Yucatan: Does Higher Income Equal Higher Levels Of Happiness In Every Society? The Case Of The Mayan People

Yucatan: Does Higher Income Equal Higher Levels Of Happiness In Every Society? The Case Of The Mayan People   Jorge Guardiola, Francisco González-Gómez, Miguel A. García-Rubio, and Ángel Lendechy-Grajales, 2011   This study analysed happiness and several domains of life of Mayan people in the poor rural areas of Yucatan, Mexico. Using a sample of 373 households, we examined the influence of income on happiness and its domains, obtaining results that lend support to the ‘paradox of...

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