MENU

General Life Happiness

General Life Happiness is a single-item measure of whether a person is happy or unhappy in life in general.

Categories

Geographies Tested: Australia,Austria,Belgium,Brazil,Chile,Czech Republic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Hungary,Latvia,Mexico,Netherlands,New Zealand,Norway,Philippines,Poland,Portugal,Russia,Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,Taiwan,United Kingdom,United States of America

Populations Included: Female, Male

Age Range: Adults

Items:

If you were to consider your life in general, how happy or unhappy would you say you are, on the whole?

Response Options:
A Likert scale ranging from from 1 (completely unhappy) to 7 (completely happy).

Scoring Procedures

Not Applicable

Original Citation

Lee, K. S., & Ono, H. (2012). Marriage, Cohabitation, and Happiness: A Cross-National Analysis of 27 Countries. Journal of Marriage and Family, 74(5), 953-972. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2012.01001.x


Psychometric Score

Ease of Use Score

Scoring breakdown

Formative Research

Qualitative Research

Existing Literature/Theoretical Framework

Field Expert Input

Cognitive Interviews / Pilot Testing

Reliability

Internal

Test-retest

Interrater

Validity

Content

Face

Criterion (gold-standard)

Construct

KEY

Ease of Use

Readability

Scoring Clarity

Length

Join the EMERGE Community

to get the latest updates on new measures and guidance for survey researchers