9 in 10 People are glad with the best way issues are going of their private life, a brand new excessive in Gallup’s four-decade pattern. The newest determine bests the earlier excessive of 88% recorded in 2003. Gallup experiences:
These outcomes are from Gallup’s Temper of the Nation ballot, performed Jan. 2-15, which additionally recorded a 20-year excessive in People’ confidence within the U.S. economic system. The share of People who report being glad with their private life is just like the 86% who stated in December that they have been very or pretty pleased — although the happiness determine, whereas excessive, is on the low finish of what Gallup has measured traditionally for that query.
Regardless of some variation, strong majorities of People have reported being glad with their private life over the previous few a long time, with a mean of 83% glad since 1979. The historic low of 73% was recorded in July 1979, as the consequences of that yr’s oil disaster took a toll on U.S. motorists. Throughout that ballot’s fielding dates, then-President Jimmy Carter delivered his “malaise speech,” which was interpreted by some as putting blame on People themselves for the tough financial spot the nation was in.
A 2019 survey on 10 elements of People’ lives discovered that they’re most glad with their household life, their schooling and the best way they spend their leisure time — and least glad with the quantity of leisure time they’ve, their family revenue and their job.