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“Controlling for your blood chemistry, age, gender, whether or not you jog and for all other risk factors, your chances of dying over the course of the next year are cut in half by joining one group and cut to a quarter by joining two groups” Putnam,R.,2001,Social Capital Measurement and Consequences, Canadian Journal of Policy Research 2(1):41-51.
“In addition, people living with a partner (whether married or de facto), owning a house, and being a member of a club are more likely to be satisfied,” according to Pursuit of Happiness, the latest AMP/NATSEM Income and Wealth Report.
The report examines how different aspects of people’s lives impact on happiness, from family life and relationships to employment and lifestyle. It says that while money is associated with happiness, that alone does not determine happiness.
