Main subjects Bibliography
| STUDY of HAPPINESS | |
| Description | Number of Publications |
| 0 | |
| Development of happiness research | 42 |
| Early philosophy of happiness | 4 |
| Prominence of happiness as a research topic | 19 |
| Happiness in anthropology | 8 |
| Happiness in architecture | 1 |
| Happiness in economics | 11 |
| Happiness in geography | 1 |
| Happiness in gerontology | 1 |
| Happiness in hisotory | 0 |
| Happiness in philosophy | 2 |
| Happiness in psychology | 1 |
| Happiness in sociology | 8 |
| Happiness in urban studies | 3 |
| Pioneers in the study of happiness | 16 |
| Problems in the study of happiness | 5 |
| Questions and approaches | 14 |
| Relevance | 44 |
| Reviews of the literature on happiness | 235 |
| Bibliographies | 15 |
| Research infrastructure for happiness | 1 |
| Findings archive | 14 |
| Data sets | 14 |
| Research organizations involved with happiness | 1 |
| CONCEPT of HAPPINESS | |
| Description | Number of Publications |
| 23 | |
| Problems of conceptualizing happiness | 8 |
| Meanings of the word happiness | 27 |
| Meanings in common language | 53 |
| Meanings in scientific language | 88 |
| Definition of happiness used in this Bibliography and hence in this World Database of Happiness | 18 |
| Aspects of happiness | 14 |
| Components of happiness | 79 |
| Affective component: Hedonic Level | 1 |
| Cognitive component: Contentment | 1 |
| Do people see the difference? | 2 |
| Variable aspects of happiness | 9 |
| Appropriateness | 3 |
| Certainty | 0 |
| Stability | 1 |
| Practicality of this concept | 0 |
| Do people evaluate their life? | 7 |
| Do people have an idea of happiness? | 6 |
| Certainty of happiness | 0 |
| Stability of happiness | 100 |
| How permanent are happiness judgments? | 112 |
| In what conditions the most stable? | 26 |
| Is stability better than instability? | 3 |
| Divergence in components of happiness | 4 |
| Difference with wider notions of wellbeing | 81 |
| MEASUREMENT of HAPPINESS | |
| Description | Number of Publications |
| 14 | |
| Reviews of literature on measurement of happiness | 21 |
| Reviews of measures used in particular populations (place, time, people) | 6 |
| Measurability of happiness | 47 |
| Validity of happiness measurements | 42 |
| Validity doubts | 2 |
| Do people distinguish between happiness and related matters? | 2 |
| Do people distinguish between variants of happiness? | 1 |
| Do people know their true happiness? | 9 |
| Do people respond to questions about happiness | 3 |
| Do people report honestly about their happiness? | 38 |
| How do people interpret questions on happiness? | 1 |
| Is happiness sufficiently stable? | 4 |
| Can happiness indicators be validated? | 10 |
| Reliability of happiness measurements | 38 |
| Sources of bias | 1 |
| Anonymity | 1 |
| Classification bias | 1 |
| Contextual bias | 35 |
| Conversational bias | 3 |
| Day of the week | 12 |
| Effects of follow-up interviews | 3 |
| Effect of weather during interview | 13 |
| Interviewer bias | 6 |
| Method effects | 35 |
| Mood state bias | 4 |
| Response shift | 3 |
| Response style bias | 15 |
| Retrospective bias | 6 |
| Correction of bias | 10 |
| Comparability of happiness measurements | 13 |
| Comparability across measures | 6 |
| Techniques for improving comparability | 21 |
| Comparison across populations | 3 |
| Comparison across nations/languages | 113 |
| Comparison across persons | 13 |
| Comparison over time | 5 |
| Comparison across social categories | 2 |
| Measurement problems | 7 |
| Cardinal treatment of ordinal measurement | 4 |
| Scalability | 7 |
| Single questions | 5 |
| Representativeness | 2 |
| Selectivity in non-response to questions about happiness | 5 |
| Selectivity in panel drop-out | 1 |
| Imputation of missing cases | 1 |
| Response behavior | 3 |
| Answer time | 1 |
| Vulnerability for focal value choice | 0 |
| Comprehensibility for children | 1 |
| Measures of overall happiness | 27 |
| Self-report on direct questions | 19 |
| Closed questions | 24 |
| Content of questions | 6 |
| Rating scales | 32 |
| Repeated questions | 1 |
| Time frame of questions | 4 |
| Order of questions | 1 |
| Open questions | 5 |
| Life chart | 7 |
| Focused interview | 5 |
| Sentence completion | 0 |
| Self report on indirect questioning | 10 |
| Enjoyed activities | 3 |
| Memory balance | 1 |
| Projective measures | 9 |
| Semantic differential scales | 2 |
| Pictorial scales | 1 |
| Summed satisfaction with life aspects | 72 |
| Content-analysis of ego-documents | 2 |
| positive/negative ratio in Tweets | 1 |
| Rating by others | 32 |
| Measures of hedonic level | 19 |
| Self report on direct questions | 0 |
| Questions on how one generally feels | 8 |
| Repeated questions on mood of the moment | 39 |
| Self report on indirect questions | 1 |
| Average of specific affects | 3 |
| Balance of positive and negative affect | 59 |
| Projective indicators | 3 |
| Time happy/unhappy | 2 |
| Rating by others | 52 |
| Rating of mood from face/voice | 10 |
| Rating of mood from word use | 3 |
| Inference on the basis of observed behavior | 1 |
| Inference on the basis of biomarkers | 0 |
| Indicators of hedonic level in animals | 3 |
| Measures of contentment | 4 |
| Self report | 0 |
| Self report on direct question | 6 |
| Self report on indirect questions | 7 |
| Rating by others | 6 |
| Mixed measures of happiness | 19 |
| Self report | 0 |
| Single direct questions | 3 |
| Multiple direct questions | 27 |
| Focused interview | 1 |
| Self report on indirect questions | 4 |
| Rating by others | 15 |
| Observation techniques | 1 |
| Correspondence of happiness ratings | 25 |
| Affect-contentment configuration | 23 |
| Affect- overall correlation | 2 |
| ESM/global correspondence | 1 |
| ESM/DRM correspondence | 1 |
| Factor structure of happiness inventories | 113 |
| Happiness-Life Satisfaction correspondence | 1 |
| Intercorrelations between happiness indicators | 175 |
| Aggregate measures of happiness in collectivities | 6 |
| Average happiness | 2 |
| Inequality in happiness | 24 |
| Inequality-adjusted happiness | 8 |
| Happiness of the least happy | 1 |
| Combinations with other variables to denote wellbeing | 5 |
| Happy Life Years | 35 |
| HLY+ variants | 2 |
| Stability of happiness | 0 |
| Thriving/suffering | 1 |
| Time unhappy | 2 |
| Indicators of public mood in ' Big Data' | 15 |
| Hedonic tone in public communications | 16 |
| Topics of interest in media and internet searches | 1 |
| Inferred happiness, on basis of known conditions | 1 |
| Measures of life appraisals other than happiness | 10 |
| Multiple questions involving invalid ones | 24 |
| Adjustment scales | 51 |
| Adjustment to life in nursing home | 1 |
| Health related quality-of-life | 64 |
| Authentic Happiness Inventory | 1 |
| Ikigai inventory | 0 |
| Love of life | 1 |
| Morale in old age | 46 |
| Peace of mind | 1 |
| Phenomenology of happiness | 30 |
| Uses of happiness measures | 10 |
| Measures of happiness RECODE | 0 |
| MODES OF EMPIRICAL HAPPINESS RESEARCH | |
| Description | Number of Publications |
| 0 | |
| Methods used in happiness research (other than cross-sections) | 16 |
| Cross national studies on happiness | 1947 |
| Experimental studies on happiness | 519 |
| Longitudinal studies on happiness | 497 |
| Follow-up of individuals | 1346 |
| Trend happiness in collectivities | 380 |
| Meta-analysis | 96 |
| Methods in meta-analysis of happiness research | 148 |
| Delphi study | 3 |
| Multi-moment assessment of happiness | 87 |
| Experience sampling (ESM) | 133 |
| Day reconstruction moment (DRM) | 70 |
| Qualitative studies on happiness | 171 |
| Statistical analysis | 5 |
| Instrumental variable analysis | 10 |
| Mendelian randomization | 1 |
| Multi-level studies on happiness | 104 |
| People investigated: some much studied populations | 4 |
| Happiness in age-groups | 12 |
| In children | 64 |
| Infants | 32 |
| Pre-school children | 11 |
| Basic school children | 131 |
| High school pupils, adolescents | 626 |
| Children with disabilities | 4 |
| In young adults | 85 |
| In middle aged people | 44 |
| In elderly people | 1468 |
| Happiness in care givers | 40 |
