Americans Are More Unhappy Than They've Been in 50 Years, Poll Finds The survey of just under 2,300 people was conducted last month by NORC at the University of Chicago.
Most of the survey was completed before protests began across the country over the death of George Floyd.
Only 14 percent of survey respondents claimed to be 'very happy.'
Back in 2018, 31 percent of Americans said they were considerably happy.
Fifty percent add they feel isolated, a rise from 23 percent in 2018.
Feelings of loneliness are up since 2018, but not as high as NORC's Louise Hawkley expected.
Louise Hawkley, via 'USA Today' Poll results also found that parents are less optimistic about their children's future.
42 percent believe the standard of living for their kids will improve once they grow up.
That is a decrease from 2018's 57 percent.
Sonja Lyubomirsky, a psychology professor at the University of California-Riverside, thinks Americans will be able to find happiness again.
Sonja Lyubomirsky, via 'USA Today'
