Preliminary Happiness Survey Results

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Average score for each category for all students regardless of country

1

Friends

3.8891

12.1109

2

Family

4.2505

11.7495

3

Dream Fulfillment

6.1754

9.8246

4

Grades

6.3207

9.6793

5

Appearance

7.7453

8.2547

6

Music

7.8679

8.1321

7

Athletics

8.0146

7.9854

8

Religion

8.5493

7.4507

9

Hobbies

8.7662

7.2338

10

Money

9.1883

6.8117

11

Popularity

10.0252

5.9748

12

Movies/TV

10.3117

5.6883

13

Service Projects

10.7731

5.2269

14

Partying

10.8703

5.1297

15

Games

11.4553

4.5447

16

Fame

11.5887

4.4113

Most happy by percentage who marked #1

1

Family

30.7%

marked family as #1

2

Religion

14.5%

marked religion as #1

3

Friends

12.6%

marked friends as #1

4

Dream Fulfillment

10.0%

marked dream fulfillment as #1

5

Grades

7.8%

marked grades as #1

6

Athletics

6.5%

marked athletics as #1

7

Music

5.7%

marked music as #1

8

Appearance

4.2%

marked appearance as #1

9

Games

2.3%

marked games as #1

10

Popularity

2.1%

marked popularity as #1

11

Partying

1.9%

marked partying as #1

12

Money

0.8%

marked money as #1

13

Fame

0.6%

marked fame as #1

14

Service Projects

0.6%

marked service projects as #1

15

Hobbies

0.2%

marked hobbies as #1

16

Movies/TV

0.0%

marked movies/tv as #1

Most happy by observing Number of responses marked #16 (using percentages)

1

Friends

0.21%

marked friends as #16

2

Dream Fulfillment

0.42%

marked dream fulfillment as #16

3

Music

0.63%

marked music as #16

4

Family

1.25%

marked family as #16

5

Hobbies

1.88%

marked hobbies as #16

6

Appearance

2.09%

marked appearance as #16

7

Athletics

3.13%

marked athlectics as #16

8

Movies

3.14%

marked movies as #16

9

Grades

3.59%

marked grades as #16

10

Popularity

4.19%

marked poplularity as #16

11

Money

5.02%

marked money as #16

12

Service Projects

9.87%

marked service projects as #16

13

Partying

13.00%

marked partying as #16

14

Religion

14.88%

marked religion as #16

15

Fame

17.75%

marked fame as #16

16

Games

18.30%

marked games as #16

Chart of results showing rank without other data present

Most Happy

Based on Averages

% #1 Chosen

% #16 Chosen

1

Friends

Family

Friends

2

Family

Religion

Dream Fulfillment

3

Dream Fulfillment

Friends

Music

4

Grades

Dream Fulfillment

Family

5

Appearance

Grades

Hobbies

6

Music

Athletics

Appearance

7

Athletics

Music

Athletics

8

Religion

Appearance

Movies

9

Hobbies

Games

Grades

10

Money

Popularity

Popularity

11

Popularity

Partying

Money

12

Movies/TV

Money

Service Projects

13

Service Projects

Fame

Partying

14

Partying

Service Projects

Religion

15

Games

Hobbies

Fame

16

Fame

Movies/TV

Games