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Studies

Saad (2004a): study US 2003 /1

Publication

Author(s):
Saad, L.
Title:
A Primer in Reading the Public's Mood.
Source:
Gallup Poll News Service, 3 February 2004, The Gallup Organization, Washington DC, USA

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, USA, 2003
Sample
Probability simple random sample
Respondents
N = 1004
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?
1  not at all satisfied
2  not very satisfied
3  satisfied
4  very satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-v-4-f
Remarks:
88% satisfied or very satisfied
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taken all together, how would you say things are these days?   Would you say that you are....?
3  very happy
2  pretty happy
1  not too happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa
Remarks:
50% is satisfied, 48% dissatisfied

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Party preference