India's young adults and elderly are 'flourishing': Global well-being study
In India, youths and older adults are flourishing more those middle-aged, a study of over 2 lakh people across 22 countries has suggested.The Global Flourishing Study, conducted by researchers from institutes, including Harvard University and the University of Bremen, Germany, is envisaged to understand factors that govern the well-being of an individual and a community.Flourishing was defined as a state in which all aspects of a person's life are good.advertisement
In Wave 1 of the study, questionnaire responses from 202,898 people from 22 countries, spanning six continents, were analysed. Findings are published in the journal Nature."Flourishing tends to increase with age in many countries, including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Sweden and the United States , but not in all. In India, Egypt, Kenya and Japan, patterns are somewhat more U-shaped," the authors wrote.The questionnaires surveyed people about aspects of well-being, such as happiness, health, meaning and relationships, along with demographic, social, political, religious factors and childhood experiences.While men and women around the world reported similar patterns, greater differences were found in certain countries men in Brazil reported more flourishing compared to women, and women in Japan more thanFurther, those married were found to report a higher flourishing, compared to those single, in most countries.advertisementHowever, in India and Tanzania, married people reported lower flourishing than those single.The study also found that people employed reported higher flourishing than those not. Self-employment, retirement and being a student related with more satisfaction than being employed in countries, including India, Japan, Israel and Poland.The authors also found that young people around the world "are not doing as well as they used to".Despite country-wise differences in patterns of satisfaction with age, "the overall global pattern is troubling", they said.They added that more data collected over time will help resolve if these patterns are an 'age effect' or a 'cohort effect'.In India, housing, government approvals, political voice and city satisfaction are the country's strengths, whereas education, taking little interest in life, along with financial anxieties are areas that need attention, the analysis found.The Global Flourishing Study is expected to help understand 'flourishing' in general, especially in non-Western contexts. It is also expected to uncover which patterns are culturally specific and which more universal.The study is aimed at supporting and expanding upon findings from similar studies such as the World Happiness Report.
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