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  • Obama at 50: Older, Wiser … Happier?

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    Slate: Obama at 50: Older, Wiser … Happier? … Take the 2010 study that looked at more than 340,000 Americans and found that self-reported levels of anger, stress, and worry plummet at 50 and that a few years later, happiness rises. This pattern held true for men and women, married and unmarried, the working and…

  • People are happiest at 74

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    Ananova: People are happiest at 74 Seventy-four year-olds are the most contented people in the population, according to a new study. Fewer responsibilities, financial worries and more time to yourself leads to greater contentment, reports the Daily Telegraph. According to the report from the teenage years until 40 happiness declines. It levels off until 46…

  • The New Old Age

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    New York Times: The New Old Age America is growing older. We knew that. But earlier this year, the U.S. Census Bureau quantified how much older and how fast it will happen. The numbers paint a picture of a nation on the brink of remarkable change. Today, about 13 percent of Americans are over age…

  • The oldest Americans are also the happiest, research finds

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    My Way News: The oldest Americans are also the happiest, research finds …In general, the odds of being happy increased 5 percent with every 10 years of age. Overall, about 33 percent of Americans reported being very happy at age 88, versus about 24 percent of those age 18 to their early 20s. And throughout…