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Studies

Chambers (2000): study US 2000

Publication

Author(s):
Chambers, C.
Title:
Americans are Overwhelmingly Happy and Optimistic about the Future of the United States.
Source:
Gallup Poll News Service, 13 October 2000, The Gallup Organization, Washington DC, USA

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, USA, 2000
Survey name
Gallup poll
Sample
Probability simple random sample
Respondents
N = 1052
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

In general, how happy would you say you are.....?
3  very happy
2  fairly happy
1  not too happy
Classification:
O-HL-g-sq-v-3-c
Author's label:
Happiness
Page in publication:
1
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 5%,   2: 47%,   3: 47%   (total 99%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.42 7.71
SD:
0.59 1.60

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Gender