General happiness index from 2018 to 2024 in Hong Kong SAR: Dataset of repeated cross-sectional surveys

The dataset encompassed 10,070 responses gathered for the General Happiness Index survey from 2018 to 2024 in Hong Kong SAR, China. The self-reported questionnaire included demographic data (e.g., age range, sex, marital status, parental status, educational attainment, monthly income, religious affiliation), individual happiness, mental capital, values, social well-being (assessed by social well-being scale), satisfaction with external environmental factors, physical and mental health status, and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Data collection was conducted through online and/or in-person interviews, subject upon social conditions and infectious outbreaks.
Data verification was conducted, and additional recording and computations (i.e., mean of mental capital and mean of satisfaction with external environmental factors) were implemented and added to enhance interpretability. Nonetheless, the original raw data was preserved. The statement of items with their response formats was described and explained. Some items about satisfaction with external environmental factors were encrypted because of their relative political sensitivity. Nevertheless, the complete dataset can be acquired upon a reasonable request. A “.” was used to indicate a missing value. The items' comparison was tabulated and summarized in the word file below.