Ulf Gerdtham
Professor
The relationship between happiness, health, and socio-economic factors : Results based on Swedish microdata
Author
Summary, in English
This paper investigates the relationship between happiness (utility) and a host of socio-economic variables in a random sample of over 5,000 individuals from the Swedish adult population. The results show that happiness increases with income, health and education and decreases with unemployment, urbanisation, being single, and male gender. The relationship between age and happiness is U-shaped, with happiness being lowest in the age-group 45-64 years.
Department/s
- Health Economics
- Community Medicine
Publishing year
2001-12-01
Language
English
Pages
553-557
Publication/Series
Journal of Socio-Economics
Volume
30
Issue
6
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Economics
Keywords
- Happiness
- Health
- Socioeconomic factors
- Utility
Status
Published
Research group
- Health Economics
- Community Medicine
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1053-5357