Table 2.

Reliability ratios of the evaluative subjective well-being measures and ONS experienced measures (n = 3,938)

Satisfaction with life scale	r
In most ways, my life is close to ideal	0.68
The conditions of my life are excellent	0.72
I am satisfied with my life	0.73
So far I have gotten the important things I want in life	0.67
If I could live my life over, I would change almost nothing	0.65
SWLSa	0.79
SHARE
How satisfied are you with your life in general?	0.67
Gallup
On which step of the ladder would you say you stood 5 years ago?	0.59
On which step of the ladder would you say you stand now?	0.71
On which step of the ladder would you say you will stand on in the future, say about 5 years from now	0.66
ONS
Overall, how satisfied are you with your life nowadays?	0.74
Overall, how happy did you feel yesterday?	0.57
Overall, how anxious did you feel yesterday?	0.45
Overall, to what extent do you feel that the things you do in your life are worthwhile?	0.65

^aComputed as the average of the five satisfaction with life items