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Why measure "rich" at all and just go with life satisfaction surveys?
by xnx 1y ago
Why measure "rich" at all and just go with life satisfaction surveys?
- eastbound 1y agoNorth Africa countries have very very low suicide rates for the same reason. Many factors can change your self-reporting of events you go through.
- spwa4 1y agoMorocco suicide rate: 7.2/100k Spain suicide rate: 8.4/100k Portugal suicide rate: 11.5/100k And seems to vary with the economic situation just like everywhere else. Plus quite a few North African countries ... well, they're just lying. Look at Egypt, even Tunisia ... these figures are just not possible, they're either misclassified or just lies.
- dismalaf 1y agoBecause some cultures are "complaining" cultures, meaning they complain socially. Others will find fault with the tiniest thing, even if 99% of everything is perfect. And others can be incredibly content with very little. It gives absolutely no insight into how good life actually is anywhere.
- Henchman21 1y agoHow about we measure how many are in poverty and try to push society to make that number zero everywhere?