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Studies

Gallup (2008): study US 2006 /1

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, 2006
Survey name
Gallup poll
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 1010
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

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
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 4.21%,   2: 46.66%,   3: 48.75%   (total 99.62%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.45 7.77
SD:
0.58 1.57