Lam et al. (1998): study HK 1995
Publication
- Author(s):
- Lam, C.L.; Chan, M.S.; Gandek, B.; Ren, X.S.
- Title:
- Tests of Scaling Assumptions and Construct Validity of the Chinese (HK) Version of the SF - 36 Health Survey.
- Source:
- Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 1998, Vol. 51, 1139 - 1147
Investigation
- Public
- 14+aged patients and students, Hong Kong 1996
- Sample
- Probability stratified sample
- Respondents
- N = 236
- Non Response
- 0%
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
In Cantonese language
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
During the past 4 weeks….. Have you been a happy person?
6 all of the time
5 most of the time
4 a good bit of the time
3 some of the time
2 a little of the time
1 none of the time
Item MH5 in SF-36 (Medical Outcome Study 36 item Short Form) - Classification:
- M-TH-cm-sq-v-6-a
- Author's label:
- Been a happy person
- Page in publication:
- 1142
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 6 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.99 -
- SD:
- 1.41 -