Satisfaction with Life Index
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The World Happiness Map was extracted from data from the Happy Planet Index[1]. It is an attempt to show life satisfaction (subjective life satisfaction) in different nations. In this calculation, life satisfaction correlates most strongly with health (.7), wealth (.6), and access to basic education (.6).[1][2][3]
This is an example of a recent trend to use direct measures of happiness, such as surveys asking people how happy they are, as an alternative to traditional measures of policy success to GDP or GNP. Some studies suggest that happiness can be measured effectively.[2][3]
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[edit] International Ranking (2006)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ↑ The Unhappy Planet Index (PDF). URL accessed on 2008-02-07.
- ↑ The True Measure of Success - Wired.com
- ↑ "Happiness" is not enough- Samuel Brittan: Templeton Lecture Inst. of Economic Affairs 22/11/01
- The World Map of Happiness, Adrian White, Analytic Social Psychologist, University of Leicester.
[edit] External links
- Psychologist Produces The First-ever 'World Map Of Happiness, ScienceDaily (14 Nov 2006)
- Denmark 'happiest place on earth', BBC News (28 July 2006)
- A Global Projection of Subjective Well-being: A Challenge To Positive Psychology? by Adrian G. White, University of Leicester
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