CommonLit High Incomes Study

Which of the following describes Deaton and Kahneman's study?

• They are trying to find out if money determines how happy people are.

• They are trying to prove that richer people are happier than poorer people.

• They are trying to explain why people are either really happy or really sad.

• They are trying to prove that people with less money are happier than rich people.

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Which of the following describes the findings of this study?

• About a third of the U.S. population is stressed out every day.

• People who make less than $75,000 should get higher paying jobs.

• Money doesn't impact a person's happiness if they earn more than $75,000.

• People who make less than $52,000 are happier with their lives.

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Part A: Which statement best identifies the central idea of the text?

• Money makes people happy above anything else.

• Emotional well-being is solely dependent on wealth.

• Money plays only a very minor role in people's overall happiness.

• Money is able to influence people's happiness to an extent.

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Part B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer the Part A?

• "would it take a $100,000 salary bump to improve your mood?" (para 1)

• "Beyond $75,000, money is important for life evaluation, but does nothing for happiness." (para 4)

• "it is good to have high emotional well-being, but it is also good to think your life is going well." (para 4)

• "the median U.S. household income was $52,000 in 2008, with about a third of households making above $75,000." (para 5)

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Part A: What does paragraph 5 suggest about the "emotional well-being" of an individual with the median household income in 2008?

• The average household in the U.S. would be happier with a higher income.

• Only life evaluation would increase with a higher income.

• Some people in the U.S. make too much money, which is harmful to average Americans.

• Increasing the average household's income would decrease the country's overall emotional well-being.

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Part B: Which section from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

• "that number depends on how you define happiness." (para 2)

• "life evaluations rise steadily with income." (para 3)

• "emotional well-being drops off at about $75,000 a year." (para 3)

• "Beyond $75,000, money is important for life evaluation" (para 4)

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What is the main difference between "emotional well-being" and "life evaluation" as discussed in paragraph 2?

• emotional well-being is a person's day-to-day feeling, and life evaluation is a person's view on their life over a long time.

• emotional well-being is a person's opinion on their life so far, and life evaluation is a person's current daily feelings.

• They both mean the same thing: level of happiness

• Emotional well-being focuses on feelings of the future, and life evaluation focuses on daily feelings.

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