Published 21 hours ago • loading... • Updated 11 hours ago
Cats Are a Strong Indicator of National Happiness, Study Finds
Researchers found national happiness rose with housecat density and fell with Toxoplasma infection across 93 countries, suggesting wealth and public health may help explain the pattern.
Wealth and health can't be the only indicators of national happiness. One team set out to find the factors economics is ignoring. What they found went meow
People in countries with many cats are on average happier than in countries with few cats. This is evident from a comparison of 93 countries by researchers from Mexico, Finland, Latvia, and the United States. The researchers also made a striking finding regarding toxoplasma. For each country, the researchers collected a series of figures on how satisfied the […]
More science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl.
21 hours ago·Middelharnis, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)