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Quality of life in Europe: impacts of the crisis
— executive summary [of the 3rd European Quality of Life Survey [EQLS]] | | Author(s) | Robert Anderson, Hans Dubois, Tadas Leoncikas |
| Corporate Author | European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) |
| Publisher | European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Dublin, 2012 |
| Pages | 2 pp (Quality of life in Europe) |
| Source | European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Wyattville Road, Loughlinstown, Dublin 18, Ireland. http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfi... |
| Keywords | Quality of life ; Attitude ; Economics ; European Union ; Social surveys ; Europe. |
| Annotation | What determines life satisfaction and happiness?. The Foundation conducted its third European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) in 2011, for which 35,500 Europeans in all 27 European Union (EU) Member States were interviewed. This executive summary outlines the policy context and methodology used, and summarises the key findings and policy pointers of the main report. While overall life satisfaction levels have not changed much, optimism about the future and trust in institutions have declined markedly in those countries most affected by the downturn. Groups that were already vulnerable - the long-term unemployed, older people in central and eastern Europe, and single parents - report the highest levels of material deprivation and dissatisfaction with their life situation. The Survey (main report 168 pp) gives an authentic picture of living conditions and the social situation in the EU, enabling a comparison of experiences and conditions across the Member States. The profound economic and social changes occurring in Europe between the second EQLS in 2007 and the third EQLS are reflected in the later survey, enabling Eurofound to reveal some preliminary indications of key changes in the overview report. The EQLS not only contributes to monitoring the changes in society, but can also pinpoint emerging trends and concerns for the future. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-121221001 E |
| Classmark | F:59: DP: W: WFC: 3F: 74 |
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