| Self report on single question: In general, how happy would you say you are ? 3 very happy 2 fairly happy 1 not 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 | Easterlin (1974): study US 1946 |
| Title | Does Economic Growth Improve the Human Lot? Some Empirical Evidence. |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, United States, 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 | Gallup (2008): study US 1948 /2 |
| Title | Gallup Brain: Archive of Gallup polls since 1935 |
| Public | Adults, age range not reported, general public, United States, 1948 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: no |
| Reference | Gallup (2008): study US 1956 /1 |
| Title | Gallup Brain: Archive of Gallup polls since 1935 |
| Public | Adults, age range not reported, general public, United States, 1956 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: no |
| Reference | Gallup (2008): study US 1956 /2 |
| Title | Gallup Brain: Archive of Gallup polls since 1935 |
| Public | Adults, age range not reported, general public, United States, 1956 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: no |
| Reference | Gallup (2008): study US 1963 |
| Title | Gallup Brain: Archive of Gallup polls since 1935 |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, United States, 1963 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: no |
| Reference | Gallup (2008): study US 1966 |
| Title | Gallup Brain: Archive of Gallup polls since 1935 |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, United States, 1966 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: no |
| Reference | Gallup (2008): study US 1966 /1 |
| Title | Gallup Brain: Archive of Gallup polls since 1935 |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, United States, 1966 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: no |
| Reference | Smith (1979): study US 1963 /1 |
| Title | Happiness: Time Trends, Seasonal Variations, Intersurvey Differences, and Other Mysteries. |
| Public | Adults, age range not reported, general public, United States, 1963 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: no |
| Reference | Smith (1979): study US 1966 |
| Title | Happiness: Time Trends, Seasonal Variations, Intersurvey Differences, and Other Mysteries. |
| Public | Adults, age range not reported, general public, United States, 1966 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: no |
| Reference | Smith (1979): study US 1966 /1 |
| Title | Happiness: Time Trends, Seasonal Variations, Intersurvey Differences, and Other Mysteries. |
| Public | Adults, age range not reported, general public, United States, 1966 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: no |
| Reference | Smith (1979): study US 1970 |
| Title | Happiness: Time Trends, Seasonal Variations, Intersurvey Differences, and Other Mysteries. |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, United States, 1970 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: no |