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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-HL-u-sq-v-3-da
Focus:
Overall: Happiness in Life (O-HL)
Time frame:
time unspecified (u)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
3

Description

Self report on single question:

Taken all things together, how happy would you say you are .....?
3  very happy
2  happy
1  not too happy

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Blake (1981): study US 1972 Adults, general public, English-speaking, USA, 1972-1978. N = 10652