Brussels - for the Europeans in General, the growth is usually means less than happy. Fifty-seven per cent of Europeans over the age of 75 years have stated that they experienced happiness "yesterday" against 66% of young people, who said the same thing. However, older Europeans fare better in some regions, happiness, decline a little in Northern Europe.
The data collected from Gallup surveys conducted in 38 European countries between 2005 and 2010, show that people tend to be happier in their old age in some countries and for others. In some countries--mainly in Northern and Western Europe--there is a slight decline or no decline in how likely people should report happiness after 75 years.
The richness and longevity can have a lot to do with happiness. Older people tend to be more likely to remain happy, like the rest of the population in countries with higher GDP (approximately $ 30000 per capita or above)--such as the United Kingdom and Belgium--and in countries with higher life expectancies (78 years or more)--such as Germany and Austria. Young people about happiness, on the other hand, fluctuated less than GDP and life expectancy.
Lower GDP, lower happiness
Happiness among young and older, is much lower in poorer countries than in rich. In countries with lower (less than 20 000 dollars per capita PPP) GDPS per cent of the total population are experiencing happiness on the day before the survey (less than 65%). Worst off are the former Eastern bloc countries, especially Romania and Bulgaria, which are about $ 12000 SADU of up to $ 13000. less than 50% of the population in these countries report experiencing happiness on the day before the survey.
This effect is even more relevant in the oldest age group. In countries with low GDP less than 40% of older people, on average, reported experiencing happiness. In poor countries from those countries happiness in the oldest age group is about half its population in General, is less than 30%.
In many countries with higher GDP gap between the happiness of older and young people is a small, usually less than 10 percentage points. In Western Europe, 81% of the population in General and 75% of the oldest age group reported having experienced the happiness of the previous day.
In fact, adults aged 75 and older in most rich countries are more likely to experience happiness every day than the general population in the poorer countries. People aged 75 and older in the richest countries — such as the United Kingdom and Germany--three times more likely to experience happiness in their daily life than older people in the poorest countries.
Life expectancy is also an important factor
Increases in life expectancy in 15-74 and 75 and over the years, people are more likely to experience happiness. Older people in countries with an average life expectancy of 78 years or above are more than twice as likely to experience happiness than older people in countries where life expectancy is less than 73 years.
In countries where life expectancy above older and young people usually have a similar level of happiness. In countries with lower rates of life expectancy, however, older people are much less frequently than aged 15 to 74 of the report of happiness. Life expectancy is linked to GDP; Most of the countries with higher GDP also have higher rates of life expectancy.
The Effects Of
Health is an important aspect of overall well-being and can be more important for older persons, declining health in old age. Many of the countries in the group below GDP also have lower satisfaction with personal health and lower satisfaction with the availability of quality medical care, from 35 per cent of the total population in Bulgaria up to 92% in Austria.
The relationship between higher GDP and higher probability of happiness — especially for the elderly is in accordance with the preliminary analysis of data from Gallup found GDP to life satisfaction, as well as meet health in old age. In richer countries life satisfaction above, and people are more satisfied with their health in old age.
For datasets or custom research from more than 150 countries that continually surveys Gallup, contact us SocialandEconomicAnalysis@gallup.com address or call 202. 715.3030.
For more dates and specific survey methodology review Gallup data set parts of the country.
0 comments:
Post a Comment