| Happiness in consumers | 0 |
| Social media users | 1 |
| Happiness in deviants | 1 |
| Criminals | 1 |
| Happiness in disadvantaged | 6 |
| Homeless | 2 |
| Happiness in high performers | 0 |
| High IQ | 2 |
| Inventors | 1 |
| Top sporter | 6 |
| Happiness in minorities | 5 |
| Happiness in ethnic minorities | 130 |
| Happiness in migrants | 216 |
| Happiness in sexual minorities | 51 |
| Asexuals | 1 |
| Bi-Bisexuals | 8 |
| Homo-Homosexuals | 36 |
| Trans-genders | 30 |
| Happiness in non-modern people | 51 |
| Happiness of parents | 4 |
| Parent of handicapped child | 1 |
| Happiness in patients | 43 |
| Handicapped | 13 |
| Medical patients | 238 |
| Mental patients | 107 |
| Addicts | 7 |
| Autists | 2 |
| Demented | 1 |
| Depressives | 12 |
| Retarded | 4 |
| Schizophrenics | 2 |
| Nursing home residents | 11 |
| Happiness in very rich or poor people | 4 |
| Happiness in students | 869 |
| Happiness in twins | 52 |
| Happiness in unemployed people | 227 |
| Happiness in working people | 34 |
| Academics | 4 |
| Entrepreneurs | 4 |
| Farmers | 3 |
| Teachers | 12 |
| Health care professionals | 10 |
| Volunteers | 1 |
| Sex workers | 2 |
| Happiness in retirees | 122 |
| Happiness in tourists | 0 |
| Happiness in war veterans | 0 |
| Happiness in widows | 1 |
| Topics of research | 2 |
| Allocation efficiency; difference in happiness of people with random preference pattern | 2 |
| Environmental efficiency of wellbeing | 2 |
| Financial equivalence | 90 |
| Unexplained component in prices | 1 |
| Happiness in history | 17 |
| Inequality of happiness | 82 |
| Mediators | 98 |
| Moderators | 160 |
| CIT analysis | 1 |
| Similarity in happiness | 1 |
| Shape of relationship | 6 |
| Shape happiness itself, difference on happy/unhappy people | 4 |
| Shape relationship with correlate of happiness | 28 |
| PREVALENCE of HAPPINESS | |
| Description | Number of Publications |
| 4 | |
| Are people typically positive about their life? | 32 |
| Level of happiness | 5 |
| Happiness level in places | 1 |
| Happiness level in the world as a whole | 13 |
| Happiness levels in parts of the world | 68 |
| Happiness levels in nations | 707 |
| Stability of nation ranking | 2 |
| Happiness levels in regions | 173 |
| Happiness level in cities | 72 |
| Happiness level in quarters in cities | 6 |
| Happiness level in rural villages | 3 |
| In publics in nations | 18 |
| Happiness in age groups in nations | 4 |
| Happiness of children in nations | 15 |
| Happiness of adolescents in nations | 24 |
| Happiness in young adults in nations | 0 |
| Happiness of working aged people in nations | 10 |
| Happiness of elderly in nations | 20 |
| Happiness of ethnic groups in nations | 14 |
| Happiness of males/females in nations | 9 |
| Happiness of students in nations | 6 |
| Most/least happy types in nations | 1 |
| Happiness in social contexts in nations | 0 |
| Happiness in households | 0 |
| Happiness in institutions | 0 |
| Happiness in schools | 0 |
| Happiness in workplaces | 0 |
| Happy Life Years | 18 |
| Happy life years in places | 4 |
| Happy life years in publics | 1 |
| Happy life years over time | 2 |
| Change in happiness over time | 8 |
| Trend of average happiness in places | 26 |
| Trend in parts of the world | 3 |
| Trend in national happiness | 523 |
| Trend in regional happiness | 56 |
| Trend happiness in cities | 15 |
| Trend average happiness in publics | 26 |
| Trend happiness in males and females | 16 |
| Trend happiness in age groups | 31 |
| Trend happiness among unemployed | 4 |
| Trend happiness in ethnic groups | 13 |
| Trend in marital categories | 6 |
| Trend happiness among parents | 1 |
| Trend in socio-economic strata | 14 |
| Trend in rural setting | 2 |
| Trend among working people | 2 |
| Trend in conditions for happiness | 29 |
| Trend inequality in happiness | 10 |
| Trend inequality in happiness across nations | 3 |
| Trend inequality of happiness within nations | 17 |
| Trend difference in inequality within nations across nations | 3 |
| Trend inequality of happiness in publics | 7 |
| Trend inequality (happiness gap) across income groups | 1 |
| Happiness in historical times | 5 |
| Inequality of happiness | 0 |
| Inequality of happiness in parts of the world | 2 |
| Inequality of happiness in places | 0 |
| Inequality of happiness in nations | 12 |
| Inequality of happiness in regions | 7 |
| Inequality of happiness in publics | 4 |
| CORRELATES OF HAPPINESS | |
| Description | Number of Publications |
| 0 | |
| Situational correlates of happiness | 0 |
| Physical environment | 3 |
| Natural environment | 11 |
| Climate/Season | 41 |
| Humidity | 1 |
| Summer/winter time | 3 |
| Temperature | 2 |
| Weather | 2 |
| Variability of weather conditions | 1 |
| Nature | 21 |
| Indoor green | 1 |
| Scenic beauty | 6 |
| Urban green | 12 |
| Pollution | 46 |
| Sustainability | 6 |
| Built environment | 18 |
| Housing | 14 |
| Architecture | 3 |
| Home amenities | 1 |
| Urbanity | 17 |
| Compactness | 2 |
| Size of the town | 22 |
| urban growth/shrink | 1 |
| Sub-urban | 4 |
| Urban/rural | 84 |
| Remoteness | 3 |
| Societal context: | 0 |
| National setting | 81 |
| Conditions for happiness in nations: how universal? | 18 |
| Differences in conditions for happiness | 94 |
| Outer conditions | 15 |
| Inner conditions | 17 |
| Differences in ways of evaluating life | 23 |
| History of nation | 0 |
| Nation characteristics | 3 |
| Cohesion in nation | 34 |
| Civic organization | 4 |
| Charity | 4 |
| Common events | 2 |
| Conflict | 5 |
| Homogeneity | 6 |
| Minority problems | 1 |
| Nationalism | 3 |
| Trust | 42 |
| Culture in the nation | 61 |
| Attitudes in nation | 1 |
| Alienation in nation | 4 |
| Attitude to happiness in nation | 1 |
| Fear of happiness in nation | 0 |
| Preference for happiness in nation | 1 |
| Attitude to immigrants in nation | 3 |
| Attitude to sexuality in nation | 2 |
| Pessimism in nation | 4 |
| Concerns in nation | 0 |
| Cultural diversity in nation | 4 |
| Individualism/collectivism in nation | 47 |
| Meaning in nation | 1 |
| Morality in nation | 4 |
| Religiousness in nation | 31 |
| Values in nation | 24 |
| Valuation of autonomy in nation | 6 |
| Valuation of competitiveness in nation | 1 |
| Valuation of family in nation | 1 |
| Valuation of pleasure in nation. Moral hedonism | 9 |
| Valuation of long-term in nation | 1 |
| Valuation of materialism in nation | 4 |
| Valuation of work in nation | 2 |
| Demography in the nation | 3 |
| Age composition in nation | 0 |
| Birth pattern in nation | 7 |
| Birth control in nation | 2 |
| E/immigration in/out nation | 6 |
| Genetic composition/distance | 4 |
| Life expectancy in nation | 0 |
| Population density in nation | 0 |
| Ethnic diversity in nation | 0 |
| Sex balance in nation | 0 |
| Economy in the nation | 62 |
| Affluence in nation | 173 |
| Consumption in nation | 1 |
| Economic competitiveness of nation | 1 |
| Advertising in nation | 3 |
| Innovation in nation | 2 |
| Economic growth/decline in nation | 185 |
| Change average household income in nation | 1 |
| Change consumer confidence in nation | 3 |
| Change exports of nation | 0 |
| Change stock market prices in nation | 5 |
| Economic Stability in nation | 1 |
| Economic Regime (Capitalism) in nation | 16 |
| Entrepreneurial climate in nation | 3 |
| Equivalent income in nation | 0 |
| Export by nation | 1 |
| Inflation in nation | 17 |
| Openness of economy in nation | 3 |
| Price level in nation | 1 |
| Sustainability of the economic system in nation | 5 |
| Extraction industry in nation | 2 |
| Pollution in nation | 4 |
| Sustainable energy in nation | 1 |
| Tax regime in nation | 8 |
| Tax compliance in nation | 1 |
| Trade unions in nation | 4 |
| Unemployment rate in nation | 43 |
| Working conditions in nation | 0 |
| Job protection in nation | 9 |
| Labor market regulation | 2 |
| Retirement age in nation | 3 |
| Self-employment in nation | 3 |
| Work hours in nation | 8 |
| Geography in nation | 0 |
| Environmental quality | 3 |
| Natural resources | 1 |
| Inequality in the nation | 7 |
| Inequality of happiness in nation | 26 |
| Differences across nations | 9 |
| Trends over time | 10 |
