happy7
Details
Question If you were to consider your life in general, how happy or unhappy would you say you are, on the whole?
Values
[1]completely happy[2]very happy[3]fairly happy[4]neither happy nor unhappy[5]fairly unhappy[6]very unhappy[7]completely unhappy[NA(d)]can't choose[NA(i)]iap[NA(j)]I don't have a job[NA(m)]dk, na, iap[NA(n)]no answer[NA(p)]not imputable[NA(r)]refused[NA(s)]skipped on web[NA(u)]uncodeable[NA(x)]not available in this release[NA(y)]not available in this year[NA(z)]see codebook
Overview
For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for happy7.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | completely happy | very happy | fairly happy | neither happy nor unhappy | fairly unhappy | very unhappy | completely unhappy | can't choose | no answer | skipped on web | not available in this year | Total |
| 2002 | 1594 | 141 | 510 | 391 | 69 | 32 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 4 | - | - | 2765 |
| 2012 | 672 | 148 | 563 | 440 | 77 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 7 | - | - | 1974 |
| 2022 | 1220 | 282 | 782 | 865 | 175 | 123 | 34 | 8 | 43 | 5 | 7 | - | 3544 |
| Total | 3486 | 571 | 1855 | 1696 | 321 | 190 | 66 | 14 | 61 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 8283 |