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.
Keywords:
population
IS
XK
NO
AL
EL
MK
TR
BG
HR
CZ
IT
CY
HU
LV
LT
RO
RS
SK
EE
SI
ME
ES
EU28
BE
FR
DE
PL
PT
MT
IE
NL
SE
UK
AT
DK
LU
FI
2016
2011
2007
2003
IS
8.3
XK
6.3
NO
8.1
AL
5.2
EL
6
6.5
7.3
7.6
MK
6.1
7.2
6.3
TR
6.2
6.9
6.6
6.5
BG
6.4
6.3
5.8
5.9
HR
6.8
7.3
7
CZ
6.8
7.1
7.5
7.3
IT
6.8
7.1
7
7.5
CY
7
7.6
7.7
7.8
HU
7
6.9
7
7.1
LV
7
6.7
6.8
6.5
LT
7
7
7.3
6.5
RO
7
7
7
7.2
RS
7
7.1
SK
7.1
6.9
7.5
6.5
EE
7.2
6.8
7.4
6.9
SI
7.2
7.1
7.7
7.4
ME
7.3
7.6
ES
7.3
7.8
7.6
7.8
EU28
7.4
7.4
7.5
BE
7.5
7.6
7.8
7.8
FR
7.5
7.4
7.8
7.4
DE
7.5
7.4
7.5
7.8
PL
7.5
7.3
7.4
6.9
PT
7.5
7.2
6.9
6.9
MT
7.7
7.2
7.9
7.9
IE
7.8
7.7
8
8.1
NL
7.8
7.7
8
7.7
SE
7.8
7.8
8.2
8
UK
7.8
7.6
7.8
7.9
AT
7.9
7.7
7.3
8
DK
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
LU
8.1
7.8
8
8
FI
8.2
8.1
8.3
8.2

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