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Distributional findings

Study Gallup (1998): study US 1952

Public
Adults, age range not reported, general public, United States, 1952
Survey name
US-AIPO-508
Sample
Probability sample (unspecified)
Respondents
N = 2862
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness measure(s)

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
Table 3 refers to this item as A7 but it is item A6. In the appendix the question wordings A6 and A7 are reversed (personal communication Tom Smith 12-10-2001)
Page in publication:
#508
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1.33%,   2: 7.86%,   3: 42.99%,   4: 47.05%   (total 99.23%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.37 7.53
SD:
0.69 1.92