Wellbeing; education and labour, 2003-2012

Changed on: 16/01/2015 02:00

Wellbeing; education and labour, 2003-2012
Education and labour	Personal characteristics	Periods	Happiness Not happy (%)	Happiness Happy (%)	Satisfaction with life Not satisfied with life (%)	Satisfaction with life Satisfied with life (%)
1.1 Wage of employee	Total population	2003	9	91	11	89
1.1 Wage of employee	Total population	2004	10	90	12	88
1.1 Wage of employee	Total population	2005	11	89	12	88
1.1 Wage of employee	Total population	2006	9	91	12	88
1.1 Wage of employee	Total population	2007	9	91	10	90
1.1 Wage of employee	Total population	2008	10	90	10	90
1.1 Wage of employee	Total population	2009	9	91	11	89
1.1 Wage of employee	Total population	2010 old method	10	90	11	89
1.1 Wage of employee	Total population	2010 new method	13	87	13	87
1.1 Wage of employee	Total population	2012	16	84	16	84
1.1 Wage of employee	Gender: male	2003	9	91	10	90
1.1 Wage of employee	Gender: male	2004	10	90	11	89
1.1 Wage of employee	Gender: male	2005	11	89	12	88
1.1 Wage of employee	Gender: male	2006	9	91	11	89
1.1 Wage of employee	Gender: male	2007	9	91	11	89
1.1 Wage of employee	Gender: male	2008	9	91	10	90
1.1 Wage of employee	Gender: male	2009	8	92	10	90
1.1 Wage of employee	Gender: male	2010 old method	9	91	11	89
1.1 Wage of employee	Gender: male	2010 new method	12	88	12	88
1.1 Wage of employee	Gender: male	2012	17	83	18	82
1.1 Wage of employee	Gender: female	2003	9	91	11	89
1.1 Wage of employee	Gender: female	2004	10	90	12	88
1.1 Wage of employee	Gender: female	2005	10	90	11	89
1.1 Wage of employee	Gender: female	2006	10	90	13	87
1.1 Wage of employee	Gender: female	2007	9	91	10	90
1.1 Wage of employee	Gender: female	2008	10	90	11	89
1.1 Wage of employee	Gender: female	2009	10	90	12	88
1.1 Wage of employee	Gender: female	2010 old method	11	89	11	89
1.1 Wage of employee	Gender: female	2010 new method	15	85	15	85
1.1 Wage of employee	Gender: female	2012	14	86	15	85
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 18 to 35 years	2003	8	92	10	90
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 18 to 35 years	2004	9	91	11	89
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 18 to 35 years	2005	10	90	12	88
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 18 to 35 years	2006	7	93	11	89
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 18 to 35 years	2007	8	92	9	91
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 18 to 35 years	2008	7	93	9	91
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 18 to 35 years	2009	8	92	11	89
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 18 to 35 years	2010 old method	7	93	8	92
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 18 to 35 years	2010 new method	10	90	12	88
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 18 to 35 years	2012	12	88	14	86
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 35 to 50 years	2003	10	90	11	89
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 35 to 50 years	2004	10	90	12	88
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 35 to 50 years	2005	11	89	11	89
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 35 to 50 years	2006	10	90	13	87
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 35 to 50 years	2007	9	91	12	88
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 35 to 50 years	2008	12	88	12	88
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 35 to 50 years	2009	9	91	12	88
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 35 to 50 years	2010 old method	10	90	13	87
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 35 to 50 years	2010 new method	14	86	14	86
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 35 to 50 years	2012	14	86	16	84
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 50 to 65 years	2003	11	89	11	89
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 50 to 65 years	2004	11	89	12	88
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 50 to 65 years	2005	12	88	13	87
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 50 to 65 years	2006	11	89	12	88
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 50 to 65 years	2007	11	89	11	89
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 50 to 65 years	2008	10	90	9	91
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 50 to 65 years	2009	10	90	9	91
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 50 to 65 years	2010 old method	13	87	12	88
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 50 to 65 years	2010 new method	16	84	15	85
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 50 to 65 years	2012	22	78	20	80
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 65 years or older	2003	16	84	9	91
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 65 years or older	2004	17	83	10	90
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 65 years or older	2005	.	.	.	.
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 65 years or older	2006	.	.	.	.
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 65 years or older	2007	.	.	.	.
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 65 years or older	2008	.	.	.	.
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 65 years or older	2009	.	.	.	.
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 65 years or older	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 65 years or older	2010 new method	.	.	.	.
1.1 Wage of employee	Age: 65 years or older	2012	.	.	.	.
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: Native Dutch background	2003	8	92	9	91
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: Native Dutch background	2004	9	91	10	90
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: Native Dutch background	2005	9	91	10	90
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: Native Dutch background	2006	8	92	10	90
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: Native Dutch background	2007	8	92	10	90
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: Native Dutch background	2008	8	92	9	91
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: Native Dutch background	2009	8	92	9	91
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: Native Dutch background	2010 old method	7	93	9	91
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: Native Dutch background	2010 new method	12	88	13	87
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: Native Dutch background	2012	15	85	15	85
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: western country	2003	13	87	11	89
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: western country	2004	12	88	13	87
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: western country	2005	14	86	13	87
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: western country	2006	13	87	15	85
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: western country	2007	10	90	14	86
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: western country	2008	15	85	13	87
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: western country	2009	9	91	16	84
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: western country	2010 old method	17	83	16	84
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: western country	2010 new method	16	84	16	84
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: western country	2012	.	.	.	.
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: Foreign non-western background	2003	21	79	21	79
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: Foreign non-western background	2004	20	80	22	78
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: Foreign non-western background	2005	25	75	23	77
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: Foreign non-western background	2006	16	84	24	76
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: Foreign non-western background	2007	17	83	12	88
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: Foreign non-western background	2008	20	80	16	84
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: Foreign non-western background	2009	18	82	21	79
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: Foreign non-western background	2010 old method	21	79	16	84
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: Foreign non-western background	2010 new method	20	80	16	84
1.1 Wage of employee	Origin: Foreign non-western background	2012	.	.	.	.
Source: CBS.

