Saad (2004): study US 1956
Publication
- Author(s):
- Saad, L.
- Title:
- A Nation of Happy People. Most Happy and Satisfied with Their Lives.
- Source:
- Gallup Poll News Services, 5 January 2004, Gallup Organization, Washington DC, USA
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, United States, 1956
- Survey name
- Gallup poll
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 0
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question
In general, how happy would you say (that) you are ?
3 very happy
2 fairly happy
1 not very happy
("Not at all" additional pre coded response, added to "not very") - Classification:
- O-HL-g-sq-v-3-g
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 5%, 2: 42%, 3: 53% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.48 7.78
- SD:
- 0.59 1.82