Transcript QUALITY OF LIFE IN EUROPE: Concept, measurement and results (EQLS survey)

Branislav Mikulic:
QUALITY OF LIFE IN EUROPE: Concept,
measurement and results (EQLS survey)
Forum “Estonian Quality of Life in European Comparison, Tallinn, 4th November 2008
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Structure of the presentation
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Quality of life: The Foundation core field of activity
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Foundation concept of QoL- main features
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EF survey on Quality of Life in Europe – unique source of data for
monitoring quality of life across Europe
Major results from 2007 edition of the survey: EU and Estonia
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Quality of life concept: main features
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Income and living standard: too narrow concepts
Quality of life is a multi-dimensional concept
Quality of life refers to individuals’ life situation (micro
perspective)
Quality of life is measured by objective as well as
subjective indicators
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Quality of life in Europe: dimensions in focus
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Economic situation of households
Housing and environment
Employment (quality of jobs)
Education, training and life-long learning
Health and access to health services
Household structure and family relations
Work-life balance
Subjective well-being
Perceived quality of society
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Survey design EQLS
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Representative household survey of people 18+
Sampling was multistage (regions/PSU primary sampling
units)/ starting address
Random route/population registers
Coverage: EU countries including + CC3 + Norway
Sample size: 1000-2000 people per country
Response rate: 52%
Cleaned data set EQLS 2007 available April 2007
About 300 analytical variables and 200 indicators
Main contractor: TNS opinion
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EQLS 2007- Main results on Estonia and EU
Income, inequality and deprivation
Subjective economic strain
Housing quality
Health
Quality of society
Subjective well-being
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S80/S20 index (quintile ratio)
Figure 2: Income inequality in 2006 - Gini and S80/S20 index* by country
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S80/S20 index
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Low est quartile
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Highest quartile
CC3
NPM
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Deprivation index
Figure 4: Mean deprivation index by incom e quartile, by country
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Medium quartiles
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Ir elan d
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Hunga
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Cr oatia
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Roman
30%
Cyp rus
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Latv ia
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Poland
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Slova k
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Belgiu
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Repu b
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Cze ch
Fra nce
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Italy
Por tug
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Es tonia
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Malta
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Figure 5: Household having (great) difficulty in making ends meet, by countries (in%)
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Proportion of households that declared problems with accomodation
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Shortage of
space
Rot in
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doors or
floors
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walls or
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Lack of
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flushing
toilet
Lack of
bath or
shower
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place to sit
outside
At least two
problems
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Estonia
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia
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Question 43: In general, would you say your health is…? Bad or very bad
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Trust in people
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Trust in political institutions (parlament/government/political parties)
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index (scale 1-10)
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Life satisfaction
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Figure 1: Life satisfaction and happines index, by country
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Mean satisfaction index (scale 1-10)
Figure 3: Mean life satisfaction, by income quartile
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Highest quartile Low est quartile Mean satisfaction: total population
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Figure 4: Peple having life like they wanted it to be (in %)
MK
LV
LT
RO
PT
CY
EE
PL
SI
FR
MT
DE
LU
NW
DK
SE
0%
10%
20%
Strongly agree
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30%
Agree
40%
50%
Neither agree nor disagree
60%
Disagree
70%
80%
90%
100%
Strongly disagree
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Figure 5: Optimism about future (in %)
HU
PT
IT
SK
FR
BG
CZ
BE
TR
CY
EL
RO
HR
MK
UK
MT
LT
LV
LU
AT
DE
SI
PL
EE
ES
NL
FI
IE
NW
SE
DK
0%
10%
20%
Strongly agree
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30%
Agree
40%
50%
60%
Neither agree nor disagree
70%
Disagree
80%
90%
100%
Strongly disagree
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Analysis/reports in preparation:
•The overview report: Quality of life in Europe (Nov.2008)
•Subjective well-being (2009)
•Family life and work (2009)
•Quality of society and public services (2009)
•Trends in quality of life in Europe 2003-2007 (2009)
•Regional differences in quality of life (2010)
•Migrants, quality of life and attitudes towards migrants
•Housing and local environment
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Thank you for your attention.
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