Study: Money is more important for people with higher education or property. People from lower classes would associate meaningfulness less strongly with money.
Happiness researchers: Money, career and status are less important for happiness. More important would be health, friends, sufficient sleep and a self-determined life, they say. The study was carried out by Gies College of Business and Sogang University in Germany. It found that people of higher status attach great importance to money in the meaning of life. It is important to find ways to avoid possible negative effects.