Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index

Abstract

676,000+ interviews measuring wellbeing by religiosity and faith group with demographic controls.

Findings for Latter-day Saints

• Very religious Americans of every faith had higher overall wellbeing than moderately or nonreligious counterparts (statistically significant after controls).
• Mormons were the most religious group measured (73.4% "very religious").
• Jews and Mormons had the highest overall wellbeing of any faith group.

Limitations in methodology

Cross-sectional; "very religious" self-identification may differ across traditions in what it measures.

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Cite this study

Newport, F., Witters, D. (2012). Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index. Gallup. https://news.gallup.com/poll/152732/religious-higher-wellbeing-across-faiths.aspx

Frank Newport, et al.. "Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index." Gallup, 2012. https://news.gallup.com/poll/152732/religious-higher-wellbeing-across-faiths.aspx.

@article{gallup_healthways_wellbeing_index,
  title = {Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index},
  author = {Frank Newport and Dan Witters},
  year = {2012},
  journal = {Gallup},
  url = {https://news.gallup.com/poll/152732/religious-higher-wellbeing-across-faiths.aspx},
}