GALLUP: Americans' Life Evaluation Reaches New... ... ... High

Americans' Life Evaluation Reaches New High

At the same time, the Gallup-Healthways Work Environment Index falls to new lowby Dan Witters

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- More Americans are "thriving" and fewer are "struggling" now than at any time since Gallup and Healthways began tracking Americans' life evaluation in January 2008. The percentage of "suffering" Americans remains low, at 3.4%.



The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index classifies Americans as either "thriving," "struggling," or "suffering," according to how they rate their current and future lives on a ladder scale based on the Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale. The high percentage of "thriving" Americans coupled with the low percentage of "suffering" Americans also drove the overall Life Evaluation Index (determined by the difference between the two) to a new high of 50.4 in February. The Life Evaluation Index is one of six sub-indexes that comprise the overall Well-Being Index.

Life Evaluation Improves the Most for Young Adults and Blacks

Life Evaluation Index scores in February improved substantially across demographic groups when compared with the same month last year, when scores had just begun to recover from the largest decline in 26 months of successive measurement in late 2008. Scores for key subgroups are generally improved when compared with 2008 as well, though these much smaller differences indicate that the main source of the improvement in 2010 has more to do with the low 2009 scores than with strong 2010 scores.

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http://www.gallup.com/poll/126578/Americans-Life-Evaluation-Reaches-New-High.aspx

I do not know even one person in my immediate circle of family and friends who would say they are "thriving".

I have a real hard time with this. Everyone I know is stressed even if they have a good job and while things appear to be heading back nobody seems to be taking a sigh of relief yet. What did they do? Call only people in Hawaii?

During the worst depr ... errr, recession since the 1930s.

;-)

Sorry, the categories reminded me of the "Good Times" theme song... "scratchin' and surviving" etc.

Not gettin' hassled, not gettin' hustled. Keeping your head above water, making a wave when you can... temporary lay-offs, easy credit rip-offs...

I wouldn't answer that I'm struggling because I'm not, but that doesn't mean I'm thriving. "Just getting by" would be an important data point in my opinion.

G&B: More for uz super rich because you see Gallup shows these peasants are happy with what they got
WH: whatever you say G&B. we got your back.
G&B: Quiet you..or else.