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Studies

Gallup (2008): study US 1947 /1

Publication

Author(s):
Gallup,
Title:
Gallup Brain: Archive of Gallup polls since 1935
Source:
The Gallup Organization, USA

Investigation

Public
Adults, age range not reported, general public, United States, 1947
Survey name
US-AIPO-410T
Sample
Probability sample (unspecified)
Respondents
N = 1414
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

In general, how happy would you say you are..?
4  very happy
3  fairly happy
2  not very happy
1  not at all happy
-   NA/DK
Classification:
O-HL-g-sq-v-4-b
Remarks:
Also reported in Smith 1979 p.22
Page in publication:
#410
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1.41%,   2: 8.2%,   3: 47.67%,   4: 42.72%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.32 7.39
SD:
0.68 1.90