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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-V-c-sq-v-5-a
Focus:
Overall: Various items (O-V)
Time frame:
currently (today, these days, presently) (c)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
5

Description

Self report on single question:

I think of my life as interesting and satisfying
1  disagree
2  mostly agree
3  neither agree or disagree
4  mostly agree
5  agree

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Faver (1982): study US 1977 22-64 aged women, USA, 1977 N = 1120
Mean
= 4.113
SD
= 0.058