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But can money buy happiness?

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

November 23, 2010
… the Ontario Task Force’s research arm, the Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity collaborated with the Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) to analyse recent results of Statistics Canada’s Canadian Community Health Survey. CSLS analysis of the 83,000 respondents’ reported life satisfaction and their characteristics yielded valuable insights into the drivers of life satisfaction… factors that consistently increased individuals’ reported happiness included perceived better mental and physical health, higher income, being married, being born in Canada, a high sense of belonging to a local community, and not being stressed.

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