How Much Money is Needed to Be Happy?

Money is not decisive, but can affect happiness. Similarly, a recent poll institute dihajat Marist Institute for Public Opinion, the United States.

Annual household income of U.S. $ 50 thousand is enough to increase the likelihood of people feel, overall, happy and fulfilled in life.

To arrive at these figures, researchers at Marist College asked people to rate their level of satisfaction in all areas of their lives: family, neighborhood, safety, housing situation, spiritual life, health, friends, work or how the time will be spent, leisure, finance , and community involvement.

They then asked them to identify their annual household income. This study found that the annual salary of U.S. $ 50 thousand to the critical point is important in determining happiness and personal satisfaction.

Households with annual incomes of less than U.S. $ 50,000 less happy than the annual household income of more than U.S. $ 50,000. Some of the biggest differences between the two occurred in the satisfaction level of income related to housing, relationships with friends, and overall satisfaction with life.

Regardless of income level, the survey also found that 64 percent of Americans have experienced financial difficulties in the past year. The survey also found that, in the past year, 57 percent cut back on spending, 26 percent delayed retirement, 17 percent have trouble paying for medical care, 14 percent had difficulty paying their mortgages, and 12 percent had difficulty to fill a prescription drug.

"Money can not buy happiness directly, but our research clearly shows that it is an important factor in satisfaction with quality of life," said Paul Hogan, chairman and founder of Home Instead Senior Care, a company that provides home care for seniors and who initiated the survey . "The important thing is not only underlined the extent to which earnings form a perspective on life, but how difficult the last economic crisis for many people," he said.

The survey was based on the responses of 1,235 respondents surveyed by telephone. (tempo.co)