What drives unhappiness? A cross‐country analysis

We study the sources of misery (lowest level life satisfaction) using European Quality Life 2016, a cross-sectional survey for 28 Union countries. use decomposition misery, multivariate analysis and structural equation model to assess which are main explain misery: risk depression (mental health), unemployment, poverty or chronic health problems (physical health). Regardless methodological approach followed, we found consistently that effect mental on is largest, exceeding unemployment. Nonetheless, stigma low access barriers attention; therefore, policy goals should proactively promote attention, efficient prevention early diagnosis problems.