Having a better social life can be worth as much as an additional $131,232 a year in terms of life satisfaction:
What’s the best bet? Agreeing with Harvard happiness expert Daniel Gilbert, more time with friends and family, say the researchers:
A happy marriage is worth $105,000 a year:
Separation costs you $255,000 a year:
Seeing friends and family regularly is worth $97,265:
By comparison, your health is worth $463,170:
Unemployment takes a big happiness toll. You’d need as much as an extra $114,248 a year to make up for the life satisfaction you lose:
Divorce seems like a bargain, costing the equivalent of only $34,000 a year.
Death of a spouse is like losing $308,780 per year:
So if you want to play real life Monopoly:
- Health: +$463,170
- Better social life: +$131,232
- Marriage: +$105,000
- Seeing friends and family regularly: +$97,265
- Divorce: -$34,000
- Unemployment: -$114,248
- Separation: -$255,000
- Death of a spouse: -$308,780
- (Life: $6-9million)
http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2012/01/what-are-your-relationships-worth-in-dollars/#ixzz2b33s2ANx
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