Confounding variables, perhaps? There’s also a correlation between those specific happy countries and their median wealth, which facilitates survival, peace and

Confounding variables, perhaps? There’s also a correlation between those specific happy countries and their median wealth, which facilitates survival, peace and opportunity. Or is it that deeply religious countries are susceptible to poverty by nature of prioritizing ideas outside of material wealth? Or is the correlation actually that desperation leads to faith, a life preserver to grip during the seemingly endless hard times? Who is to say?