America is the BEST country in the world....save 14 others

[spindoctor]

According to a study by the Swedish World Values Survey Organization (http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/news/index.html) of the well-being in 82 societies, the US ranks number 15.

The high list with their respective scores is as follows:

Puerto Rico 4.67
Mexico 4.32
Denmark 4.24
Ireland 4.16
Iceland 4.15
Switzerland 4.00
N. Ireland 3.97
Colombia 3.94
Netherlands 3.86
Canada 3.76
Austria 3.69
El Salvador 3.67
Venezuela 3.58
Luxembourg 3.52
U.S. 3.47
Australia 3.46
New Zealand 3.39
Sweden 3.36
Nigeria 3.32
Norway 3.25
Belgium 3.23
Finland 3.23

The bottom of the barrel are Indonesia, Zimbabwe and Ukraine.

More on the interviewing methods can be found found on the WVS website.

[captain crunch]

1. Mexico?????? Oh, come on.......

[TalkingDog]

2. Another way of saying the same thing.

http://www.citypages.com/databank/26/1264/article12985.asp

[Zynx]

3. Colombia? El Salvador? Give me a break!

No one actually believes that, do they?

[beyurslf]

4. If PR were a state it would be the poorest in the country and rank

last on many other lists as well. Yet it is number 1 here and Mexico is 2? I went to the site and couldn't find their methodology except that it is compiled from scores of 2 other tests...which I couldn't find.

[INDIA]

5. This list...

Is quite honestly the stupidest thing I have ever seen published on DU.
:eyes:

[spindoctor]

7. Questionaire

The questionaire that was used can be found here:
http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/statistics/questionnaire.html

The US survey was conducted by Ronald Inglehardt of the University of Michigan with a sample size of 1200 (2 waves of 600 interviews).
His notes on the methodology can be found here:
http://wvs.isr.umich.edu/meth.shtml

[muriel_volestrangler]

16. That seems to be about people's values

where's the survey about wellbeing?

[geomon666]

17. This is about what the people in those countries think.

Subjective well-being rankings of 82 societies
(based on combined Happiness and Life Satisfaction scores)

[muriel_volestrangler]

18. Thanks - I eventually found the doc that said that

Well, now we know it's subjective, that explains it. There's all the difference in the world between a subjective idea of happiness and satisfaction, and wellbeing. I'm glad Puerto Ricans are happy.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. Is Puerto Rico A Country?

eom

[spindoctor]

9. It's counted as a society n/t

:dem:

[ArkDem]

8. I'm thinking of moving to Northern Ireland to get away from

the violence here.

[captain crunch]

11. I would like to move to El Salvadore and open a surf shop

[_TJ_]

10. Woohoo we're number 4 !

In your face El Salvador!!

[ArkDem]

12. I hope Mexico is braced for the influx of immigrants!

[Leilani]

13. Did anyone give this report to the people pouring across our borders?

Perhaps if we spread the news around, we could solve illegal immigration.

[mediaman007]

14. ROTFLOL: Excellent point...Forward to the Border Patrol!

[geomon666]

15. Alright Puerto Rico!

Can't wait to get back to my island. :)