Study Gallup (2008): study US 2005 /1

Public

18+ aged, general public, United States, 2005

Survey name

Gallup poll

Sample

Probability multistage stratified area sample

Respondents

N = 2264

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:

Self report on single question:

Overall, how satisfied are you with your life.....?
4  very satisfied  
3  somewhat satisfied  
2  somewhat dissatisfied  
1  very dissatisfied.

Classification:

O-SLu-u-sq-v-4-f

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 3.62%,   2: 7.82%,   3: 38.26%,   4: 49.86%   (total 99.56%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10

Mean:

3.35 7.65

SD:

0.78 1.99