, based on the Latinobarometro 2004 for Argentina and Uruguay. The focus is put on self-reported health status as a key aspect … for each country and the region. Results show that the main relationship is between happiness and health status. Whether … methods, finding that reporting a good health status increases the probability of being satisfied with life by 31 and 46 …

In this paper we study the relationship between individual happiness and self reported health status, using the … Religion, Health and Young Emancipation ISSP survey for Uruguay in 2008. Probit estimates suggests that health status has the … matching methods. Results show that reporting a good health rises the probability of being happy between 18 an 29 percentage …