Study Goff et al. (2016): study US 2008

Public

18+ aged, general public, USA, 2008-2011

Survey name

Gallup poll

Sample

Respondents

N = 1400000

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
N from combined years.

Correlate

Authors's Label

Inequality in life satisfaction

Our Classification

Remarks

Average across waves per state used.

Distribution

Range: 1,68-2,39

Operationalization

Standard deviation of happiness in US states. Happiness (contentment ) measured with question C-BW-c-sq-l-11.

Observed Relation with Happiness