While ther verdict is out about the effect of the scientification of happiness, we can't help but be curious about the stats resulting from all this happiness research. Here's a list of even more happiness stats!

In the US:

• 67% of youngsters or Millenials (age 15 to 25) expect 2012 to become a better year than the previous one.
• 45% of Millenials think they have a better life than their parents.
• 33% of Millenials youngsters are willing to work equally hard as their parents,
• but 27% do not want to.
• 50%+ want to be self-employed,
• but 10% want to stay with their current employer for life
• 28% of youngsters are dissatisfied with spending power: they want to spend more money on media, technology, hobbies, going out and car, less on culture and sports
• Click here to check out a list of 2011's Happiest States

Globally:

• 77% of citizens in 24 countries generally say they are ‘happy’ in their lives
• 26% of people who are ‘very happy’ are married, whereas
• 18% of people who are not married are ‘very happy’
• 25% of those who are under the age of 35 say they are ‘very happy’; 20% of people age 35-49; and 19% of people aged 50-64.
• Latin America has the greatest proportion of people saying they are ‘very happy’, with 32%
• North America’s 27% is followed by Asia-Pacific and the Middle East and Africa tied at 24%.
• Only 15% of Europeans say they are ‘very happy’.
• Indonesia scores the happiest out of the 24 countries surveyed with just over half (51%) of citizens reporting they are ‘very happy’ followed by India and Mexico at 43% each Brazil and Turkey tied at 30% each and Australia and the United States each at 28%. On the other end, Hungary (6%), South Korea (7%) and Russia (8%) have the lowest number of ‘very happy’ people, followed by Spain (11%) and Italy (13%).

Findings from InSites Consulting and Ipsos Global @dvisor.

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