International Happiness Scale Interval Study (IHSIS)

markdownabstract__Abstract__ This study is about survey questions on happiness using verbal response options, such as “very happy” and “fairly happy.” The aim is to estimate what degrees of happiness are denoted by such terms as used in different questions and different languages. The degrees of happiness are expressed as numerical values on a 0-10 scale. The results are then used to compute comparable means and standard deviations. The goal is to enlarge the pool of data available for synthetic studies, in particular comparison of happiness across nations and over time