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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-V-u-sq-v-2-a
Focus:
Overall: Various items (O-V)
Time frame:
time unspecified (u)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
2

Description

Self report on single question:

Are you glad to be alive?
2  yes
1  no

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Hall et al. (1999): study US 1996 Tetraplegia patients 14-24 years after injury, United States, 1996 N = 82
Mean
= 1.900
SD
= 0.220