EIGE

On a scale of 1-10, how satisfied would you say you are with your life these days? (% breakdown of responses by score, 18+ population) ta_livcond_qualife_satis__eqls_satislife__perc

Time format:
Years
Unit:
Percentage (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).

For each response category, the indicator is calculated as the percentage of persons who answered the question using this response category out of all respondents who were asked to respond to this question.

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.
AL
NO
FI
DK
AT
IS
SE
NL
LU
DE
BE
UK
ES
IE
MT
EU28
RO
FR
CY
PL
ME
SI
IT
CZ
PT
HR
RS
TR
LT
MK
HU
EE
BG
XK
LV
SK
EL
2016
2011
2007
2003
AL
28.8
NO
7.6
FI
6.2
6.3
5.7
7.2
DK
9.2
6.7
5.5
5.6
AT
12.5
7.6
19.4
13.7
IS
8.9
SE
9.7
10.5
8
12.9
NL
8.5
11.5
8.9
12.9
LU
11.7
14.3
12.3
14.1
DE
17.3
14.6
17.7
19.2
BE
15.4
15.6
15.2
14.4
UK
14.8
17.3
18.8
21.5
ES
26.7
17.6
21.7
21
IE
14.6
18
15.7
14.8
MT
16.1
18.8
14.5
19.6
EU28
22.1
19.6
21.9
RO
25.9
20.6
24.8
29.2
FR
25.2
21
19.2
27.5
CY
25.9
21.4
20.5
22.3
PL
25.2
21.9
28.1
36.5
ME
32.5
22.5
SI
26.9
24.3
24
22.3
IT
30.1
24.7
29.7
19.8
CZ
31.1
24.9
25.1
28.6
PT
25.4
25.1
32.8
38.7
HR
30.1
26.9
32.1
RS
22.1
28.6
TR
35.9
28.7
29.7
32.7
LT
26.9
29
36.1
42.6
MK
34.9
29.4
35.1
HU
30.3
30.4
31.1
37.5
EE
29.2
31.7
31.1
36
BG
31.2
31.8
34
34.7
XK
31.8
LV
37.5
32.4
36.1
40.1
SK
30.6
33.1
27
27.8
EL
26.7
33.2
30.9
26.5

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