The Housing Chronicles Blog: Gallup: Well-Being Index drops in 2017 to levels last seen in 2014

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Gallup: Well-Being Index drops in 2017 to levels last seen in 2014

Overall well-being among U.S. adults has declined substantially this year. The Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index score so far in 2017 is 61.5, down 0.6 points from 62.1 in 2016 and on par with the lower level recorded in 2014. This decline is both statistically significant and meaningfully large. 

This year marks a reversal of the three-year upward trend, with minorities, women, low-income adults and Democrats bearing the brunt of the decline.  Within those groups, emotional and psychological metrics were the primary source of the drop.

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