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. 2016 Jan 26;7:30. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00030

Table 2.

Definitions of happiness: percentage of participants who mentioned each category by country.

Portugal Italy Norway Croatia Hungary USA Mexico Argentina Brazil S.Africa N.India S.India N.Zealand χ2
Psychological definitions 85.65 (6.1*) 87.04 (6.5*) 58.33 46.30 (−6.7*) 59.26 53.70 (−4.3*) 62.04 76.92 70.37 75.46 48.61 (−6.0*) 61.57 85.12 (5.9*) 232.83**
Family 22.22 (−3.3*) 20.37 (−4.0*) 61.11 (9.4*) 40.28 47.69 (5.0*) 48.61 (5.3*) 18.06 (−4.7*) 10.10 (−7.2*) 33.80 21.76 (−3.5*) 29.17 37.50 30.7 243.33**
Interpersonal relations 46.3 (5.8*) 29.63 53.7 (8.3*) 31.02 28.24 28.24 13.43 (−5.3*) 6.25 (−7.5*) 31.48 28.70 10.19 (−6.4*) 23.15 46.51 (5.9*) 246.89**
Health 17.59 11.57 26.39 (4.7*) 26.39 (4.7*) 24.07 (3.7*) 13.43 6.02 (−4.0*) 4.81 (−4.4*) 22.22 9.72 14.35 12.50 10.23 108.14**
Work 19.44 (3.5*) 5.09 28.24 (7.7*) 18.06 16.2 12.50 1.85 (−4.8*) 0.96 (−5.1*) 18.98 (3.3*) 9.26 9.26 2.31 (−4.5*) 12.56 164.35**
Standard of living 8.800 2.78 (−4.3*) 26.39 (6.8*) 14.81 23.61 (5.5*) 10.19 7.87 2.4 (−4*) 7.87 10.19 13.43 6.48 20.47 (4.0*) 139.05**
Leisure 2.78 1.39 24.07 (11.8*) 6.94 3.70 11.57 (3.7*) 0.46 (−3.5*) 0 (−3.8*) 3.24 2.78 0 (−3.8*) 1.85 18.14 (7.9*) 262.77**
Spirituality, religion 9.26 4.17 1.85 5.56 3.70 10.65 5.09 4.33 11.11 12.50 (3.3*) 1.39 (−3.4*) 15.74 (5.2*) 6.05 76.70**
Community, society 9.26 6.48 5.56 5.09 3.70 7.87 0.93 (−3.7*) 0.96 (−3.6*) 3.24 2.31 12.04 22.22 (9.0*) 12.09 135.92**
Daily life 10.19 8.80 14.35 17.59 10.65 9.26 6.02 11.06 19.44 (3.5*) 17.59 6.48 7.41 16.74 52.68**
N participantsa 216 216 216 216 216 216 216 208 216 216 216 216 215
a

Each participant could provide more than one answer; Values in brackets represent significant adjusted residuals: Cut-off value = 3.29;

*

p < 0.001;

**

p < 0.0001.