Link between income and happiness is mainly an illusion

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<p>While most people believe that having more income would make them happier, Princeton University researchers have found that the link is greatly exaggerated and mostly an illusion.</p>

<p>Survey respondents expected women who earned less than $20,000 a year to spend 32 percent more of their time in a bad mood than they expected people who earned more than $100,000 a year to spend in a bad mood. In actuality, respondents who earned less than $20,000 a year reported spending only 12 percent more of their time in a bad mood than those who earned more than $100,000. So the effect of income on mood was vastly exaggerated.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S15/15/09S18/index.xml?section=topstories[/url]”>http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S15/15/09S18/index.xml?section=topstories&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I believe it. That 12% extra time in a bad mood is probably time spent paying bills and wondering how to pay bills. :)</p>

<p>Other than that, one’s mood is much more affected by one’s overall attitude toward life than one’s income level. As they say, money does not buy happiness.</p>

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<p>But it sure helps! LOL - :)</p>