Wellbeing; participation and trust, 2003-2012

Changed on: 16/01/2015 02:00

Wellbeing; participation and trust, 2003-2012
Participation and trust	Personal characteristics	Periods	Happiness Not happy (%)	Happiness Happy (%)	Satisfaction with life Not satisfied with life (%)	Satisfaction with life Satisfied with life (%)
Church attendance: at least once a week	Total population	2003	11	89	11	89
Church attendance: at least once a week	Total population	2004	12	88	12	88
Church attendance: at least once a week	Total population	2005	14	86	14	86
Church attendance: at least once a week	Total population	2006	11	89	10	90
Church attendance: at least once a week	Total population	2007	10	90	9	91
Church attendance: at least once a week	Total population	2008	9	91	10	90
Church attendance: at least once a week	Total population	2009	11	89	13	87
Church attendance: at least once a week	Total population	2010 old method	11	89	10	90
Church attendance: at least once a week	Total population	2010 new method	13	87	12	88
Church attendance: at least once a week	Total population	2012	12	88	13	87
Church attendance: at least once a week	Gender: male	2003	13	87	11	89
Church attendance: at least once a week	Gender: male	2004	13	87	13	87
Church attendance: at least once a week	Gender: male	2005	14	86	17	83
Church attendance: at least once a week	Gender: male	2006	11	89	12	88
Church attendance: at least once a week	Gender: male	2007	10	90	9	91
Church attendance: at least once a week	Gender: male	2008	8	92	11	89
Church attendance: at least once a week	Gender: male	2009	8	92	13	87
Church attendance: at least once a week	Gender: male	2010 old method	9	91	10	90
Church attendance: at least once a week	Gender: male	2010 new method	11	89	13	87
Church attendance: at least once a week	Gender: male	2012	.	.	.	.
Church attendance: at least once a week	Gender: female	2003	10	90	10	90
Church attendance: at least once a week	Gender: female	2004	12	88	10	90
Church attendance: at least once a week	Gender: female	2005	13	87	11	89
Church attendance: at least once a week	Gender: female	2006	11	89	9	91
Church attendance: at least once a week	Gender: female	2007	10	90	8	92
Church attendance: at least once a week	Gender: female	2008	9	91	9	91
Church attendance: at least once a week	Gender: female	2009	14	86	14	86
Church attendance: at least once a week	Gender: female	2010 old method	13	87	11	89
Church attendance: at least once a week	Gender: female	2010 new method	15	85	11	89
Church attendance: at least once a week	Gender: female	2012	8	92	9	91
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 18 to 35 years	2003	10	90	10	90
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 18 to 35 years	2004	9	91	10	90
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 18 to 35 years	2005	11	89	12	88
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 18 to 35 years	2006	7	93	9	91
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 18 to 35 years	2007	7	93	6	94
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 18 to 35 years	2008	5	95	4	96
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 18 to 35 years	2009	6	94	15	85
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 18 to 35 years	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 18 to 35 years	2010 new method	.	.	.	.
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 18 to 35 years	2012	.	.	.	.
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 35 to 50 years	2003	11	89	14	86
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 35 to 50 years	2004	17	83	18	82
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 35 to 50 years	2005	16	84	18	82
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 35 to 50 years	2006	13	87	17	83
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 35 to 50 years	2007	14	86	10	90
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 35 to 50 years	2008	11	89	16	84
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 35 to 50 years	2009	13	87	17	83
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 35 to 50 years	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 35 to 50 years	2010 new method	.	.	.	.
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 35 to 50 years	2012	.	.	.	.
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 50 to 65 years	2003	12	88	12	88
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 50 to 65 years	2004	12	88	12	88
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 50 to 65 years	2005	15	85	18	82
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 50 to 65 years	2006	12	88	13	87
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 50 to 65 years	2007	8	92	10	90
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 50 to 65 years	2008	9	91	11	89
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 50 to 65 years	2009	12	88	16	84
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 50 to 65 years	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 50 to 65 years	2010 new method	.	.	.	.
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 50 to 65 years	2012	.	.	.	.
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 65 years or older	2003	12	88	8	92
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 65 years or older	2004	12	88	9	91
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 65 years or older	2005	13	87	10	90
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 65 years or older	2006	10	90	6	94
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 65 years or older	2007	10	90	9	91
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 65 years or older	2008	9	91	7	93
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 65 years or older	2009	12	88	10	90
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 65 years or older	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 65 years or older	2010 new method	11	89	9	91
Church attendance: at least once a week	Age: 65 years or older	2012	8	92	9	91
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Native Dutch background	2003	8	92	8	92
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Native Dutch background	2004	9	91	8	92
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Native Dutch background	2005	9	91	10	90
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Native Dutch background	2006	9	91	8	92
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Native Dutch background	2007	7	93	7	93
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Native Dutch background	2008	7	93	8	92
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Native Dutch background	2009	9	91	10	90
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Native Dutch background	2010 old method	9	91	10	90
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Native Dutch background	2010 new method	11	89	10	90
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Native Dutch background	2012	.	.	.	.
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Western foreign background	2003	14	86	13	87
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Western foreign background	2004	16	84	12	88
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Western foreign background	2005	.	.	.	.
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Western foreign background	2006	.	.	.	.
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Western foreign background	2007	.	.	.	.
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Western foreign background	2008	.	.	.	.
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Western foreign background	2009	.	.	.	.
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Western foreign background	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Western foreign background	2010 new method	.	.	.	.
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Western foreign background	2012	.	.	.	.
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2003	28	72	25	75
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2004	28	72	29	71
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2005	35	65	34	66
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2006	21	79	24	76
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2007	27	73	16	84
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2008	15	85	14	86
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2009	20	80	28	72
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2010 new method	.	.	.	.
Church attendance: at least once a week	Origin: Non-western foreign 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 various characteristics of social participation and institutional trust, i.e. participation in club activities, church attendance, participation in political activities, doing volunteer work, trust in the House of Representatives, the police and the judiciary. 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) and the Social Cohesion and Well-being survey (SocSam, 2010 new method, 2012).

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 so satisfied’ to the question ‘to what extend are you satisfied with the life you’re currently living?’.

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