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Happiness Measures

Measures of Happiness: O-V-g-sq-n-7-b

Characteristics

Code:
O-V-g-sq-n-7-b
Focus:
Overall: Various items (O-V)
Time frame:
generally (g)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
numeric scale (n)
Scale Range:
7

Description

Self report on single question:

"Life in general is …"
1  miserable
2
3
4
5
6
7  enjoyable

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation O'Brien & Patsiorkovski (1999): study RU 1996 18+ aged, Rural areas, general public, Russia, 1996 N = 463
Mean
= 4.438
SD
= 0.871
 O'Brien & Patsiorkovski (1999): study RU 1995 18+ aged, Rural areas, general public, Russia, 1995 N = 463
Mean
= 4.437
SD
= 1.016
 O'Brien & Patsiorkovski (1999): study RU 1997 18+ aged, rural areas, general public, Russia, 1997 N = 463
Mean
= 4.393
SD
= 0.857