Happy World Happiness Day, to those who celebrate. And as a PSA, the World Happiness Report is bogus and everyone involved should be embarrassed and issue an apology. Newsflash: asking one question that doesn't mention happiness to a bunch of people is not going to tell you anything statistically meaningful about happiness.
@GuerillaOntologist wtf is that question???
@sofiav Probably something that was extensively A/B tested to ensure that Scandinavians would answer the highest. If someone asked me that, I would say, "well my expectations are extremely low...so 10?"
https://worldhappiness.report/faq
https://news.gallup.com/poll/122453/understanding-gallup-uses-cantril-scale.aspx
I think your one question take is specious in light of further research.
@lwriemen @sofiav
Au contraire, your second link supports my reading (and that of the guy I linked to):
"Research conducted across countries around the world (Deaton, 2008) indicates substantial correlations between the Cantril Scale and income. This contrasts with measures of feelings or affect which appear to be more closely correlated with variables such as social time (Harter & Arora, 2008)."
Happiness is a feeling, and the Cantril scale aligns with income.
