Happiness in publics

Overview of the various distinguished publics included in the World Database of Happiness

Date of overview: 2022-11-29.

The World Database of Happiness is a collection of research findings on happiness. These findings come both from studies among the general population and studies in special publics such as eldery persons or lottery winners. Below is a list of publics. If you click the hyperlinked categories you get the excerpts of research findings among that kind of people.
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Category description	Additional keywords	Number of studies
AGE groups	life stage	6
• Youth	children. juveniles, minors, kids, youngster	0
• Infants	babies	20
• Toddlers		1
• Basic school children	elementary school pupils, elementary school	93
• Teens, adolescents	teenagers, puberty	352
• Twens	around age 20	31
• Young adults	20-30 aged	57
• Adults		265
• Childbearing aged	fertile,	0
• Working age	labor force, age 18-65	292
• Middle aged	40-60 aged	42
• In menopause		3
• Elderly	65+ aged, retired, old age	233
• Very old	centennial	12
• Generation	age group, cohort	8
• Various age groups		32
CHILDREN other than age group	descendants, offspring	2
• Children living with single parent	broken home	1
• Gifted children	genius, high IQ	0
• Handicapped children	special need, invalid	2
• Children of divorce	broken home	2
CONVINCTIONS	values, beliefs	0
• Religious	church, faith, God, spiritual	3
• Feminist	emancipation	2
COMMUNAL LIVING	commune, group home	0
• Living in Kibbutz	collective farm, Israel	3
• Communal housing	collective	2
• Company town		1
DEVIANTS	abnormal, non-mainstream, uncommon	3
ETHNIC GROUP	minority, social group, race	1
• Ethnic groups in USA	race	2
• Whites in USA	Caucasian, European Americans	31
• Blacks in USA	colored, African Americans	8
• Ethnic groups in other nations	minority	11
• Non-modern cultures	developing, non-western, primitive	2
EDUCATION	schooling	0
• Highschool pupils	learner, student	88
• Students	undergraduate, graduate, university	361
• Trainees	apprentice, novice	4
• Alumni	graduate, former student	5
• School-leavers	graduate	3
• Well educated	cultured, learned, knowledgeable	7
EMPLOYMENT	in labor force, job, work	0
• Not Employed	jobless, unemployed, unwaged	1
• Unemployed	jobless, unwaged	26
• Housewives	home maker	16
• Retired	pensioner	43
• Employed	job, work	86
• Employers	boss, manager, owner	0
• Employees	staff, worker	26
• Self employed	solo entrepreneurs, small business, professionals	32
• Employees of a firm		13
• Kind of job		1
FAMILY	kin, primary group	0
• Couples	bond, marriage, pair	18
• Heads of households	boss	11
• Family members	kin, relatives	3
• Spouse	husband, wife, partner	3
• Living with family	living with parents	2
• Housewives	home maker	1
• Twins	identical, fraternal, monozygotic	7
• Divorced	broken marriage, separated	1
GENDER	sex	0
• Male	boys, men	57
• Female	girls, women	96
• Intersex	hermaphrodite, sex development disorder	1
• Transgender	queer, transsexual, cisgender	26
GENERAL PUBLIC, see also distributional findings in nation	citizenry, populace, population, residents	0
HEALTH	ill, fit, morbidity	2
• Mental Patients	disorder, disturbed, mad	47
• Medical Patients	disease, ill	104
• Sex reassignment	transgender	5
• Handicapped	disabled, invalid	21
• Drug use	addition, dependency, substance use	1
• Tranquillizer users	sedative	1
• Overweight	BMI, fat	3
• Died later	death, mortality	1
INCOME	earning, pay, salary, wage	1
• Rich	affluent, wealthy, well to do	1
• Poor	deprived, needy	13
• Welfare Recipients	dole, on social security	5
• Recent income change		2
INSTITUTIONAL LIVING		1
• Living in prison	jail, incarnated	1
• Living in hospital		2
• Living in nursing home		10
• Living in cloister	monk, nun	6
• Living in foster home		2
• Old age home	retirement home	4
INTELLIGENCE		0
• Gifted		5
• Retarded	Dow syndrome, low IQ	1
LIFE-HISTORY	background	0
• Veterans	military, soldier, war	6
LIFE-STYLE	way of life	0
• Back-to-the-land mini-farmers		5
• Internet users	online, virtual, web	11
• Lottery players/winners	pool	10
