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A snapshot of the age distribution of psychological well-being in the United States

  1. Angus Deatonc
  1. aDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8790;
  2. bCenter for Behavioral and Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032; and
  3. cWoodrow Wilson School and the Department of Economics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544

  1. Edited* by Daniel Kahneman, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, and approved April 20, 2010 (received for review March 22, 2010)

  1. Fig. 1.
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    Global WB: ladder. Mean (unadjusted and adjusted) plotted by 4-year age groups, where the connected line represents unadjusted data and dashed lines represent data adjusted for four covariates.

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    Hedonic WB: Enjoyment and Happiness. WB measures (mean or proportion) plotted by 4-year age groups, where the connected line represents raw data and dashed lines represent data with covariates.

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    Hedonic WB: Stress, Worry, Anger, and Sadness. WB measures (mean or proportion) plotted by 4-year age groups, where the connected line represents raw data and dashed lines represent data with covariates.

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    Global WB: ladder. Mean plotted by 4-year age groups, where the connected line is for men and dashed lines are for women.

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    Hedonic WB: Enjoyment and Happiness. Mean plotted by 4-year age groups, where the connected line is for men and dashed lines are for women.

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    Hedonic WB: Stress, Worry, Anger, and Sadness. Mean plotted by 4-year age groups where the connected line is for men and dashed lines are for women.

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