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Day: July 11, 2010

Keeping up with the Wongs and Kumars

July 11, 2010 ~ Andrew Norton ~ 2 Comments

Yesterday the SMH reported on the findings of a global Gallup Poll megastudy of happiness, covering nearly 137,000 respondents in 132 countries (the report is based on this gated Journal of Personality and Social Psychology article).

The figure below usefully unpacks the relationship between income and different aspects of well-being.


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