Many people think happiness arise when driving a luxury car for home or vacationing around Europe. Apparently, the fact that people feel happier when getting quality sleep and a satisfying sex life.
A new study seeks to uncover key indicators of happiness, and money goes into the top five indicators.
It turned out that the majority of respondents said factors outside the material as a determinant of happiness. Among these are sound sleep, quality sex life, guaranteed jobs, family health and conversations with neighbors. Those are the top five factors that affect a good and comfortable life.
A study conducted by researchers from Oxford Economics and the National Center for Social Research in the United Kingdom asked 8,250 people with different backgrounds to fill out a survey of 60 questions to determine what "live-well" means.
Questions cover everything from sleep quality, finances, and someone's work, relationships with friends, family and community.
The results are not really surprising, because we already know how bad sleep patterns affect health. However, the fact that money is not included in the index of happiness is quite surprising.
Researchers found that those who had good sleeping habits and a satisfying sex life had higher "healthy living" values than high-income people.
The study also found that income has a very small impact on one's perception of well-being. In fact, an increase in income of 50 percent also has a very small impact on the perception of kebahgaiaan.
But, that does not mean we all have to quit the job, and just have sex and sleep all day. Being unemployed, having physical and mental health problems and lacking support is the top three factors that make life a mess.
So, although income may not be important, but a guaranteed job still has a big role to play in a person's life.