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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-SLW-?-sq-v-5-a
Focus:
Overall: Satisfaction w Life as a Whole (O-SLW)
Time frame:
time frame not reported* (?)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
5

Description

Self report on single question:

… satisfied with overall life.. (full text not reported)
1  very dissatisfied
2  dissatisfied
3  neutral
4  satisfied
5  very satisfied

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Chow (2012): study CA Calgary, Alberta 2007 65+aged Chinese migrants, Calgary, Canada, 2007 N = 127
NOC*NSF (2015): study NL 2015 General Public, Netherlands, 2015 N = 3004