Relationship Between Religiosity and Happiness in Turkey: Are Religious People Happier?

Using World Values Survey data, the relationship between happiness and religiosity with the various socio-economic indicators for individuals living in Turkey were examined in the study. The findings of ordinal logit regression suggest that religious individuals are happier than non-religious individuals. Additionally, multiple correspondence analyses were employed to evaluate the relationship between the categories of happiness levels, income levels, marital status, frequency of praying and frequency of attending a religious service. The existence of particular categories ranging from “infrequently attends religious services, unmarried, and not very happy” to “frequently prays, middle income, married, and very happy” were identified.