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U.S. Life Evaluation (Monthly)

Based on the Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index

Date(s)% Thriving% Struggling% Suffering
09/1-30/201554.1%42.5%3.4%
08/1-31/201554.6%42.3%3.1%
07/1-31/201554.7%41.4%3.9%
06/1-30/201555.0%41.3%3.7%
05/1-31/201555.5%40.9%3.6%
04/1-30/201555.7%40.8%3.5%
03/1-31/201555.8%40.7%3.5%
02/1-28/201555.4%41.0%3.6%
01/1-31/201555.4%41.3%3.3%
12/1-30/201455.0%41.1%3.9%

The Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index tracks daily how Americans evaluate their lives, both now and in five years, on the Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale, where "0" represents the worst possible life and "10" represents the best possible life. Respondents are classified by Gallup as "thriving" if they rate their current life a 7 or higher and their future life an 8 or higher. Respondents are classified as "suffering" if they rate their current life 0 to 4 and their future life 0 to 4. Those who are neither "thriving" nor "suffering" are classified as "struggling." Monthly results from January 2008 to December 2012 are based on telephone interviews with approximately 29,000 national adults; margin of error is ±1 percentage point. Monthly results as of January 2013 are based on telephone interviews with approximately 14,500 national adults; margin of error is ±1 percentage point.


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