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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-SLS-c-sq-v-4-a
Focus:
Overall: Satisfaction with Life-Situation (O-SLS)
Time frame:
currently (today, these days, presently) (c)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
4

Description

Self report on single question:

"All things considered, would you describe your present living situation as.......?"
4  very satisfactory
3  satisfactory
2  unsatisfactory
1  very unsatisfactory

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Appleton (1976): study TW 1968 Adults, general public, Tapei City, Taiwan, 1968 N = 1000