| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Gallup, |
| Title | Gallup Brain: Archive of Gallup polls since 1935 |
| Source | The Gallup Organization, USA |
| URL | http://brain.gallup.com/home.aspx |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, United States, 2008 |
| Collect period | 4-7 |
| Survey name | Gallup poll |
| Sample | Probability multistage stratified area sample |
| Respondents N = | 1010 |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Interview: telephone (CATI) |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| 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 |
| DKNA % | 1.0 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 3 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 2.38 | 7.59 |
| Standard deviation | 0.62 | 1.68 |
| Scores in | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| % | 7.7 | 46.3 | 45.0 |
| Full text | Self report on single question: In general, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in your own personal life? 1 dissatisfied 2 satisfied |
| Classification | O-SLP-g-sq-v-2-b |
| DKNA % | 1.6 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 2 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 1.81 | 7.46 |
| Standard deviation | 0.39 | 2.18 |
| Scores in | 1 | 2 |
| % | 18.4 | 80.1 |
| Full text | Self report on single question: Overall, how satisfied are you with your life.....? 4 very satisfied 3 somewhat satisfied 2 somewhat dissatisfied 1 very dissatisfied. |
| Classification | O-SLu-u-sq-v-4-f |
| DKNA % | 0.4 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 4 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 3.28 | 7.47 |
| Standard deviation | 0.82 | 2.10 |
| Scores in | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| % | 4.8 | 8.8 | 39.8 | 46.3 |