Levensomstandigheden
Levensomstandigheden zijn de omstandigheden of factoren die van invloed zijn op de manier waarop mensen leven, met name met betrekking tot hun welzijn. De term 'levensomstandigheden' is nauw verwant aan die van 'kwaliteit van leven'. Dit laatste is de mate waarin een individu gezond en comfortabel is en in staat is om deel te nemen aan of te genieten van levensgebeurtenissen. De term 'kwaliteit van leven' kan dan zowel verwijzen naar de ervaring die een individu heeft van zijn of haar eigen leven als naar de levensomstandigheden waarin individuen zich bevinden.
Nieuw en aankomend
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12 November 2025
10 October 2025
December 2025
Europe is faced with a housing crisis that affects people of all ages, however younger people are disproportionately impacted. Many young adults are unable to afford their own home, often having to remain living in their parental home. This crisis has wide-reaching consequences, influencing opportunities for education and employment, household composition and formation, and both current and future well-being.
This report examines the housing situation across the EU, with a specific focus on young people. It addresses the following key questions: What are the main housing challenges facing the EU population, and how have they evolved over time? What gaps exist between current housing conditions and individuals’ desired living situations, especially among younger people? Finally, what policy measures could help alleviate the housing crisis, especially from a youth-centered perspective?
Over Levensomstandigheden
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Hoogtepunten voor Levensomstandigheden
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19 December 2023
Intergenerational inequalities: How to close the gaps?
The various economic and social shocks of the past decade and a half – most recently the COVID-19 pandemic – have ongoing consequences for the living standards and prospects of Europeans, and sometimes these outcomes have been uneven across age groups. Social policies – such as those in the areas of social protection and housing – in some cases have benefited certain age groups over others. The upshot both of crises and of policies is that inequalities between the generations have widened in important areas.
This policy brief examines some of the intergenerational social trends that either were persistent or changed considerably over the last decade and a half, sometimes contrary to expectations. It focuses on significant developments that have received somewhat less attention in policy planning in the areas of income, housing, work and employment, and health. The intention is to develop a clearer sense of the direction of social change and bring medium- and long-term perspectives into policy thinking.
17 October 2023
Bridging the rural-urban divide: Addressing inequalities and empowering communities
The Treaty of Lisbon established territorial cohesion as the third dimension of European cohesion. Despite the high priority given in policy to achieving geographically balanced economic development, gaps in living conditions still exist between rural and urban areas. In some cases, these gaps are growing. This report documents rural–urban differences in social, political, cultural and economic outcomes. These differences may pose a serious threat to social cohesion in Europe. Indeed, this report finds that rural residents more often perceive themselves as disregarded by governments and have lower levels of trust in governments and institutions than urban residents. Moreover, public service provision in rural areas is poorer than in urban areas, and gaps in provision are continually emerging. To ensure a bright future for all areas, innovative solutions to combat economic decline must be found. This report outlines creative solutions that are being deployed across Member States to provide services in remote areas.
20 September 2023
Guaranteeing access to services for children in the EU
The European Child Guarantee was established in 2021 to ensure that children in need have access to a set of key services. This policy brief analyses trends and disparities in children’s access to early childhood education and care, education, healthcare, nutrition and housing. This is done using a convergence analysis, which tracks whether Member States are improving in respect of specific performance indicators and whether disparities between them are expanding or narrowing. The analysis, where possible, also looks at the differences between urban and rural areas and between children living in households with different levels of income and risk of social exclusion. The indicators chosen for analysis highlight the links between the Guarantee, the European Semester and the Social Scoreboard.
7 December 2022
Living, working and COVID-19 in the European Union and 10 EU neighbouring countries
The Living, working and COVID-19 survey, first launched by Eurofound in early 2020, aims to capture the wide-ranging impact of the pandemic on the work and lives of EU citizens. The fifth round of the Eurofound survey, which was implemented in spring 2022, also sheds light on a new uncertain reality caused by the war in Ukraine, record-high inflation and sharp rises in the cost of living. As a pilot survey, a shorter version of the questionnaire was fielded by the European Training Foundation (ETF) in 10 European Union (EU) neighbouring countries. This joint Eurofound-ETF factsheet presents a selection of results from the survey covering both the EU-27 and the 10 selected EU neighbouring countries.
