Gallup (2008): study US 1956 /2
Publication
- Author(s):
- Gallup,
- Title:
- Gallup Brain: Archive of Gallup polls since 1935
- Source:
- The Gallup Organization, USA
Investigation
- Public
- Adults, age range not reported, general public, United States, 1956
- Survey name
- US-AIPO-570
- Sample
- Probability sample (unspecified)
- Respondents
- N = 1969
- 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 you are ?
3 very happy
2 fairly happy
1 not happy - Classification:
- O-HL-g-sq-v-3-I
- Remarks:
- Also reported in Smith 1979, p. 22
Table 3 refers to this item as A6 but it is item A7. In the appendix the question wordings A6 and A7 are reversed (personal communication Tom Smith 12-10-2001) - Page in publication:
- #570
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 4.75%, 2: 41.18%, 3: 53.56% (total 99.49%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.49 7.83
- SD:
- 0.59 1.78