Wellbeing; safety, 2003-2010

Changed on: 31/12/2014 02:00

Wellbeing; safety, 2003-2010
Feelings of safety	Personal characteristics	Periods	Happiness Not happy (%)	Happiness Happy (%)	Satisfaction with life Not satisfied with life (%)	Satisfaction with life Satisfied with life (%)
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 18 to 35 years	2003	9	91	11	89
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 18 to 35 years	2004	10	90	12	88
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 18 to 35 years	2005	11	89	13	87
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 18 to 35 years	2006	8	92	12	88
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 18 to 35 years	2007	10	90	10	90
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 18 to 35 years	2008	7	93	9	91
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 18 to 35 years	2009	9	91	11	89
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 18 to 35 years	2010	8	92	11	89
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 35 to 50 years	2003	12	88	14	86
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 35 to 50 years	2004	12	88	14	86
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 35 to 50 years	2005	12	88	14	86
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 35 to 50 years	2006	12	88	14	86
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 35 to 50 years	2007	11	89	13	87
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 35 to 50 years	2008	13	87	14	86
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 35 to 50 years	2009	11	89	14	86
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 35 to 50 years	2010	12	88	15	85
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 50 to 65 years	2003	14	86	13	87
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 50 to 65 years	2004	14	86	14	86
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 50 to 65 years	2005	15	85	16	84
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 50 to 65 years	2006	13	87	15	85
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 50 to 65 years	2007	14	86	14	86
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 50 to 65 years	2008	13	87	12	88
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 50 to 65 years	2009	11	89	13	87
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 50 to 65 years	2010	14	86	15	85
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 65 years or older	2003	18	82	15	85
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 65 years or older	2004	17	83	13	87
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 65 years or older	2005	17	83	13	87
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 65 years or older	2006	15	85	12	88
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 65 years or older	2007	16	84	14	86
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 65 years or older	2008	15	85	12	88
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 65 years or older	2009	15	85	13	87
Total feelings of unsafety	Age: 65 years or older	2010	18	82	14	86
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 18 to 35 years	2003	28	72	28	72
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 18 to 35 years	2004	31	69	33	67
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 18 to 35 years	2005	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 18 to 35 years	2006	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 18 to 35 years	2007	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 18 to 35 years	2008	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 18 to 35 years	2009	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 18 to 35 years	2010	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 35 to 50 years	2003	41	59	45	55
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 35 to 50 years	2004	36	64	38	62
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 35 to 50 years	2005	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 35 to 50 years	2006	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 35 to 50 years	2007	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 35 to 50 years	2008	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 35 to 50 years	2009	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 35 to 50 years	2010	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 50 to 65 years	2003	28	72	37	63
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 50 to 65 years	2004	36	64	32	68
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 50 to 65 years	2005	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 50 to 65 years	2006	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 50 to 65 years	2007	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 50 to 65 years	2008	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 50 to 65 years	2009	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 50 to 65 years	2010	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 65 years or older	2003	39	61	26	74
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 65 years or older	2004	39	61	26	74
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 65 years or older	2005	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 65 years or older	2006	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 65 years or older	2007	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 65 years or older	2008	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 65 years or older	2009	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Age: 65 years or older	2010	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 18 to 35 years	2003	12	88	14	86
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 18 to 35 years	2004	13	87	13	87
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 18 to 35 years	2005	15	85	22	78
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 18 to 35 years	2006	10	90	18	82
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 18 to 35 years	2007	11	89	16	84
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 18 to 35 years	2008	14	86	12	88
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 18 to 35 years	2009	16	84	15	85
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 18 to 35 years	2010	11	89	10	90
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 35 to 50 years	2003	16	84	18	82
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 35 to 50 years	2004	19	81	23	77
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 35 to 50 years	2005	20	80	25	75
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 35 to 50 years	2006	18	82	24	76
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 35 to 50 years	2007	15	85	20	80
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 35 to 50 years	2008	22	78	25	75
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 35 to 50 years	2009	15	85	19	81
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 35 to 50 years	2010	13	87	20	80
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 50 to 65 years	2003	19	81	16	84
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 50 to 65 years	2004	18	82	20	80
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 50 to 65 years	2005	25	75	26	74
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 50 to 65 years	2006	20	80	22	78
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 50 to 65 years	2007	30	70	23	77
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 50 to 65 years	2008	25	75	25	75
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 50 to 65 years	2009	17	83	18	82
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 50 to 65 years	2010	14	86	13	87
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 65 years or older	2003	23	77	21	79
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 65 years or older	2004	25	75	15	85
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 65 years or older	2005	20	80	13	87
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 65 years or older	2006	25	75	15	85
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 65 years or older	2007	22	78	22	78
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 65 years or older	2008	21	79	14	86
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 65 years or older	2009	21	79	20	80
Feelings of unsafety: sometimes	Age: 65 years or older	2010	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: rarely	Age: 18 to 35 years	2003	9	91	12	88
Feelings of unsafety: rarely	Age: 18 to 35 years	2004	12	88	14	86
Feelings of unsafety: rarely	Age: 18 to 35 years	2005	6	94	11	89
Feelings of unsafety: rarely	Age: 18 to 35 years	2006	9	91	16	84
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 experienced feelings of unsafety. 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) and the Volunteer Work and Social Coherence module (V&S, 2010).

Data available from 2003 till 2012.

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

Changes as of 17 December 2014:
This table has been discontinued.

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?’.