Kazuo Nishimura, Professor of Social Systems Innovation Center, Kobe University, and Doshisha University Graduate School of Economics Research, found that the degree of self-determination, which determines one's own course based on income and academic background, raises the sense of well-being of Japanese people. It was organized by the joint research of Professor Tadashi Yagi of the Department.It will be reported at the 2018th Anniversary Symposium of the Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University, which will be held on September 9, 12 at the Idemitsu Sazo Memorial Rokkodai Auditorium in Nada-ku, Kobe.
In February 2018, the survey was distributed to men and women aged 2 to 20 years nationwide via the Internet, and about 69 highly reliable data were collected. We analyzed how two factors affect happiness.
According to the report, it was clarified that the relationship between happiness and age shows a U-shaped curve in which happiness is high in young and old age and declines between the ages of 35 and 49.In terms of income, happiness increases as income increases, but happiness has peaked when the annual household income exceeds 1,100 million yen.
The factors that influenced happiness were health and relationships, followed by self-determination.Those who made the final decision on where to go to school or where to work had a higher sense of happiness, and those who decided on the recommendation of others tended to have a stronger sense of anxiety.
The research team believes that choosing a course by self-determination makes them feel happy because they are more likely to achieve their goals with their own judgment and effort, and are more likely to take responsibility and pride in their achievements.Japan is at 54th place in the United Nations World Happiness Report.He analyzes that the key to increasing happiness is to become a society that respects individual choices.
