RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Happiness among the garbage: differences in overall happiness among trash pickers in León (Nicaragua) T2 Felicidad entre la basura: diferencias en felicidad general entre los recolectores de basura en León (Nicaragua) A1 Vázquez Cabrera, José Juan K1 Happiness K1 Trash pickers K1 Poverty K1 Latin America K1 Social exclusion K1 Social Activities K1 Felicidad K1 Recolectores de basura K1 Pobreza K1 América Latina K1 Exclusión social K1 Actividades sociales K1 Psicología K1 Sociología K1 Psychology K1 Sociology AB This paper analyzes various aspects related to overall happiness expressed by 99 people who make their living in the dumps of León (Nicaragua) - a group that is difficult to access, heavily stigmatized, and living in extreme poverty. We interviewed all the people living from the garbage in the city of León using a heteroapplied structured interview. In order to gather information on overall happiness, we used an instrument that combined illustrations with explanations by the interviewers. The results show that people in León who make their living by collecting rubbish state that they are happy, have optimistic expectations regarding their future, and show a lack of any relationship between overall happiness and income. The respondents appear to obtain their main sources of happiness in areas of their lives other than the economic and labour spheres, and mainly from areas related to their social and leisure activities. SN 1743-9779 YR 2013 FD 2013 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/26605 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/26605 LA eng NO Incluye traducción realizada por el autor DS MINDS@UW RD 29-mar-2024