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ourworldindata-17a9fc80744296cb26e73274436e821c

Happiness and Life Satisfaction

Our World in Data on May 14th 2013

Max Roser and Esteban Ortiz-Ospina

Self-reported life satisfaction differs widely between people and between countries. What explains these differences?

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Psychology Life satisfaction Subjective well-being Economic growth World Happiness Report Quality of life Mental disorder Health Ed Diener Economic inequality Optimism Depression (mood) Gross domestic product Human activities Psychological concepts Branches of science Happiness Correlation World Values Survey Extraversion and introversion Cognition General Social Survey Easterlin paradox Anxiety Cognitive science Behavioural sciences Survey methodology Disease Concepts in metaphysics Poverty

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