Many friends who believe in pets are familiar with the following: Every day, when you come home, you push the door -- a furry shell rushes into your arms, or you take a look at your body, then you come around and ask for your body. At this moment, the anxiety of 996, the pressure of KPI suddenly faded, and you laughter down, "Yo! It's just on time again!"
How much do you think this is worth? In recent days, an article published in the Social Indicators Study offers answers: Patients can raise life satisfaction by three to four points (7 out of seven), which is equivalent to a sense of happiness that earns £70,000 a year (about £650,000).
As noted above, past studies have shown that “the pet keeper is happier”, but it has always been questioned: what if the happy have more energy to raise the pet? Or is it that depressed people raise their pets to save themselves? The question of whether to have chickens or eggs always blinds the conclusion.
For the first time, the study used the tool variable method (a high-level statistical tool) to break the puzzle. Simply put, it is to find a “bridge” for a factor that is strongly related to “paternity” but not to “happiness”. The researcher opened up his brain and chose “neighbors to look after the house” as a key variable — after all, those who often help to look after the pets when the neighbor is not home are more exposed to the pets and thus inspire their own pets, which have nothing to do with character, health, etc.
As a result, the team analysed 2,617 samples of 16-99-year-olds in the UK Understanding Society survey, tracking their 2010-2024 data. The questionnaire covers personality tests (e.g., outward orientation, neurons), pet types, neighbourhood relationships (whether or not to help look after the pets), and even details the soul torture that “does it feel like the family lets itself down”?
Overall, the average life satisfaction in the sample was divided into 5.24 per cent for women and 46 per cent for men. Researchers have found that the relationship between age and life satisfaction is clearly “U-type”, confirming the famous “life satisfaction smile curve” in psychology. What needs special attention is that reaching the lowest point in the world at about 44 years of age, that is, what we often call the “middle-aged valley” or “middle-aged crisis”, but don't be dismayed.
Researchers who use tool variables to handle pet attachments find that the promotion of a pet ' s sense of happiness is a real causality, not a simple correlation! Specifically, pets can significantly increase life satisfaction by three to four points (7 full points), for example, cats by about 3.74 points and dogs by about 2.93 points.
This result surprised the research team, as very few studies in traditional economics directly link pets to happiness. It is clear that pets can make people happier! At the same time, researchers are particularly curious as to whether the “happiness effect” of pet raising is different if the person is married.
It turned out to be fun! In the case of single persons, pet company may be a “replacement” for marriage, that is to say, pets may partly meet emotional needs, but if the person who raised the dog is married, the happiness of the dog is less likely, while the relationship between cat and happiness is currently uncertain due to data error.
In addition to this, researchers have continued to explore an interesting topic, namely, the monetary value of the benefits of pets, and simply: how much are the benefits of pets?
The study found that the happiness that pets bring is about £70,000 for money! I can't believe I'm hearing that. The data show that dogs and cats are generally more satisfied with their lives and indeed happier!