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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-SLu-g-sq-v-4-dc
Focus:
Overall: Satisfaction with life (unspecified) (O-SLu)
Time frame:
generally (g)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
4

Description

Self report on single question

In general, to what extend are you satisfied with your life? Would you say you are..
4  very satisfied
3  somewhat satisfied
2  somewhat dissatisfied
1  very dissatisfied

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study AR 2008 18+ aged, general public, Argentina, 2008 N = 1486
Mean
= 3.008
SD
= 0.768
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study NI 2004 18+ aged, general public, Nicaragua, 2004 N = 1396
Mean
= 3.062
SD
= 0.847
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study GT 2004 18+ aged, general public, Guatemala, 2004 N = 1661
Mean
= 3.249
SD
= 0.751
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study GT 2006 18+ aged, general public, Guatemala, 2006 N = 1481
Mean
= 3.359
SD
= 0.690
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study GT 2008 18+ aged, general public, Guatemala, 2008 N = 1538
Mean
= 3.274
SD
= 0.769
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study HN 2004 18+ aged, general public, Honduras, 2004 N = 1464
Mean
= 3.224
SD
= 0.803
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study HN 2006 18+ aged, general public, Honduras, 2006 N = 1582
Mean
= 3.478
SD
= 0.688
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study HN 2008 18+ aged, general public, Honduras, 2008 N = 1522
Mean
= 2.864
SD
= 0.917
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study MX 2004 18+ aged, general public, Mexico, 2004 N = 1543
Mean
= 3.152
SD
= 0.718
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study MX 2006 18+ aged, general public, Mexico, 2006 N = 1540
Mean
= 3.160
SD
= 0.745
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study MX 2008 18+ aged, general public, Mexico, 2008 N = 1560
Mean
= 3.249
SD
= 0.689
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study NI 1991 18+ aged, general public, Nicaragua, 1991 N = 686
Mean
= 3.144
SD
= 0.907
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study NI 1995 18+ aged, general public, Nicaragua, 1995 N = 1196
Mean
= 2.924
SD
= 0.977
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study NI 1997 18+ aged, general public, Nicaragua, 1997 N = 3408
Mean
= 3.351
SD
= 0.748
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study NI 1999 18+ aged, general public, Nicaragua, 1999 N = 2443
Mean
= 3.129
SD
= 0.831
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study NI 2006 18+ aged, general public, Nicaragua, 2006 N = 1744
Mean
= 3.226
SD
= 0.727
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study SV 2008 18+ aged, general public, El Salvador, 2008 N = 1549
Mean
= 3.182
SD
= 0.812
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study NI 2008 18+ aged, general public, Nicaragua, 2008 N = 1540
Mean
= 3.116
SD
= 0.857
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study PA 2004 18+ aged, general public, Panama, 2004 N = 1630
Mean
= 3.409
SD
= 0.694
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study PA 2006 18+ aged, general public, Panama, 2006 N = 1520
Mean
= 3.189
SD
= 0.840
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study PA 2008 18+ aged, general public, Panama, 2008 N = 1536
Mean
= 3.346
SD
= 0.795
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study PY 1996 18+ aged, general public, Paraguay, 1996 N = 1444
Mean
= 3.487
SD
= 0.676
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study PY 1998 18+ aged, general public, Paraguay, 1998 N = 1460
Mean
= 3.412
SD
= 0.763
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study PY 2008 /1 18+ aged, general public, Paraguay, 2008 N = 1164
Mean
= 3.041
SD
= 0.764
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study PE 2006 18+ aged, general public, Peru, 2006 N = 1483
Mean
= 2.978
SD
= 0.717
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study PE 2008 18+ aged, general public, Peru, 2008 N = 1500
Mean
= 2.965
SD
= 0.752
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study DO 2006 18+ aged, general public, Dominican Republic, 2006 N = 1507
Mean
= 3.349
SD
= 0.727
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study DO 2008 18+ aged, general public, Dominican Republic, 2008 N = 982
Mean
= 3.400
SD
= 0.706
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study UY 2007 18+ aged, general public, Uruguay, 2007 N = 1195
Mean
= 3.153
SD
= 0.792
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study UY 2008 18+ aged, general public, Uruguay, 2008 N = 1500
Mean
= 3.153
SD
= 0.792
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study VE 2007 18+ aged, general public, Venezuela, 2007 N = 1499
Mean
= 3.469
SD
= 0.723
