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If you were to consider your life in general, how happy or unhappy would you say you are, on the whole?
General happiness on a seven-point scale · Asked in 3 waves, 2002–2022 · 4,797 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2022).
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Completely happy | Very happy | Fairly happy | Neither happy nor unhappy | Fairly unhappy | Very unhappy |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
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| General Social Survey 2022 | 2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08 | mixed | 3,544 | 2,324 |
| General Social Survey 2012 | 2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05 | face to face | 1,974 | 1,302 |
| General Social Survey 2002 | 2002-02-06 to 2002-06-26 | face to face | 2,765 | 1,171 |
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2022).
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Completely unhappy |
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| MoE |
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| All respondents | 14% | 36% | 37% | 7% | 5% | 1% | 0% | 2324 | ±3 | |
| Democrats | 11% | 39% | 38% | 6% | 5% | 1% | 0% | 704 | ±6 | |
| Independents (incl. leaners) | 12% | 33% | 40% | 8% | 5% | 1% | 0% | 1007 | ±5 | |
| Republicans | 16% | 38% | 35% | 6% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 505 | ±7 |
General Social Survey 2022 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.