Is this to mean "People aren't killing themselves, ergo everything must be pretty good for them generally"? Because, if that's what's meant here, I have to pretty vehemently disagree with that sentiment.
People aren’t killing themselves, so even if their life sucks in many ways they must have found enough good things in the world to balance them out.
The original premise somewhere further up was that poor people are never happy.
I guess I should have used a less extreme point.
For example, most religions have a taboo on suicide. "Your life sucks? Well tough shit bucko, you choose the easy way out and you end up in hell where it's infinitely worse forever." Absurd as it may sound, people can live against their will, too.