The 2018 Global Emotion Survey by Gallup found that 55% of Americans reported feeling very stressed the previous day, higher than the global average of 35%. Americans aged 15 to 49, those with lower income levels, and those dissatisfied with politics reported higher levels of stress, worry, and anger. Chad had the most negative emotions, while Paraguay and Panama were the most positive nations surveyed.
Gallup launched its annual Global Emotion Survey in 2005 in an effort to understand the amount of stress, worry and anger that was being experienced in each country. The 2018 survey results included 1,000 American respondents, out of more than 150,000 people surveyed total. There was a pronounced increase in negative feelings among Americans, 55% of whom reported feeling very stressed the previous day. This was significantly higher than the global average of 35 percent and the fourth-highest amount of stress worldwide, behind only Greece (59 percent), the Philippines (58 percent) and Tanzania (57 percent).
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Gallup also asked American respondents about their age, income levels and political satisfaction. Levels of worry in the United States have exceeded the levels of distress found in most other countries.
The researchers found that Americans aged 15 to 49 were more stressed, worried, and angry than their older counterparts. Not surprisingly, the lower the income level, the greater the stress.
People living in Chad, in north-central Africa, were found to have the most negative emotions in 2018. At the other end of the spectrum, the Latin American nations of Paraguay and Panama were the most positive nations surveyed.
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