Characteristics

Code:

O-Sum-*-mq-nvt-14-b

Focus:

Overall: Summed overall appraisals (O-Sum)

Time frame:

various time frames (*)

Mode:

multiple questions (mq)

Scale Type:

numeric + verbal scales transformed to same range (nvt)

Scale Range:

14

Description

Self report on 2 questions

A Taking all things together, would you say you are.....?
    4  very happy
    3  quite happy
    2  not very happy
    1  not at all happy.

B All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
    1   dissatisfied
    :
    :
    10  satisfied

Computation: Scores on both questions were standardized (M = 0, SD = 1)  and then summed