The results reveal at least one clear commonality across respondents from all countries: serious concerns about the rising cost of living. At the same time, the results point to a large divergence in living and working conditions between respondents in the two groups of countries, but also show large differences within the EU itself and amongst the selected EU neighbouring countries.
6 July 2022
Fifth round of the Living, working and COVID-19 e-survey: Living in a new era of uncertainty
The fifth round of Eurofound's e-survey, fielded from 25 March to 2 May 2022, sheds light on the social and economic situation of people across Europe two years after COVID-19 was first detected on the European continent. It also explores the reality of living in a new era of uncertainty caused by the war in Ukraine, inflation, and rising energy prices.
The findings of the e-survey reveal the heavy toll of the pandemic, with respondents reporting lower trust in institutions than at the start of the pandemic, poorer mental well-being, a rise in the level of unmet healthcare needs and an increase in the number of households experiencing energy poverty.
30 March 2021
Wealth distribution and social mobility
This report explores the distribution of household wealth in the EU Member States and analyses the role of wealth in social mobility. Using data from three datasets (the Household Finance and Consumption Survey, the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe and the Luxembourg Wealth Study), it focuses on wealth per household member. Wealth composition is compared across social groups and countries, and the role of housing assets in wealth distribution and negative wealth is assessed. The findings show that parental background, including parental wealth, has an impact on educational and wealth mobility. In order to promote equality of opportunities in terms of access to education and housing, the impact of wealth inequalities, including differences in parental wealth, should be counterbalanced. The report also suggests that regularising wealth declaration in the EU could be a way of promoting social justice by minimising hidden wealth and combating tax evasion.
Experts over Levensomstandigheden
De onderzoekers van Eurofound bieden deskundige inzichten en kunnen worden gecontacteerd voor vragen of mediaverzoeken.
Sanna Nivakoski
Research officerSanna Nivakoski is onderzoeksmedewerker bij de eenheid Sociaal Beleid van Eurofound. Voordat ze in 2021 bij Eurofound in dienst trad, werkte ze als postdoctoraal onderzoeker aan het Geary Institute for Public Policy van University College Dublin, het Economic and Social Research Institute in Dublin en het Royal College of Surgeons in Ierland. Ze heeft in veel onderzoeksgebieden in de micro-economie gewerkt, waaronder pensioeninkomen en vermogen, pensioensparen, intergenerationele overdrachten en de financiële impact van weduwschap. Sanna heeft een doctoraat in economie van het Trinity College Dublin.
Eszter Sándor
Senior research managerEszter Sandor is senior onderzoeksmanager bij de eenheid Sociaal Beleid van Eurofound. Ze heeft expertise op het gebied van enquêtemethodologie en statistische analyse, heeft gewerkt aan de voorbereiding en het beheer van de European Quality of Life Survey en meest recentelijk de Living, working and COVID-19 e-survey, en is verantwoordelijk voor de kwaliteit van de dataset. Haar onderzoeksgebieden zijn het welzijn van jongeren en de kwaliteit van leven in huishoudens en gezinnen, waaronder subjectief welzijn, werk-privébalans en levensomstandigheden. Eerder werkte ze als economisch consultant in Schotland, waar ze zich richtte op economische impactbeoordelingen, evaluaties en input-outputanalyses. Ze heeft een masterdiploma in Economie en Internationale Betrekkingen van de Corvinus Universiteit van Boedapest.
Hans Dubois
Senior research managerHans Dubois is senior onderzoeksmanager bij de eenheid Sociaal Beleid van Eurofound. Zijn onderzoeksthema's zijn onder meer huisvesting, overmatige schuldenlast, gezondheidszorg, langdurige zorg, sociale uitkeringen, pensionering en kwaliteit van leven in de lokale omgeving. Voordat hij bij Eurofound in dienst trad, was hij universitair docent aan de Kozminski-universiteit (Warschau). Hij voltooide een doctoraat in Business Administration and Management aan de Bocconi Universiteit (Milaan), nadat hij als onderzoeksmedewerker had gewerkt bij het European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (Madrid).
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