New UK research shows that ”Dancing makes people as happy as a £1,600 pay rise” Official figures reveal for the first time how culture and sport make people as happy as being given pay rises worth thousands of pounds. Researchers from the London School of Economics found that sports, culture and the arts can have a significant impact on peoples happiness. They then assessed how much money it would take to give people a similar boost in their level of well-being. The most beneficial activity is taking part in dancing, which is worth £1,671 a year, closely followed by swimming which is worth £1,630 a year. Visiting libraries on a regular basis is worth £1,359 a year. The report, published by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, forms part of a drive by David Cameron to measure the impact of policies on peoples happiness. Mr Cameron has argued that gross domestic product, the standard measure of economic activity used around the world, is no longer sufficient in its own right to assess the health of a nation. Daniel Fujiwara, from the London School of Economics, said: If we can pick up the intangibles, we understand a lot more about the benefits of different policies and we can make different conclusions based on that. For the whole Telegraph article go to telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/10781227/Dancing-makes-people-as-happy-as-a-1600-pay-rise.html For the full reports go to: https://gov.uk/government/publications/quantifying-the-social-impacts-of-sport-and-culture https://gov.uk/government/publications/quantifying-and-valuing-the-wellbeing-impacts-of-culture-and-sport Thanks BodyFest Adam Hayward for sharing.
Posted on: Sun, 18 May 2014 23:56:24 +0000
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