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EU people most satisfied with personal relationships: Eurostat

Xinhua, June 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

People in the European Union (EU) aged 16 and over were most satisfied with their personal relationships, according to indicators related to well-being and satisfaction of people in Europe in 2013 published by the statistical office of the EU Eurostat on Monday.

Eurostat introduced a multidimensional measurement of the quality of life as it believed that indicators such as GDP alone were not enough to show how well or badly people were doing.

The "quality of life" framework it developed was organized along 8+1 dimensions: material living conditions; productive or main activity (covering employment); health; education; leisure and social interactions; economic and physical safety; governance and basic rights; natural and living environment; and overall life satisfaction, said Eurostat.

Satisfaction with personal relationships ranked first among all the dimensions in almost all EU member states in 2013, except in Belgium, Finland, Bulgaria and Sweden, said Eurostat.

Among the EU member states, those most satisfied with their personal relationships were to be found in Ireland, Denmark and Austria and Malta.

It also noted that satisfaction with personal relationships was higher than overall life satisfaction in every EU member state.

In contrast, the area of lowest satisfaction for people living in the EU was their financial situation among the EU population aged 16 and over in all member states apart from Sweden.

Moreover, the most satisfied for the financial situation were found in three Nordics countries: Denmark and Sweden and Finland.

"The new statistics on material living conditions, employment, education, health, leisure, safety, rights, the environment and life satisfaction will complement traditional economic indicators such as GDP to measure social progress in society," said Marianne Thyssen, EU Commissioner responsible for employment, social affairs, skills and labor mobility.

Thyssen add: "I believe this comprehensive set of new data can help us deliver better tailored policies to improve the overall life satisfaction of Europeans." Endit