most happiest regions in europe

[Mans not hot]

Yes they are. I always consider them happy and willing for fun

Did you hear that, Lower Silesiansssss (you know who Im talking to )? Be envy.

[RussiaPrussia]

What's the source of this map?

2005-2008 global value survey

[RussiaPrussia]

I would have expected places like Cornwall/the english west country and the south east of England (barring London) both of which are very well off areas with low crime rates, to be happier than places in the north and Scotland, which can be quite poverty stricken. I guess money doesn't make people that happy then..

maybe less happy people want to earn more and more money? Look at germany.

[Styggnacke]

Hmm, northern Sweden are the most happy, while northern Finland are the most unhappy. Doesn't make much sense, because they're quite similar in many regards.

[CrystalMaiden]

Lol at Bosnia

[Peikko]

Hmm, northern Sweden are the most happy, while northern Finland are the most unhappy. Doesn't make much sense, because they're quite similar in many regards.

Yeah, both are sparsely populated and backward.

[Incal]

That map seems to be based on stereotypes (or something like that) instead of a real study or stats.

[RussiaPrussia]

That map seems to be based on stereotypes (or something like that) instead of a real study or stats.

why that because it doesnt follow your own view?

This is a map I drew of self-reported happiness in across Europe, as assessed by the World Values Survey. Above are the percentages of people in each surveyed region that report being “very happy” (4 on a 4 point scale, the others being “quite happy”, “not very happy”, and “not at all happy”). Most of the data comes from the fifth wave of the study, collected between 2005 and 2008, hence is roughly contemporaneous with the fertility data shown here. However, some countries were not included in this wave, and for most of those I drew my data from the fourth wave, collected around 1999. The gray areas in Europe are areas where the sample sizes were too small (less than 50 respondents). The percentage ranges exclude the lower bound and include the upper bound.

(Note: some of the low scores here are slightly misleading. Most of the areas where a very low proportion of people responded that they were “very happy” have a very high proportion – often 70-80% – reporting that they were “quite happy.” This is especially so for Spain, Italy, and Lithuania. However some others, such as Portugal and Latvia, do have fairly small proportions even in this category. An indeed, reported happiness in quite low in Romania. Sadly, in many of its low-scoring regions, a large majority of the people report being “not very happy” or worse.)

http://jaymans.wordpress.com/2013/03...of-three-maps/

[Incal]

why that because it doesnt follow your own view?



http://jaymans.wordpress.com/2013/03...of-three-maps/

Or maybe some people don't even know what happiness really is.

[Peyrol]

Piemont happies italian region...good.