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Hypertension and life satisfaction: an analysis using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe

Pages 183-187
Published online: 21 Sep 2010
 
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This study examines the relationship between hypertension and life satisfaction using more objective measures of hypertension from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. Our results confirm the analysis in Blanchflower and Oswald (2008 Blanchflower, D. G. and Oswald, A. J. 2008. Hypertension and happiness across nations. Journal of Health Economics, 27: 21833. [Crossref], [PubMed] [Google Scholar]): there is a significant negative correlation between high blood pressure problems and life satisfaction.

 
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