Greater Happiness for a Greater Number: Did the Promise of Enlightenment Come True?

Soc Indic Res · 2017 · PMC5250665 · PMID 28163348

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a positive trendno p-value reported

Looking at the blocks in “ Appendix ”, we see no clear trend in the responses to the question on happiness (measure type 111c) between 1990 and 2008, but a positive trend in the responses to questions about life-satisfaction (measure type 121C and 122F/G) and ratings on the Cantril ladder (measure type 31D).

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