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Studies

Gallup (2008): study US 1981

Publication

Author(s):
Gallup,
Title:
Gallup Brain: Archive of Gallup polls since 1935
Source:
The Gallup Organization, USA

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, United States, 1981
Survey name
Gallup poll
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 1000
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Generally speaking, how happy would you say you are.....?
3   very happy
2   fairly happy
1   not too happy
Classification:
O-HL-g-sq-v-3-d
Page in publication:
#168G
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 8.3%,   2: 45.15%,   3: 45.57%   (total 99.02%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.38 7.59
SD:
0.63 1.71