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02-13-2006, 05:53 PM | #1 |
YT 6000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Seattle, WA
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| Study Finds Money Doesn't Buy Happiness Money doesn't buy happiness, and now there's a study to prove it. Australian researchers found that people in well-off Sydney are among the most miserable in the country, while those in some of the poorest areas are much more satisfied with their lives. "Only at very, very high levels does money actually have any impact to act as a buffer," said Deakin University researcher Liz Eckerman. "Money doesn't actually buy happiness and that's what was shown very clearly for the nearly 23,000 people we've interviewed so far," she told ABC radio. The findings, collated since 2001, show that while there are no extremes of well-being in Australia, the happiest areas had a lower population, more people aged 55 or over, more women, more married people and less income inequality. The survey assessed a person's satisfaction with their standard of living, health, relationships, life achievement, safety, community connection and future security. Robert Cummins, a professor of psychology at Deakin who compiled the survey's scorecard, put the difference down to the higher cost of housing and high population density in cities. "People in these rural electorates often have the advantage of additional disposable income since the cost of living, particularly housing, tends to be reduced outside the cities," he told The Australian newspaper. Of the 150 national electorates surveyed, one of the nation's poorest, Wide Bay in rural Queensland, was among the happiest. http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/0....uwwo6evl.html |
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02-13-2006, 06:03 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NJ
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| Yeah, but it buys Yorkies, and they equal happiness!
__________________ Teri Owned by and completely devoted to Tucker... Maddie, we will always love you Bandit, you are always in my heart Proud Member SSLS |
02-13-2006, 06:19 PM | #3 |
I Love My Monkeys! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Falling Waters, WV
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| Whoever said that never bought a Yorkie |
02-13-2006, 06:27 PM | #4 |
& Bailey & Bella Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ohio
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| Yeah well, I would still like to give it a try. I'd be happy to let ya know...
__________________ Rhonda, Bailey, Josie and my angel Bella Rue' "Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." ~Anatole France~ |
02-13-2006, 06:36 PM | #5 |
Delilah's Momma Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania
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| agreed, agreed, and agreed.
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02-13-2006, 08:33 PM | #6 | |
YT Addict Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CO
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It does buy Yorkies. Yorkies = happiness ................ I don't care. I want Yorkies and I am happy . | |
02-13-2006, 08:41 PM | #7 |
YT Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Minot, ND
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| I would like to try the study... All I need is the money and I can test it out!! haha.. |
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