Bangkok Residents The Least Happy: Poll

[george]

Bangkok residents the least happy: poll

BANGKOK: -- Bangkok residents are the most unhappy in the country, and the national sentiment has slumped, according to the latest survey on gross domestic happiness.

Out of a possible 10 points, Bangkok residents' happiness was rated at just 5.54 in a survey conducted by the Abac Poll Research Centre between August 25 and September 12.

The survey - of 4,864 people in 25 provinces - focused on their happiness last month.

The most happy people in the country were those living in Northeast, where the gross happiness index touched 6.69 points.

"Since we have conducted the gross domestic happiness surveys, the Northeast has always emerged as the happiest," the research centre's director Noppadon Kannika said Wednesday.

He said the country's gross domestic happiness slipped to just 6.34 points last month from 7.29 in July.

--The Nation 2006-09-13

[cwilliam]

Bangkok residents the least happy: poll

BANGKOK: -- Bangkok residents are the most unhappy in the country, and the national sentiment has slumped, according to the latest survey on gross domestic happiness.

Out of a possible 10 points, Bangkok residents' happiness was rated at just 5.54 in a survey conducted by the Abac Poll Research Centre between August 25 and September 12.

The survey - of 4,864 people in 25 provinces - focused on their happiness last month.

The most happy people in the country were those living in Northeast, where the gross happiness index touched 6.69 points.

"Since we have conducted the gross domestic happiness surveys, the Northeast has always emerged as the happiest," the research centre's director Noppadon Kannika said Wednesday.

He said the country's gross domestic happiness slipped to just 6.34 points last month from 7.29 in July.

Get a real job!! --The Nation 2006-09-13