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Overall, on a scale from zero to ten, where zero is not at all satisfied and ten is completely satisfied, how satisfied are you with life as a whole these days?
Satisfaction with life as a whole · Asked in 2 waves, 2021–2022 · 23,541 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
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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.
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| All respondents | 3% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 6% | 14% | 11% | 20% | 21% | 9% | 6% | 11667 | ±1 | |
| Lower income | 7% | 2% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 19% | 11% | 15% | 13% | 5% | 5% | 3470 | ±2 | |
| Middle income | 2% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 6% | 13% | 12% | 21% | 22% | 9% | 5% | 5597 | ±1 | |
| Upper income | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 8% | 10% | 23% | 30% | 14% | 6% | 2600 | ±2 |
SHED 2022 · US adults 18+. 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.