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Gallup (2008): study US 2003 /2

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, 2003
Survey name
Gallup poll
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 2064
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

On the whole, are you ….?
4  fully satisfied
3  not fully but generally
2  still dissatisfied
1  extremely dissatisfied
Classification:
O-SLu-u-sq-v-4-b
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 3.21%,   2: 9.59%,   3: 41.17%,   4: 45.08%   (total 99.05%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.29 7.71
SD:
0.77 2.19