| Inequality in health in nation | 0 |
| inequality of opportunities in nation | 4 |
| Inequality of incomes in nation | 97 |
| visibility of income differences in nation | 1 |
| Inequality between sexes (women emancipation) in nation | 25 |
| Inequality in social prestige in nation | 12 |
| Social mobility in nation | 0 |
| Power distance in nation | 1 |
| Freedom in the nation | 13 |
| Economic freedom in nation | 23 |
| Political freedom in nation | 15 |
| Private freedom in nation | 10 |
| Compulsory service in nation | 1 |
| Genes in nation in nation | 1 |
| Government in nation | 9 |
| Centralization in nation | 6 |
| Corruption in nation | 13 |
| Quality of government in nation | 27 |
| Size of government in nation | 26 |
| Knowledge in nation | 2 |
| Education in nation | 13 |
| IQ in nation | 11 |
| Life-style in the nation | 1 |
| Art of living in nations | 1 |
| Consumption in nation | 3 |
| Alcohol use in nation | 1 |
| Smoking in nation | 3 |
| Pace of life in nation | 3 |
| Sporting in nation | 2 |
| Livability of nation | 12 |
| Apparent livability | 0 |
| Anthropometric indicators of human thriving in nation | 0 |
| Mental health in nation | 9 |
| Depression in nation | 1 |
| Use of anti-depressives in nation | 3 |
| Physical health in nation | 5 |
| lllness in nation | 0 |
| COVID-19 in nation | 0 |
| Obesity in nation | 0 |
| Pain in nation | 0 |
| Public mood in nation | 1 |
| Time spend in unpleasant activities in nation | 1 |
| Suicide rate in nation | 9 |
| Assumed livability of nation | 0 |
| Law in the nation | 1 |
| Legal system in nation | 1 |
| Property rights in nation | 3 |
| Rule of law in nation | 5 |
| Modernity of the nation | 104 |
| Automobile use in nation | 1 |
| Internet penetration in nation | 6 |
| Urbanization in nation | 2 |
| Nature in nation | 2 |
| Personality in nation | 15 |
| Competitiveness in nation | 4 |
| Conformism in nation | 1 |
| Empathy in nation | 1 |
| Openness in nation | 2 |
| Tightness in nation | 4 |
| Politics in the nation | 22 |
| Democracy in nation | 29 |
| Political change in nation | 2 |
| Ruling ideology/party in nation | 1 |
| Unrest in nation | 3 |
| Position of the nation | 8 |
| External threats to nation | 12 |
| Involvement in war of nation | 5 |
| Success in war of nation | 0 |
| Comparative quality-of-life in nation | 4 |
| QOL in neighboring countries | 3 |
| Foreign aid by nation | 3 |
| Involvement in global society of nation | 8 |
| EU membership of nation | 2 |
| Reputation of country of origin | 2 |
| Relative wealth of nation | 3 |
| Tourist visits to nation | 1 |
| Public goods in the nation | 6 |
| Child-care in nation | 5 |
| Maternity leave in nation | 2 |
| Mental health care in nation | 1 |
| Pension system in nation | 5 |
| Social security in nation | 74 |
| Relational patterns in nation | 26 |
| Divorce rate in nation | 2 |
| Family values in nation | 3 |
| Households in nation | 0 |
| Public life in nation | 1 |
| Sex life in nation | 2 |
| Acceptance of homo-sex in nation | 3 |
| Safety in the nation | 7 |
| Crime rate in nation | 2 |
| Disasters in nation | 1 |
| Hunger in nation | 1 |
| Size of the nation | 4 |
| Time regime in nation | 1 |
| Social change in nation | 53 |
| Social progress in nation | 8 |
| Summed macro societal conditions | 22 |
| Kinds of effect | 1 |
| Latin-American pattern | 4 |
| Macro level models | 1 |
| Size of societal differences in happiness | 2 |
| Regional setting | 42 |
| Cohesion in region | 0 |
| Ethnic diversity in region | 1 |
| Immigrants in region | 0 |
| Social capital in region | 3 |
| Culture in region | 0 |
| Attitudes in region | 0 |
| Attitudes to parenthood | 1 |
| Attitudes to sexuality | 1 |
| Education in region | 0 |
| Religiousness in region | 2 |
| Demography in region | 1 |
| Marriage in region | 1 |
| Immigrants in region | 2 |
| Population density in region | 1 |
| Economy in the region | 5 |
| Economic freedom in region | 1 |
| Economic growth/decline in region | 9 |
| Economic innovation in region | 4 |
| Economic prosperity in region | 7 |
| Extraction industry in region | 2 |
| Income difference in region | 12 |
| Economic investment in region | 2 |
| Poverty in region | 3 |
| Price level in region | 1 |
| Mass-production in region | 0 |
| Tourism in region | 4 |
| Unemployment rate in region | 12 |
| Environment in the region | 6 |
| Eco-energy in region | 1 |
| Government in region | 1 |
| Decentralization in region | 1 |
| Institutional quality in region | 2 |
| History of region | 1 |
| Livability of region | 0 |
| Happiness in region | 1 |
| Health in region | 0 |
| Obesity in region | 1 |
| Suicide rate in region | 0 |
| Personality in region | 2 |
| Politics in region | 0 |
| Democracy in region | 6 |
| Public goods in region | 2 |
| Amenities in region | 2 |
| Expense on education in region | 1 |
| Social security in region | 2 |
| Relational pattern in region | 0 |
| Safety in region | 0 |
| Crime rate in region | 8 |
| Regional difference in correlates of happiness | 5 |
| Local setting | 43 |
| Demography in vicinity | 2 |
| Age-composition in vicinity | 1 |
| Migration in vicinity | 0 |
| Emigration out of vicinity | 1 |
| Immigration in vicinity | 3 |
| Economy in vicinity | 2 |
| Economic growth/decline in vicinity | 3 |
| Industry in vicinity | 0 |
| Renewable energy plants in vicinity | 2 |
| Social enterprises in vicinity | 0 |
| Tourism in vicinity | 9 |
| Openness of economy in vicinity | 1 |
| Economic prosperity in vicinity | 25 |
| Standard of living in vicinity | 1 |
| Unemployment in vicinity | 5 |
| Amenities in vicinity | 27 |
| Health care in vicinity | 1 |
| Water supply in vicinity | 4 |
| Transport in vicinity | 10 |
| Traffic jams in vicinity | 2 |
| Distance to local facilities | 2 |
| Political situation in vicinity | 0 |
| Local democracy | 0 |
| Health in vicinity | 1 |
| Societal situation in vicinity | 0 |
| Income difference in vicinity | 23 |
| Segregation in vicinity | 4 |
| Social problems in vicinity | 15 |
| Noise in vicinity | 1 |
| Crime in vicinity | 6 |
| Social ties in vicinity | 9 |
| Neighborhood correlates of happiness | 78 |
| Ethnic homogeneity in neighborhood | 2 |
| Happiness of other people in neighborhood | 2 |
| Income in neighborhood | 1 |
| Individual circumstances | 1 |
| Social status of more and less happy people | 75 |
| Gender | 191 |
| Inter sex | 1 |
| Transgender | 14 |
| Age | 245 |
| Ageing | 151 |
| Chronological age | 62 |
| Young-old difference in happiness | 3 |
| Stage of life | 17 |
| Minority status | 48 |
| Ethnicity | 145 |
| Homeless | 2 |
| Migrants | 167 |
| Expats | 4 |
| Sexual orientation | 5 |
| Homosexuals | 32 |
| Transsexuals | 28 |
| Integration of minorities | 3 |
| Income/poverty/wealth | 554 |
| Level of income | 18 |
| Perceived relative income | 8 |
| Liquidity | 1 |
| Source of income | 3 |
| Pensions, savings | 3 |
| Private transfers | 2 |
| Migrant remittances | 2 |
| Social security | 9 |
| Work | 0 |
| Wealth | 5 |
| Assets | 18 |
| Debts | 20 |
| Net wealth | 14 |
| Very rich | 0 |
| Energy Poverty | 1 |
| Education | 148 |
| Elite education | 0 |
| Over-education | 1 |
| Occupational prestige | 10 |
| Social rank | 29 |
| Own rank adults | 11 |
| Actual rank | 30 |
| Rank mobility | 32 |
| Rank consistence | 4 |
| Rank of family of origin | 2 |
| Of adults | 0 |
| Of children | 2 |
| Happiness and social roles | 26 |
| Gender roles | 63 |
| Androgynous | 0 |
| Gender identity | 2 |
| Main breadwinner | 1 |
| Leadership | 6 |
| Role discrepancies | 12 |
| Summed multiple socio-demographic characteristics | 63 |
| Institutional environment | 0 |
| School environment | 0 |
| School characteristics | 17 |
| School-home difference | 1 |
| School type | 10 |
| Work conditions | 151 |
| Bridge job | 1 |
| Flex-work | 17 |
| Formal/informal employment | 4 |
| Job security | 15 |
| Part time work | 31 |
| Pay | 1 |
| Organization | 4 |
| Communication in organization | 1 |
| Self employed | 47 |
| Shift work | 1 |
| Subsidized work | 0 |
| Support at work | 1 |
| Telework | 6 |
| Work schedule flexibility | 7 |
| Intimate environment | 31 |
| Joint effects | 27 |
| Theories about happiness and intimate ties | 35 |
