Cantril ladders

A form of Cantril ladder — A poll inquiring a respondent to express their level of happiness in their lives in terms of their perceived position on a ladder, where their worst possible life scores zero and their best possible life scores ten.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Cantril ladder
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