KIEV, Aug. 15 – There is a direct link for Ukrainians between feelings of happiness and wage levels, which is not seen in other countries, Director of the Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) Volodymyr Paniotto said in an interview with the Mirror Weekly online publication.

"We are seeing a linear dependence between feelings of happiness in people and their financial condition. Surveys in other countries show that this dependence is not linear: the less poor a person becomes, the more his feeling of happiness grows, but starting at the medium level of financial security, it ceases to grow. And there are no options in our county: the higher the level of financial security is, the more happiness there is in life," Paniotto said.