Saad (2004): study US 2001
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, 2001
- 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 satisfied or dissatisfied are you with the way things are going in your personal life at this time? Are you
4 very satisfied
3 somewhat satisfied
2 somewhat dissatisfied
1 very dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLP-c-sq-v-4-a
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 4%, 2: 10%, 3: 29%, 4: 56% (total 99%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.38 7.75
- SD:
- 0.83 2.11