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Working makes British people unhappy, new study finds
   'Engaging in paid work comes at a significant psychological cost'
   followed by being at work, according to a new study.
   Being sick reduces a person's level of happiness by around 20 per
   cent and being at work, compared with not being there, reduces it by up
   who worked anti-social hours - before 6am, after 6pm, or on the weekend
     * These are the 10 countries with the happiest workers
       child happiness
   engaging in paid work comes at a significant psychological cost.”
   work had such an adverse effect on well-being was partly because it
   However the authors added: “It appears that work per se is negatively
   other things. That is to say, work really is disutility.”
   Other activities that reduced happiness among Britons was caring for
   housework.
   intimacy, which raises happiness levels by 14 per cent.
   happiness by less than one per cent.
   More about Happiness University Of Sussex London School of Economics