Well-being; core indicators, background characteristics

Well-being; core indicators, background characteristics

Kenmerken Marges Perioden Health Satisfaction with weight Score satisfaction weight (scale score) Health Satisfaction with weight Dissatisfied (%) Health Satisfaction with weight Neither satisfied, nor dissatisfied (%) Health Satisfaction with weight Satisfied (%) Living Satisfaction with house Score satisfaction with house (scale score) Living Satisfaction with house Dissatisfied (%) Living Satisfaction with house Neither satisfied, nor dissatisfied (%) Living Satisfaction with house Satisfied (%) Social life Trust in others Percentage with trust (%)
Total persons Value 2022 6.8 13.0 22.9 64.1 7.9 4.2 9.4 86.3 66.4
Total persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.8 12.2 21.9 63.0 7.9 3.7 8.8 85.5 65.3
Total persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.9 13.8 23.9 65.2 7.9 4.8 10.2 87.1 67.5
Sex: male Value 2022 7.1 9.9 20.9 69.2 7.8 4.8 9.9 85.3 68.7
Sex: male Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2022 7.0 8.9 19.6 67.6 7.8 4.1 8.9 84.0 67.1
Sex: male Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2022 7.2 11.0 22.4 70.7 7.9 5.7 11.0 86.5 70.2
Sex: female Value 2022 6.6 16.1 24.9 59.0 8.0 3.7 9.0 87.3 64.1
Sex: female Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.5 14.9 23.5 57.4 7.9 3.1 8.1 86.2 62.5
Sex: female Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.7 17.3 26.4 60.6 8.0 4.4 10.0 88.4 65.7
Age: 18 to 24 years Value 2022 7.0 12.9 22.2 65.0 7.7 7.2 12.1 80.7 63.2
Age: 18 to 24 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.8 10.5 19.1 61.2 7.6 5.3 9.7 77.4 59.3
Age: 18 to 24 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2022 7.1 15.7 25.5 68.6 7.9 9.5 15.0 83.7 66.9
Age: 25 to 34 years Value 2022 6.8 15.8 21.9 62.3 7.4 7.8 15.8 76.3 69.4
Age: 25 to 34 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.6 13.7 19.4 59.3 7.3 6.3 13.7 73.5 66.5
Age: 25 to 34 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.9 18.2 24.5 65.3 7.5 9.7 18.3 78.9 72.3
Age: 35 to 44 years Value 2022 6.7 14.5 23.3 62.2 7.7 5.0 11.9 83.1 71.4
Age: 35 to 44 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.6 12.4 20.8 59.1 7.6 3.8 10.0 80.6 68.4
Age: 35 to 44 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.8 16.8 26.1 65.1 7.8 6.7 14.1 85.3 74.1
Age: 45 to 54 years Value 2022 6.6 15.6 25.6 58.8 7.9 4.7 7.1 88.3 69.6
Age: 45 to 54 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.4 13.6 23.0 55.8 7.8 3.5 5.7 86.2 66.7
Age: 45 to 54 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.7 18.0 28.3 61.7 8.0 6.2 8.8 90.1 72.3
Age: 55 to 64 years Value 2022 6.7 14.4 24.5 61.1 8.1 2.4 8.4 89.1 66.4
Age: 55 to 64 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.6 12.5 22.2 58.4 8.0 1.7 7.0 87.3 63.8
Age: 55 to 64 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.8 16.4 26.9 63.8 8.1 3.4 10.1 90.8 69.0
Age: 65 to 74 years Value 2022 7.1 9.4 22.3 68.3 8.4 0.9 5.2 93.9 64.1
Age: 65 to 74 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.9 7.9 20.0 65.6 8.3 0.5 4.1 92.4 61.4
Age: 65 to 74 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2022 7.2 11.2 24.7 70.8 8.5 1.7 6.6 95.1 66.8
Age: 75 years or older Value 2022 7.4 4.5 18.7 76.8 8.3 0.9 4.5 94.6 55.8
Age: 75 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2022 7.3 3.3 16.3 73.9 8.2 0.5 3.3 92.9 52.5
Age: 75 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2022 7.5 6.1 21.4 79.5 8.4 1.8 6.1 95.9 59.0
Level of educ: (pre-) Primary educ. Value 2022 7.1 11.1 20.0 68.9 7.9 4.7 10.5 84.8 37.8
Level of educ: (pre-) Primary educ. Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.9 8.6 16.6 64.6 7.7 3.0 8.1 81.2 33.6
Level of educ: (pre-) Primary educ. Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2022 7.3 14.3 23.8 72.9 8.0 7.2 13.6 87.8 42.1
Level of educ: Lower secondary educ.. Value 2022 6.9 11.3 24.2 64.6 8.0 4.7 7.5 87.8 47.6
Level of educ: Lower secondary educ.. Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.8 9.6 21.9 62.0 7.9 3.6 6.2 85.8 44.9
Level of educ: Lower secondary educ.. Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2022 7.0 13.1 26.6 67.1 8.1 6.1 9.1 89.5 50.2
Level of educ: Upper secondary Value 2022 6.7 14.3 23.0 62.7 7.9 4.4 9.9 85.7 64.7
