http://clipmarks.com/clipper/kenstipe/collection/Society/sort/newest-clips/filter/clipped/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/kenstipe/collection/Society/sort/newest-clips/filter/clipped/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/36E8D069-54CF-4EBA-AC1D-9787CF89A27F/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/kenstipe/">kenstipe</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://pewresearch.org/pubs/301/are-we-happy-yet" title="http://pewresearch.org/pubs/301/are-we-happy-yet">pewresearch.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Americans have always had a thing about happiness. We all have certain unalienable rights, declares our Declaration of Independence, among them "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="text">So then, a couple of centuries into the chase, how are we doing?</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="text">Alas, only so-so. Just a third (34%) of adults in this country say they're very happy, according to the latest Pew Research Center survey. Another half say they are pretty happy and 15% consider themselves not too happy. These numbers have remained <A href="http://pewresearch.org/pubs/?ChartID=37">very stable for a very long time</A>.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/kenstipe/512/D9B3B727-77E9-4AA6-8FAE-61ED3ADF0736.gif" alt="Graph: About One Third of Americans Are Very Happy" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="text"><IMG width="26" height="14" alt="PDF" src="http://pewresearch.org/images/new/pdficon.gif" /> <A href="http://pewresearch.org/assets/social/pdf/AreWeHappyYet.pdf">Download the complete report</A></P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/kenstipe/512/B32D0817-80D4-473B-AC81-B3821E5D006D.gif" alt="Graph: Does Money Buy Happiness?" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/kenstipe/512/B9CC1410-A0AC-4892-8F9B-63030A2AFA18.gif" alt="Graph: Republicans Happier than Democrats, Independents" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/kenstipe/512/3C266A61-1924-446B-A14C-43D0DBA8344E.gif" alt="Graph: Frequent Church-Goers Are Happier" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/kenstipe/512/AAA9D4C1-734B-4876-A9E4-3D233FCEE4D2.gif" alt="Graph: Is Marriage Bliss?" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> healthy people tend to have more income, and both these traits independently correlate with happiness.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> there's an even stronger association between <A href="http://pewresearch.org/pubs/?ChartID=41">feeling unhealthy and unhappy</A>. Fully 55% of people who say their health is poor also report that they are "not too happy." No other characteristic measured in this report comes close to rivaling poor health as a predictor of unhappiness.</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://pewresearch.org/pubs/301/are-we-happy-yetFri, 09 May 2008 04:40:39 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/3F76EE6D-6310-4300-AFA3-2AEDE1EA3C13/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/kenstipe/">kenstipe</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/2008/05/when_is_it_okay_to_lie_teens_a.php" title="http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/2008/05/when_is_it_okay_to_lie_teens_a.php">scienceblogs.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><STRONG>Moral:</STRONG><BR /> * Parents don't want their child to befriend another teen because he/she is of a different race<BR /> * Parents want their child to fight another teen because he/she had been teased by them</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><STRONG>Personal:</STRONG><BR /> * Parents don't want their child dating an teen they don't like<BR /> * Parents think the club their child wants to join is a waste of time</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><STRONG>Prudential:</STRONG><BR /> * Parents object to their child not wanting to finish her/his homework<BR /> * Parents don't want their child to ride a motorcycle</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>In each case, the participants were asked whether it would be acceptable for a 16-year-old to lie about doing (or not doing) these things despite their parents' objections. Here are the results:</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/kenstipe/512/4E21B1C6-9F18-4090-A847-66A25FE19F89.gif" alt="perkins1.gif" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">So nearly all teens believe it's okay to lie to your parents when you've defied their expectations to commit an immoral act.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/kenstipe/512/B743B071-CFED-4469-852C-3F801DACB26A.gif" alt="perkins2.gif" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/2008/05/when_is_it_okay_to_lie_teens_a.phpThu, 08 May 2008 04:36:54 GMT