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Turkey 103rd happiest country
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1.       barba_mama
1629 posts
 27 Jun 2011 Mon 11:28 am

By and large, rich countries are happier--and that´s no coincidence.

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Quantifying happiness isn´t an easy task. Researchers at the Gallup World Poll went about it by surveying thousands of respondents in 155 countries, between 2005 and 2009, in order to measure two types of well-being.

First they asked subjects to reflect on their overall satisfaction with their lives, and ranked their answers using a "life evaluation" score from 1 to 10. Then they asked questions about how each subject had felt the previous day. Those answers allowed researchers to score their "daily experiences"--things like whether they felt well-rested, respected, free of pain and intellectually engaged. Subjects that reported high scores were considered "thriving." The percentage of thriving individuals in each country determined our rankings.

 

Turkey ranks number 103 on the list:

 

Source: http://www.forbes.com/2010/07/14/world-happiest-countries-lifestyle-realestate-gallup-table.html

2.       scalpel
1472 posts
 27 Jun 2011 Mon 12:55 pm

Being 103th among 155 countries is a big success. We are still better than Bulgaria which is member of EU {#emotions_dlg.laugh_at}

3.       si++
3785 posts
 27 Jun 2011 Mon 01:59 pm

If my happiness in Turkie is rated as 103th on some scale, I cannot imagine that of those in number 1 country. They must be in Heaven, I guess! In any case, I don´t dream of living in any other country on this Earth.

4.       armegon
1872 posts
 27 Jun 2011 Mon 02:06 pm

Turkish people always complain...

5.       scalpel
1472 posts
 27 Jun 2011 Mon 03:41 pm

Yes, Turkish people tend to complain about the life. If they would complain less, maybe Turkey could have a higher rank in that list.


6.       Michaela007
106 posts
 27 Jun 2011 Mon 03:57 pm

I am Scottish.  We are not on it.  Uk is classed as England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland., but mainly it is England!

We Scottish are very good at telling it how it is.  We will generally be happier when we become our own nation. 

7.       stumpy
638 posts
 28 Jun 2011 Tue 01:16 am

Canada is in 8th place... wonder who they spoke to to come up with that?  {#emotions_dlg.lol}

8.       si++
3785 posts
 28 Jun 2011 Tue 09:18 am

 

Quoting stumpy

Canada is in 8th place... wonder who they spoke to to come up with that?  {#emotions_dlg.lol}

 

This reminds me a friend who had gotten Canadian citizenship and migrated to Canada with his family and high hopes. 4 months later, he decided to come back saying it was too dull to live there in Canada.

9.       stumpy
638 posts
 28 Jun 2011 Tue 01:37 pm

Quote:si++

...he decided to come back saying it was too dull to live there in Canada.
It´s called the green grass syndrome.  The grass always looks greener in the other man´s pasture. 

10.       scalpel
1472 posts
 28 Jun 2011 Tue 02:29 pm

 

Quoting stumpy

It´s called the green grass syndrome.  The grass always looks greener in the other man´s pasture. 

 

Green Green Grass Of Home

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5IABqwVO2U

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