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# World Happiness Analysis — README
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## Project Summary
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This project explores the World Happiness dataset to understand the factors that most strongly influence happiness across different regions of the world.
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We examine:
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- Economic indicators
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- Social indicators
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- Health levels
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- Institutional trust
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- Cultural differences between regions
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- Outliers and unique country behaviors
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## Dataset Overview
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- Source: World Happiness Report
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- Rows: 1232
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- Columns: 16
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- Key variables include:
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- Happiness Score
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- GDP per Capita
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- Social Support
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- Life Expectancy
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- Freedom
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- Generosity
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- Perception of Corruption (Institutional Trust)
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## Key Questions
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- What factors influence happiness the most?
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- Are all the regions reacting similarly to GDP Changes?
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- Is GDP per Capita important for the happiness of Western Europe, and Latin America and Carribean?
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- How do patterns differ between regions: developed and developping regions?
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- Why do MENA and Western Europe value generosity more than other factors?
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- Which countries behave similarly to Finland (happy) and to Afghanistan (unhappy)?
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- What is the role of corruption perception?
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## 📈 Visualizations:
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### 1.Main factor for happiness
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### 2.Influence of GDP rate on happiness
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### 3.Western Europe- present vs lacking factors happiness increasement
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### 4.MENA happiness factors valuation
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### 5.Freedom and happiness
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### 6.Institutional trust and happiness
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## 🧠 Insights
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- GDP per Capita, Healthy Life Expectancy, and Social Support remain the strongest and most consistent
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predictors of global happiness.
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- Generosity becomes influential only in specific contexts:
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1. in high-income, stable societies where basic needs are already fully met,
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2. and in MENA, where cultural and religious traditions make giving a centralcomponent of
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social identity and emotional well-being.
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- Institutional trust is a key driver of happiness in developed regions, where citizens’ confidence in
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public services, governance, and fairness directly strengthens feelings of freedom and life satisfaction.
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- Western Europe demonstrates the strongest alignment between freedom, institutional trust, and happiness,
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reflecting high transparency, effective governance, consistent social support systems, and a stable environment
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where psychological and civic factors drive well-being.
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## ✅ Conclusions
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- Trust, Health, and Economic Security are universal happiness drivers.
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- Cultural and survival differences strongly modify how correlations appear.
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- Developing vs developed countries: must be analyzed separately.
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- Data interpretation must consider cultural context (e.g., generosity, corruption.)
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