Why single-item measures of wellbeing are best

John F. Helliwell; Richard Layard; Jeffrey D. Sachs; Jan-Emmanuel De Neve; Lara B. Aknin; Shun Wang

doi:10.1038/s41562-026-02401-y

Why single-item measures of wellbeing are best

John F. Helliwell^*
, Richard Layard
, Jeffrey D. Sachs
, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve
, Lara B. Aknin
, Shun Wang

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Economics

University of British Columbia
London School of Economics and Political Sciences
Columbia University
University of Oxford
Simon Fraser University

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	437–438
Journal	Nature Human Behaviour
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-026-02401-y
Publication status	Published - 2 Feb 2026

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