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	Total population	2003	13	87	13	87
Total feelings of unsafety	Total population	2004	13	87	13	87
Total feelings of unsafety	Total population	2005	13	87	14	86
Total feelings of unsafety	Total population	2006	12	88	13	87
Total feelings of unsafety	Total population	2007	12	88	13	87
Total feelings of unsafety	Total population	2008	12	88	12	88
Total feelings of unsafety	Total population	2009	11	89	13	87
Total feelings of unsafety	Total population	2010	13	87	14	86
Total feelings of unsafety	Gender: male	2003	12	88	13	87
Total feelings of unsafety	Gender: male	2004	11	89	13	87
Total feelings of unsafety	Gender: male	2005	13	87	14	86
Total feelings of unsafety	Gender: male	2006	10	90	13	87
Total feelings of unsafety	Gender: male	2007	11	89	12	88
Total feelings of unsafety	Gender: male	2008	12	88	11	89
Total feelings of unsafety	Gender: male	2009	10	90	12	88
Total feelings of unsafety	Gender: male	2010	11	89	13	87
Total feelings of unsafety	Gender: female	2003	14	86	14	86
Total feelings of unsafety	Gender: female	2004	14	86	14	86
Total feelings of unsafety	Gender: female	2005	14	86	14	86
Total feelings of unsafety	Gender: female	2006	13	87	14	86
Total feelings of unsafety	Gender: female	2007	13	87	13	87
Total feelings of unsafety	Gender: female	2008	12	88	12	88
Total feelings of unsafety	Gender: female	2009	13	87	13	87
Total feelings of unsafety	Gender: female	2010	14	86	15	85
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
Total feelings of unsafety	Origin: Native Dutch background	2003	11	89	12	88
Total feelings of unsafety	Origin: Native Dutch background	2004	11	89	12	88
Total feelings of unsafety	Origin: Native Dutch background	2005	11	89	12	88
Total feelings of unsafety	Origin: Native Dutch background	2006	10	90	12	88
Total feelings of unsafety	Origin: Native Dutch background	2007	11	89	12	88
Total feelings of unsafety	Origin: Native Dutch background	2008	10	90	11	89
Total feelings of unsafety	Origin: Native Dutch background	2009	10	90	11	89
Total feelings of unsafety	Origin: Native Dutch background	2010	11	89	12	88
Total feelings of unsafety	Origin: Western foreign background	2003	17	83	16	84
Total feelings of unsafety	Origin: Western foreign background	2004	14	86	16	84
Total feelings of unsafety	Origin: Western foreign background	2005	17	83	15	85
Total feelings of unsafety	Origin: Western foreign background	2006	13	87	16	84
Total feelings of unsafety	Origin: Western foreign background	2007	15	85	16	84
Total feelings of unsafety	Origin: Western foreign background	2008	15	85	15	85
Total feelings of unsafety	Origin: Western foreign background	2009	12	88	17	83
Total feelings of unsafety	Origin: Western foreign background	2010	15	85	18	82
Total feelings of unsafety	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2003	28	72	25	75
Total feelings of unsafety	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2004	28	72	27	73
Total feelings of unsafety	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2005	28	72	27	73
Total feelings of unsafety	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2006	22	78	28	72
Total feelings of unsafety	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2007	25	75	19	81
Total feelings of unsafety	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2008	23	77	19	81
Total feelings of unsafety	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2009	22	78	24	76
Total feelings of unsafety	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2010	23	77	22	78
Feelings of unsafety: often	Total population	2003	34	66	34	66
Feelings of unsafety: often	Total population	2004	36	64	33	67
Feelings of unsafety: often	Total population	2005	33	67	36	64
Feelings of unsafety: often	Total population	2006	40	60	42	58
Feelings of unsafety: often	Total population	2007	39	61	39	61
Feelings of unsafety: often	Total population	2008	37	63	41	59
Feelings of unsafety: often	Total population	2009	31	69	36	64
Feelings of unsafety: often	Total population	2010	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Gender: male	2003	34	66	35	65
Feelings of unsafety: often	Gender: male	2004	36	64	35	65
Feelings of unsafety: often	Gender: male	2005	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Gender: male	2006	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Gender: male	2007	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Gender: male	2008	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Gender: male	2009	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Gender: male	2010	.	.	.	.
Feelings of unsafety: often	Gender: female	2003	34	66	33	67
Feelings of unsafety: often	Gender: female	2004	36	64	32	68
Feelings of unsafety: often	Gender: female	2005	33	67	33	67
Feelings of unsafety: often	Gender: female	2006	45	55	44	56
Source: CBS.

Explanation of symbols

Dataset is not available.

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?’.