Taylor et al. (2006): study US 2005

Publication

Author(s):

Taylor, P.; Craighill, P.; Funk, C.

Title:

Are We Happy Yet?

Source:

PEW Research Center, A Social Trends Report, 2006, Washington DC, USA

Investigation

Public

Adults, general public, USA, 2005

Survey name

INT-PEW survey 2005

Sample

Probability simple random sample

Respondents

N = 3014

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 would you say, you are these days.....?
1  very happy
2  pretty happy
3  not too happy

Classification:

O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ca

Author's label:

Happiness

Page in publication:

1

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 15%,   2: 34%,   3: 50%   (total 99%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10

Mean:

2.35 7.62

SD:

0.73 1.90

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Family Income Household income Church Attendence Participation in church Political Party Affiliation Political (party) preference Marital Status Married state (compared to non-married states) Ethnicity Ethnic status in the USA Age in Years Current age (in years) Health Self-perceived health work status Current employment status
Unemployed involuntary pet owners Current pets Children Current parental status
Children in the household
Age of children
Single parent Location Rural dwelling (vs urban) Rushed in Daily Life Relaxed (vs stressful)
Perceived time-pressure Area of Residence Region in USA
Sunshine in nation Immigrant generation Migration generation Gender Sex: male (vs female)