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Studies

Gallup (2008): study US 1990 /6

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, 1990
Survey name
Gallup poll
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 1620
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

In general, how happy would you say you are ?
3  very happy
2  fairly happy
1  not at all happy
Classification:
O-HL-g-sq-v-3-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 12.2%,   2: 51.51%,   3: 34.2%   (total 97.91%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.22 6.79
SD:
0.65 2.53