The funds, friends, and faith of happy people

New studies are revealing predictors of subjective well-being, often assess ed as self-reported happiness and life satisfaction. Worldwide, most people report being at least moderately happy, regardless of age and gender. As p art of their scientific pursuit of happiness, researchers have examined pos sible associations between happiness and (a) economic growth and personal i ncome, (b) close relationships, and (c) religions faith.