• Areas of Expertise:
  • Business and society
  • Diversity
  • Employment status
  • Gender
  • Health
  • Human capital
  • Industrial change
  • Industrial relations
  • Labour market
  • Participation at work
  • Population and society
  • Quality of life
  • Quality of work
  • Social cohesion
  • Social protection
  • Time
  • Work-life balance
  • Work organisation

Quality of life in Europe

Eurobarometer analysis

In March 2004 the Foundation published the first in a series of reports on quality of life in Europe. Perceptions of living conditions in an enlarged Europe provides an integrated summary of the findings from seven comparative studies on quality of life, living conditions and related areas in the 25 Member States and three candidate countries. The studies are based on Eurobarometer data, and cover a diverse range of topics:

• Low income and deprivation
• Perceptions of social integration and exclusion
• Life satisfaction
• Working and living
• Health and care
• Fertility and family issues
• Migration trends

28-country 'Quality of life in Europe' survey

Results from the Foundation's 2003 European quality of life survey provide further analysis on additional topics not covered by the Eurobarometer data, including access to public services, housing, commuting, Work-life balance, time use, and social capital.