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study GT 1992 18+ aged, general public, Guatemala, 1992 N = 897
Mean
= 3.491
SD
= 0.739
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study SV 2006 18+ aged, general public, El Salvador, 2006 N = 1721
Mean
= 3.089
SD
= 0.854
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study BZ 2008 18+ aged, general public, Belize, 2008 N = 1510
Mean
= 2.938
SD
= 0.913
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study CO 2008 18+ aged, general public, Colombia, 2008 N = 1500
Mean
= 3.387
SD
= 0.762
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study BO 1998 18+ aged, general public, Bolivia, 1998 N = 3455
Mean
= 2.932
SD
= 0.740
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study BO 2000 18+ aged, general public, Bolivia, 2000 N = 2972
Mean
= 2.949
SD
= 0.770
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study BO 2002 18+ aged, general public, Bolivia, 2002 N = 3005
Mean
= 2.986
SD
= 0.777
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study BO 2004 18+ aged, general public, Bolivia, 2004 N = 3049
Mean
= 2.972
SD
= 0.716
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study BO 2006 18+ aged, general public, Bolivia, 2006 N = 2957
Mean
= 3.014
SD
= 0.708
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study BO 2008 18+ aged, general public, Bolivia, 2008 N = 3003
Mean
= 2.943
SD
= 0.786
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study BR 2007 18+ aged, general public, Brazil, 2007 N = 1205
Mean
= 3.308
SD
= 0.807
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study BR 2008 18+ aged, general public, Brazil, 2008 N = 1028
Mean
= 3.378
SD
= 0.798
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study CL 2006 18+ aged, general public, Chile , 2006 N = 1515
Mean
= 3.168
SD
= 0.778
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study CL 2008 18+ aged, general public, Chile , 2008 N = 1527
Mean
= 3.069
SD
= 0.794
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study CO 2004 18+ aged, general public, Colombia, 2004 N = 1475
Mean
= 3.450
SD
= 0.729
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study CO 2005 18+ aged, general public, Colombia, 2005 N = 1481
Mean
= 3.361
SD
= 0.754
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study CO 2006 18+ aged, general public, Colombia, 2006 N = 1486
Mean
= 3.402
SD
= 0.737
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study CO 2007 18+ aged, general public, Colombia, 2007 N = 1488
Mean
= 3.356
SD
= 0.785
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study CO 2009 18+ aged, general public, Colombia, 2009 N = 995
Mean
= 3.402
SD
= 0.748
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study SV 2004 18+ aged, general public, El Salvador, 2004 N = 1586
Mean
= 3.158
SD
= 0.772
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study CR 1990 18+ aged, general public, Costa Rica, 1990 N = 597
Mean
= 3.749
SD
= 0.509
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study CR 1995 18+ aged, general public, Costa Rica, 1995 N = 505
Mean
= 3.638
SD
= 0.702
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study CR 2002 18+ aged, general public, Costa Rica, 2002 N = 1013
Mean
= 3.326
SD
= 0.701
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study CR 2004 18+ aged, general public, Costa Rica, 2004 N = 1493
Mean
= 3.528
SD
= 0.670
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study CR 2006 18+ aged, general public, Costa Rica, 2006 N = 1498
Mean
= 3.378
SD
= 0.735
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study CR 2008 18+ aged, general public, Costa Rica, 2008 N = 1500
Mean
= 3.405
SD
= 0.766
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study EC 2001 18+ aged, general public, Ecuador, 2001 N = 2890
Mean
= 3.152
SD
= 0.755
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study EC 2002 18+ aged, general public, Ecuador, 2002 N = 4464
Mean
= 3.059
SD
= 0.745
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study EC 2004 18+ aged, general public, Ecuador, 2004 N = 2978
Mean
= 2.967
SD
= 0.794
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study EC 2006 18+ aged, general public, Ecuador, 2006 N = 2915
Mean
= 3.215
SD
= 0.688
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study EC 2008 18+ aged, general public, Ecuador, 2008 N = 3000
Mean
= 3.175
SD
= 0.737
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study SV 1991 18+ aged, general public, El Salvador, 1991 N = 910
Mean
= 3.469
SD
= 0.737
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study SV 1995 18+ aged, general public, El Salvador, 1995 N = 1602
Mean
= 3.193
SD
= 0.795
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study SV 1999 18+ aged, general public, El Salvador, 1999 N = 2889
Mean
= 3.250
SD
= 0.832
Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study VE 2008 18+ aged, general public, Venezuela, 2008 N = 1500
Mean
= 3.437
SD
= 0.749