Health

Nearly As Many Americans Struggling as Thriving

Happiness and enjoyment tend to peak on weekends and holidays

April 29, 2008
Based on the first-of-its-kind daily survey of American well-being, the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index finds 49% of Americans thriving, 47% struggling, and nearly 4% suffering.More ...

Among Americans, Smoking Decreases as Income Increases

Gradual pattern is consistent across eight earnings brackets

March 21, 2008
In an unprecedented new effort aimed at measuring individual and collective well-being, the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index reveals a frequent inverse relationship between smoking and income.More ...

Sanitation Situation Serious in Sub-Saharan Africa

Many households rely on unimproved sanitation facilities

March 21, 2008
As the world observes World Water Day, Gallup data reveal that many households in sub-Saharan Africa use unsanitary, unimproved toilet facilities that put health and the environment at risk.More ...

Toll of Transition in Eastern Europe and Former USSR

Populations less content than their average incomes would suggest

March 11, 2008
Populations in Eastern European and former Soviet Union countries tend to be less satisfied with their lives than their average incomes would predict.More ...

Rich World Aging More Contentedly Than Poor

Higher incomes related to reduced effects of aging on health satisfaction

March 4, 2008
Gallup data from 130 countries indicate that higher incomes provide some protection against the effects of aging on health satisfaction.More ...

Worldwide, Residents of Richer Nations More Satisfied

Findings suggest citizens worldwide rate their lives against a global standard

February 27, 2008
Does money buy contentment? Gallup World Poll data suggest that life satisfaction increases with per-capita income levels, across poor and rich countries alike.More ...

On Africa Trip, Bush Finds More Receptive Audiences

Majorities in Benin, Ghana, Rwanda approve of U.S. leadership

February 19, 2008
President George W. Bush is in Africa this week, where he appears to be more popular than he is at home and other places around the globe. Gallup surveys of five countries on Bush’s tour show residents are more likely to approve than disapprove of U.S. leadership.More ...

Cold Turkey for Turks

Turkey has highest reported incidence of smoking in countries surveyed

January 14, 2008
EU candidate Turkey’s new smoking ban follows a recent wave of similar bans in EU member states. But unlike the member states it hopes to join, Turkey faces a much higher incidence of smoking -- the highest reported incidence in more than 100 countries Gallup surveyed.More ...

Time Pressures, Stress Common for Americans

Nearly half do not have enough spare time, 40% are frequently stressed

January 2, 2008
Americans are about equally likely to say they have enough time to do what they want to do these days as to say they do not. Most Americans say they experience stress in the daily lives, with 4 in 10 frequently stressed. Parents, workers, and younger adults are particularly crunched for time and endure stress.More ...
High Health Satisfaction In Western Nations

High Health Satisfaction In Western Nations

January 2, 2008
Majorities of people in Canada, France, Germany, Russia, the U.K., and the U.S. report high satisfaction with their health, though fewer report having exercised the day before they were surveyed.
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