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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-HL-c-sq-v-5-ca
Focus:
Overall: Happiness in Life (O-HL)
Time frame:
currently (today, these days, presently) (c)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
5

Description

Self report on single question

How do you feel about your life right now?
5  extremely happy
4  mostly happy
3  neutral
2  mostly unhappy
1  extremely unhappy

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Couch et al. (2008): study ZZ 2006 Transgender people, Australia and New Zealand, 2006-7 N = 253
Mean
= 3.625
SD
= 0.961