Study Gallup (2008): study US 1977

Public

18+ aged, general public, United States, 1977

Survey name

Gallup poll

Sample

Probability multistage stratified area sample

Respondents

N = 1506

Non Response

0

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:

Self report on single question:

Now here are some questions concerning how satisfied - or dissatisfied - you are with various things about your life, such as your standard of living, your education etc. To indicate this, would you use this card. If you are extremely SATISFIED with something you would call of the highest number, ten. If you are extremely DISSATISFIED you would mention the lowest number, zero. If you are neither extremely satisfied nor extremely dissatisfied, you would mention some number in between zero and ten - the higher the number, the more satisfied, the lower the number the less satisfied.
How satisfied - or dissatisfied - are you with the following? Just read off the number that comes closest to how you feel.
We have talked about various parts of your life. Now taking everything into account, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your life as a whole?
0  dissatisfied
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3
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5
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9
10 satisfied

Classification:

O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-e

Page in publication:

Poll 989

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 0.11%,   2: 0.57%,   3: 0.34%,   4: 0.68%,   5: 1.02%,   6: 7.47%,   7: 6.37%,   8: 13.77%,   9: 26.14%,   10: 20.75%,   11: 22.26%   (total 99.48%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10

Mean:

8.02 8.02

SD:

1.73 1.73