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Distributional findings

Study Gallup (2008): study US 1946

Public
Adults, age range not reported, general public, United States, 1946
Survey name
US-AIPO-369
Sample
Probability sample (unspecified)
Respondents
N = 3104
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 Wessman 1956 p. 170
Page in publication:
#369
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1.29%,   2: 8.6%,   3: 50.87%,   4: 39.24%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.28 7.29
SD:
0.67 1.88