Table 1.
List of items for the composite flourishing score.
| Domain | Item | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Happiness | (Happiness 1) On which step of the ladder would you say you personally feel you stand at this time? | Original responses (0 (the worst possible life) to 10 (the best possible life) were rescaled to range from 0 to 1. |
| Happiness | (Happiness 2) Just your best guess, on which step do you think you will stand in the future, say about 5 years from now? | Original responses (0 (the worst possible life) to 10 (the best possible life) were rescaled to range from 0 to 1. |
| Happiness | (Happiness 3) Did you experience the following feelings during a lot of the day yesterday? How about enjoyment? | Yes = 1 and No = 0 |
| Health | (Health 1) Do you have any health problems that prevent you from doing any of the things people your age normally can do? | No = 1 and Yes = 0 |
| Health | (Health 2) Did you experience the following feelings during a lot of the day yesterday? How about physical pain? | No = 1 and Yes = 0 |
| Health | (Health 3) Now, please think about yesterday, from the morning until the end of the day. Think about where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, and how you felt: Did you feel well-rested yesterday? | Yes = 1 and No = 0 |
| Purpose | (Purpose 1) In (this country), are you satisfied or dissatisfied with… Your freedom to choose what you do with your life? | Yes = 1 and No = 0 |
| Purpose | (Purpose 2) Did you learn or do something interesting yesterday? | Yes = 1 and No = 0 |
| Purpose | (Purpose 3) Employment status and religious importance (“Is religion an important part of your daily life?”) | Employment: employed full/part time = 1, out of workforce/unemployed = 0; Religious Importance: yes = 1, no = 0; if either of employment or religious importance = 1, then Purpose 3 = 1 |
| Character | (Character 1) Have you done any of the following in the past month?… Volunteered your time to an organization | Yes = 1 and No = 0 |
| Character | (Character 2) Have you done any of the following in the past month?… Donated money to a charity | Yes = 1 and No = 0 |
| Character | (Character 3) Have you done any of the following in the past month?… Helped a stranger or someone you didn't know who needed help | Yes = 1 and No = 0 |
| Social | (Social 1) If you were in trouble, do you have relatives or friends you can count on to help you whenever you need them, or not? | Yes = 1 and No = 0 |
| Social | (Social 2) Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the city or area where you live? | Satisfied = 1 and Dissatisfied = 0 |
| Social | (Social 3) Were you treated with respect all day yesterday? | Yes = 1 and No = 0 |
Respondents were classified into six categories of employment status (employed full time for an employer, employed full time for self, employed part time and do not want to work full time, employed part time and want to work full time, out of workforce, unemployed) by Gallup based on answers to a series of questions about employment.