General Social Survey, 2006

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HAPPY Taken all together, how would you say things are these days -- would you say that you are very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy?   1) Very happy   2) Pretty happy   3) Not too happy   8) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very happy	920	30.7%	30.7%	-1.2
Pretty happy	1676	56%	86.8%	.24
Not too happy	390	13%	99.8%	1.68
Don't know	6	.2%	100%	8.87

Variable Comparisons

Age Church attendance Education Gender Religion Region Race

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years old	30-44 years old	45-59 years old	60-74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Very happy	27.1% 143	30.3% 273	28.4% 236	37.2% 185	34.4% 78	30.7% 915
Pretty happy	60.4% 319	57.0% 514	57.0% 474	51.3% 255	48.9% 111	56.1% 1673
Not too happy	12.5% 66	12.5% 113	14.2% 118	11.3% 56	16.3% 37	13.1% 390
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.4% 3	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 528	100.0% 901	100.0% 831	100.0% 497	100.0% 227	2984

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Less than once a year	About once or twice a year	Several times a year	1-3 times a month	Nearly every week	Weekly or more	TOTAL
Very happy	25.5% 228	21.9% 84	33.8% 107	28.9% 131	30.3% 46	41.2% 322	30.8% 918
Pretty happy	58.2% 521	63.4% 243	56.8% 180	59.0% 268	60.5% 92	46.9% 366	56.0% 1670
Not too happy	16.0% 143	14.6% 56	9.5% 30	12.1% 55	9.2% 14	11.5% 90	13.0% 388
Don't know	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	0.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 895	100.0% 383	100.0% 317	100.0% 454	100.0% 152	100.0% 781	2982

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Very happy	24.0% 106	28.7% 427	27.1% 73	39.3% 206	39.9% 108	30.7% 920
Pretty happy	56.1% 248	57.0% 847	58.4% 157	54.0% 283	52.0% 141	56.0% 1676
Not too happy	19.5% 86	14.1% 210	14.1% 38	6.5% 34	8.1% 22	13.0% 390
Don't know	0.5% 2	0.1% 2	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 442	100.0% 1486	100.0% 269	100.0% 524	100.0% 271	2992

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very happy	30.3% 393	31.1% 527	30.7% 920
Pretty happy	56.9% 737	55.4% 939	56.0% 1676
Not too happy	12.6% 163	13.4% 227	13.0% 390
Don't know	0.2% 3	0.2% 3	0.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 1296	100.0% 1696	2992

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Very happy	33.1% 512	29.5% 218	42.3% 22	25.6% 126	26.5% 39	30.8% 917
Pretty happy	54.0% 835	57.8% 428	51.9% 27	58.6% 289	61.2% 90	56.0% 1669
Not too happy	12.7% 196	12.6% 93	5.8% 3	15.4% 76	12.2% 18	13.0% 386
Don't know	0.2% 3	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 1546	100.0% 740	100.0% 52	100.0% 493	100.0% 147	2978

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very happy	31.3% 148	29.4% 204	30.7% 351	31.9% 217	30.7% 920
Pretty happy	56.7% 268	57.3% 397	55.5% 636	55.1% 375	56.0% 1676
Not too happy	11.6% 55	12.8% 89	13.7% 157	13.1% 89	13.0% 390
Don't know	0.4% 2	0.4% 3	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 473	100.0% 693	100.0% 1145	100.0% 681	2992

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very happy	32.1% 700	27.3% 114	26.7% 106	30.7% 920
Pretty happy	56.0% 1219	54.9% 229	57.4% 228	56.0% 1676
Not too happy	11.7% 255	17.5% 73	15.6% 62	13.0% 390
Don't know	0.2% 4	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 2178	100.0% 417	100.0% 397	2992