People of Mexico Are Among the World's Most Satisfied, Pew Research Center Says Latin American Herald Tribune | |
go to original October 31, 2014 |
The citizens of economically emerging Latin American countries show one of the highest levels of life satisfaction in the world, and specifically Argentina and Mexico have registered one of the biggest increases in happiness in recent years.
According to a study by the Pew Research Center published this week, roughly “two-thirds or more in Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina saying they are doing well,” giving economically emerging nations a similar level of satisfaction to those in advanced economies.
Latin Americans also differ in their concerns and in the things that make them happy compared to other regions such as Asia and Africa, which find in religion their greatest satisfaction and in work and their standard of living their worst disappointments.
In five of the nine Latin American countries studied, what gives people the least satisfaction is safety in their neighborhoods, with only 49 percent in Argentina, 47 percent in Venezuela and 45 percent in Brazil saying they are content with public safety.
Chileans with 49 percent and Peruvians with 46 percent also showed little satisfaction with public safety in their neighborhoods, but they are even less satisfied with the quality of education: 39 percent and 40 percent, respectively.
More in line with the overall tendency, 60 percent of Nicaraguans and 54 percent of Salvadorans say they are less satisfied with their standard of living.
However, if Latin Americans have one thing in common it is that what gives them the most happiness is the family, according to 83 percent of those surveyed throughout the region.
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