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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-Sum-*-mq-*-100-a
Focus:
Overall: Summed overall appraisals (O-Sum)
Time frame:
various time frames (*)
Mode:
multiple questions (mq)
Scale Type:
Different rating scales combined (*)
Scale Range:
100

Description

Self report on 2 questions:

A  All things considered, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?
    1  dissatisfied
     .
     .
    10 satisfied

B  Taking all together, how happy would you say you are?
    4  very happy
    3  quite happy
    2  not very happy
    1  not at all happy

Computation: Summed score, rescaled to range 0-100 with average 50

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Bjornskov (2005): study ZZ World samples 1997 18+ aged, general public, 73 nations, 1997-2000 N = 100000
Mean
= 42.740
SD
= 20.030