| Network characteristics | 11 |
| Happiness and Children | 10 |
| Having children | 111 |
| Adoption of child | 0 |
| Birth of children | 36 |
| Pregnancy | 5 |
| Childlessness | 50 |
| Number of children | 18 |
| Kind of children | 1 |
| Adopted children | 0 |
| Adult children | 2 |
| Foster-children | 6 |
| Grand-children | 6 |
| Step-children | 3 |
| Leaving home of children | 18 |
| Planning of children | 0 |
| unplanned child | 1 |
| use of contraception | 0 |
| Contacts with children | 30 |
| Contact of adult children with parents | 3 |
| Custody of divorced parents | 1 |
| Frequency of contact | 2 |
| Quality of contact | 12 |
| Characteristics of children | 19 |
| Age of children | 3 |
| Distance to adult children | 1 |
| Family situation of children | 33 |
| Handicapped child | 1 |
| Wellbeing of children | 22 |
| Happiness and Family | 11 |
| Characteristics of kin | 1 |
| Loss of an intimate | 1 |
| Single parent | 9 |
| Relations with kids | 7 |
| Happiness and Household | 7 |
| Living alone or not | 8 |
| Family household | 13 |
| Nuclear household | 0 |
| One parent family | 9 |
| Extended family household | 9 |
| Non-family household | 1 |
| Communal households | 3 |
| Institutional living | 91 |
| Cloister | 1 |
| Hospice | 1 |
| Jail | 4 |
| Nursing home | 6 |
| Orphanage | 2 |
| Shelter | 1 |
| Child care | 1 |
| Household size | 3 |
| Homeless | 6 |
| Happiness and Love Life | 14 |
| Attachment | 3 |
| Love styles | 6 |
| Sex life | 64 |
| Violence | 1 |
| Happiness and Marriage | 32 |
| Marital status | 130 |
| Currently married (vs. all unmarried) | 37 |
| Cohabit | 12 |
| Living apart together (LAT) | 2 |
| Formerly married | 0 |
| Separation/divorce | 61 |
| Widowhood | 40 |
| Remarriage | 10 |
| Single | 3 |
| Lifelong singles | 15 |
| Young singles | 1 |
| Happiness and kind of marriage | 6 |
| Attitudes to spouse | 2 |
| Characteristics of the bond | 51 |
| Family life cycle | 12 |
| Shared household work | 2 |
| Characteristics of the spouse | 77 |
| Income of spouse | 0 |
| Unemployment of spouse | 4 |
| Well-being of spouse | 6 |
| Similarity in ethnicity with spouse | 1 |
| Similarity in personality with spouse | 2 |
| Similarity in wellbeing of spouses | 3 |
| Polygamy | 5 |
| Working wife/mother | 36 |
| Happiness and Social Support | 111 |
| Effects of social support | 47 |
| On happiness | 104 |
| Balance of support | 2 |
| Loss of social support | 2 |
| Migration of intimates | 12 |
| Intimates left in home country | 2 |
| On further indicators of well-being | 12 |
| Care givers | 51 |
| Home care | 2 |
| Sources of social support | 0 |
| Support by community | 1 |
| Support by spouse | 1 |
| Happiness and Pets | 7 |
| Happiness and non-family intimate ties | 0 |
| Relation with colleagues | 1 |
| Relation with friends | 5 |
| Relation with teachers | 1 |
| Happiness and happiness of other people | 1 |
| Occurrences | 0 |
| Recent life-events | 159 |
| Collective events | 4 |
| Disaster | 45 |
| COVID-19 | 21 |
| Economic events | 11 |
| Festivities | 11 |
| Political events | 18 |
| Sport events | 3 |
| Time change | 1 |
| War | 20 |
| Terrorist attack | 9 |
| Individual life events | 12 |
| Minor daily event | 35 |
| Disturbing interruptions | 2 |
| Time pressure | 5 |
| Uplifts | 5 |
| Major life events | 116 |
| Abortion | 2 |
| Accident | 14 |
| Bereavement | 20 |
| Church drop-out | 1 |
| Divorce | 17 |
| Expropriation | 2 |
| Financial good/bad luck | 7 |
| Lottery winning | 15 |
| Marriage | 3 |
| Medical treatment | 23 |
| Hospitalization | 10 |
| Treatments | 133 |
| Medication | 3 |
| Rehabilitation | 4 |
| Sex-reassignment | 19 |
| Transplantation | 9 |
| Job change | 16 |
| First job | 2 |
| Job loss | 6 |
| Psychological treatment | 124 |
| Anti-depressive drugs | 11 |
| Reminiscence therapy | 3 |
| Migration | 5 |
| Migration to other country | 36 |
| Move (change house within country) | 26 |
| Military service | 2 |
| Retirement | 26 |
| School drop-out | 4 |
| School leave | 1 |
| Sex reassignment | 16 |
| Victimization | 3 |
| Victim of bullying | 20 |
| Victim of domestic violence | 4 |
| Victim of crime | 26 |
| Victim of discrimination | 1 |
| Victim of war | 3 |
| Experiences | 4 |
| Desired experience | 2 |
| Extra-ordinary states of consciousness | 5 |
| Moving experiences | 7 |
| Stress of events | 10 |
| Reminiscence of events | 2 |
| Ritual marking of life change | 1 |
| Predictability of life events | 4 |
| Life-history | 9 |
| Birth history | 2 |
| Happiness and Earlier Living Conditions | 13 |
| Pre-natal conditions | 0 |
| Medication of mother during pregnancy | 1 |
| Conditions in childhood | 49 |
| Intimate environment in childhood | 87 |
| Alcohol consumption of parents | 1 |
| Birth order | 1 |
| Family crisis | 2 |
| Foster child | 2 |
| Happiness of parents | 7 |
| Hardship in family | 0 |
| Lived in an institution | 2 |
| Mental health state of parents | 1 |
| Number of siblings | 2 |
| Only child | 1 |
| Parenting style | 6 |
| Participation in family | 0 |
| Single parent family | 4 |
| Violence in family | 3 |
| School environment in childhood | 1 |
| Social status in childhood | 20 |
| Unemployment of parent | 3 |
| Wealth/poverty of parents | 7 |
| Society in childhood | 3 |
| Country of origin | 2 |
| Economic recession in childhood | 1 |
| Social change in childhood | 1 |
| Stress in childhood | 3 |
| Physical characteristics in childhood | 1 |
| Conditions in adulthood | 3 |
| Intimate network | 21 |
| Social status | 6 |
| Society | 0 |
| Work | 6 |
| Reasons for earlier retirement( or not) | 1 |
| Earlier intimate environment | 6 |
| Happiness and Life Course | 48 |
| Income history | 0 |
| Income change | 2 |
| Military service | 1 |
| School history | 1 |
| Happiness and Earlier Personal Characteristics | 8 |
| Earlier appreciations | 1 |
| Earlier health | 8 |
| Earlier intelligence | 5 |
| Earlier life style | 4 |
| Earlier mental effectiveness | 2 |
| Earlier personality | 11 |
| Earlier physical activity | 1 |
| Earlier preferences | 1 |
| Earlier values | 3 |
| Happiness and Life change/event | 61 |
| earlier goal change | 1 |
| Happiness and Life Review | 15 |
| Life regrets | 5 |
| Life suffering | 2 |
| Personal correlates of happiness | 0 |
| Physical characteristics | 0 |
| Physical characteristics | 24 |
| Allostatic load | 1 |
| Androgens | 1 |
| Appearance | 15 |
| Blood pressure | 8 |
| Bone density | 2 |
| Brain | 1 |
| Brain volumes | 1 |
| left/right hemisphere asymmetry | 2 |
| Genes | 11 |
| Glucose regulation | 1 |
| Heart rate | 4 |
| Immune function | 2 |
| Height | 11 |
| Hormone levels | 2 |
| Cortisol level | 5 |
| Menstruation | 3 |
| Menopause | 6 |
| Skin color | 1 |
| Strength | 4 |
| Vagal tone | 4 |
| Voice | 0 |
| Weight | 43 |
| Physical health | 76 |
| General health | 26 |
| Frailty | 1 |
| Self-perceived health | 118 |
| Physician-rated health | 8 |
| Non-western notions of health | 1 |
| Ayurveda Prakrit health rating | 1 |
| Health complaints | 5 |
| Fatigue | 2 |
| Itch | 0 |
| Nausea | 0 |
| Pain | 16 |
| Sleepless | 2 |
| Particular disease | 39 |
| Infectious and parasitic diseases | 1 |
| Aids | 22 |
| COVID-19 | 1 |
| Neoplasms (Cancer) | 31 |
| Breast cancer | 13 |
| Oral cancer | 1 |
| Prostate cancer | 1 |
| Diseases of blood, blood organs and certain immune mechanisms | 2 |
| Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases | 28 |
| Mental, behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders | 11 |
| Diseases of the nervous system | 52 |
| Epilepsy | 0 |
| Multiple Sclerosis (MS) | 4 |
| Parkinson disease | 3 |
| Tetraplegia | 15 |
| Diseases of the eye and adnexa | 10 |
| Diseases of the ear and mastoid process | 4 |
| Diseases of the circulatory system | 40 |
| Stroke | 18 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system | 15 |
| Diseases of the digestive system | 7 |
| Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue | 1 |
| Psoriasis | 1 |
| Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 20 |
| Locked-in syndrome (LIS) ICD10 code: G83.5 | 2 |
| Fibromyalgia | 1 |
| Rheumatism | 12 |
| Diseases of the genitourinary system | 1 |
| Renal failure | 9 |
| Infertility | 6 |
