Index29, 38, 89, 103, 239–42, 244; mea-
surement of, 272n4; misery and,
89–94, 103, 266n4, 266n10; moth-
ers and, 7 , 21–22, 27, 30, 59, 101,
102 , 155–56, 171–77, 225 , 226,
239–44, 249–50, 274n13, 275n6;
older ages and, 131, 134–35, 139,
145 , 148–49; origins of happiness
and, 212–14, 218–19, 221, 225 ,
226; parents and, 6 , 21–22, 26 , 27,
30, 48 , 58 , 59, 86 , 87, 101, 102 , 153,
155, 163, 172–77, 225 , 226, 250,
272n4, 274n13, 275n6; personality
and, 259n9; policy makers and,
2; PSID and, 258n16; regression
analysis and, 247; scarring and,
63–66, 75; schooling and, 275n4;
separation and, 89 (see also sepa-
ration); Strengths and Difficulties
Questionnaire (SDQ) and, 249–50,
272n4; stress and, 71, 122, 126,
129, 233, 271n11, 274n14, 279n9;
transmission of, 103; work and, 94
Merkel, Angela, 1, 13, 211, 233
Metcalfe, R., 246, 267n17, 267n22
Mexico, 123 , 207–8
Millennium Cohort Study, 162–63,
274n19
misery, 1; adaptation and, 63–66;
adult outcomes and, 94 , 245;
Australia and, 245; bosses and,
61, 71, 212; Britain and, 245;
causes of, 90–94; child outcomes
and, 245; cost-effectiveness and,
209, 277n13; government and,
209; life-satisfaction and, 254–55;
mental health and, 89–94, 103,
266n4, 266n10; origins of hap-
piness and, 217–18, 219 , 232–33;
problem elimination and, 245;
regression analysis and, 245; scar-
ring and, 63–66, 75; separation
and, 26 , 77–82, 89, 155, 180–82,
183 , 213, 222, 244, 249–51, 253,
265n4, 275n6; unemployment
and, 61–66
Mistry, R. S., 271n5
Mitchell, J. P., 269n16
money: cost-effectiveness and, 197–203;
crime and, 268n9; generosity and,
115–20, 228, 229 , 268n4; as mea-
surement of progress, 1–3; origins
of happiness and, 212, 228, 231;
parents and, 161; social norms
and, 116, 120; unemployment
and, 61, 71–72. See also income
Morawetz, D., 269n31
morbidity rates, 98 , 246
Moretti, E., 268n7
Morgan, R., 269n20, 279n15
mothers: adaptation to parenthood
and, 84, 85 , 245; age at child’s
birth, 155, 240, 249–53, 255;
behavioral development and, 21,
154 , 163–64, 226, 250–51; con-
flict and, 179–80, 252–53, 275n2,
275n6; crime and, 106–7; divorce
and, 77–78, 132, 133 , 136 , 138 ,
140 , 145 , 146 , 147, 265n4, 275n2;
education and, 176, 247, 259n13;
emotional health and, 21, 154 ,
161–63, 214, 250–51; General Cer-
tificate of Secondary Education
(GCSE) and, 176; having children
and, 83–85, 240–45, 255; income
and, 154 , 155; intellectual develop-
ment and, 21, 164–65, 251; life-sat-
isfaction and, 239–42, 244; marital
status and, 240, 250; mental health
and, 7 , 21–22, 27, 30, 59, 86 , 101,
102 , 154 , 155–56, 171–77, 225 , 226,
239–44, 249–50, 274n13, 275n6;
pregnancy and, 83–85, 240–45,
255, 259n13; quality of life and,
207; SDQ and, 250–53; support for
young, 2; working, 25, 27, 48 , 69 ,
86 , 102 , 155, 161–65, 167, 214, 225 ,
239–44, 249–55, 272n2, 272n9