First European Quality of Life Survey: Life satisfaction, happiness and sense of belonging (summary)

Böhnke, Petra

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First European Quality of Life Survey: Life satisfaction, happiness and sense of belonging (summary)

Published: 21 December 2005

Petra Böhnke

Subjective well-being

Promoting the well-being of people is a key goal of European social policy: happy, fulfilled and engaged citizens are the hallmark of a thriving society. Factors such as income, social relationships and time use all have a huge bearing on individuals’ quality of life. A recent Foundation report explores key components in personal happiness and sense of belonging. This paper is a short summary of the main findings of the report.

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EF05161

Research report

11 October 2005

First European Quality of Life Survey: Life satisfaction, happiness and sense of belonging

This report explores the impact material resources, social relationships, time use and perceptions of society have on individual life satisfaction, happiness and sense of belonging. It reveals that levels of individual well-being reflect levels of national prosperity and the quality of society, with dissatisfaction, unhappiness and feelings of alienation being concentrated in Europe’s poor regions and most of the NMS, where assistance is obviously needed most urgently.