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WORLD DATABASE OF HAPPINESS
Continuous register of scientific research on subjective appreciation of life

directed by Ruut Veenhoven, Erasmus University Rotterdam
La felicità in Italia
Question-Type: 111A
3-step verbal Happiness		 
In general, how happy would you say you 
are?:
-  very happy
-  fairly happy
-  not very happy
very = 3...not very = 1
Question
Code		 Year Original
Range		 On Original Range On Range 10-0
Mean SD Mean SD
O-HL/g/sq/v/3/f 1965 1 - 3 1,77 0,64 5,86 1,78
O-HL/g/sq/v/3/d 1975 1 - 3 1,78 0,60 6,00 1,51
O-HL/c/sq/v/3/ab 1975 1 - 3 1,61 0,60 5,59 1,50
O-HL/c/sq/v/3/ab 1976 1 - 3 1,51 0,58 5,34 1,43
O-HL/c/sq/v/3/ab 1976 1 - 3 1,65 0,56 5,67 1,38
O-HL/c/sq/v/3/ab 1977 1 - 3 1,73 0,58 5,87 1,46
O-HL/c/sq/v/3/ab 1978 1 - 3 1,67 0,59 5,73 1,47
O-HL/c/sq/v/3/ab 1978 1 - 3 1,63 0,61 5,63 1,54
O-HL/c/sq/v/3/ab 1979 1 - 3 1,74 0,58 5,90 1,45
O-HL/c/sq/v/3/ab 1982 1 - 3 1,72 0,62 5,88 1,56
O-HL/c/sq/v/3/ab 1983 1 - 3 1,77 0,58 5,97 1,47
O-HL/c/sq/v/3/ab 1983 1 - 3 1,72 0,57 5,85 1,42
O-HL/c/sq/v/3/ab 1984 1 - 3 1,82 0,61 6,10 1,56
O-HL/c/sq/v/3/ab 1985 1 - 3 1,81 0,60 6,08 1,52
O-HL/c/sq/v/3/ab 1986 1 - 3 1,82 0,59 6,10 1,50
O-HL/c/sq/v/3/ab 1986 1 - 3 1,82 0,57 6,10 1,46
Average 1,72 0,59 5,86 1,50

Question-Type: 111B
4-step verbal Happiness		 
Taking all things together, would you 
say you are?:
-  very happy
-  quite happy
-  not very happy
-  not at all happy
very = 4 ......not at all = 1
Question
Code		 Year Original
Range		 On Original Range On Range 10-0
Mean SD Mean SD
O-HL/u/sq/v/4/a 1981 1 - 4 2,83 0,66 6,48 1,97
O-HL/u/sq/v/4/a 1990 1 - 4 2,99 0,60 6,97 1,70
O-HL/c/sq/v/4/f 1991 1 - 4 2,86 0,70 6,11 1,94
O-HL/u/sq/v/4/a 1999 1 - 4 2,95 0,69 6,80 1,99
Average 2,91 0,66 6,59 1,90

Question-Type: 111C
5-step verbal Happiness		 
How happy do you feel as you live now?
-  very happy
-  fairly happy
-  neither happy nor unhappy
-  fairly unhappy
-  very unhappy
very happy = 5 .... very unhappy = 1
Question
Code		 Year Original
Range		 On Original Range On Range 10-0
Mean SD Mean SD
O-HL/c/sq/v/5/e 1979 1 - 5 3,66 0,77 6,13 1,45
O-SLL/u/sq/v/5/a 1990 1 - 5 3,75 1,05
Average 3,70 0,91 6,13 1,45

