The Guardian and the U.N. on happy nations and the factors in happiness:

Phil’s History:

A ‘work in progress’ family history website starting from an Archer family of South Oxford, who were freemen, brewers, haulage contractors, and first ‘Archer & Co’ then ‘Archer Cowley & Co’ furniture removers in the 19th and 20th Centuries, inter alia, to whom are linked by marriage the Penfolds and Wells of Southwark and Surrey, the Reeds of Devon, the Gilders of Oxford and Hinckley, the Morgans of Petworth, Sussex, the Garners of Middleton, Lancs and many others. There are connections via Phil and the present generation (born 1930s/40s) with a patent law firm known as "UD&L" with motor-racing and Scottish antecedents.

The Guardian on 21.3.2017: “Happy countries are the ones that have a healthy balance of prosperity, as conventionally measured, and social capital, meaning a high degree of trust in a society, low inequality and confidence in government”.

Top 5 countries: 1) Norway (7.54); 2) Denmark; 3) Iceland; 4) Switzerland; 5) Finland; followed by The Netherlands; Canada; New Zealand, Australia; and Sweden;

Bottom countries: 151) Rwanda (3.47); 152) Syria (3.46); 153) Tanzania (3.35); Burundi (2.91); 155) Central African Republic (2.69);

The report (its fifth) by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network at the U.N. found that income was a relatively small factor in happiness and that health and ‘social ambiance’ played important roles. In Australia, the UK,and the US for example, diagnosed mental illness emerges as more important than income, employment or physical illness.

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The Guardian and the U.N. on happy nations and the factors in happiness: