EIGE

On a scale of 1-10, how satisfied would you say you are with your life these days? (mean score, 18+ population) ta_livcond_qualife_satis__eqls_satislife__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 Q4 from the 2016 EQLS survey in the EQLS Integrated Data File, 2003-2016: All things considered, how satisfied would you say you are with your life these days? The response is chosen on a scale from 1 to 10 (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
DK
IS
FI
SE
LU
AT
NL
ES
BE
IE
UK
CY
FR
DE
MT
EU28
PL
SI
IT
ME
HR
PT
LT
MK
RO
TR
CZ
SK
EE
RS
EL
XK
LV
HU
BG
AL
NO
2016
2011
2007
2003
DK
8.2
8.4
8.5
8.5
IS
8.3
FI
8.1
8.1
8.2
8.1
SE
7.9
8
8.3
7.9
LU
7.9
7.8
7.9
7.7
AT
7.9
7.7
6.9
7.8
NL
7.7
7.7
7.9
7.5
ES
7
7.5
7.3
7.5
BE
7.3
7.4
7.5
7.5
IE
7.7
7.4
7.6
7.7
UK
7.7
7.3
7.3
7.4
CY
6.5
7.2
7
7.2
FR
7.2
7.2
7.3
7
DE
7.3
7.2
7.2
7.4
MT
7.6
7.2
7.6
7.3
EU28
7.1
7.1
7
PL
7.2
7.1
6.9
6.2
SI
6.9
7
7.2
7
IT
6.6
6.9
6.6
7.2
ME
6.3
6.9
HR
6.3
6.8
6.4
PT
6.9
6.8
6.2
6
LT
6.5
6.7
6.3
5.4
MK
5.1
6.7
5.2
RO
6.5
6.7
6.5
6.1
TR
6
6.6
6.2
5.6
CZ
6.5
6.4
6.6
6.6
SK
6.4
6.4
6.7
5.7
EE
6.7
6.3
6.7
5.9
RS
6.3
6.3
EL
5.3
6.2
6.6
6.7
XK
6.2
LV
6.3
6.2
6
5.6
HU
6.5
5.8
5.6
5.9
BG
5.6
5.5
5
4.5
AL
4.9
NO
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