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Studies

Brenan (2023): study US 2015

Publication

Author(s):
Brenan, M.
Title:
Americans largely satisfied with their personal life
Source:
Gallup news: https://news.gallup.com

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, United States, 2015
Survey name
US-Gallup Poll
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

In general, are you satisfied with the way things are going in your personal life at this time?
2  satisfied
1  dissatisfied
Classification:
O-SLP-c-sq-v-2-a
Author's label:
satisfaction with personal life
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 15%,   2: 85%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 2 On range 0-10
Mean:
1.85 7.66
SD:
0.36 2.00