How happiness is about more than money

Money can't buy you happiness. The Guardian's social affairs editor looks at the relationship between deprivation and happiness and sees which areas record the highest life satisfaction • Download the data • More on happiness indices from the Datablog • More data journalism and data visualisations from the Guardian 73% of respondents, in an ONS national survey, mentioned the environment, including local green space and nature, as an important factor in well-being David Halpern, the prime minister's point man on happiness, told the Guardian yesterday that a region's economic fortunes were not a reliable guide to its citizen's happiness. His point was that there were many reasons for a...