Question-Type: 121B
3-step verbal LifeSatisfaction		 
How satisfied are you with the way you 
are getting on now?
-  very satisfied
-  all right
-  dissatisfied
Question
Code		 Year Original
Range		 On Original Range On Range 10-0
Mean SD Mean SD
O-SL*/c/sq/v/3/a 1948 1 - 3 1,57 0,59 5,16 2,22
Average 1,57 0,59 5,16 2,22
Question-Type: 121C
4-step verbal LifeSatisfaction		 
How satisfied are you with the life you 
lead?
-  very satisfied
-  fairly satisfied
-  not very satisfied
-  not at all satisfied
very = 4 ....... not at all = 1
Question
Code		 Year Original
Range		 On Original Range On Range 10-0
Mean SD Mean SD
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1973 1 - 4 2,67 0,72 5,59 1,97
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1975 1 - 4 2,58 0,77 5,36 2,08
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1975 1 - 4 2,55 0,82 5,28 2,21
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1976 1 - 4 2,49 0,81 5,14 2,17
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1976 1 - 4 2,54 0,83 5,25 2,24
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1977 1 - 4 2,59 0,79 5,40 2,12
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1977 1 - 4 2,58 0,79 5,36 2,13
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1978 1 - 4 2,62 0,81 5,48 2,18
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1978 1 - 4 2,60 0,81 5,43 2,18
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1979 1 - 4 2,57 0,80 5,34 2,16
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1980 1 - 4 2,65 0,78 5,56 2,11
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1981 1 - 4 2,71 0,80 5,72 2,18
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1982 1 - 4 2,78 0,77 5,91 2,09
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1982 1 - 4 2,61 0,82 5,45 2,22
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1983 1 - 4 2,69 0,78 5,67 2,12
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1983 1 - 4 2,63 0,77 5,50 2,07
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1984 1 - 4 2,64 0,79 5,53 2,14
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1984 1 - 4 2,75 0,76 5,82 2,05
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1985 1 - 4 2,74 0,82 5,80 2,23
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1985 1 - 4 2,64 0,78 5,53 2,11
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1986 1 - 4 2,74 0,77 5,80 2,09
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1986 1 - 4 2,76 0,74 5,86 2,00
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1987 1 - 4 2,55 0,82 5,56 2,20
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1987 1 - 4 2,78 0,77 5,91 2,09
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1988 1 - 4 2,81 0,70 5,99 1,92
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1988 1 - 4 2,79 0,80 5,94 2,20
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1989 1 - 4 2,89 0,76 6,16 2,06
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1989 1 - 4 2,87 0,72 6,16 1,95
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1989 1 - 4 2,89 0,71 6,21 1,92
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1990 1 - 4 2,88 0,75 6,19 2,05
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1990 1 - 4 2,80 0,75 5,97 2,03
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1991 1 - 4 2,93 0,74 6,32 2,02
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1991 1 - 4 2,98 0,69 6,46 1,91
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1992 1 - 4 2,85 0,75 6,11 2,04
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1992 1 - 4 2,80 0,75 5,96 2,04
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1993 1 - 4 2,90 0,70 6,24 1,91
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1993 1 - 4 2,83 0,72 6,04 1,97
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1994 1 - 4 2,87 0,70 6,07 1,92
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1994 1 - 4 2,85 0,69 6,10 1,87
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1995 1 - 4 2,88 0,69 6,17 1,88
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1996 1 - 4 2,88 0,66 6,18 1,79
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1997 1 - 4 2,80 0,72 5,96 1,97
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1998 1 - 4 2,82 0,71 6,02 1,95
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 1999 1 - 4 2,86 0,66 6,12 1,81
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 2000 1 - 4 2,88 0,70 6,18 1,90
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 2000 1 - 4 2,70 0,71 5,69 1,93
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 2001 1 - 4 2,93 0,65 6,32 1,79
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 2001 1 - 4 2,93 0,67 6,31 1,84
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 2002 1 - 4 2,89 0,66 6,21 1,81
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 2002 1 - 4 2,92 0,69 6,29 1,88
O-SLL/u/sq/v/4/b 2003 1 - 4 2,85 0,65 6,09 1,80
Average 2,76 0,75 5,86 2,03

