| Publication | |
| Author(s) | DDB lifestyle survey, |
| Title | Happiness in US states |
| Source | Data released on request, June 2000 |
| URL | http://www.bowlingalone.com |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, United States, 2005 |
| Collect period | 5 |
| Survey name | PEW survey 2005 |
| Sample | Probability simple random sample |
| Weighting | N |
| Respondents N = | 2203 |
| Non Response | 0 |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: Here is ladder representing the 'ladder of life'. Let's suppose the top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you; and the bottom, the worst possible life for you. On which step of the ladder do you feel you personally stand at the present time? 10 best possible 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 worst possible life This question was followed (not preceded) by items on life 5 years ago and 5 years from now. |
| Classification | C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c |
| DKNA % | 1.5 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 0 - 10 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 6.74 | 6.74 |
| Standard deviation | 2.10 | 2.10 |
| Scores in | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| % | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 17.8 | 10.6 | 18.1 | 21.8 | 9.9 | 8.9 |