| Selfreport on single question: Taking all things together, how would you say you are these days? Would you say you are..........? 3 very happy 2 pretty happy 1 not too happy | |
| 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 = 3 |
| Used in studies | |
| Reference | Chason (1975): study US 1974 6 |
| Title | A Comparison of Social Interest among Service-Oriented Professionals, Prisoners and Psychiatric Patients. |
| Public | Prisoners and comparison groups, 1974, USA |
| Reference | Hawkins & Booth (2005): study US 1980 |
| Title | Unhappily Ever After: Effects of Long-Term, Low-Quality Marriages on Well-Being. |
| Public | Couples, USA, followed 12 years, 1980-1992 |
| Reference | White (1979): study US 1977 |
| Title | Sex Differentials in the Effect of Remarriage on Global Happiness. |
| Public | Adult, general public, married and divorced, Nebraska, USA, 1977 |