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Studies

Gallup (2008): study US 1986

Publication

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

Investigation

Public
16+ aged, general public, United States, 1986
Survey name
Gallup poll
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1129
Non Response
1
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

In general, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in your own personal life?
1  dissatisfied
2  satisfied
Classification:
O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b
Remarks:
Also reported in Saad 2004
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 15.06%,   2: 84.19%   (total 99.25%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 2 On range 0-10
Mean:
1.85 7.65
SD:
0.36 2.01