#Happiness is often seen as a U-shaped curve: youthful joy, struggles in early adulthood, and a late-life upswing. But this trend doesn’t hold in low-income, nonindustrialized societies. An
#anthropology professor explains:
buff.ly/42EUObE (
@mgurven.bsky.social, UC Santa Barbara)
Happiness in poorer countries does not follow the typical U-shaped curve − people are often happiest in middle age
In nonindustrialized societies, health, productivity and economic security play much larger roles in determining happiness among aging populations, a new study finds.