| Complication in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | 0 |
| Conditions originating from the perinatal period | 0 |
| Congenital malformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 0 |
| Down syndrome | 0 |
| Trauma | 8 |
| Symptoms and test results not classified elsewhere | 10 |
| Sequela of illness and treatment | 13 |
| Sexual disfunction | 2 |
| Longevity | 87 |
| Healthy life Years | 1 |
| Physical handicaps | 155 |
| Suicide/self-harm | 17 |
| Dying | 30 |
| Psychological characteristics | 0 |
| Abilities | 6 |
| Ability to function in daily life | 15 |
| Acculturation | 2 |
| Art of living | 41 |
| Hedonic capacity | 11 |
| Cognitive abilities | 45 |
| Command of language | 3 |
| IQ | 21 |
| Gifted | 6 |
| Retarded, demented | 7 |
| Emotional intelligence | 63 |
| Employability | 1 |
| English proficiency | 1 |
| Internet proficiency | 1 |
| Social abilities | 19 |
| Goals | 37 |
| Having goals | 26 |
| Having aspirations | 4 |
| Having life goals | 14 |
| Having a mission | 1 |
| Development of goals | 2 |
| Kind of goals | 18 |
| Approach/avoidance | 5 |
| Authenticity of goals | 15 |
| Behavioral relevance | 4 |
| Clarity of goals | 6 |
| Commitment to goals | 1 |
| Conventionality of aims | 0 |
| Decisiveness about goals | 1 |
| Difficulty of goals | 2 |
| Diversity of goals | 2 |
| Flexibility of goals | 5 |
| Importance of goals | 2 |
| Internal consistency of set | 4 |
| Meaning of goals | 4 |
| Realism of goals | 1 |
| Time span of goals | 2 |
| Object of goals | 59 |
| Object of aspirations | 14 |
| Educational aspirations | 1 |
| Income aspirations | 1 |
| Migration aspiration | 1 |
| Object of life goals | 32 |
| Want children | 2 |
| Realization of goals | 38 |
| Perceived realization | 38 |
| Actual goal realization | 6 |
| Goal adjustment | 4 |
| Mental health | 35 |
| Theories | 3 |
| Mental defects: negative mental health | 62 |
| General impairment score | 28 |
| Specific mental defects | 36 |
| Addiction (ICD code F10-F19) | 2 |
| ADHD (ICD code F90-F98) | 2 |
| Alexithymia | 1 |
| Anhedonia (ICD code R45) | 1 |
| Anxiety (ICD code F41) | 13 |
| Autism (ICD ode F84) | 4 |
| Burnout (ICD code Z73) | 10 |
| Compulsive disorder (ICD code F42) | 2 |
| Defensiveness | 3 |
| Dementia (ICD code F01-02) | 4 |
| Dependency | 2 |
| Depression (ICD code F32-34) | 41 |
| Eating disorder (ICD code F50) | 5 |
| Forgetful | 2 |
| Gender dysphoria (ICD code F64) | 3 |
| Neuroticism (ICD code F60) | 15 |
| Psychopathy (ICD code F60.2) | 2 |
| Psycho-somatic defects (ICD code F45) | 4 |
| Rumination (ICD code F42) | 4 |
| Schizophrenia (ICD code F20) | 17 |
| Stressed (ICD code Z-73) | 11 |
| Post-Traumatic Stress disorder (PTS) ICD code 10, DSM code 5 | 2 |
| Frail, vulnerable | 1 |
| Mental strength: positive mental health | 50 |
| Energy/Activity | 20 |
| General effectiveness scores | 29 |
| Psycho-social development | 18 |
| Self-actualization | 12 |
| Self-efficacy | 40 |
| Self-direction | 8 |
| Self-knowledge | 0 |
| Specific strong points | 20 |
| Appreciation of beauty and excellence | 0 |
| Creativity | 13 |
| Identity | 21 |
| Perceived meaningfulness | 83 |
| Pro-active | 3 |
| Resilience | 16 |
| Self-control | 5 |
| Mood control | 17 |
| Self-esteem | 94 |
| Sense of coherence | 19 |
| Spiritual wellbeing | 3 |
| Stability | 1 |
| Use of strengths | 2 |
| Vitality | 7 |
| Wisdom | 12 |
| Zest | 0 |
| Motivation | 16 |
| Achievement motivation | 9 |
| Envious | 1 |
| Hedonic desires | 3 |
| Intrinsic motivation | 7 |
| Search for meaning | 3 |
| Search for social status | 1 |
| Social needs | 1 |
| Personality | 198 |
| Personality development | 6 |
| Inborn dispositions | 1 |
| Personality change | 1 |
| Personality organization | 2 |
| Complexity | 8 |
| Consistency | 3 |
| Configuration | 1 |
| Personality traits | 213 |
| Activity | 3 |
| Flow Experience | 8 |
| Aggression | 5 |
| Alienation | 4 |
| Altruism | 1 |
| Anxiety | 5 |
| Fear of failure | 3 |
| Risk perception | 1 |
| Authentic | 2 |
| Attribution style | 1 |
| Authoritarian | 2 |
| Awareness | 2 |
| Mindfulness | 21 |
| Mood awareness | 22 |
| Realism | 1 |
| Self-reflection | 1 |
| Cognitive style | 4 |
| Conscientious | 2 |
| Perfectionism | 6 |
| Decisive | 2 |
| Dominant | 1 |
| Emotionality | 26 |
| Mood variability | 5 |
| Emotional expressiveness | 1 |
| Emotional differentiation | 3 |
| Mood control | 2 |
| Acceptance of negative emotion | 1 |
| Extraversion | 40 |
| Humility | 1 |
| Humorous | 17 |
| Genuine | 1 |
| Impulsive (vs inhibited) | 2 |
| Individualism | 22 |
| Involvement | 4 |
| Maximizing | 4 |
| Morality | 3 |
| Morning/evening type | 2 |
| Openness | 5 |
| Self-disclosure | 10 |
| Openness to experience | 2 |
| Optimism/Positivity | 79 |
| Negative emotion | 1 |
| Nostalgia | 2 |
| Perceived fate control | 149 |
| Sense of power | 1 |
| Perfectionism | 1 |
| Persistence | 2 |
| Pleasure seeking | 10 |
| Regulatory focus | 0 |
| Rigidity | 3 |
| Risk orientation | 16 |
| Sociability | 7 |
| Attachment style | 10 |
| Belonging, sense of | 3 |
| Compassion | 2 |
| Empathy | 2 |
| Envious | 2 |
| Forgiveness | 16 |
| Gratitude | 43 |
| Kindness | 8 |
| Reciprocity | 1 |
| Vengeance | 1 |
| Sensation seeking | 3 |
| Novelty seeking | 1 |
| Superficial | 1 |
| Time orientation | 43 |
| Tolerant | 2 |
| Coping style | 143 |
| Coping with unhappiness | 5 |
| Coping with conflict | 1 |
| Rumination | 4 |
| Self-concept | 102 |
| Body image | 2 |
| Discrepancy real-ideal self | 1 |
| Group identification | 4 |
| Narcissism | 4 |
| Realism of self-image | 1 |
| Self-compassion | 3 |
| Self-congruency across situations | 2 |
| Self-other-congruency in view on self | 1 |
| Self-objectification | 0 |
| Self-presentation | 4 |
| Satisfactions | 39 |
| Appraisals of life other than happiness | 9 |
| Enjoyment | 1 |
| Satisfaction with everything | 1 |
| Satisfaction with aspects of life | 5 |
| Satisfaction with opportunity for activities | 1 |
| Satisfaction with domains of life | 176 |
| Satisfaction with care | 5 |
| Satisfaction with consumption | 7 |
| Satisfaction with food | 3 |
| Satisfaction with shopping | 2 |
| Satisfaction with health | 6 |
| Satisfaction with income | 22 |
| Satisfaction with intimate relations | 65 |
| Satisfaction with sex life | 2 |
| Satisfaction with leisure | 23 |
| Satisfaction with sports | 1 |
| Satisfaction with tourism | 1 |
| Satisfaction with living environment | 31 |
| Satisfaction with oneself | 3 |
| Satisfaction with one's appearance | 2 |
| Satisfaction with safety | 4 |
| Satisfaction with one's social position | 6 |
| Satisfaction with school | 13 |
| satisfaction with college/university life | 1 |
| Satisfaction with society | 13 |
| Satisfaction with public services | 1 |
| Satisfaction with spiritual life | 7 |
| Satisfaction with travel | 4 |
| Satisfaction with work | 165 |
| Structure of satisfactions | 0 |
| Balance across domains | 3 |
| Hierarchy of the correspondence with happiness: Which domain satisfactions correspond most with happiness? | 89 |
| Summed domain satisfactions | 5 |
| Weighted vs unweighted sum-scores | 13 |
| Different weights | 1 |
| Views | 2 |
| Attitudes | 46 |
| Attitudes to emotion | 1 |
| Attitudes to freedom | 1 |
| Perceived freedom | 4 |
| Attitudes to the future | 2 |
| Expected income | 4 |
| Perceived improvement of one's life | 4 |
| Hope | 67 |
| Attitude to one's own happiness | 19 |
| Fear of happiness | 2 |
| Attitudes to life issues | 3 |
| Attitudes to life in general | 0 |
| Quality of life | 1 |
| Attitudes to one's own life, other than happiness | 0 |
| Meaning in life | 22 |
| Death | 7 |
| Richness of ones life | 0 |
| Success in life | 1 |
| Wish to live | 7 |
| Attitudes to society | 7 |
| Attitude to competition | 2 |
| Attitudes to the economy | 5 |
| Attitude to marketing | 1 |
| Attitude to entitlements | 1 |
| Attitude to environmental protection | 4 |
| Attitudes to inequality | 11 |
| Attitude to modernity | 8 |
| Attitude to nation | 4 |
| Attitude to cultural preservation | 1 |
| Attitude to nation/culture of origin | 2 |
| Attitude to country of settlement | 0 |
| Attitude to own (return)migration | 2 |
