On a scale of 1-10, how satisfied are you with your present standard of living? (mean score, 18+ population) ta_livcond_qualife_satis__eqls_satisareas__livem

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 Q6c from the 2016 EQLS survey in the EQLS Integrated Data File, 2003-2016: How satisfied are you with your present standard of living? Scale: 1 Very dissatisfied; to 10 Very satisfied.

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, standard of living
DK
AT
SE
LU
IS
NL
FI
CY
BE
IE
UK
DE
MT
EU28
FR
ES
IT
PT
RO
CZ
SK
SI
EE
PL
LT
ME
HR
EL
LV
TR
HU
XK
MK
RS
BG
AL
NO
2016
2011
2007
2003
DK
8.3
8.3
8.5
8.4
AT
8.1
8
7
8
SE
8.2
7.9
8.2
7.7
LU
7.8
7.8
8.1
7.9
IS
7.7
NL
7.7
7.7
7.8
7.5
FI
7.6
7.6
7.8
7.6
CY
6.6
7.5
7
6.9
BE
7.1
7.4
7.4
7.6
IE
7.8
7.3
7.2
7.6
UK
7.7
7.3
7.5
7.4
DE
7.4
7.2
7.1
7.5
MT
7.3
7
7.5
7.5
EU28
7
6.9
6.9
FR
6.9
6.9
7.2
6.9
ES
6.8
6.9
6.9
7
IT
6.6
6.8
6.7
7.1
PT
6.8
6.5
6.1
6
RO
6.7
6.4
6.4
6.1
CZ
6.6
6.3
6.5
6.2
SK
6.7
6.3
6.7
5.1
SI
6.4
6.3
6.6
6.6
EE
6.7
6.2
6.6
5.7
PL
6.7
6.2
6.3
5.5
LT
6.4
6.1
6.1
5.1
ME
6
6.1
HR
6
5.9
5.7
EL
5.5
5.9
6.5
6.6
LV
6.2
5.9
5.6
5.8
TR
6.2
5.9
5.1
4.6
HU
6.6
5.8
5.3
5.8
XK
5.8
MK
5.2
5.8
4.3
RS
5.7
5.3
BG
5.6
4.7
4.5
4
AL
5.1
NO
7.8

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