Study Gallup (2008): study US 2007

Public

18+ aged, general public, United States, 2007

Survey name

Gallup poll

Sample

Probability multistage stratified area sample

Respondents

N = 2388

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: 2.68%,   2: 5.55%,   3: 33.86%,   4: 56.77%   (total 98.86%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10

Mean:

3.46 7.94

SD:

0.72 1.85