{"id":1672,"date":"2020-09-29T17:48:32","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T17:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthnewscentral.com\/?p=1672"},"modified":"2020-09-29T17:48:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T17:48:32","slug":"data-from-the-university-of-chicago-shows-americans-to-be-the-unhappiest-this-year-since-1972","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthnewscentral.com\/data-from-the-university-of-chicago-shows-americans-to-be-the-unhappiest-this-year-since-1972\/","title":{"rendered":"Data from The University Of Chicago Shows Americans To Be The Unhappiest This Year, Since 1972"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to new data taken from NORC at the University of Chicago, 2020 marks the unhappiest year Americans have been in 50 years. In 1972, scientists started tracking the citizens\u2019 happiness using General Social Survey, which has been collecting data every other year since then, says the Associated Press (AP).<\/p>\n

They also began a COVID Response Tracking Study for the first wave of the pandemic which will be conducted before, during and after the coronavirus outbreak. 2,000 adult representatives from different U.S. households participated in the survey online, or by phone in May of this year.<\/p>\n

After researchers analysed all responses, they discovered that a merger 14% of participants claimed to be \u201cvery happy\u201d – which is an all time low in statistics. In 2018, when the researchers collected data the last time regarding the people\u2019s general attitude and behavior, they gathered that 31% of Americans called themselves \u201cvery happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

With a comparison made to the 2018 and 2020 reports, the feeling of being isolated and lonely all doubled (50% vs. 23%), which was expected because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which out the whole country into a quarantine last spring.<\/p>\n

Researchers from NORC at the University of Chicago released a statement saying:<\/p>\n

\u201cFindings from the first wave of 2020 data suggest that the unique and unprecedented coronavirus crisis is having a negative impact on the well-being of Americans. Exposure to the coronavirus, either personally or geographically in a highly-impacted area, is linked with greater feelings of loneliness and other negative emotional states.\u201d<\/p>\n

The University of Chicago also reported on other notable findings they came up with:<\/p>\n