The Gallup Institute published a public opinion survey on people's satisfaction level that went against the spirit of the times. Although the data is for the US population, we find important indicators about what makes us happy.
January 2-22, 2024 by the Gallup Institute. According to the Mood of the Nation poll conducted between 2015 and 2016, 47 percent of adults living in America - that is, less than half - experience a high degree of satisfaction in their lives, Axióma reported based on the Christian Post.
This number has fallen below 50 percent for only the third time since 1979.
On Gallup's website, it is noted that people's satisfaction decreased significantly during periods of economic uncertainty. In 2011, for example, 46 percent were very satisfied with their lives, when America was still recovering from the 2007-2009 recession. The other value below 50 percent was measured in 2008, during the global economic crisis.
Currently, 31 percent of Americans are somewhat satisfied, 11 percent are somewhat dissatisfied, and 9 percent are very dissatisfied with their lives. The Mood of the Nation survey also highlights that most Americans are not satisfied with the current state of the economy either.
Overall, it can be said that 78 percent of Americans are satisfied (very or somewhat) with their lives, which is well below the trend of 84 percent in 1979 and lower than the value in 2001. It is interesting that in 2020, 90 percent of Americans still said they were satisfied, which was a record high value.
Members of many social groups declared that they were somewhat satisfied with their lives, but it was true that the majority were satisfied with only a few groups. These groups are:
those who go to church on a weekly basis, married people, university graduates, with an annual household income of more than $100,000, and those over 55 years old.
Source: Axiom, Christian Post, 777
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