Saad (2004): study US 2003 /1
Publication
- Author(s):
- Saad, L.
- Title:
- A Nation of Happy People. Most Happy and Satisfied with Their Lives.
- Source:
- Gallup Poll News Services, 5 January 2004, Gallup Organization, Washington DC, USA
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, USA, 2003
- Survey name
- Gallup poll
- Sample
- Probability simple random sample
- Respondents
- N = 1011
- Non Response
- 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
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Page in publication:
- 1
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 4.1%, 2: 40.4%, 3: 54.8% (total 99.3%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.51 7.95
- SD:
- 0.58 1.57
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
In general, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with the way things are going in your personal life at this time? Are you
4 very satisfied
3 somewhat satisfied
2 somewhat dissatisfied
1 very dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLP-c-sq-v-4-a
- Author's label:
- satisfaction with own life
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 4%, 2: 7%, 3: 30%, 4: 58% (total 99%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.43 7.89
- SD:
- 0.79 2.02