Survey

This little questionnaire will allow me to study the subject of happiness through societies. Thank you by advance for taking these some minutes.

This questionnaire will be online from July 2007 untill August 2008. Do not hesitate to react on the forum about any idea: happiness on every form, travel, volunteering...

This questionnaire is completely anonymous. Please answer in a spontaneous way, there is no good and bad answers. No judgement at all will be made on the answers given. Thank you again for your participation.

Age

Sex
M F

Situation
Single
Partner without children
Partner with children

Country
if you have lived in different countries, tell the one you believe you are the most culturally linked to.

City/Region
if you have lived in different cities of the country above, tell the one you believe you are the most culturally linked to.

In the region where you live, you are:
much wealthier than the average
wealthier than the average
of average wealth
less wealthy than the average
very unwealthy

How many of you live in your home

Currently, do you feel happy?
7 correspond to absolute happiness, 1 to total absence of happiness
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

What would most affect your happiness?
Classify the concepts below according to the impact their absence would have on your unhappiness.
Check 1 for the thing whose loss would decrease your happiness the most, check 2 for the thing whose loss would decrease your happiness second most and so on.
Please note only the first 7 are registered

Freedom	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Family links	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Financial security	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Respect of yourself by the others	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Respect of the others by you	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Creativity	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Health	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Love (with a partner)	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Feeling of safety	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Feeling of self-actualization	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Friendship	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Self-esteem	1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Comments?

Classify the concepts below according to the impact their presence would have on your happiness.
Check 1 for the thing whose gain would increase your happiness the most, check 2 for the thing whose gain would increase your happiness second most and so on.
Please note only first 7 are registered.

Freedom	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Family links	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Financial security	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Respect of yourself by the others	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Respect of the others by yourself	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Creativity	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Health	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Love (with a partner)	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Feeling of safety	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Feeling of self-actualization	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Friendship	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Self-esteem	1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Comments?

What will make your next week a good week?

Classify the concepts below according to the impact their presence will have on your happiness during the next week.
Check 1 for the thing that would increase your weeks happiness the most, check 2 for the thing for that would increase your weeks happiness second most and so on.
Please note only the first 5 are registered

Having fun	1 2 3 4 5
Spending time with your family	1 2 3 4 5
Spending time with your lover	1 2 3 4 5
Well-carrying out your job	1 2 3 4 5
Providing what your family needs	1 2 3 4 5
Accomplishing something (art, solidarity..)	1 2 3 4 5
Fulfiling your religious obligations	1 2 3 4 5
Not encountering any consequent problems	1 2 3 4 5
Meeting new people	1 2 3 4 5

Comments?

What will make your next 10 years good years?
Classify the concepts below according the impact their presence will have on your happiness during the next 10 years.
Check 1 for the thing that would increase your next 10 years happiness the most, check 2 for the thing for that would increase your yearss happiness second most and so on.
Please note only the first 5 are registered.

Finding/keeping your love	1 2 3 4 5
Pleasant job	1 2 3 4 5
Feeling of freedom	1 2 3 4 5
Bringing happiness to people	1 2 3 4 5
Entertainment separated from your job	1 2 3 4 5
Lots of good friends	1 2 3 4 5
Not any material problems	1 2 3 4 5
Being officialy acknoledged for something	1 2 3 4 5
Being closed to your family	1 2 3 4 5
Earning a lot of money	1 2 3 4 5
Religion respect	1 2 3 4 5

Comments?

What would determine if you die happy?
Classify the concepts below according to the importance they will have on you dying happy.
Check 1 for the thing that would have the biggest impact on you feeling you have led a successful life, check 2 for the thing that would have the second biggest impact on you feeling you have led a successful life and so on.
Please note only the first 5 are registered.

Having created a family	1 2 3 4 5
Having accomplished something (art, job...)	1 2 3 4 5
Having been loved	1 2 3 4 5
Having no regret	1 2 3 4 5
Having respected a religious commitment	1 2 3 4 5
Having bring no pain	1 2 3 4 5
Being oficially acknoledged	1 2 3 4 5
Having made your duty	1 2 3 4 5
Having been as happy as you could	1 2 3 4 5
Having been different	1 2 3 4 5
Having increased others' happiness	1 2 3 4 5

Comments?