Feeling overall satisfaction with your everyday environment is no small feat. Ericsson’s Consumer Lab just put out a report (PDF) detailing how happy residents actually are in 13 cities worldwide.
While the report conveniently boosts the importance of smartphones to alleviate the stress of living in a city (one could argue constant distraction adds to long term levels of stress), the communication company revealed some interesting findings:
The data for the report was taken from the following three sources:
Ericsson ConsumerLab City Study 2011
A 30-minute online survey with 1,500 participants per city, carried out in Cairo, Johannesburg, Mumbai, Stockholm, Beijing, Moscow, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Seoul, London, Los Angeles, New York and Hong Kong.
Ericsson ConsumerLab Mobilize Everyday Activities 2011
A 25-minute online survey with 400 participants per city, carried out in Paris, London, Shanghai and New York. A qualitative deep dive carried out via focus groups in New York.
Ericsson ConsumerLab Vertical Study 2011
A qualitative study with an ethnographical approach, carried out in Berlin, New York, Los Angeles, Delhi and Mumbai.
[via Co.Exist]
Images: Ericsson Consumer Lab report
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