self report on single question

Here are some questions about how you feel about your life. Please tick the number which you feel best describes how dissatisfied or satisfied you are with the following aspects of your current situation.

- Your life as a whole.

1 Completely dissatisfied
2 Mostly dissatisfied
3 Somewhat dissatisfied
4 Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
5 Somewhat satisfied
6 Mostly satisfied
7 completely satisfied

Last item in a list of domain satisfactions

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Knies et al. (2014): study GB 2009 16+ aged, general public, United Kingdom, 2009/2010 N = 32025
Blanchflower & Clark (2021): study ZZ World samples 2017 18+ aged, general public, 30 nations, 2017 N = 42656
Mean
= 5.142
SD
= 1.183