Hubungan Kebahagiaan Dan Status Sosial Ekonomi Keluarga Di Kelurahan Artembaga II Kota Bitung

: Happiness is the fulfillment of the necessities of life through a variety of ways. Happiness, virtue, success, and blessing are always sought by human. One of the factors that influence happiness is economic status. This study aimed to obtain the relationship of happiness and social economic status in people of Aertembaga II, Bitung. This was a qualitative study with samples of 90 people by using simple random sampling. Data were obtained by using questionnaire measured by modified Likert scale. Data were statistically analyzed by using the Chi Square correlation and SPSS 17 for Windows program. The result showed r = 0.269 which meant that there was a correlation between happiness and social economic status with a low level of correlation (significance level 0.05). Conclusion: Happpiness was related to social economic status among people in Aertembaga II, Bitung