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Studies

Burkholder (2005): study US 2004

Publication

Author(s):
Burkholder, R.
Title:
Chinese Far Wealthier Than a Decade Ago - but Are They Happier?
Source:
Gallup Poll News Service, 11 January 2005, Gallup Organization, Washington DC, USA

Investigation

Public
Adults, age range not reported, general public, United States, 2004
Survey name
Gallup poll
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 0
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
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
Page in publication:
note *
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 5%,   2: 9%,   3: 26%,   4: 58%   (total 98%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.40 7.76
SD:
0.85 2.20