Financial satisfaction is more strongly predictive of subjective well-being in poor nations than in wealthy ones. this fact would most clearly be anticipated by

The hierarchy of needs theory, which describes how people need to meet their survival needs of food, water, and shelter before they meet emotional and fulfillment needs. In poor countries, small increases in financial well being can lead to a bigger increase in fulfilling needs than someone in a richer country where people are already at a higher level of need fulfillment.