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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Qual Life Res. 2013 Jun 16;23(1):205–215. doi: 10.1007/s11136-013-0452-3
Life Satisfaction
  1 In most ways my life is close to my ideal.
  2 If I could live my life over, I would change almost nothing.
  3 I am satisfied with my life.
  4 So far I have gotten the important things I want in life.
  5 The conditions of my life are excellent.
  6 My life is going well.
  7 My life is just right.
  8 I would like to change many things in my life.
  9 I wish I had a different kind of life.
10 I have a good life.
11 I have what I want in life.
12 My life is better than most people’s.
13 I am satisfied with my family life.
14 I am satisfied with my health.
15 I am satisfied with my achievement of my goals.
16 I am satisfied with my leisure.

Response options for the life satisfaction item bank were: “1 = Strongly disagree, 2 = Disagree, 3 = Slightly disagree, 4 = Neither agree nor disagree, 5 = Slightly agree, 6 = Agree, 7 = Strongly agree” for items 1–5 and “1 = Strongly disagree, 2 = Disagree, 3 = Neither agree nor disagree, 4 = Agree, 5 = Strongly agree” for items 6–16.