This March 26, 2021, file picture exhibits individuals crossing a avenue in Seoul. (Yonhap)
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The happiness index, representing the extent of life satisfaction, stays low amongst South Korean adults.
In accordance with a report from the Korea Illness Management and Prevention Company, a analysis workforce performed a research of 226,545 adults over 19 years of age who participated locally well being survey in 2015.
The intention was to determine elements influencing their happiness index and subjective sense of happiness.
The outcomes confirmed that the group’s happiness index scored 6.68 out of 10, with solely 34.7 % of all respondents feeling subjectively pleased.
When sorted by age, 39.5 % of these between 19 and 44 reported feeling subjectively pleased, adopted by 35.3 % within the 45-64 age group, 29.7 % within the 65-74 age group, and 25.7 % in these over 75 years previous.
“The findings mirror the fact of South Korean society, the place senior poverty and the senior suicide fee are considerably excessive,” the researchers mentioned.
When sorted by training, the happiness percentages have been 25 % for these with no education or solely elementary training, 32.3 % for center or highschool graduates, and 44.1 % for college graduates or larger.
Concerning family revenue, 23.1 % of these incomes lower than 990,000 received (US$756) per thirty days reported feeling pleased, in comparison with 31.6 % of these incomes between 1 and a couple of.99 million received, 39.8 % of these making 3 to 4.99 million received, and 49.1 % of these incomes greater than 5 million received.
These dwelling with a partner reported feeling subjectively happier than these with out a partner, no matter causes equivalent to divorce, separation, widowhood, or being single.
Happiness was positively influenced by lively participation in numerous social actions, participating with household, neighbors, and associates, having religion in a single’s wholesome bodily situation, being glad with the social and bodily atmosphere, and getting sufficient sleep and breakfast.
In distinction, happiness was undermined by difficulties in accessing needed medical therapy, scuffling with situations like arthritis, diabetes, or hypertension, and fascinating in smoking or ingesting.
H. M. Kang (hmkang@koreabizwire.com)