| Attitude to relative livability of nation | 1 |
| Attitudes to political issues | 7 |
| Attitude to democracy | 3 |
| Trust in institutions | 11 |
| Attitude to life-style issues | 1 |
| Attitude to money | 1 |
| Attitudes to nutrition | 0 |
| Attitude to local environment | 7 |
| Attitudes to community | 9 |
| Attitude to local tourism | 1 |
| Attitude to nature | 5 |
| Attitude to nuclear power | 0 |
| Attitudes to people | 0 |
| Attitudes to women | 3 |
| Trust in people | 41 |
| Hero attachment | 1 |
| Ethnocentrism | 2 |
| Attitudes to safety | 4 |
| Attitudes to school | 3 |
| Attitudes to sexuality | 1 |
| Attitudes to work | 7 |
| Attitude to occupations | 1 |
| Attitude to one's own occupation | 1 |
| Conventionality of outlook | 13 |
| Beliefs | 18 |
| Belief in afterlife | 3 |
| Belief in Free Will | 3 |
| Beliefs about Happiness | 31 |
| Perceived sources of happiness | 41 |
| belief that possessions make happy | 2 |
| Accuracy of perception of effect on happiness | 2 |
| Perceived happiness of others | 3 |
| Perceived relative happiness | 3 |
| Perceived variability of happiness | 2 |
| Belief in Just World | 15 |
| Belief in hard work | 1 |
| Beliefs about one-self | 0 |
| Belief to be genetically determined | 1 |
| Belief in social progress | 2 |
| Belief in life as zero-sum game | 1 |
| Perceived corruption in country | 3 |
| Concerns | 0 |
| Concern for next generations | 1 |
| Interests | 1 |
| Preferences | 0 |
| Preference for time over money | 4 |
| Preference to stop working | 0 |
| Religion | 125 |
| Religiousness | 200 |
| Religious denomination | 19 |
| Religious motivation | 3 |
| Religious practices | 20 |
| Values | 29 |
| Ethical values | 67 |
| Hedonic values | 33 |
| Materialist values | 103 |
| Individualism values | 4 |
| Social values | 5 |
| Family values | 2 |
| Spending priorities | 2 |
| Political values | 37 |
| Political extremism | 9 |
| Political conservatism | 15 |
| Party preference | 11 |
| Attitude to political issues | 4 |
| Work values | 8 |
| Value environment fit | 19 |
| Living up to one's values | 8 |
| Worries | 15 |
| Problems | 2 |
| Perceived discrimination | 11 |
| Fear of COVID-19 | 0 |
| Fear of crime | 6 |
| Fear of modernity | 1 |
| Summed mental capital | 6 |
| Joint effects | 23 |
| Apparent efficiency in using resources | 1 |
| Effects of personal resources | 17 |
| Effects of all personal characteristics | 3 |
| Mixed multiple personal correlates of happiness | 1 |
| Behavioral correlates of happiness | 12 |
| Happiness and Activity level | 58 |
| Creative behavior | 2 |
| Leisure activity | 6 |
| Mental activity | 1 |
| Physical activity | 26 |
| Happiness and Activity Pattern | 12 |
| Change in activities | 0 |
| Variation in activities | 1 |
| Multitasking | 1 |
| Happiness and Particular Activities | 4 |
| Eating | 3 |
| Happiness and Choice behavior | 6 |
| Betting on an undesirable outcome | 1 |
| Happiness and Consumption | 96 |
| Degree | 6 |
| Basic needs | 1 |
| Experience/material consumption | 7 |
| Food | 41 |
| Gambling | 3 |
| Ideological consumption | 1 |
| Green consumption | 9 |
| Contested consumption | 0 |
| Luxury | 4 |
| Conspicuous consumption | 2 |
| News consumption | 1 |
| Possessions | 16 |
| Car | 11 |
| Communication devices | 2 |
| Internet access | 6 |
| PC | 3 |
| Telephone | 6 |
| Household conveniences | 1 |
| Housing | 31 |
| Energy | 1 |
| Weapon | 1 |
| Savings/insurances | 23 |
| Services | 3 |
| Stimulants | 78 |
| Alcohol | 15 |
| Chocolate | 0 |
| Coffee | 0 |
| Drugs | 8 |
| Tobacco | 10 |
| Tax paying | 2 |
| Happiness and Delay of Gratification | 0 |
| Happiness and Health Behavior | 62 |
| Healthy eating | 28 |
| Sleep | 30 |
| Self-harm | 1 |
| Sufficient water intake | 1 |
| Use of alternative medicine | 2 |
| Use of health services | 1 |
| Happiness and Leisure | 93 |
| Leisure activities | 10 |
| Artistic activities | 6 |
| Gardening | 4 |
| Media use | 9 |
| Advertisement exposure | 4 |
| Internet | 61 |
| Search behavior | 1 |
| Social media | 63 |
| Internet addiction | 20 |
| Music listening | 5 |
| Reading | 6 |
| TV watching | 45 |
| Outdoor activities | 4 |
| Attendance of cultural events | 7 |
| Cinema | 1 |
| Socializing | 3 |
| Sporting | 146 |
| Biking, walking | 0 |
| Dancing | 0 |
| Vacationing | 45 |
| Holiday travel | 15 |
| Wellness stay | 0 |
| Engagement in new leisure activities | 2 |
| Happiness and Life-Style-Type | 27 |
| Global lifestyle | 0 |
| Nudism | 1 |
| Sustainable life-style | 1 |
| Ways to pursue happiness | 19 |
| Happiness and use of mental training/therapy | 2 |
| Use of happiness training | 2 |
| Meditation | 10 |
| Tai Chi, Yoga | 1 |
| Happiness and Organizational behavior | 0 |
| Leadership | 3 |
| Happiness and Political Behavior | 3 |
| Political participation | 12 |
| Union member | 1 |
| Voting | 4 |
| Happiness and Pro-social Behavior | 15 |
| Civic behavior | 3 |
| Deviant behavior | 18 |
| Ecological behavior | 6 |
| Giving | 31 |
| Helping behavior | 4 |
| Reciprocity | 2 |
| Tax evasion | 2 |
| Happiness and Risk behavior | 10 |
| Happiness and Social Interaction | 0 |
| sharing experiences | 1 |
| Happiness and Social Participation | 88 |
| Theories about effect of social involvement | 9 |
| Participation with .. | 24 |
| Friends | 72 |
| Relatives | 25 |
| Organizations | 20 |
| Overall participation | 22 |
| Participation of .. | 5 |
| In age groups | 4 |
| children | 4 |
| Young adults | 2 |
| Elderly | 160 |
| Widowers | 4 |
| Singles | 0 |
| Handicapped | 6 |
| Adolescents | 16 |
| Unemployed | 1 |
| Students | 13 |
| Loneliness | 58 |
| Weak ties | 3 |
| Happiness and Study | 11 |
| Being a student | 0 |
| In compensatory education program | 1 |
| School grade | 6 |
| School involvement | 9 |
| School success | 41 |
| Teacher student relation | 1 |
| Happiness and Time behavior | 64 |
| Actual-ideal discrepancy | 0 |
| Delaying | 1 |
| Time spend on particular activities | 1 |
| Time spend on childcare | 1 |
| Happiness and Sexual behavior | 0 |
| Use of paid sex | 0 |
| Use of pornography | 1 |
| Happiness and Travel behavior | 14 |
| Commuting | 34 |
| Cross border commuting | 1 |
| Happiness and Work | 35 |
| In workforce (vs not) | 1 |
| Ability to work | 9 |
| Having work | 61 |
| Unemployed | 225 |
| Retired | 111 |
| Post retirement work | 1 |
| Working (married) women | 98 |
| Multiple jobs | 1 |
| Underemployed | 3 |
| Want for work | 11 |
| Job searching | 5 |
| Want more/less work | 2 |
| Work involvement | 13 |
| Absence from work | 2 |
| Turnover | 8 |
| Kind of work | 24 |
| Occupation | 66 |
| Creative class | 1 |
| Entrepreneur | 7 |
| Lawyer | 0 |
| scientist | 0 |
| Sex worker | 0 |
| Sector | 3 |
| Education | 0 |
| Fair trade agriculture | 1 |
| Public/private sector | 5 |
| Skill level of work | 0 |
| Over/under qualified for job | 1 |
| Unpaid work | 0 |
| Childcare | 0 |
| Housework | 31 |
| Voluntary work | 45 |
| Work attitudes | 20 |
| Work situation | 0 |
| Work/family conflict | 54 |
| Work performance | 22 |
| Company performance | 1 |
| Working time | 3 |
| Weekend work | 1 |
| Working hours | 41 |
| Mixed multiple correlates of happiness | 5 |
| Personal + situational | 0 |
| Personal + behavioral | 0 |
| Situational + behavioral | 1 |
| DETERMINANTS OF HAPPINESS | |
| Description | Number of Publications |
| 6 | |
| Overview of explanations | 76 |
| Determinants of hedonic level | 7 |
| Overview of theories | 33 |
| Need gratification theory | 29 |
| Evidence for need theory | 2 |
| Perceived fit theory (Cognitive theory of pleasant affect) | 4 |
| Cultural behavior fit | 2 |
| Self-environment fit | 12 |
| Value-behavior fit | 1 |
| Do positive and negative affects vary independently? | 67 |
| Physiological basis of hedonic experience | 41 |
| Neural mechanisms | 20 |
| Are there temperamental differences in pleasure proneness? | 5 |
| Human/animal similarities | 11 |
| Genetic correlates | 11 |
| Similarity with genetic basis of correlates of happiness | 2 |
| Determinants of contentment | 18 |
| Review of theories | 51 |
| Which standards of comparison? | 29 |
| Which comparison levels? | 3 |
| What are the most current standards for whom? | 4 |