• Meditators	mindfulness	2
• Tourists	holiday, travel	5
LIFE-STRESS	demanding events	0
• Earlier life stress	scarring	2
• Recent loss	bereaved	3
• Recent divorce	separated	4
• Recent unemployment		8
• Accident victims	disaster, mishap	5
• Recent change in institutional setting		3
• People in transition	life phase	24
• Recent hospitalization	medical treatment	8
LOVE-LIFE	affection, sex	0
• Dating couples	court, relationship	2
MARITAL STATUS	matrimony, wedded	0
• Non-Married	single	12
• Married	wedded	44
• Divorced	separated	9
• Widowed	bereaved, loss, widow	3
• Remarried		1
• Singles		1
MIGRATION	emigrant, expat, immigrant, wanderer	1
• Ex-migrant workers		2
• Emigrants	leavers, out of country	3
• Immigrants	new comer	30
• Refugees	exile, displaced persons	4
• Intimates left behind after migration		6
MEMBERSHIPS	association, club, social participation	0
• Union members	trade union	1
• Singles association		1
• Student sorority	student house	2
• Professional association		1
• Church	temple	3
MINORITY STATUS	the few, outnumbered	0
• Ethic minority	native, stem, sub-culture	0
• Sexual minority	sexual behavior, transgender, non-binary, intersex individuals	0
• Homo-sexuals	gay, lesbian	0
OCCUPATION	job, profession, work	2
• Academics	scholar, professor, researcher	15
• Administrative	clerk	3
• Artists	actor, musician, painter, singer, writer	2
• Clergy	church, pastor	4
• Commercial	business	0
• Farmers	agriculture	9
• Fishers	sailors	1
• Industry		10
• Laborers, blue collar	worker	5
• Managers	boss	9
• Military	soldier	9
• Miners		1
• Nurses	health care professional	3
• Physicians	health care professional	8
• Psychologist		0
• Service		5
• Social Workers	coaches	2
• Public civil services		1
• Students	pupil	30
• Teachers	school, professor	9
• Telephone operators		1
• Top sporter	athlete, professional sporter	0
• Truck drivers	transport worker	1
PERSONALITY	character	0
• Pessimistic	optimist	2
• Ambitious		0
• Cheerful	happy, gloomy, depressed	7
PARENTHOOD	mother, father	0
• Childless	childfree	4
• involuntary	infertile	0
• Parents	mother, father	9
• Parents with children at home		14
• Parents in empty nest phase		4
• Parents of handicapped children		2
• Parents of students		1
• Mothers	mum	63
• Working mothers		14
• Fathers	dad	1
• Single parents	lone parents, broken home	5
• Abusing parents		1
• Step-parents		0
• Divorced parents	broken home	1
POSSESSIONS	assets	0
• Car-owners	automobile	1
• House owners	private property	1
PRACTICES	behaviors	0
• Caregivers	nurse	1
• Donors	benefactor, giver	0
• Charity donors	philanthropy	1
• Organ donors	transplantation, gift of life	2
• Drug users	dope, narcotic	0
PRISONERS	criminal, inmate, jail	2
RELIGION	belief, conviction	0
• Catholics	Roman Catholic	4
• Protestants		0
• Adventists		0
RESIDENCE	living environment, place	1
• Housing complex		2
• Retirement community	old age residence	1
• Rural	country	21
• Urban	town, metropolitan	111
• Metropolitan	big city	29
• Poor or prosperous area	back ward	1
• Sub-urban		2
• Planned/unplanned community		2
• Homeless	destitute	4
SEXUAL BEHAVOIR	carnal, erotic, love	0
• Prostitutes	hooker, sex worker, whore	2
• prostitute clients	whore hopper	1
• Sexual preference		0
• Asexuals		0
• Bisexuals	inter-sexual	2
• Homosexuals	gay, lesbian,	6
X		0
SOCIAL STATUS	class, position, prestige	0
• Upper class	high	1
• Middle class	white collar	10
• Lower class	blue collar	9
SOCIAL PROGRAM USERS	benefactors, social policy	13
SPORTS	Athletic	0
• Sporters		3
• Athletes		1
• Spectators	fans	1
THERAPY	treatment, intervention	0
• Earlier in therapy		1
• Therapy clients		3
• Psycho-therapy clients	in treatment for mental disorder	5
• Users of coaching services	coachee	2
• Users of positive psychological interventions	happiness seekers, self-help users	59
• Users of physical activation programs	training, work-out	0
• Therapists	coaches, psychologists	1
WELL-BEING	flourish, happiness	0
• very happy or unhappy	extreme score	1
WORK	profession, occupation	1
• Occupational sector	branch, trade	0
• Public sector employees	government, civil service	1
• Private sector employees	market	1