Within countries,richer people express more satisfaction than their poorer neighbours. The study divided respondents into categories with higher and lower income and fewer and more household goods.Tn every country in every group,richer folk with more goods expressed higher levels of happiness.So at a personal(as opposed to national) level, money does buy happiness. And if you ask people about different aspects of their lives-health,family life,religion,standard of living-it turns out that satisfaction with living standards still has the biggest influence on happiness