Wellbeing; environment and surroundings, 2003-2012

Changed on: 16/01/2015 02:00

Wellbeing; environment and surroundings, 2003-2012
Urbanisation	Personal characteristics	Periods	Happiness Not happy (%)	Happiness Happy (%)	Satisfaction with life Not satisfied with life (%)	Satisfaction with life Satisfied with life (%)
Total environment and surroundings	Origin: Western foreign background	2003	17	83	16	84
Total environment and surroundings	Origin: Western foreign background	2004	14	86	16	84
Total environment and surroundings	Origin: Western foreign background	2005	17	83	15	85
Total environment and surroundings	Origin: Western foreign background	2006	13	87	16	84
Total environment and surroundings	Origin: Western foreign background	2007	15	85	16	84
Total environment and surroundings	Origin: Western foreign background	2008	15	85	15	85
Total environment and surroundings	Origin: Western foreign background	2009	12	88	17	83
Total environment and surroundings	Origin: Western foreign background	2010 old method	15	85	18	82
Total environment and surroundings	Origin: Western foreign background	2010 new method	19	81	18	82
Total environment and surroundings	Origin: Western foreign background	2012	19	81	21	79
Total environment and surroundings	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2003	28	72	25	75
Total environment and surroundings	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2004	28	72	27	73
Total environment and surroundings	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2005	28	72	27	73
Total environment and surroundings	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2006	22	78	28	72
Total environment and surroundings	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2007	25	75	19	81
Total environment and surroundings	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2008	23	77	19	81
Total environment and surroundings	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2009	22	78	24	76
Total environment and surroundings	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2010 old method	23	77	22	78
Total environment and surroundings	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2010 new method	26	74	20	80
Total environment and surroundings	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2012	23	77	25	75
Urbanisation: extremely urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2003	19	81	15	85
Urbanisation: extremely urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2004	12	88	17	83
Urbanisation: extremely urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2005	16	84	19	81
Urbanisation: extremely urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2006	13	87	20	80
Urbanisation: extremely urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2007	24	76	22	78
Urbanisation: extremely urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2008	14	86	14	86
Urbanisation: extremely urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2009	15	85	17	83
Urbanisation: extremely urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: extremely urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2010 new method	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: extremely urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2012	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: extremely urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2003	33	67	28	72
Urbanisation: extremely urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2004	30	70	31	69
Urbanisation: extremely urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2005	33	67	28	72
Urbanisation: extremely urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2006	23	77	30	70
Urbanisation: extremely urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2007	29	71	23	77
Urbanisation: extremely urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2008	21	79	16	84
Urbanisation: extremely urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2009	21	79	24	76
Urbanisation: extremely urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2010 old method	21	79	27	73
Urbanisation: extremely urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2010 new method	24	76	20	80
Urbanisation: extremely urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2012	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: strongly urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2003	18	82	19	81
Urbanisation: strongly urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2004	15	85	16	84
Urbanisation: strongly urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2005	18	82	19	81
Urbanisation: strongly urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2006	12	88	13	87
Urbanisation: strongly urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2007	13	87	15	85
Urbanisation: strongly urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2008	14	86	18	82
Urbanisation: strongly urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2009	14	86	19	81
Urbanisation: strongly urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: strongly urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2010 new method	24	76	19	81
Urbanisation: strongly urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2012	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: strongly urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2003	25	75	24	76
Urbanisation: strongly urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2004	27	73	25	75
Urbanisation: strongly urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2005	26	74	28	72
Urbanisation: strongly urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2006	23	77	25	75
Urbanisation: strongly urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2007	24	76	15	85
Urbanisation: strongly urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2008	26	74	20	80
Urbanisation: strongly urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2009	21	79	26	74
Urbanisation: strongly urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: strongly urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2010 new method	24	76	20	80
Urbanisation: strongly urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2012	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: moderately urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2003	15	85	15	85
Urbanisation: moderately urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2004	15	85	17	83
Urbanisation: moderately urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2005	15	85	9	91
Urbanisation: moderately urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2006	12	88	12	88
Urbanisation: moderately urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2007	12	88	11	89
Urbanisation: moderately urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2008	16	84	13	87
Urbanisation: moderately urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2009	11	89	16	84
Urbanisation: moderately urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: moderately urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2010 new method	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: moderately urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2012	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: moderately urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2003	24	76	23	77
Urbanisation: moderately urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2004	25	75	26	74
Urbanisation: moderately urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2005	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: moderately urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2006	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: moderately urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2007	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: moderately urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2008	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: moderately urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2009	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: moderately urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: moderately urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2010 new method	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: moderately urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2012	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: hardly urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2003	14	86	13	87
Urbanisation: hardly urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2004	15	85	12	88
Urbanisation: hardly urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2005	16	84	15	85
Urbanisation: hardly urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2006	17	83	20	80
Urbanisation: hardly urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2007	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: hardly urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2008	14	86	15	85
Urbanisation: hardly urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2009	7	93	14	86
Urbanisation: hardly urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: hardly urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2010 new method	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: hardly urbanised	Origin: Western foreign background	2012	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: hardly urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2003	23	77	18	82
Urbanisation: hardly urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2004	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: hardly urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2005	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: hardly urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2006	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: hardly urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2007	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: hardly urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2008	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: hardly urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2009	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: hardly urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2010 old method	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: hardly urbanised	Origin: Non-western foreign background	2010 new method	.	.	.	.
Urbanisation: hardly urbanised	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 urbanisation. 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), the Social Cohesion and Well-being survey (SocSam, 2010 new method, 2012) and the Social Statistics Database (SSB). Data on household income and living situation from the SSB were added to POLS data for the years 2003 up to and including 2009. From 2010 onwards data were supplemented with the SSB data from the previous year.

Data available 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?’.