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Distributional findings

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