{"id":9144,"date":"2012-03-21T03:21:44","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T01:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/two-thirds-of-people-worldwide-need-to-live-better\/"},"modified":"2012-03-21T03:21:44","modified_gmt":"2012-03-21T01:21:44","slug":"two-thirds-of-people-worldwide-need-to-live-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/two-thirds-of-people-worldwide-need-to-live-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Two thirds of people worldwide "need to live better""},"content":{"rendered":"

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NEW YORK, March 20<\/span> (Reuters) – Whether or not money can buy
\nhappiness, people worldwide seem to think it can, at least
\naccording to a new poll that canvassed respondents in two dozen
\ncountries.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Nearly two-thirds of about 20,000 people surveyed said they
\n“need to live better,” the survey by market research company
\nIpsos showed, while one-third said their life was fine the way
\nit was.<\/p>\n

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Given a list of factors for improving their well-being and
\nquality of life, 89 percent said a stronger economy in their
\ncountry was very or somewhat important — the top response.<\/p>\n

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Better living conditions and stronger family relationships
\nwere named by 84 percent, while only 56 percent listed finding a
\nromantic partner, and 49 percent included meditation or prayer.<\/p>\n

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Lifestyle factors such as eating better, sleeping or
\nexercising more and finding new challenges also placed high.<\/p>\n

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Responses from nations as far-flung as Brazil, Saudi Arabia,
\nRussia, Sweden, Germany, South Africa, Hungary, Japan and Mexico
\nvaried widely, according to the poll.<\/p>\n

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Hungarians were mostly likely to say they needed to live
\nbetter, with 89 percent agreeing, and second-most likely to say
\nthis was harder to do than ever before.<\/p>\n

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Saudi Arabians were the most likely to say their lives were
\nfine as they were, followed by those from India and Sweden.<\/p>\n

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“These sentiments are inseparable from their crushed
\neconomy,” said Keren Gottfried, research manager for Ipsos
\nGlobal Public Affairs, which conducted the poll on behalf of
\nReuters News, referring to Hungary.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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