On the other hand, most studies in Europe show a positive but weak relationship between income and satisfaction (Dolan, Peasgood and White, 2008). In the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Shields and Price (2005) observed that 1% of the variance in subjective wellbeing was explained by income. Notable among these are employment status, education and physical health, as well as factors showing the subjects’ position in the life cycle. Among these are age, civil status and responsibilities in caring for other household members (Dolan, Peasgood and White, 2008). Concerning age, studies in developed countries have found a U curve where the highest levels of subjective well-being are among the youngest and oldest age groups and the lowest levels are in the intermediate age groups (Dolan, Peasgood and White, 2008, Shields and Price, 2005). As for civil status, being married is associated with the highest level of subjective well-being and being separated with the lowest level (Helliwell, 2003, Shields and Price, 2005).