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Distributional findings

Study Gillespie (2001): study US 2001

Public
18+ aged, general public, United States, 2001
Survey name
Gallup poll
Sample
Probability sample (unspecified)
Respondents
N = 1004
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
Author's label:
Your mood today
Page in publication:
2
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 2%,   2: 5%,   3: 9%,   4: 41%,   5: 42%   (total 99%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.17 7.93
SD:
0.93 2.33