Wellbeing; education and labour, 2003-2012

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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 (%)
1.2 Government employee	Total population	2003	8	92	9	91
1.2 Government employee	Total population	2004	7	93	7	93
1.2 Government employee	Total population	2005	7	93	7	93
1.2 Government employee	Total population	2006	7	93	9	91
1.2 Government employee	Total population	2007	7	93	6	94
1.2 Government employee	Total population	2008	7	93	8	92
1.2 Government employee	Total population	2009	7	93	11	89
1.2 Government employee	Total population	2010 old method	9	91	10	90
1.2 Government employee	Total population	2010 new method	12	88	11	89
1.2 Government employee	Total population	2012	11	89	11	89
1.2 Government employee	Gender: male	2003	8	92	9	91
1.2 Government employee	Gender: male	2004	6	94	7	93
1.2 Government employee	Gender: male	2005	7	93	5	95
1.2 Government employee	Gender: male	2006	6	94	6	94
1.2 Government employee	Gender: male	2007	6	94	5	95
1.2 Government employee	Gender: male	2008	7	93	7	93
1.2 Government employee	Gender: male	2009	6	94	9	91
1.2 Government employee	Gender: male	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Gender: male	2010 new method	11	89	10	90
1.2 Government employee	Gender: male	2012	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Gender: female	2003	10	90	11	89
1.2 Government employee	Gender: female	2004	8	92	8	92
1.2 Government employee	Gender: female	2005	8	92	10	90
1.2 Government employee	Gender: female	2006	10	90	13	87
1.2 Government employee	Gender: female	2007	8	92	8	92
1.2 Government employee	Gender: female	2008	8	92	10	90
1.2 Government employee	Gender: female	2009	9	91	13	87
1.2 Government employee	Gender: female	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Gender: female	2010 new method	13	87	12	88
1.2 Government employee	Gender: female	2012	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Age: 18 to 35 years	2003	5	95	6	94
1.2 Government employee	Age: 18 to 35 years	2004	4	96	6	94
1.2 Government employee	Age: 18 to 35 years	2005	2	98	1	99
1.2 Government employee	Age: 18 to 35 years	2006	9	91	10	90
1.2 Government employee	Age: 18 to 35 years	2007	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Age: 18 to 35 years	2008	9	91	13	87
1.2 Government employee	Age: 18 to 35 years	2009	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Age: 18 to 35 years	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Age: 18 to 35 years	2010 new method	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Age: 18 to 35 years	2012	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Age: 35 to 50 years	2003	9	91	11	89
1.2 Government employee	Age: 35 to 50 years	2004	8	92	7	93
1.2 Government employee	Age: 35 to 50 years	2005	9	91	11	89
1.2 Government employee	Age: 35 to 50 years	2006	8	92	9	91
1.2 Government employee	Age: 35 to 50 years	2007	7	93	7	93
1.2 Government employee	Age: 35 to 50 years	2008	7	93	8	92
1.2 Government employee	Age: 35 to 50 years	2009	10	90	16	84
1.2 Government employee	Age: 35 to 50 years	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Age: 35 to 50 years	2010 new method	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Age: 35 to 50 years	2012	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Age: 50 to 65 years	2003	10	90	9	91
1.2 Government employee	Age: 50 to 65 years	2004	9	91	9	91
1.2 Government employee	Age: 50 to 65 years	2005	7	93	7	93
1.2 Government employee	Age: 50 to 65 years	2006	5	95	7	93
1.2 Government employee	Age: 50 to 65 years	2007	8	92	6	94
1.2 Government employee	Age: 50 to 65 years	2008	5	95	5	95
1.2 Government employee	Age: 50 to 65 years	2009	8	92	10	90
1.2 Government employee	Age: 50 to 65 years	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Age: 50 to 65 years	2010 new method	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Age: 50 to 65 years	2012	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Age: 65 years or older	2003	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Age: 65 years or older	2004	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Age: 65 years or older	2005	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Age: 65 years or older	2006	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Age: 65 years or older	2007	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Age: 65 years or older	2008	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Age: 65 years or older	2009	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Age: 65 years or older	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Age: 65 years or older	2010 new method	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Age: 65 years or older	2012	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Origin: Native Dutch background	2003	7	93	8	92
1.2 Government employee	Origin: Native Dutch background	2004	6	94	6	94
1.2 Government employee	Origin: Native Dutch background	2005	6	94	6	94
1.2 Government employee	Origin: Native Dutch background	2006	7	93	7	93
1.2 Government employee	Origin: Native Dutch background	2007	5	95	6	94
1.2 Government employee	Origin: Native Dutch background	2008	6	94	6	94
1.2 Government employee	Origin: Native Dutch background	2009	6	94	9	91
1.2 Government employee	Origin: Native Dutch background	2010 old method	8	92	9	91
1.2 Government employee	Origin: Native Dutch background	2010 new method	11	89	11	89
1.2 Government employee	Origin: Native Dutch background	2012	11	89	8	92
1.2 Government employee	Origin: western country	2003	18	82	18	82
1.2 Government employee	Origin: western country	2004	7	93	12	88
1.2 Government employee	Origin: western country	2005	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Origin: western country	2006	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Origin: western country	2007	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Origin: western country	2008	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Origin: western country	2009	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Origin: western country	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Origin: western country	2010 new method	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Origin: western country	2012	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Origin: Foreign non-western background	2003	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Origin: Foreign non-western background	2004	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Origin: Foreign non-western background	2005	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Origin: Foreign non-western background	2006	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Origin: Foreign non-western background	2007	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Origin: Foreign non-western background	2008	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Origin: Foreign non-western background	2009	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Origin: Foreign non-western background	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government employee	Origin: Foreign non-western background	2010 new method	.	.	.	.
1.2 Government 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?’.