Level of educ: Upper secondary Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.6 12.9 21.4 60.8 7.8 3.7 8.7 84.2 62.8
Level of educ: Upper secondary Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.8 15.7 24.7 64.6 7.9 5.4 11.2 87.1 66.6
Level of educ: Bachelor degrees Value 2022 6.7 13.8 24.6 61.6 7.9 3.5 10.1 86.3 80.4
Level of educ: Bachelor degrees Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.6 12.1 22.4 59.1 7.8 2.7 8.6 84.4 78.2
Level of educ: Bachelor degrees Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.8 15.7 26.9 64.1 8.0 4.7 11.9 88.1 82.4
Level of educ: Master degrees Value 2022 7.1 11.5 20.7 67.8 8.0 3.4 8.3 88.4 89.1
Level of educ: Master degrees Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.9 9.7 18.4 65.0 7.9 2.4 6.7 86.2 87.1
Level of educ: Master degrees Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2022 7.2 13.5 23.3 70.6 8.1 4.7 10.1 90.2 90.8
Origin: born in NL, parents in NL Value 2022 6.9 12.6 23.1 64.2 8.0 3.4 7.6 89.0 69.8
Origin: born in NL, parents in NL Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.8 11.8 22.0 62.9 8.0 2.9 6.9 88.1 68.6
Origin: born in NL, parents in NL Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.9 13.6 24.3 65.5 8.1 3.9 8.4 89.8 71.0
Origin: born in NL, parent(s) in Europe Value 2022 6.8 15.2 21.1 63.7 8.0 3.1 10.1 86.8 63.7
Origin: born in NL, parent(s) in Europe Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.5 11.2 16.6 57.6 7.8 1.5 6.9 81.9 57.6
Origin: born in NL, parent(s) in Europe Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2022 7.1 20.2 26.6 69.4 8.2 6.4 14.6 90.5 69.3
Origin: born in NL, parent(s) out. Europ Value 2022 6.8 13.7 19.9 66.4 7.5 7.0 15.0 77.9 55.0
Origin: born in NL, parent(s) out. Europ Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.6 10.7 16.4 61.8 7.3 4.9 11.9 73.7 50.3
Origin: born in NL, parent(s) out. Europ Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2022 7.0 17.3 24.0 70.7 7.6 10.0 18.7 81.6 59.7
Origin: born in Europe (excl. NL) Value 2022 6.9 13.3 23.4 63.2 7.6 5.8 15.4 78.8 58.9
Origin: born in Europe (excl. NL) Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.6 9.7 18.6 57.1 7.4 3.4 11.5 73.3 52.7
Origin: born in Europe (excl. NL) Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2022 7.1 18.1 29.1 69.0 7.9 9.6 20.4 83.4 64.9
Origin: born outside Europe Value 2022 6.8 14.1 24.2 61.7 7.4 8.6 16.4 75.0 51.0
Origin: born outside Europe Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.6 11.4 20.8 57.6 7.2 6.5 13.6 71.3 46.8
Origin: born outside Europe Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2022 7.0 17.2 27.9 65.7 7.5 11.3 19.6 78.4 55.2
Origin: born in the Netherlands Value 2022 6.8 12.8 22.8 64.4 8.0 3.7 8.4 87.9 68.3
Origin: born in the Netherlands Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.8 12.0 21.7 63.2 7.9 3.2 7.7 87.1 67.1
Origin: born in the Netherlands Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.9 13.7 23.8 65.6 8.0 4.2 9.1 88.8 69.4
Origin: born abroad Value 2022 6.8 13.8 24.0 62.2 7.5 7.7 16.1 76.2 53.5
Origin: born abroad Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.6 11.6 21.1 58.8 7.3 6.1 13.8 73.2 50.0
Origin: born abroad Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2022 7.0 16.4 27.0 65.5 7.6 9.8 18.7 79.0 56.9
Origin country: The Netherlands Value 2022 6.9 12.6 23.1 64.2 8.0 3.4 7.6 89.0 69.8
Origin country: The Netherlands Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.8 11.8 22.0 62.9 8.0 2.9 6.9 88.1 68.6
Origin country: The Netherlands Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.9 13.6 24.3 65.5 8.1 3.9 8.4 89.8 71.0
Origin country: Europe (excl. NL) Value 2022 6.8 14.2 22.3 63.5 7.8 4.5 12.8 82.7 61.3
Origin country: Europe (excl. NL) Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.6 11.4 18.9 59.2 7.6 2.9 10.2 79.1 57.0
Origin country: Europe (excl. NL) Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2022 7.0 17.5 26.2 67.6 7.9 6.8 16.1 85.8 65.4
Origin country: outside Europe Value 2022 6.8 13.9 22.3 63.8 7.4 7.9 15.8 76.3 52.8
Origin country: outside Europe Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.6 11.9 19.8 60.8 7.3 6.4 13.7 73.6 49.7
Origin country: outside Europe Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2022 6.9 16.2 25.0 66.8 7.5 9.8 18.2 78.8 56.0
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

