It would appear that women are less happy than they were 40 years ago, and get sadder as they get older:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marcus-buckingham/womens-happiness-what-we_b_295876.html

What reasons can account for this trend?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marcus-buckingham/womens-happiness-what-we_b_295876.html

Conversely, men have grown happier as the GDP has improved… Which begs the question, if we as a nation are more prosperous, why are women less happy?

We will be keeping an eye out for the latest on this topic!