2 items · Time frame: These days / in general
How often a person feels in harmony with the needs of future generations, 0–10. A sense of connection to ancestors and descendants features in many Indigenous well-being frameworks (for example the Māori notion of being a good ancestor), and several OECD countries have legislation on the well-being of future generations. Few measures exist; the OECD offers this item in an experimental question bank.
Source
OECD (2025), Table 3.2 (connection to future generations question bank), p. 53; item from Smith et al. (2025), doi:10.1787/bd72752a-en.
Usage
Report the mean, the distribution and the share scoring 4 or less.
Citation
OECD (2025). OECD Guidelines on Measuring Subjective Well-being (2025 Update). OECD Publishing, Paris. Item from: Smith, C., Freiling, M., & Percival, H. (2025). Globally inclusive measures of subjective well-being: Updated evidence to inform national data collections. OECD Papers on Well-being and Inequalities, No. 35.
doi:10.1787/9203632a-enLicense: Item wording from OECD (2025), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0). Attribution: OECD (2025), OECD Guidelines on Measuring Subjective Well-being (2025 Update), OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/9203632a-en. Do not use the OECD logo or suggest that the OECD endorses a study.
The following question asks about your feelings in general. Zero means you did not experience the feeling "at all", while 10 means you experience the feeling "all of the time".
On a scale from 0 to 10, in general how often are you in harmony with the needs of future generations?
Use this module in your own ESM/EMA study — drop it into a survey within SMAAT.