A study entitled “Economy and happiness: Evidence from Vietnam’s ruralareas” has found that marriage makes people happier. Report by Dan Trinewspaper.
Married people in rural areas of Vietnamfeel more satisfied with their lives than those who are single or nevermarry, and income plays a vital role in ensuring their happiness, astudy found.
A prominent finding of the studyentitled “Economy and happiness: Evidence from Vietnam’s rural areas”was that marriage makes people happier. Those who are divorced orseparated were the most unsatisfied with their lives.
The study found that 45 percent of people in rural areas of Vietnamwere relatively satisfied with their lives and 42 percent not really.The rate of those who were very happy with their lives was only 7percent.
Professor Finn Tarp, of CopenhagenUniversity, said: “Like several previous studies, findings showed thatthose who are married are happier than those who are single. However,for families that are on the verge of a break-up, separation may makethem happier.”
The study also found that incomeplays a role family happiness. Among those who have the highest incomes,70 percent said they “relatively” or “very” satisfied with their lives.Meanwhile, the threshold among the group of people with lower incomeswas only 40 percent.
According to the findings, health, education and risk management were often tied to income.
“This means that income increases would foster family happiness if itresults in improvements in health, education and risk management,” Tarpcommented.
Those who do farming work on their ownland tended to be happier than wage earners and those who maintainhousehold businesses.
Similar results were recordedat all sectors and among both skilled and unskilled workers. Still, thework trend in the country is moving from agricultural towardswage-labour.
These findings are similar tothose of several other studies in developed countries, which showedthat income, age, health, education, marital status and social networkplay an important role in happiness.
Researchersmade some proposals including working out incentive policies to helpincrease incomes, create better working conditions and increase autonomyat work.
The study was jointly conducted byresearchers by the Universities of Copenhagen, Helsinki University andUNU-WIDER University, along with Vietnam's Institute of Policy andStrategy for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD), and wasreleased on November 21 in Hanoi.
It was conductedbased on the survey “Vietnam Access to Resources. Household Survey(VARHS)” which was implemented in rural areas of 12 provinces nationwidebetween June and July last year.-VNA
Married people in rural areas of Vietnamfeel more satisfied with their lives than those who are single or nevermarry, and income plays a vital role in ensuring their happiness, astudy found.
A prominent finding of the studyentitled “Economy and happiness: Evidence from Vietnam’s rural areas”was that marriage makes people happier. Those who are divorced orseparated were the most unsatisfied with their lives.
The study found that 45 percent of people in rural areas of Vietnamwere relatively satisfied with their lives and 42 percent not really.The rate of those who were very happy with their lives was only 7percent.
Professor Finn Tarp, of CopenhagenUniversity, said: “Like several previous studies, findings showed thatthose who are married are happier than those who are single. However,for families that are on the verge of a break-up, separation may makethem happier.”
The study also found that incomeplays a role family happiness. Among those who have the highest incomes,70 percent said they “relatively” or “very” satisfied with their lives.Meanwhile, the threshold among the group of people with lower incomeswas only 40 percent.
According to the findings, health, education and risk management were often tied to income.
“This means that income increases would foster family happiness if itresults in improvements in health, education and risk management,” Tarpcommented.
Those who do farming work on their ownland tended to be happier than wage earners and those who maintainhousehold businesses.
Similar results were recordedat all sectors and among both skilled and unskilled workers. Still, thework trend in the country is moving from agricultural towardswage-labour.
These findings are similar tothose of several other studies in developed countries, which showedthat income, age, health, education, marital status and social networkplay an important role in happiness.
Researchersmade some proposals including working out incentive policies to helpincrease incomes, create better working conditions and increase autonomyat work.
The study was jointly conducted byresearchers by the Universities of Copenhagen, Helsinki University andUNU-WIDER University, along with Vietnam's Institute of Policy andStrategy for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD), and wasreleased on November 21 in Hanoi.
It was conductedbased on the survey “Vietnam Access to Resources. Household Survey(VARHS)” which was implemented in rural areas of 12 provinces nationwidebetween June and July last year.-VNA
