Level of Positive Affect Level of Negative Affect
On Sundays positive affect is highest in all four countries All but Japanese have lowest positive affect on Mondays For all but Japan, Fridays have more positive affect than Mondays Germans and U.S. adults are about as happy on Saturdays as on Sundays; Japanese are the least happy On Sundays, Germans are most negative On Mondays, negative affect is highest for everyone Negative affect is lowest on Fridays for U.S. and Chinese On Saturdays, negative affect is lowest for Germans and Japanese
Sunday Monday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Friday Saturday
USA 49 7 27 42 USA 23 27 13 15
China 46 20 26 33 China 15 23 4 11
Germany 51 16 29 50 Germany 28 36 11 7
Japan 43 29 20 17

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