| Selfreport on single question: In general, how happy would you say you are these days.....? 7 extremely happy 6 very happy 5 pretty happy 4 not too happy 3 a bit unhappy 2 pretty unhappy 1 very unhappy | |
| 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 = 7 |
| Used in studies | |
| Reference | Buttel et al. (1977): study US Wisconsin 1974 |
| Title | Ideology and Social Indicators of the Quality of Life. |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, Winconsin, USA, 1974 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: yes |
| Reference | Lee (1985): study US 1979 |
| Title | Probing Behavioral Patterns of Structuring Daily Life. |
| Public | 23-49 aged, USA, 1979-1981 |
| Findings | distributional: no, correlational: yes |
| Reference | Linn et al. (1986): study US Wisconsin 1974 |
| Title | Factors Associated with Life Satisfaction among Practising Internists. |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, NW-Wisconsin, USA, 1974 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: yes |
| Reference | Renshon (1974): study US Pennsylvania 1970 |
| Title | Psychological Needs and Political Behavior. |
| Public | university undergraduates, Pennsylvania, USA, 1970 |
| Findings | distributional: no, correlational: yes |