| How do comparison standards develop? | 9 |
| How do comparison levels develop? | 1 |
| Determinants of success in meeting standards | 1 |
| Perceptions of success in meeting standards | 2 |
| Evidence for comparison theory | 102 |
| Striking the balance of life | 30 |
| The mental calculus: How do we assess how happy we are? | 23 |
| Problems in reconstructing the evaluation of life | 3 |
| Mental processes | 20 |
| Estimating average experience | 1 |
| Comparison | 10 |
| Which is most decisive? | 4 |
| When hedonic level most decisive, when contentment? | 11 |
| Integrate appraisals | 0 |
| Cognitive and affective appraisals | 14 |
| Life aspect/domain satisfactions | 14 |
| Past, present and future | 3 |
| Pleasures and pains | 5 |
| Reflect an attitude | 14 |
| Is happiness a trait? | 55 |
| Further calculative strategies of the mind | 3 |
| Factors affecting the overall evaluation | 34 |
| Contextual effects | 5 |
| Heuristics | 4 |
| Rose colored outlook | 12 |
| Defensive bias | 2 |
| Peak/end effects | 2 |
| Homeostatic mechanisms | 13 |
| Loss aversion | 5 |
| Social models and pressures | 3 |
| Development of happiness | 4 |
| Adaptation | 61 |
| Development of attitude towards life | 4 |
| Promotive conditions | 15 |
| Causal models | 56 |
| Difference in conditions for happiness | 13 |
| Across nations | 12 |
| Within nations | 32 |
| Difference across happiness levels | 0 |
| Differences across personality types | 6 |
| Difference in determinants of affective and cognitive components of happiness | 29 |
| Explained variance | 1 |
| Optimal degree of conditions | 0 |
| (non)-linearity of statistical association | 1 |
| Optimal mix of conditions | 2 |
| Relative impact | 12 |
| Size of environmental effect | 7 |
| Further issues | 0 |
| Evolutionary basis | 1 |
| Heritability of happiness | 64 |
| How universal is happiness? | 19 |
| Similarity in concomitants of happiness | 1 |
| Why low correlations? | 27 |
| CONSEQUENCES of HAPPINESS | |
| Description | Number of Publications |
| 68 | |
| Problems in assessing happiness effects | 5 |
| Effects on conditions for happiness | 0 |
| Differences in effects of happiness | 0 |
| Cultural difference in effects of happiness | 3 |
| Difference in effects of happiness within nations | 4 |
| Difference in effects of affective and cognitive component | 0 |
| Relative impact of happiness and unhappiness | 1 |
| Effect on environment | 5 |
| Effects on society | 19 |
| Effects on demography | 0 |
| Effects on attractiveness for migrants | 1 |
| Effects on economy | 1 |
| Effect on acceptance of tourism | 0 |
| Effects on attractiveness for tourists | 1 |
| Effects on income inequality | 1 |
| Effect on investment behavior | 2 |
| Effect o productivity | 1 |
| Effects on conflict/peace | 6 |
| Effects on sustainability | 1 |
| Effects on social bonds | 22 |
| Effects on relations with intimates | 16 |
| Effects on social capital in community | 0 |
| Effects on other people personally | 0 |
| Effects on colleagues | 2 |
| Effects on intimates | 3 |
| Effects on other people | 2 |
| Effect on longevity of intimates | 0 |
| Effects on oneself | 23 |
| Effects on behavior | 2 |
| Effects on choice | 4 |
| Effects on consumer behavior | 2 |
| Effects on frugality | 1 |
| Effects on coping with loss | 1 |
| Effects on ecological behavior | 0 |
| Effects on happiness seeking | 1 |
| Effects on health behavior | 5 |
| Effects on physical activity | 3 |
| Effects on use of stimulants | 1 |
| Effects on migration | 5 |
| Effects on moral behavior | 0 |
| Effects on political behavior | 19 |
| Effects on procreation | 0 |
| Effects on pro-social behavior | 27 |
| Effects on giving | 2 |
| Effects on helping | 1 |
| Effects on response behavior | 1 |
| Effects on risk behavior | 4 |
| Effects on social participation | 8 |
| Effects on volunteer work | 2 |
| Effects on cognition | 29 |
| Effects on attribution | 0 |
| Effects on perception/Retrospection | 8 |
| Effects on reference | 1 |
| Effects on satisfactions | 16 |
| Effect on self-focus | 1 |
| Effects on trust in people | 1 |
| Effects on perceived meaning | 0 |
| Effects on health | 11 |
| Effects on physical health | 141 |
| Effects on fertility | 5 |
| Effects on functional health | 3 |
| Effects of immune function | 4 |
| Effects on recovery | 1 |
| Effects on survival | 37 |
| Effects on mental health | 36 |
| Effects on life change | 3 |
| Effects on motivation | 1 |
| Effects on performance | 28 |
| Effects on activity | 4 |
| Effects on earnings | 9 |
| Effects on learning | 13 |
| Effects on work | 49 |
| Effect on self-employment | 1 |
| Effects on job change | 1 |
| Effect on (un)employment | 3 |
| Effects on personality development | 4 |
| Effect on self-esteem | 1 |
| Effect on self efficacy | 1 |
| Effects on preferences | 14 |
| Effects on materialism | 1 |
| Effects on resilience | 0 |
| Effects on satisfaction | 1 |
| Effects on social behavior | 0 |
| Various effects | 14 |
| Functions of (un)happiness | 2 |
| Functions of experiencing (un)happiness in oneself | 27 |
| Functions of overall happiness | 22 |
| Functions of hedonic level | 17 |
| Functions of affective experience | 10 |
| Functions of pleasantness in affect | 11 |
| Functions of awareness of overall hedonic level | 0 |
| Optimal ratio of positive and negative affect | 1 |
| Functions of contentment | 2 |
| Dysfunction of happiness | 6 |
| Dysfunction of making up one's mind | 0 |
| Dysfunction of judging life positively | 1 |
| Can one be too happy? | 12 |
| Functions of acknowledging happiness of others | 1 |
| PURSUIT of HAPPINESS | |
| Description | Number of Publications |
| 16 | |
| Do people seek happiness? | 17 |
| Pleasure as general force in motivation | 4 |
| Happiness as an individual goal | 5 |
| What people seek happiness? | 1 |
| What people do to get happier | 19 |
| Happiness as a public goal | 5 |
| Is happiness feasible? | 13 |
| Is lasting happiness possible? | 3 |
| Can we be happy most of our life? | 0 |
| Can we get happier than we are? | 2 |
| How much happiness is maximally possible? | 1 |
| Can happiness be promoted? | 70 |
| Are people not too different? | 1 |
| Can happiness be learned? | 31 |
| Is happiness not too relative? | 73 |
| Is happiness a trait? | 17 |
| Are improvements of any consequences? | 1 |
| Which improvements promise most effect? | 1 |
| Will brain manipulation yield happiness? | 2 |
| Is pursuit of happiness self-defeating? | 25 |
| Can efficiency in use of resources for happiness be measured? | 1 |
| Should happiness be promoted? | 42 |
| Is happiness something good in itself (a virtue)? | 12 |
| How much happiness is optimal? | 6 |
| Isn't experiential happiness 'false' happiness? | 19 |
| Does promotion of happiness come at the cost of other valued matters? | 5 |
| What happiness most important? | 1 |
| Ways to greater happiness in society (macro level) | 96 |
| Analysis of effects on happiness | 62 |
| Cost-benefit analysis and policy evaluation | 13 |
| Micro-simulation | 1 |
| History of happiness policy | 3 |
| Recommended policies | 49 |
| Choice | 1 |
| Informing about effects on happiness | 1 |
| Nudging | 0 |
| Community | 1 |
| Economy | 11 |
| Income, wealth | 5 |
| Taxation | 4 |
| Sustainability | 0 |
| Welfare | 5 |
| Work | 3 |
| Education | 5 |
| Environment | 7 |
| Family | 3 |
| Childcare | 1 |
| Foreign aid | 0 |
| Health care | 5 |
| Medical technology | 1 |
| Mental health care | 8 |
| Law | 0 |
| Migration | 0 |
| Social service | 0 |
| Community service | 1 |
| Military service | 1 |
| Urban planning | 2 |
| Value climate | 4 |
| Observed effects on happiness of policy on …. | 15 |
| Economy | 2 |
| Austerity | 3 |
| Education | 1 |
| Expropriation | 1 |
| Job protection | 1 |
| Home-ownership | 3 |
| Migration | 0 |
| Minimum wage | 2 |
| Redistribution of incomes | 2 |
| Sustainability | 1 |
| Taxation | 6 |
| Welfare | 17 |
| Work | 7 |
| Workfare | 2 |
| Family | 5 |
| Child care policy | 6 |
| Parental leave | 1 |
| Foreign aid | 3 |
| Health care | 1 |
| Epidemic control: | 0 |
| Mental health care | 1 |
| Reduction of smoking, drinking | 4 |
| Justice | 2 |
| Role of government | 23 |
| Side effects of happiness policy | 3 |
