Is Happier Always Better?


	Is Happier Always Better?

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12-15-2007 2:36 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/0859bc4a-99da-44bd-8b8a-601225e654e1/5BCBDA72-E40D-47CD-BC96-2089135C1F61/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/is-happier-always-better-socially-yes.php" href="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/is-happier-always-better-socially-yes.php" style="font-size: 11px;">www.spring.org.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/is-happier-always-better-socially-yes.php"><H1>
			<A href="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/is-happier-always-better-socially-yes.php">Is Happier Always Better? Socially Yes, Financially No</A> 
			</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/is-happier-always-better-socially-yes.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.spring.org.uk/img/040C4ABA-686A-4628-8F94-4AD9B940EF42" alt="Married Couple" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/is-happier-always-better-socially-yes.php"><DIV align="right"><SPAN>[Photo by <A href="http://flickr.com/photos/hurokitty/11536216/">Huro Kitty</A>]</SPAN></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/is-happier-always-better-socially-yes.php"><DIV>But happiness is much more complex than this. For example dissatisfaction with our current job probably helps motivate us to get a better one. A person who is happy with their job is less likely to strive for a change.  In our relationships, though, less happiness might encourage us to chop and change our partner, perhaps leading to a less satisfactory social life.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/is-happier-always-better-socially-yes.php"><DIV>What, then, is the optimum level of happiness?</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/is-happier-always-better-socially-yes.php"><SPAN>1. Happiness and income</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/is-happier-always-better-socially-yes.php"><DIV>Overall, higher levels of income and education were associated with higher levels of happiness, but with one important exception. At the highest levels of happiness, educational attainment and income started to decrease. </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/5BCBDA72-E40D-47CD-BC96-2089135C1F61/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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