| Self report on single question: In general, how happy would you say you are ? 3 very happy 2 fairly happy 1 not at all happy | |
| Classification | |
| Focus, O-HL | Overall: Happiness in Life |
| Time frame, g | generally |
| Mode, sq | 1 question |
| Scale type, v | verbal scale Range = 3 |
| Used in studies | |
| Reference | Cantril (1951): study FR 1946 /1 |
| Title | Public Opinion 1935-1946. |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, France, 1946 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: no |
| Reference | Easterlin (1974): study US 1946 /1 |
| Title | Does Economic Growth Improve the Human Lot? Some Empirical Evidence. |
| Public | Adults, general public, USA, 1946-1970 |
| Findings | distributional: no, correlational: yes |
| Reference | Easterlin (1974): study US 1947 |
| Title | Does Economic Growth Improve the Human Lot? Some Empirical Evidence. |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, United States, 1947 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: no |
| Reference | Easterlin (1974): study US 1952 |
| Title | Does Economic Growth Improve the Human Lot? Some Empirical Evidence. |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, United States, 1952 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: no |
| Reference | Easterlin (1974): study US 1956 |
| Title | Does Economic Growth Improve the Human Lot? Some Empirical Evidence. |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, United States, 1956 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: no |
| Reference | Gallup (1998): study US 1973 |
| Title | Have and Have-Nots: Perceptions of Fairness and Opportunity - 1998. Special Report. |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, United States, 1973 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: no |
| Reference | Gallup (2008): study US 1973 |
| Title | Gallup Brain: Archive of Gallup polls since 1935 |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, United States, 1973 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: no |
| Reference | Gallup (2008): study US 1990 /6 |
| Title | Gallup Brain: Archive of Gallup polls since 1935 |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, United States, 1990 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: no |