| Self report on single question: Generally speaking; how would you say, you are these days.....? 1 very happy 2 pretty happy 3 not too happy | |
| Classification | |
| Focus, O-HL | Overall: Happiness in Life |
| Time frame, c | currently (today, these days, presently) |
| Mode, sq | 1 question |
| Scale type, v | verbal scale Range = 3 |
| Used in studies | |
| Reference | Hochstim et al. (1968): study US Oakland County, Michigan 1960 |
| Title | Poverty Area under the Microscope. |
| Public | Adults, general public, Oakland California, USA, 1960-1965 |
| Findings | distributional: no, correlational: yes |
| Reference | Kamp Dush et al. (2008): study US 1980 |
| Title | Marital Happiness and Psychological Well-Being Across the Life Course. |
| Public | Married people, USA, followed 20 years 1980-2000 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: yes |
| Reference | Kamp Dush et al. (2008): study US 1980 /1 |
| Title | Marital Happiness and Psychological Well-Being Across the Life Course. |
| Public | Married people, USA, followed 20 years 1980-2000 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: yes |
| Reference | Taylor et al. (2006): study US 2005 |
| Title | Are We Happy Yet? |
| Public | Adults, general public, USA, 2005 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: yes |