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In general, persons of 15 years or older took part in this study, the well-being figures only apply to the Dutch population of 18 years or older. Therefore, this table consists of well-being figures of the Dutch population of 18 years or older in terms of happiness, life satisfaction, satisfaction with education opportunities, work, travel time, daily activities, physical health, mental health, weight, the financial situation, the house, the neighborhood, social life and the amount of free time. In addition, concerns about the financial future, feelings of unsafety and trust in others are included. Satisfaction with work and the travel time to and from work are measured only for people who have a paid job for 12 hours per week or more. For people who do not work or work less than 12 hours per week satisfaction with daily activities is reported. These subjects are reported for gender, age, education level and migration background.

Data available from: 2013

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

Changes as of August 18th, 2023:
Not applicable, this is a new table based. This table is the follow-up table of the table Well-being; core indicators, background characteristics 2013-2021. See section 3.

When will new figures be published?
New figures on 2023 will be published around mid-2024.

Description topics

Health
Satisfaction with weight
The answer to the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you are satisfied with your weight. A score of 1 refers to completely dissatisfied and a 10 to completely satisfied?’.
Score satisfaction weight
The average score to the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you are satisfied with your weight. A score of 1 refers to completely dissatisfied and a 10 to completely satisfied?’.
Dissatisfied
Percentage of the people who score a 1 to 4 on the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you are satisfied with your weight. A score of 1 refers to completely dissatisfied and a 10 to completely satisfied?’. A score from 1 to 4 is classified as dissatisfied.
Neither satisfied, nor dissatisfied
Percentage of the people who score a 5 or a 6 on the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you are satisfied with your weight. A score of 1 refers to completely dissatisfied and a 10 to completely satisfied?’. A score of 5 or 6 is classified as neither satisfied, nor dissatisfied.
Satisfied
Percentage of the people who score a 7 to 10 on the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you are satisfied with your weight. A score of 1 refers to completely dissatisfied and a 10 to completely satisfied?’. A score from 7 to 10 is classified as satisfied.
Living
Satisfaction with house
The answer to the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you are satisfied with your house. A score of 1 refers to completely dissatisfied and a 10 to completely satisfied?’.
Score satisfaction with house
The average score to the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you are satisfied with your house. A score of 1 refers to completely dissatisfied and a 10 to completely satisfied?’.
Dissatisfied
Percentage of the people who score a 1 to 4 on the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you are satisfied with your house. A score of 1 refers to completely dissatisfied and a 10 to completely satisfied?’. A score from 1 to 4 is classified as dissatisfied.
Neither satisfied, nor dissatisfied
Percentage of the people who score a 5 or a 6 on the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you are satisfied with your house. A score of 1 refers to completely dissatisfied and a 10 to completely satisfied?’. A score of 5 or 6 is classified as neither satisfied, nor dissatisfied.
Satisfied
Percentage of the people who score a 7 to 10 on the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you are satisfied with your house. A score of 1 refers to completely dissatisfied and a 10 to completely satisfied?’. A score from 7 to 10 is classified as satisfied.
Social life
Trust in others
The answer to the question ‘Do you think in general most people can be trusted or one cannot be careful enough when dealing with people?’
Percentage with trust
Percentage of the people who indicate that most people can be trusted.