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. 2020 Oct 19;36(1):248–250. doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06274-3

Table 1.

Changes in Flourishing Domains in the USA from January 2020 to June 2020

Domain January 2020 (n = 1010) June 2020 (n = 3020)
Mean (Std. Dev.) Mean (Std. Dev.)
Happiness and life satisfaction 6.9 (2.1) 6.2 (2.3)
Mental and physical health 7.1 (2.0) 6.4 (2.2)
Meaning and purpose 7.0 (2.2) 6.6 (2.4)
Character and virtue 7.0 (1.8) 7.0 (2.0)
Close social relationships 6.9 (2.3) 6.7 (2.5)
Financial and material stability 5.7 (2.8) 4.8 (3.0)
Overall (secure flourishing index) 6.8 (1.7) 6.3 (1.7)

The secure flourishing index is an average score across the six domains including financial and material stability [2]. If the financial domain is omitted, then the resulting mean flourishing index [2] and standard deviation would be 7.0 (1.7) January 2020 and 6.6 (2.0) in June 2020