Distributional Findings on Happiness by measure type and by year in the general public of Bhutan (BT)
11-step numeral Happiness (112G)
- Typical text:
- Generally speaking, how happy do you feel?
10 extremely happy
:
0 extremely unhappy
5-step verbal Quality of Life (15B)
- Typical text:
- How would you rate your quality of life?
- very good
- good
- neither good nor poor
- poor
- very poor
11-step life-satisfaction plus imputation of missing cases (19G)
- Typical text:
- All things considered, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
10 very satisfied
:
0 not satisfied
Missing cases of average life-satisfaction in nations estimated on the basis of a combination of observed components of happiness in that nation:
1) Afffective component, measured using responses to multiple questions about yesterday's affective experience, from which an affect balance score was computed
2) Cognitive component, measured using responses to single question on Best-Worst possible life
Computation explained in EHERO Working Paper 2021-3 https://www.eur.nl/en/ehero/media/2021-03-ehero-workingpaper2021-3 How to complete the ranklist of happiness in nations
10 item Yesterday Affect Balance (24E)
- Typical text:
- Did you feel yesterday (yes/no)
- well-rested
- treated with respect
- smile and laugh a lot
- learn or do something interesting
- enjoyment
- physical pain
- worry
- sadness
- stress
- anger
Rated:
0: no
1: yes
Computation: (A+B+C+D+E) - (F+G+H+I+J)
11-step numeral Best-Worst possible Life (32D)
- Typical text:
- Suppose the top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you and the bottom of the ladder the worst possible life. Where on this ladder do you feel you personally stand at the present time?
- 10
- .
- .
- 0
4-step verbal Pleasant Life (413A)
- Typical text:
- How much are you enjoying life these days?
- very much
- somewhat
- not very much
- not at all
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- Typical text: