Greek Cypriots are happy and contented people.  This is according to a recent survey conducted by RAI Consultancy.

In the survey, 89 percent of respondents said that they are contented a lot in their life.  They also found out that 88 percent of Greek Cypriots wanted to prohibit smoking in enclosed public spaces which is surprising for a country that has high ratio of smokers.

“The level of satisfaction of Cypriots with their lifestyles has been steadily high throughout the years,” President of RAI Consultants, Olympios Toumazos said.

He also added two things can be attributed to the finding: that social conditions like strong family bonds and a Mediterranean temperament of expressing themselves when they are angry.

The survey was conducted in 976 individuals from December 2007 to January 2008.

Source: www.in.reuters.com

It started January of this year when a thousand Americans were called by pollsters from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index to give information regarding their health and happiness.  When the first results were released, this is what they discovered:

- That 47 percent of Americans keep themselves lacking purpose and guidance.
- That 4 percent bear sufferings from money’s affliction or misfortune.
- That 49 percent thrive to do well on their status and for future life.

Continually, this index is being updated everyday on which researchers will be able to record and analyze good health or fortune and divide the data into manageable portions when time comes.

Source: www.freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com

People from the Kingdom of Thailand’s capital seems to be getting gloomy these days.In a survey conducted by the Thurakji Bundit University Poll, Bangkok’s happiness fell 1.76% compared with 3.41% three months ago.

The main causes are the rising cost of living, concerns about success in life, quality of life, safety of properties, and having less money to spend.

However, the only category that showed improvement is positive thinking which rose 0.55%.

The survey questioned 1,089 people from Bangkok.

Source: www.enews.mcot.net