Posted by garnet71 on May 6, 2009, at 18:58:09
In reply to Re: Addicted to Dopamine, posted by Alexanderfromdenmark on March 14, 2009, at 12:47:44
What I read about those "happiness" studies (and there are detailed survey questions posted online throught the European Economic Development Cooperation something...something I forget) was that Danes have a huge safety net, less stress, free school? I guess less worries...
That was interesting what you said about spirituality/religion in Denmark. Maybe religion brings people together; allows a certain type of intimacy; connection. Years ago, in following the trends in Sweden out of curiousity, I noticed that 50 percent or something (terrible with numbers..lol) of Swedes no longer marry, regardless of their decision to have children. They had the lowest marriage rate in Europe.
I also noticed that sometime after WWII, European policies were aimed at population growth--so childbearing benefits proliferated--but what was contraversial at the time was that for perhaps the first time, benefits were awarded to those mothers who did not marry. It wasn't benevolent, out of the goodness of society--it was to encourage population growth - which was for economic reasons.
Well I wasn't finished but my son wants to use this computer!
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