Quality of life in enlargement countries: Third European Quality of Life Survey – Introduction

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Quality of life in enlargement countries: Third European Quality of Life Survey – Introduction

Published: 1 September 2013

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Subjective well-being

This document provides background information to the profiles on quality of life in seven EU enlargement countries that are published as individual papers – Croatia, Iceland, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia . It identifies the countries that participated in the survey, explains survey characteristics, and provides definitions of indicators reported in individual country papers. In 2011–2012, when the third European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) was carried out, the European Union consisted of 27 Member States. It enlarged to 28 when Croatia joined on 1 July 2013.

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EF13508

1 September 2013

Research report

Quality of life in enlargement countries: Third European Quality of Life Survey – Croatia

This paper is one in a series on EU enlargement countries covered by the European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) 2012: Croatia, Iceland, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. One way of measuring a society’s progress is by assessing the subjective well-being of its citizens, to complement the more usual economic information such as GDP. This report looks at three subjective well-being measures in Croatia, which joined the European Union in July 2013 as the 28th Member State: life satisfaction, happiness and optimism. On average, people in Croatia rate their life satisfaction at 6.8 on a scale of 1 to 10. This is below the average in the EU27 (7.1), where life satisfaction levels range from 5.5 in Bulgaria to 8.4 in Denmark. See also related content for an Introduction to this series of reports.

16 September 2013

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Quality of life in enlargement countries: Third European Quality of Life Survey – Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

This paper is one in a series on EU enlargement countries covered by the European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) 2012: Croatia, Iceland, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. One way of measuring a society’s progress is by assessing the subjective well-being of its citizens, to complement the more usual economic information such as GDP. This report looks at three subjective well-being measures in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: life satisfaction, happiness and optimism. On average, people in this country rate their life satisfaction at 6.8 on a scale of 1 to 10. This is below the average in the EU27 (7.1), where life satisfaction levels range from 5.5 in Bulgaria to 8.4 in Denmark.

1 September 2013

Research report

Quality of life in enlargement countries: Third European Quality of Life Survey – Iceland

This paper is one in a series on EU enlargement countries covered by the European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) 2012: Croatia, Iceland, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. One way of measuring a society’s progress is by assessing the subjective well-being of its citizens, to complement the more usual economic information such as GDP. This report looks at three subjective well-being measures in Iceland: life satisfaction, happiness and optimism. On average, people in Iceland rate their life satisfaction at 8.3 on a scale of 1 to 10. This is above the average in the EU27 (7.1), where life satisfaction levels range from 5.5 in Bulgaria to 8.4 in Denmark.

1 September 2013

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Quality of life in enlargement countries: Third European Quality of Life Survey – Kosovo

This paper is one in a series on EU enlargement countries covered by the European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) 2012: Croatia, Iceland, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. One way of measuring a society’s progress is by assessing the subjective well-being of its citizens, to complement the more usual economic information such as GDP. This report looks at three subjective well-being measures in Kosovo: life satisfaction, happiness and optimism. On average, people in Kosovo rate their life satisfaction at 6.2 on a scale of 1 to 10. This is far below the average in the EU27 (7.1), where life satisfaction levels range from 5.5 in Bulgaria to 8.4 in Denmark.

1 September 2013

Research report

Quality of life in enlargement countries: Third European Quality of Life Survey – Montenegro

This paper is one in a series on EU enlargement countries covered by the European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) 2012: Croatia, Iceland, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. One way of measuring a society’s progress is by assessing the subjective well-being of its citizens, to complement the more usual economic information such as GDP. This report looks at three subjective well-being measures in Montenegro: life satisfaction, happiness and optimism. On average, people in Montenegro rate their life satisfaction at 6.9 on a scale of 1 to 10. This is just below the average in the EU27 (7.1), where life satisfaction levels range from 5.5 in Bulgaria to 8.4 in Denmark.