Danish People Are Genetically Programmed For Happiness

The Danish are consistently ranked as the world's happiest people, and a new study shows that the key may be found in their DNA

Researchers at the University of Warwick's Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy wanted to find out why countries such as Denmark and the Netherlands regularly outrank similar high-GDP European countries in happiness. They found three kinds of evidence suggesting high levels of life satisfaction may not be entirely due to standard of living, but rather to genetics

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The first part of the study measured the "genetic distance between countries' populations," a concept developed in previous studies. The researchers analyzed international survey data from 131 countries, adjusting for influences like Gross Domestic Product, geography culture, religion and strength of welfare state Read more...

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