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Distributional findings

Study Gallup (2008): study US 2001

Public
18+ aged, general public, United States, 2001
Survey name
Gallup poll
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 2001
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Now thinking about today, how would you describe your mood, has it been ..?
1  very bad
2  somewhat bad
3  good nor bad
4  somewhat good
5  very good
Classification:
A-AOL-md-sq-v-5-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1.43%,   2: 6.48%,   3: 8.33%,   4: 38.16%,   5: 45.13%   (total 99.53%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.20 7.99
SD:
0.94 2.36