Explanation of symbols

Table explanation

This table contains information on the wellbeing of the Dutch population aged 18 years and older in terms of happiness and satisfaction with life. These subjects are broken down by the highest completed level of education and a number of labour-related characteristics, that is socio-economic category and main source of income for the household. The data are also broken down by personal characteristics, that is gender, age and origin. The data are based on the Health Interview Survey (POLS, 2003-2009), the Voluntary Work and Social Cohesion module (V&S, 2010 old method), the Social Cohesion and Well-being survey (SocSam, 2010 new method, 2012) and the Social Statistics Database (SSB). Data on household income and living situation from the SSB were added to POLS data for the years 2003 up to and including 2009. From 2010 onwards data were supplemented with the SSB data from the previous year.

Data available from 2003 till 2012.

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are definite.

Changes as of 16 January 2015:
This table has been discontinued.

Changes as of 16-12-2013:
In 2010 the survey was redesigned. As a consequence, statistics from 2010 onwards are not completely comparable to statistics from previous years. For 2010 there are statistics based on both the old as well as the new method. More information on the redesign can be found in paragraph 4.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable.

Description topics

Happiness

Not happy: Share of the population who responded ‘not happy, not unhappy’, ‘not very happy’ or ‘unhappy’ to the question ‘To what extent do you consider yourself a happy person?’.

Happy: Share of the population who responded ‘happy’ or ‘very happy’ to the question ‘To what extent do you consider yourself a happy person?’.

Satisfaction with life

Not satisfied with life: Share of the population who responded ‘fairly satisfied’ or ‘not very satisfied’ to the question ‘To what extent are you satisfied with the life you’re currently living?’.

Satisfied with life: Share of the population that responded ‘satisfied’, ‘very satisfied’ or ‘exceptionally satisfied’ to the question ‘to what extent are you satisfied with the life you’re currently living?’.