Question-Type: 121D
5-step verbal LifeSatisfaction		 
Overall, how satisfied are you with 
your present life?
-  very satisfied
-  fairly satisfied
-  neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
-  fairly dissatisfied
-  very dissatisfied
very satisfied = 5 ..... very 
dissatisfied = 1
Question
Code		 Year Original
Range		 On Original Range On Range 10-0
Mean SD Mean SD
O-SLu/c/sq/v/5/a 1979 1 - 5 3,84 0,85 6,50 1,66
O-SLW/c/sq/v/5/g 1991 1 - 5 3,83 0,92 7,60 2,13
O-SLu/g/sq/v/5/c 1991 1 - 5 3,83 0,92 7,62 2,15
Average 3,83 0,90 7,24 1,98

Question-Type: 122C
10-step numeral LifeSatisfaction		 
All things considered, how satisfied 
are you with your life as-a-whole now?
10  satisfied
.
.                      .
1  dissatisfied
Question
Code		 Year Original
Range		 On Original Range On Range 10-0
Mean SD Mean SD
O-SLW/c/sq/n/10/aa 1981 1 - 10 6,68 2,45 6,31 2,72
O-SLW/c/sq/n/10/aa 1990 1 - 10 7,26 2,11 6,95 2,34
O-SLW/c/sq/n/10/a 1999 1 - 10 7,17 2,11 6,86 2,34
Average 7,04 2,22 6,71 2,47

Question-Type: 122D
11-step numeral LifeSatisfaction		 
All things considered, how satisfied or 
dissatisfied are you with your life 
as-a-whole these days?
10  very satisfied
.
. 
0  not satisfied
Question
Code		 Year Original
Range		 On Original Range On Range 10-0
Mean SD Mean SD
O-SLW/c/sq/m/11/a 1975 0 - 10 6,33 2,10 6,33 2,10
O-SLW/c/sq/n/11/cc 1975 0 - 10 6,26 2,06 6,26 2,06
O-SLW/c/sq/n/11/ca 1976 0 - 10 6,30 6,30
O-SLW/c/sq/n/11/cc 1983 0 - 10 6,19 2,41 6,19 2,41
O-SLC/c/sq/n/11/a 1991 0 - 10 7,24 1,96 7,24 1,96
Average 6,46 2,13 6,46 2,13

Question-Type: 122E
101-step numeral LifeSatisfaction		 
Taking all together, how satisfied are 
you with your life-as-a-whole these 
days?
Question
Code		 Year Original
Range		 On Original Range On Range 10-0
Mean SD Mean SD
O-SLu/g/sq/n/101/a 1991 0 - 100 7,10 2,03 6,78 2,26
Average 7,10 2,03 6,78 2,26

Question-Type: 131B
11-step numeral Best-Worst possible Life		 
Suppose the top of the ladder 
represents the best possible life for 
you and the bottom of the ladder the 
worst possible life. Where on this 
ladder do you feel you personally stand 
at the present time?
-  10
-  .
-  .
-  0
Question
Code		 Year Original
Range		 On Original Range On Range 10-0
Mean SD Mean SD
O-BW/c/sq/m/11/a 1975 0 - 10 5,59 2,19 5,59 2,19
O-BW/c/sq/l/11/c 2002 0 - 10 6,50 1,78 6,50 1,78
Average 6,05 1,98 6,05 1,98

Question-Type: 222
10-item Affect Balance Scale (Bradburn)		 
During the past few weeks did you ever 
feel (yes/no)
-  particularly excited or interested 
in something? 
-  so restless that you couldn't sit 
long in a chair?
-  proud because someone complimented 
you on something you had done?
-  very lonely or remote from other 
people?
-  pleased about having accomplished 
something?
-  bored?
-  on top of the world?
-  depressed?
-  that things were going your way?
-  upset because someone criticized you?
Question
Code		 Year Original
Range		 On Original Range On Range 10-0
Mean SD Mean SD
A-BB/cm/mq/v/2/a 1981 -5 - 5 0,87 1,95 5,87 1,95
A-BB/cm/mq/v/2/a 1990 -5 - 5 1,24 1,91 6,24 1,91
Average 1,06 1,93 6,05 1,93

 

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