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Distributional findings

Study Gallup (2008): study US 1990 /4

Public
18+ aged, general public, United States, 1990
Survey name
Gallup poll
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 1667
Non Response
2
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness measure(s)

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: 12.8%,   2: 84.96%   (total 97.76%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 2 On range 0-10
Mean:
1.87 7.77
SD:
0.34 1.89