| Selfreport on single question: On the whole, how happy would you say you are.....? 4 very happy 3 fairly happy 2 not very happy 1 very unhappy | |
| Classification | |
| Focus, O-HL | Overall: Happiness in Life |
| Time frame, u | time unspecified |
| Mode, sq | 1 question |
| Scale type, v | verbal scale Range = 4 |
| Used in studies | |
| Reference | Brenner (1970): study US 1960 |
| Title | Social Factors in Mental Well-Being at Adolescence. |
| Public | Highschool pupils, New York State, USA, 1960 |
| Reference | Inglehart et al. (2008): study MULTw 1981 |
| Title | Development, Freedom, and Rising Happiness. |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, 52 nations, 1981-2007 |
| Reference | Samanni & Holmberg (2010): study MULTw 1999 |
| Title | Quality of Government Makes People Happy. |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, in 90 nations, 1999-2008 |