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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-SLW-u-sq-v-3-a
Focus:
Overall: Satisfaction w Life as a Whole (O-SLW)
Time frame:
time unspecified (u)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
3

Description

Self report on single question

'Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the general state of your life?'
3  satisfied
2  neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
1  dissatisfied
DK

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Tominaga (1972): study JP Tokyo 1970 Adults, general public, City of Tokyo, Japan 197? N = 10468