Yoshiro tsutsui Professor, Research Institute for social economics team conducted a large-scale survey Japan. It compared the subjective well-being of the Japanese young and old, with various conditions, was “housewife of the 30s, urban” Japan a happy!

«INDEX»
1: What points out of 10, your happiness? , P１
2: Man is unhappy in average than women? , P１
3: Aged indeed unfortunate at? P1,
4: Not because the rich happy… P２
5: Part housewife is unhappy housewife than the? , P２
6: Economics, “labour is unhappy”… P２

What is your degree of happiness, and scores a perfect 10?

Sense of well-being, such as age, gender, occupation, economic situation, the Japanese decided what kind of factors? For this analysis, Yoshiro tsutsui Professor, Research Institute for social economics team conducted large-scale survey Japan. (PDF file)

⇒ Sankei Shimbun ‘ 30s the city lived most happy Japanese picture, housewife “(11/18/2005 morning publication)

This survey entitled “lifestyle preferences and satisfaction survey”, conducted 6000 men from the age of 20 to 65-year-old 2/2004,. The number of valid answers 4224, response rate is 70. It was 4%.

“You feel how happy and, as a whole, you normally. ‘Very happy’ 10 point ‘very unfortunate’ do you think you will be as the 0 point, what about ”

Respondents were four points below and just 13 percent. 25% Of people answer “5 points” and seven points, eight points by around 20% and generally feels “happy” like many Japanese. But humans if asked “happy?” rather than because the Japanese are particularly optimistic, similar survey of the Norway tendency has been reported “moderate” and it seems to be one answer might be.

Man unhappy is on average than women?

And to analyze the results of this survey in gender, shows that men prefer not feel euphoria than women, differences in happiness by gender. Made abroad tend to similar past several similar studies have been reported from these common men than women “unfortunate,” and the conclusion drawn.

Originally men or creatures biologically difficult to feel the happiness? Or this is what social role stress? Research Professor, Hiroshi tsutsui, this “male-dominated society elastic strain and responsibility of force” analyzed “ironically man happiness brought no”.

Elderly indeed unfortunate at?

Analysis by age, 30s in most happy twenties following it, as age increases since the 40s unhappy turned it. The 30-year-old becomes the peak of happiness Japanese.

However, 30s in most unfortunate many survey results overseas, and happiness going up according to age. Japan is seems a rare country that “young” happiness, and deficiencies in policies targeting the elderly Japan, or whether difference in generational crisis,.

It’s not that rich happy

As income increases in household income and well-being of the rising euphoria reported. However, should say “saturation point” of the income limit, but happiness is that are directly proportional income and annual household income of 15 million yen until the euphoria has declined 19 million yen 17 million yen.

Maybe there is stress, high income that is commensurate with the care and high income and the income does not increase happiness necessarily high income in sky-high.

Part housewife is unhappy housewife than the?

Happiness is low, sales jobs, employment services, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, occupational analysis, management, professional and technical workers, unemployed housewife (mostly my husband), student happiness high. As possible and high satisfaction in occupation high income, high social status, and even if you is, it seems what have divided the housewife (mostly my husband) unemployed and working wives (part), happiness is low compared to unemployed housewife acoustical housewife.

High and low income households from the so-called idea of “exit the part” giving happiness acoustical housewives and unemployed housewife difference?, so that it is not. Lower happiness acoustical housewife just like tsutsui Professor that “labour has brought 不効用’s isn’t?”, which, by adjusting the income has concluded and is that is stressful work,.

This point there would be objection. Women with post household labour non-psychological, sociological, and domestic labor, labor, or the discussion would be worthwhile and is from has been proven. Has been reported that as far as it to Britain, to job satisfaction than men women, acoustical housewife happiness is low, rather than work stress, child care work and housework, “that even this” feel “is a stress situation ‘ shoulders, and.

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In economics, “labour is unhappy”

Grounds that “men are unhappy than a woman” and “part housewife than a housewife unhappy” in this study, the 不効用 labor leisure in economics, utility, and the opposite concept is. Student happiness high “labor must not”, “highly educated and high income then expected” is from. In economics, if it investigates it “unfortunate labor” and the research results remain consistent in that regard.

This research by Japan as one large research to quantify the subjective sense of well-being, or for the first time. Analysis of greatly different from what the economics perspective, sociological and psychological sense that even very interesting. Well, you’re reading this study do not consider?

> Why are you unhappy?”Yoshiro tsutsui Professor, Research Institute for social economy well (PDF)

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