survey on migrant happiness
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=11851665
The survey by market research company Cultural Connections quizzed more than 600 migrants asking "How happy were you when you first arrived in New Zealand?" and "How happy are you now?"
Migrants from the Philippines rated their happiness levels at 8 out of a possible 10, up from 6.8 when they first arrived.
They are followed by South Koreans which went up from 6.7 to 7.9 and the British from 7.1 to 7.9.
The least happy migrants are those from India on 6.9, which is behind the Americans on 7.2.
The survey also found that the longer migrants stay, the happier they are.
"For the US work visa holders, happiness level was 6.8 when first arrived, but dropped to 6.2," Chuah said.
"This suggest a gap between level of expectation, being told by friends or promised how amazing New Zealand is, versus reality and finding out it is not as amazing."
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