世界价值观调查

2007年，由数千社会科学家组成的研究网络“世界价值观调查协会”（WorldValuesSurveyAssociation）发现，77%的美国人和41%的加拿大人说，如果组建政治联盟能够提高生活质量，那么他们就会选择组建政治联盟。

In 2007 , the World Values Survey Association , a research network of thousands of social scientists , found that about 77 % of Americans and 41 % of Canadians said they would opt for political union if it meant a better quality of life .

他的数据包括“世界价值观调查”（WorldValuesSurvey，始于1981年）、“盖洛普世界调查”（GallupWorldPoll，始于2005年）以及“皮尤全球态度调查”（PewGlobalAttitudesSurvey，始于2002年）等全球调查。

His data include international polls carried out by the World Values Survey , which has been in operation since 1981 , the Gallup World Poll , which started work in 2005 , and the Pew Global Attitudes Survey , which has conducted surveys since 2002 .

Lyubomirsky博士首先进行世界价值观调查，这个步骤要收集生活在世界各地的人的大量数据。

Dr Lyubomirsky 's first port of call was the World Values Survey . This is a project which gathers huge amounts of data about the lives of people all around the planet .

在过去的26年里，世界价值观调查项目用下面这两个问题来调查人们的幸福程度（他们一共询问过35万多人）：

During the past 26 years , the World Values Surveys have asked more than 350000 people how happy they are , using the same two questions .

在1990年的世界价值观调查中，孩子在以上几个因素中排名第三，65%的美国人认为孩子对于美好婚姻十分重要。

In a 1990 World Values Survey , children ranked third in importance among the same items , with 65 percent saying children were very important to a good marriage .

密歇根大学社会研究所世界价值观调查项目之最新数据表明，世界上大多数国家之人近来都感觉比从前更幸福。

People in most countries around the world are happier these days , according to newly released data from the World Values Survey based at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research .

世界价值观调查项目的新发现不仅表明在过去的25年中，大多数国家的人实际上都比从前幸福了许多；与幸福水平提高这一现象同样重要的是：为什么会这样？

The new findings from the World Values Surveys not only show that during the past 25 years , happiness has in fact risen substantially in most countries . Fully as important as the fact that happiness rose is the reason why .