Orange wrote:
Who are the people that they poll? The people don't seem all that happy to me. They are constantly complaining. Prices are going up, salaries not much, if you actually have a job. Crime is getting out of control. The barrios are becoming war zones with rival drug dealers having "territorial disputes". In my in-laws barrio, nobody goes outside after 7pm. Politicians (the whole government really) are completely corrupt.
With so many social issues I don't get how they seem so happy.
doesnt seem very scientific, but it seems adults are the unhappiest
from the article
http://qcostarica.com/residents-of-here ... ays-study/The study was done in May 2015, with face-to-face interviews of 1,285 people across the country between 15 and 75 years of age.
The age groups with the greatest level of happiness are those between 15 and 18, followed by those between 19 and 25.
The groups with lowest level of happiness were those between 41 and 55 and 56 and 75 .
The ecology of the country and the diversity health are the two main reasons for happiness for Costa Ricans, revealed the FIB.