Personal Wellbeing Index.

PWI

What it measures

Subjective wellbeing deconstructed into satisfaction with life domains - Standard of living, Health, Achieving in life, Relationships, Safety, Community connectedness, Future security (the 7 core domains; an optional 8th 'spirituality/religion' exists).

Length and format

7 core domain items (+ 1 optional 'life as a whole' item; + optional 8th domain). 0-10 end-defined satisfaction scale (0 no satisfaction - 10 completely satisfied) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Translated into 30+ languages with parallel PWI-Adult, PWI-School (children), and PWI-Intellectual Disability forms

Normative data

Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

International Wellbeing Group (2013). Personal Wellbeing Index (5th ed.). Melbourne: Australian Centre on Quality of Life, Deakin University.