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More Americans rated their lives positively enough to be considered "thriving" in life evaluation in 2014 than have since tracking began in 2008. But blacks, Asians and young Americans were no more likely to be "thriving" in 2014 than they were ...

Americans' top financial concern is not having enough money for retirement, followed by unexpected medical costs and maintaining their standard of living. A majority of Americans have been worried about retirement savings since 2001.

In the U.S., blacks and Hispanics since 2008 have grown more likely to say they are satisfied with their lives, while whites' satisfaction has remained unchanged. All groups now express similar satisfaction levels.

Germans' attitudes about their standard of living have remained buoyant throughout the recent eurozone crisis. Even less affluent Germans appear to be benefiting from the country's economic strength.

Americans' generally positive views of the U.S. economy are posing a challenge to Democratic presidential candidates.

Sixty-six percent of Americans are worried they will not have enough money for retirement, more than are worried about seven other financial issues Gallup asked about. Fifty-eight percent of Americans, a new high, are worried about not being ...

The latest World Happiness Report delivers some unhappy news to Americans -- and the rest of the world.

Gallup's standard of living measure reports the percentage of Americans who say their standard of living is getting better versus the percentage who say their standard of living is getting worse. Results are based on telephone interviews with ...

While EU residents' optimism about their standard of living in 2010 doesn't indicate a full recovery from the economic crisis, Gallup surveys show their outlooks are improving. Between 2009 and 2010 the percentage who saw their living standards ...

On a state-by-state basis, U.S. adults' satisfaction with their own standard of living -- that is, "all the things you can buy and do" -- falls in a fairly narrow range, from 82.3% in North Dakota at the high end to 69% in Nevada at the low end.