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Gallup State of the States: North Dakota No. 1 in Well-Being, West Virginia Still Last
Gallup ^
| 02/21/2014
| Dan Witters
Posted on 02/21/2014 7:54:33 AM PST by SeekAndFind
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- North Dakota residents had the highest well-being in the nation in 2013, according to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index. South Dakota trailed its northern neighbor in second place, with its highest score in six years of measurement. Hawaii held the top spot for the previous four years, but fell slightly last year. West Virginia and Kentucky had the two lowest well-being scores, for the fifth year in a row.
North Dakota rejoined the top 10 well-being states in 2013 after being among that group from 2009 to 2011. South Dakota was among the top 10 in well-being for the first time since 2010, while Washington last appeared in 2008.
These state-level data are based on more than 178,000 interviews with American adults across all 50 states, conducted from January-December 2013. Gallup and Healthways started tracking state-level well-being in 2008. The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index score for the nation and for each state is an average of six sub-indexes, which individually examine life evaluation, emotional health, work environment, physical health, healthy behaviors, and access to basic necessities. The Well-Being Index is calculated on a scale of 0 to 100, where a score of 100 represents ideal well-being. Well-Being Index scores among states varied within a nine-point range in 2013. The Well-Being Index score for the nation in 2013 dipped to 66.2 from 66.7 in 2012, and matches the previous low, measured in 2011.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: northdakota; states; wellbeing; westvirginia
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
02/21/2014 8:07:46 AM PST
by
andyk
(I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
To: SeekAndFind
how can people be happy when they live somewhere the temperature drops to Antarctic levels quite frequently ?
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posted on
02/21/2014 8:09:13 AM PST
by
TexasFreeper2009
(Obama lied .. the economy died.)
To: TexasFreeper2009
how can people be happy when they live somewhere the temperature drops to Antarctic levels quite frequently ? See Post# 2...
To: TexasFreeper2009
It be the cold hard truth! lol....
To: TexasFreeper2009
When it is that cold out, you are happy just being warm and out of the wind.
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posted on
02/21/2014 8:30:49 AM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: SeekAndFind
Looking at the whole US map, our strength is in the heartland.
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posted on
02/21/2014 8:32:42 AM PST
by
pfflier
To: SeekAndFind
Of course, the happiest people are the federal parasites infesting Washinton, D.C. No state can approach the 80.4% happiness rating of these pigs at the taxpayer trough. No wonder the states aren’t that thrilled with how things are going.
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02/21/2014 8:34:02 AM PST
by
txrefugee
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posted on
02/21/2014 8:40:19 AM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: Fightin Whitey
Well-Being; does that mean living in a Well?
To: Old North State
Well-Being; does that mean living in a Well? In western North Dakota it means owning one or more.
To: TexasFreeper2009
Fracking...people are happy when they're making lots of money.
If you have enough you can fly to FL for the entire winter.
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posted on
02/21/2014 10:21:36 AM PST
by
what's up
(su)
To: what's up
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02/21/2014 10:30:02 AM PST
by
ExCTCitizen
(2014: The Year of DEAD RINOS)
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