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The state of well-being

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USA Today

A recent Gallup survey has ranked states based on their residents’ sense of overall well-being, which focuses on physical health, happiness, job satisfaction and other factors that affect quality of life. Hawaii came out on top of the rankings, while West Virginia came in last. Frank Farley, a faculty member in Temple’s College of Education, who was not connected with the survey, says: “The concept of well-being is a shorthand term that reflects all the influences on us — relationships, income, stress, work.”