Wellbeing; social relations, 2003-2012

Changed on: 16/01/2015 02:00

Wellbeing; social relations, 2003-2012
Social relations	Personal characteristics	Periods	Happiness Not happy (%)	Happiness Happy (%)	Satisfaction with life Not satisfied with life (%)	Satisfaction with life Satisfied with life (%)
Total social contacts and relations	Origin: Western foreign background	2003	17	83	16	84
Total social contacts and relations	Origin: Western foreign background	2004	14	86	16	84
Total social contacts and relations	Origin: Western foreign background	2005	17	83	15	85
Total social contacts and relations	Origin: Western foreign background	2006	13	87	16	84
Total social contacts and relations	Origin: Western foreign background	2007	15	85	16	84
Total social contacts and relations	Origin: Western foreign background	2008	15	85	15	85
Total social contacts and relations	Origin: Western foreign background	2009	12	88	17	83
Total social contacts and relations	Origin: Western foreign background	2010 old method	15	85	18	82
Total social contacts and relations	Origin: Western foreign background	2010 new method	19	81	18	82
Total social contacts and relations	Origin: Western foreign background	2012	19	81	21	79
Total social contacts and relations	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2003	28	72	25	75
Total social contacts and relations	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2004	28	72	27	73
Total social contacts and relations	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2005	28	72	27	73
Total social contacts and relations	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2006	22	78	28	72
Total social contacts and relations	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2007	25	75	19	81
Total social contacts and relations	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2008	23	77	19	81
Total social contacts and relations	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2009	22	78	24	76
Total social contacts and relations	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2010 old method	23	77	22	78
Total social contacts and relations	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2010 new method	26	74	20	80
Total social contacts and relations	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2012	23	77	25	75
Contact with family:At least once a week	Origin: Western foreign background	2003	15	85	14	86
Contact with family:At least once a week	Origin: Western foreign background	2004	12	88	13	87
Contact with family:At least once a week	Origin: Western foreign background	2005	14	86	14	86
Contact with family:At least once a week	Origin: Western foreign background	2006	11	89	13	87
Contact with family:At least once a week	Origin: Western foreign background	2007	14	86	15	85
Contact with family:At least once a week	Origin: Western foreign background	2008	14	86	14	86
Contact with family:At least once a week	Origin: Western foreign background	2009	11	89	16	84
Contact with family:At least once a week	Origin: Western foreign background	2010 old method	14	86	17	83
Contact with family:At least once a week	Origin: Western foreign background	2010 new method	19	81	17	83
Contact with family:At least once a week	Origin: Western foreign background	2012	16	84	17	83
Contact with family:At least once a week	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2003	24	76	24	76
Contact with family:At least once a week	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2004	25	75	25	75
Contact with family:At least once a week	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2005	26	74	25	75
Contact with family:At least once a week	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2006	21	79	27	73
Contact with family:At least once a week	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2007	24	76	18	82
Contact with family:At least once a week	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2008	20	80	18	82
Contact with family:At least once a week	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2009	20	80	22	78
Contact with family:At least once a week	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2010 old method	22	78	23	77
Contact with family:At least once a week	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2010 new method	20	80	16	84
Contact with family:At least once a week	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2012	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: twice a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2003	20	80	16	84
Contact with family: twice a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2004	16	84	19	81
Contact with family: twice a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2005	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: twice a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2006	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: twice a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2007	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: twice a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2008	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: twice a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2009	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: twice a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: twice a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2010 new method	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: twice a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2012	-	-	-	-
Contact with family: twice a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2003	38	62	23	77
Contact with family: twice a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2004	25	75	21	79
Contact with family: twice a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2005	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: twice a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2006	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: twice a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2007	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: twice a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2008	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: twice a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2009	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: twice a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: twice a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2010 new method	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: twice a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2012	-	-	-	-
Contact with family: once a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2003	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: once a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2004	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: once a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2005	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: once a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2006	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: once a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2007	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: once a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2008	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: once a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2009	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: once a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: once a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2010 new method	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: once a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2012	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: once a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2003	27	73	21	79
Contact with family: once a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2004	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: once a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2005	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: once a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2006	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: once a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2007	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: once a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2008	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: once a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2009	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: once a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: once a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2010 new method	.	.	.	.
Contact with family: once a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2012	.	.	.	.
Less than once a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2003	.	.	.	.
Less than once a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2004	.	.	.	.
Less than once a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2005	.	.	.	.
Less than once a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2006	.	.	.	.
Less than once a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2007	.	.	.	.
Less than once a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2008	.	.	.	.
Less than once a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2009	.	.	.	.
Less than once a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
Less than once a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2010 new method	.	.	.	.
Less than once a month	Origin: Western foreign background	2012	.	.	.	.
Less than once a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2003	.	.	.	.
Less than once a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2004	.	.	.	.
Less than once a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2005	.	.	.	.
Less than once a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2006	.	.	.	.
Less than once a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2007	.	.	.	.
Less than once a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2008	.	.	.	.
Less than once a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2009	.	.	.	.
Less than once a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
Less than once a month	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2010 new method	.	.	.	.
Less than once a month	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 connections and relations, that is frequency of contact with family, friends and neighbours, social trust, household composition and rendering unofficial aid. 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 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?’.