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Studies

Gallup (2009a): study US 2007

Publication

Author(s):
Gallup,
Title:
Data from Gallup World Poll provided on request August 2009.
Source:
Personal communication.

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, United States, 2007
Survey name
INT-GallupWorldPoll2007
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1222
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?
0  dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.41%,   2: 0.41%,   3: 0.49%,   4: 1.06%,   5: 1.47%,   6: 6.05%,   7: 5.64%,   8: 18.2%,   9: 32%,   10: 16.3%,   11: 18.1%   (total 100.13%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.85 7.85
SD:
1.72 1.72