Study Smith (1979): study US 1970

Public

18+ aged, general public, United States, 1970

Survey name

Gallup poll

Sample

Probability multistage stratified area sample

Respondents

N = 1517

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:

Self report on single question:

In general, how happy would you say you are ?
3  very happy
2  fairly happy
1  not happy

Classification:

O-HL-g-sq-v-3-I

Remarks:

Table 3 refers to this item as A6 but it is item A7. In the appendix the question wordings A6 and A7 are reversed (personal communication Tom Smith 12-10-2001)

Page in publication:

22

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 6.2%,   2: 49.5%,   3: 44.3%   (total 100%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10

Mean:

2.38 7.50

SD:

0.60 1.83