World Happiness Index Report Analysis
Overview
Motivation
Leaders are obligated to service their communities. To do this, they first have to understand that makes their communities happy.
Objective
Determine which factors have the greatest influence on citizen’s happiness to focus policy-making decisions.
Scope
This analysis looks at World Happiness Index Report data from 2005 to 2019 to draw conclusions about global happiness.
Results
Where are the happiest people?
Denmark is the happiest country.
The North American/Australian/New Zealand region (ANZ) is the happiest region
Since the ANZ region and Denmark have the happiest regions, their policies can be used as case studies for other policy-makers.
What causes happiness?
Leaders can focus on policies that have the biggest influence on citizens’ happiness
Happiness Index score do not relate to actual feelings >> it referes to individual perceptions
Positive attitudes towards one’s country’s GDP per capita, life expectancy at birth, and social support have the highest correlation with happiness
Policy makers should focus on building national wealth, improving health services, and providing social support to citizens.
How does GDP per Capita Influence Happiess?
It is important to understand the relationship between actual GDP per capita values and happiness.
After conducting a linear regression, I determined that the relationship was not linear.
Looking at the data, I would conduct an logarithmic regression next to see if that fit the points better.
Next, I conducted a k-means clustering analysis with PCA standardization to see if different country grouping had different relationship between happiness and GDP per capita.
Increasing GDP per capita between 10,000 USD and 40,000 USD is an effective way to increase happiness
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