EIGE

Taking all things together, how happy would you say you are on a scale of 1-10? (mean score, 18+ population) ta_livcond_qualife_happy__eqls_happy__mean

Time format:
Years
Unit:
Mean score (comparable)
Description:

Calculations are based on microdata from the European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS), coordinated by Eurofound. The survey aims to represent the population of all residents in a survey country aged 18 or older.

The question considered is question Q5 from the 2016 EQLS survey in the EQLS Integrated Data File, 2003-2016: Taking all things together, how happy would you say you are? 1 Very unhappy; 10 Very happy.

The indicator is calculated as the mean score on the scale out of all responses given by persons who answered the question (excluding those answering 'don't know' or refusing to answer).

The selection of relevant questions from the EQLS surveys to be included in the database was based on the following criteria:

  • Additionality: EQLS questions were included where they provided additional information compared to other data (such as Eurostat data) included in the database;
  • Policy & research relevance: EQLS questions were included where they were judged to be highly policy relevant and/or showed substantial gender variation in data;
  • Recent data: EQLS questions were included only if they were last asked less than ten years ago; and
  • Sufficient sample size: EQLS questions were included only if there was a sufficient number of respondents to allow for response breakdown by EU Member States and gender.
IS
DK
FI
LU
ES
SE
AT
IE
NL
BE
CY
ME
UK
EU28
FR
DE
HR
PL
MT
MK
PT
CZ
IT
RS
SI
LT
RO
HU
SK
TR
EE
LV
EL
BG
XK
AL
NO
2016
2011
2007
2003
IS
8.3
DK
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
FI
8.2
8.1
8.3
8.2
LU
8.1
7.8
8
8
ES
7.3
7.8
7.6
7.8
SE
7.8
7.8
8.2
8
AT
7.9
7.7
7.3
8
IE
7.8
7.7
8
8.1
NL
7.8
7.7
8
7.7
BE
7.5
7.6
7.8
7.8
CY
7
7.6
7.7
7.8
ME
7.3
7.6
UK
7.8
7.6
7.8
7.9
EU28
7.4
7.4
7.5
FR
7.5
7.4
7.8
7.4
DE
7.5
7.4
7.5
7.8
HR
6.8
7.3
7
PL
7.5
7.3
7.4
6.9
MT
7.7
7.2
7.9
7.9
MK
6.1
7.2
6.3
PT
7.5
7.2
6.9
6.9
CZ
6.8
7.1
7.5
7.3
IT
6.8
7.1
7
7.5
RS
7
7.1
SI
7.2
7.1
7.7
7.4
LT
7
7
7.3
6.5
RO
7
7
7
7.2
HU
7
6.9
7
7.1
SK
7.1
6.9
7.5
6.5
TR
6.2
6.9
6.6
6.5
EE
7.2
6.8
7.4
6.9
LV
7
6.7
6.8
6.5
EL
6
6.5
7.3
7.6
BG
6.4
6.3
5.8
5.9
XK
6.3
AL
5.2
NO
8.1

Available flags:

b break in time series c confidential
d definition differs, see metadata e estimated
f forecast i see metadata
m imputed n not significant
p provisional r revised
s Eurostat estimate u low reliability
x dropped due to insufficient sample size y unreliable due to small sample size
z not applicable