Table 1. Ratings of happiness and psychological distress for participants in the five happiness quintiles.
| Happiness quintiles
|
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Happiness ratings, % Workday | Men | 1.4 ± 2.2 | 16.7 ± 6.7 | 41.2 ± 8.2 | 81.3 ± 11.3 | 99.0 ± 1.4 |
| Women | 1.1 ± 1.9 | 16.7 ± 7.3 | 40.4 ± 7.3 | 80.2 ± 13.9 | 99.4 ± 1.3 | |
| Leisure day | Men | 12.5 ± 19.0 | 37.3 ± 41.0 | 78.1 ± 36.4 | 84.6 ± 29.9 | 95.5 ± 12.7 |
| Women | 22.4 ± 30.4 | 53.0 ± 48.7 | 62.5 ± 38.5 | 77.6 ± 33.7 | 89.4 ± 23.9 | |
| Mean GHQ rating | 4.34 ± 6.6 | 4.18 ± 5.4 | 4.48 ± 6.6 | 2.69 ± 5.0 | 1.26 ± 3.3 | |