The relationship between happiness, health, and socio-economic factors : Results based on Swedish microdata

By U. Gerdtham, Magnus Johannesson. 2001

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Subfields: Health, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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How Education Enhances Happiness: Comparison of Mediating Factors in Four East Asian Countries (2012, background): “Many studies have reported that higher educational attainment is associated with greater happiness (Blanchflower and Oswald 2004; Easterlin 2001; Yang 2008).”
Happiness Decomposition: Female Optimism (2016, background): “…(Blanchflower and Oswald 2001, 2 04, 2007, Clark 2006, Dear et al. 2002, Di Tella et al. 2003, Ferrer and Frijters 2004, Gandelman and Piani 2013, Gerdtham and Johannesson 2001, Hayo and Seifert 2003, Helliwell 2003, Oswald 1997, Powdthavee 2005, Seifert 2003, Senik 2004, Theodossio 1998 and…”
Sport Participation and Happiness Among Older Adults: A Mediating Role of Social Capital (2020, background): “According to the study of Gerdtham and Johannesson (2001), for example, happiness is positively related to education level and negatively related to gender (i.e., men), marital (i.e., single) and occupational (i.e., unemployed) status.”
Family Functioning and Life Satisfaction and Happiness in South African Households (2013, background): “In accordance with Gerdtham and Johannesson (2001), moreover, poor health is detrimental to individual happiness and life satisfaction.”
Exploring the economic and social determinants of psychological well‐being and perceived social support in England (2005, background): “…slight positive relationship between income and self-reported life satisfaction (e.g. Frey and Stutzer (2000), Frijters et al. (2004a), Gerdtham and Johannesson (2001), Gerlach and Stephan (1996) and Winkelmann and Winkelmann (1998)) and there is some evidence that post-war economic growth in both…”
Is Materialism All That Bad? Effects on Satisfaction with Material Life, Life Satisfaction, and Economic Motivation (2013, background): “This finding is consistent with much of the research in quality-of-life studies that suggests that satisfaction with material life contributes positively and substantially to life satisfaction (e.g., Diener and Fujita 1995; Gerdtham and Johannesson 2001; Peiro 2006; Winkelmann and Winkelmann 1998).”