Date(s) | % Thriving | % Struggling | % Suffering |
---|---|---|---|
09/1-30/2015 | 54.1% | 42.5% | 3.4% |
08/1-31/2015 | 54.6% | 42.3% | 3.1% |
07/1-31/2015 | 54.7% | 41.4% | 3.9% |
06/1-30/2015 | 55.0% | 41.3% | 3.7% |
05/1-31/2015 | 55.5% | 40.9% | 3.6% |
04/1-30/2015 | 55.7% | 40.8% | 3.5% |
03/1-31/2015 | 55.8% | 40.7% | 3.5% |
02/1-28/2015 | 55.4% | 41.0% | 3.6% |
01/1-31/2015 | 55.4% | 41.3% | 3.3% |
12/1-30/2014 | 55.0% | 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.