Cheung & Lucas (2014): study US Washington 2010
Publication
- Author(s):
- Cheung, F.; Lucas, R.E.
- Title:
- Assessing the Validity of Single-Item Life Satisfaction Measures: Results from Three Large Samples.
- Source:
- Quality of Life Research, 2014, Vol. 23, 2809 - 2818.
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, Washington, U.S.A., 2010
- Survey name
- US-BRFSS 2010
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 13064
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on 4 questions
A The conditions of my life are excellent
B My life is close to ideal
C I have gotten the most important things I want in life
D I am satisfied with my life
Rated:
1 strongly disagree
2
3
4
5 strongly agree
Computation: (A+B+C+D)/4
Name: Shortened Diener Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) - Classification:
- M-CO-u-mq-v-5-e
- Author's label:
- life satisfaction
- Page in publication:
- 2812
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 4.07 7.68
- SD:
- 0.84 2.10
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
In general, how satisfied are you with your life?
4 very satisfied
3 satisfied
2 unsatisfied
1 very dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLu-g-sq-v-4-dd
- Author's label:
- life satisfaction
- Page in publication:
- 2812
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.40 8.00
- SD:
- 0.63 2.10