(prHWY.com) June 17, 2012 - Zhengzhou, Canada -- Recently, researchers have attempted to use a variety of statistics and surveys to answer a question that's occupied countless generations of philosophers: What makes us truly happy?
While some evidence suggests that happiness may be linked, in part, to relative wealth--how we're doing compared to
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'We are materially so much better off than we were 50 years ago, but we're not one iota happier,' says Chris Peterson, a psychology professor at the University of Michigan.
We've compiled a list of seven factors that influence rates of happiness and depression. Many of these factors vary from city to city and region to region. Here's your chance to see how your city compares.
Happily Married
Is getting married one of the keys to a happy life? A report from the Pew Research Center suggests so--43 percent of married women and men reported being 'very happy', while only 24 percent of unmarried men and women said the same.
Interestingly enough, the happy halo that shines over married couples isn't the result of having kids--those with children were just as likely to be happy as those without.
Rather, there seems to be something about marriage itself that boosts both men's and women's feelings of well-being in life.
'Recent research suggests that people become less depressed and less lonely after they get married,' says Linda Waite, a sociology professor at the University of Chicago and author of The Case for Marriage.
After all, it's harder to be lonely when you've got a loved one to come home to every night.
According to Waite, men benefit even more than women from having a life-long companion. 'Women will talk to everyone,' says Waite, 'But most men tend to rely on their wives as their main confidant.'
In addition, women-typically the social planners in a relationship--ensure that the men stay connected to family and friends, another source of happiness. jaw
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And what about all that nagging that wives are so famous for? Turns out it pays off. Men who are married drink less, smoke less, eat better, get more sleep, and engage in less risky behavior than their unmarried peers. The end result: Married men are healthier, and since health is linked to happiness, they're happier too.
He Works Hard for His Happiness
Does working make you unhappy or happy? The answer: It depends. Toiling away at a job you hate may eat away at your happiness over time. But overall, being unemployed is worse for your state of mind than being employed--at least, that is, if you're a guy.
The Pew researchers speculate that this is because more women than men are unemployed by choice, although the study didn't attempt to tease apart that difference.
Chris Peterson, a happiness researcher at the University of Michigan, suspects there are other factors at play as well. 'Other studies have found that if a man loses his job, it can have both short-term and long-term psychological effects, even if he finds another job with equal salary,' he says. 'For women it's not unemployment that leads to unhappiness, but divorce.'
In addition, Peterson stresses that money matters less than you'd think. 'The engaged custodian is more likely to be happy than the independently wealthy, unengaged millionaire,' he says. 'We didn't evolve to be retired and sit on the couch.'
Time for Family，Friends，and Community
In the growing field of happiness research, one thing is overwhelmingly clear. People who are socially engaged are more likely to be happy--and less likely to be depressed--than those who aren't.
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