"We find that happiness is aligned with specific quality of life ratings. In particular, jobs, leisure, and housing," Baldassare said.
"The biggest change we've seen over time has been satisfaction with jobs, which went from 52% saying they were very satisfied in our first polling to 31% today."
In 1998, 28% of Californians said they were "very happy." That number dropped in 2023 to 16%. Likewise, the number of "not too happy" Californians doubled.
Coastal Californians were more likely to be happy than their inland counterparts, indicating geographic factors influence overall happiness.
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