| Ways to greater happiness in organizations (meso level) | 0 |
| Recommended ways to improve happiness in organizations | 0 |
| Ways to greater happiness of individuals (micro level) | 14 |
| Informing about effects of choice on one's happiness, signaling function | 4 |
| Recommended ways of life (individual level) | 10 |
| Training tools | 1 |
| Observed effects on happiness of interventions at individual level | 8 |
| Activation programs | 6 |
| Dance therapy | 2 |
| Gardening therapy | 2 |
| Internet training | 3 |
| Leisure education | 4 |
| Mental activation | 0 |
| Music therapy | 1 |
| Physical activation | 20 |
| Social activation | 2 |
| Crisis intervention | 1 |
| Happiness education | 0 |
| Biblio-therapy | 0 |
| Happiness trainings | 20 |
| Enjoyment training | 2 |
| Nature involvement | 0 |
| Novelty trying | 3 |
| Savoring training | 5 |
| Goal setting training | 13 |
| Humor therapy | 5 |
| Laughter yoga | 3 |
| Meaning training | 2 |
| Mental disciplining | 0 |
| Meditation. Mindfulness | 27 |
| Tai Chi, Yoga | 2 |
| Positive thinking training | 33 |
| Forgiving | 2 |
| Gratitude | 34 |
| Hope enhancement | 0 |
| Kindness training | 10 |
| Self-compassion training | 3 |
| Self-awareness training | 5 |
| Life review therapy | 13 |
| Mood awareness training | 5 |
| Thought process awareness | 1 |
| Self-development training | 1 |
| Best-possible self exercise | 9 |
| Character strengths interventions | 15 |
| Self-affirmation training | 5 |
| Self-expressiveness training | 1 |
| Self-help | 16 |
| Self-monitoring of own happiness | 11 |
| Comparison with the happiness of similar people | 4 |
| Self-management training | 6 |
| Sociability training | 5 |
| Trainings using multiple methods | 28 |
| Happiness lessons in school | 13 |
| Reviews of happiness trainings and effect research | 31 |
| Relaxation training | 2 |
| Health care | 5 |
| Health education | 3 |
| Mental health care | 1 |
| Spa therapy | 1 |
| Lifestyle advise, life coaching | 15 |
| Moral education | 1 |
| Psycho-education | 5 |
| Training for coping with care tasks | 4 |
| Training for coping with illness | 8 |
| Psycho-therapy | 11 |
| Socio-therapy | 0 |
| Relation therapy | 7 |
| Spiritual encounter | 0 |
| Support groups | 6 |
| Vocational training | 3 |
| Work motivation training | 1 |
| Work wellbeing training | 2 |
| Wellbeing support programs | 3 |
| Workfare | 3 |
| Fit with pursuit of other goals | 0 |
| Fit pursuit of happiness with sustainability | 0 |
| Technical tools | 1 |
| VIEWS ON HAPPINESS: | |
| Description | Number of Publications |
| 0 | |
| Views on one's own happiness | 16 |
| Perceived change in one's happiness over time | 45 |
| Remembered happiness in the past | 88 |
| Five years ago | 9 |
| Happiness in youth | 27 |
| Happiest period in life | 25 |
| Expected happiness in the future | 102 |
| Perceived changes in happiness | 66 |
| Difference between earlier expected and currently experienced happiness | 2 |
| Perceived comparative happiness | 16 |
| Perceived control over one's happiness | 3 |
| Perceived entitled happiness (How happy one ought to be) | 0 |
| Perceived ideal happiness for oneself: most desirable degree | 7 |
| Difference between ideal and real happiness | 1 |
| Perceived importance of own happiness | 9 |
| Perceived meaning in being happy | 1 |
| Perceived reputation of happiness | 5 |
| Perceived sources of one's own happiness | 328 |
| Accuracy of perception | 37 |
| Difference expected and remembered happiness | 0 |
| Difference expected and experienced happiness | 16 |
| Difference between expected happiness and choice | 2 |
| Perceived sources of recent happy moments | 1 |
| Perceived Stability of one's own happiness | 2 |
| Prediction of one's own happiness | 9 |
| Expected rise/decline of one's own happiness | 1 |
| Reported ways to pursue happiness | 23 |
| Views on happiness in public opinion | 4 |
| Advice on happiness | 11 |
| Attitudes to happiness | 8 |
| Acceptance of happiness as a policy goal | 4 |
| Acceptance of ways to happiness | 1 |
| Acceptance of artificial happiness | 0 |
| Ideological connotations of the term "happiness" | 1 |
| Moral appreciation of happiness | 24 |
| Expert opinion | 32 |
| Public opinion | 43 |
| Preference for happiness | 15 |
| Pressure to be/act happy | 2 |
| Self-presentation as (un)happy | 1 |
| Beliefs about happiness | 15 |
| Myths about happiness | 20 |
| Perceived Level of happiness | 8 |
| In the past | 7 |
| In the present | 8 |
| Of people in general | 14 |
| Of compatriots | 10 |
| Of people in other countries/regions | 8 |
| Perceived livability of nations | 5 |
| Of social categories | 42 |
| Of intimates | 6 |
| In the future | 12 |
| Attribution of happiness level | 8 |
| Perceived relative happiness | 1 |
| Perceived sources of happiness: Concepts of the good life | 67 |
| Expert opinion | 45 |
| Among policy makers | 1 |
| Public opinion | 67 |
| Children's concepts of happiness | 8 |
| Attribution of causal effects | 5 |
| Perceived consequences of happiness | 2 |
| Cultural variations in views on happiness | 62 |
| Western vs. Non-Western countries | 33 |
| Rise of the western happiness ideas | 47 |
| Trend hedonic tone in public communications | 1 |
| Interest in happiness | 12 |
| Use of the word happiness | 3 |
| Web search on happiness | 0 |
| Prominence in public discourse | 5 |
| Perceptiveness for happiness | 1 |
| Reasons for (des)interest in happiness | 1 |
| Models of happiness | 0 |
| Models in advertisement | 2 |
| Models in counseling | 21 |
| Models in politics | 3 |
| Models in fiction | 34 |
| Models in proverbs | 2 |
| Models in religion | 3 |
| Models in social media | 2 |
| Models in teaching | 1 |
| Uses of happiness concepts | 11 |
| Symbolic use | 1 |
| Use in marketing | 1 |
| Normative use | 8 |
| Analytic use | 1 |
| Use for inferring preferences | 1 |
| Political use | 17 |
| Policy aims | 11 |
| Progress indicator | 2 |
| Communication of happiness | 1 |
| Views on happiness in philosophy | 21 |
| Concepts of happiness | 47 |
| Objective vs. Subjective concepts | 19 |
| Mixed concepts: enjoying life while … | 10 |
| Being well-informed | 11 |
| Being morally sound | 11 |
| Living up to common standards | 1 |
| Thriving, actualizing | 9 |
| Seeing meaning | 2 |
| Specific concepts of happiness | 6 |
| Happiness as affective experience | 30 |
| Happiness as a cognitive appraisal | 26 |
| Happiness as an attitude | 14 |
| Short-term vs long-term happiness | 0 |
| Difference with folk concept | 3 |
| Difference with other notions of well-being | 1 |
| History of philosophical thought | 20 |
| Classics | 25 |
| Contemporary | 14 |
| Views on happiness in philosophies of life | 5 |
| Buddhist views on happiness | 1 |
| Christian views on happiness | 0 |
| Humanistic views on happiness | 0 |
| Islam views on happiness | 2 |
| Jewish views on happiness | 0 |
| Methodology | 3 |
| Analysis of meanings of the word | 22 |
| Analysis of (history) of ideas | 3 |
| Empirical support for ideas | 11 |
| Schools of philosophical thought | 53 |
| Epicureanism | 1 |
| Eudaimonism | 20 |
| Hedonism | 4 |
| Utilitarianism | 61 |
| Topics in philosophy of happiness | 1 |
| Conditions for happiness | 11 |
| Control over one's happiness | 3 |
| Critics of empirical happiness research | 32 |
| Existence of a single hedonic dimension in affect | 2 |
| Making people happy vs making more people happy | 1 |
| Paradoxes of happiness | 12 |
| Possibility of happiness | 3 |
| Right for happiness | 1 |
| Self-judgment of happiness | 7 |
| Do people judge their life at all? | 1 |
| How do people make judgment? | 3 |
| How rational? | 10 |
| Role of narrative | 2 |
| Utility of happiness | 12 |
| As a guide in private choice | 11 |
| As a guide in public choice | 62 |
| Goal of education | 1 |
| Value of happiness | 58 |
| Is happiness mere contentment? | 0 |
| Is happiness the final end? | 6 |
| Are there 'higher' and 'lower' kinds of happiness? | 3 |
| Priority for the least happy? | 1 |
| Relative to other values | 1 |
| Happiness and well-being | 8 |
| TO BE (RE)CODED | |
| Description | Number of Publications |
| 1 | |
| Relative strength of correlations | 2 |