9 in 10 Dutch happy with their lives; same as 20 years ago
5 years, 5 months ago

9 in 10 Dutch happy with their lives; same as 20 years ago

NL Times  

Nearly 90 percent of Dutch adults said that they were happy and satisfied with their lives last year. The percentage of young people satisfied with their lives decreased somewhat over the past 21 years, while the percentage of happy older people increased. People with a low level of education and people with a non-Western background are less often happy and satisfied with their lives than highly educated people and people with a Dutch only background. While the percentage of highly educated people and people with a Western background who are happy with their lives stayed the same. "In the Netherlands a relatively high proportion is always happy or satisfied with life, and with that the Netherlands also scores high compared to other countries", the stats office said.

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Survey shows that most elderly people in the Netherlands are very happy with their life
1 month, 1 week ago

Survey shows that most elderly people in the Netherlands are very happy with their life

NL Times  

A significant majority of elderly people in the Netherlands feel very happy in life, a survey ordered by the elderly organization ANBO-PCOB showed. The average number that participants gave while grading their lives is 7.6 The results of the “Elderly Happiness Barometer,” show that there are large differences between elderly people in the Netherlands. Elderly people who are not limited …

The European region where young people are happiest
9 months ago

The European region where young people are happiest

BBC  

The European region where young people are happiest Angel Villalba/Getty Images Lithuania ranks at number 19 in the 2024 World Happiness Report Czech Republic, Lithuania and Romania are all newly high on this year's World Happiness Report – and score especially high when it comes to happiness for people aged under 30. "There are more decent jobs at home, so …

Dutch are high in Happiness Index and have a low 'happiness gap'
1 year, 9 months ago

Dutch are high in Happiness Index and have a low 'happiness gap'

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is once again in fifth place in the World Happiness Index, a ranking compiled from Gallup surveys by a group of academics united in the Sustainable Development Solutions Network. The survey is based on individuals’ own assessments of their lives, but reflects six variables: GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom, generosity, and corruption. This year …

Most Netherlands kids happy with life; 1 in 7 unhappy
2 years, 1 month ago

Most Netherlands kids happy with life; 1 in 7 unhappy

NL Times  

The children in the Netherlands give their lives an average score of 7.7. But 13 percent of 8 to 18-year-olds give their life a 5 or less, the Children’s Ombudsman reported after surveying 2,347 children. We think this is because they have less and less confidence that adults, not their parents, will solve the problems in society,” a spokesperson for …

Young NL residents scored well-being lower than older age groups for first time
2 years, 2 months ago

Young NL residents scored well-being lower than older age groups for first time

NL Times  

Young adults up to the age of 25 felt less happy and satisfied last year than people above that age. According to Statistics Netherlands, it is the first time since it started keeping track of personal well-being that young people gave a lower figure for their well-being than people over 25. An average score of seven or higher indicates that …

Young adults in NL less happy and satisfied
2 years, 8 months ago

Young adults in NL less happy and satisfied

NL Times  

Young adults in the Netherlands were significantly less happy and less satisfied with their lives in 2021 than before the turn of the century. Last year, 81 percent of young adults said they were happy, and 77 percent were satisfied with life. Of all adults in the Netherlands, 86.4 percent were happy last year, and 83.6 percent were satisfied with …

Vast majority of NL residents were happy last year
4 years, 7 months ago

Vast majority of NL residents were happy last year

NL Times  

Last year, before the arrival of the coronavirus crisis, 87 percent of Netherlands residents were happy or very happy with their lives, scoring their lives 7 or more out of 10. The lowest score was in 2013, when 84 percent were happy to very happy with their lives, CBS economist Peter Hein van Mulligen said to Het Parool. The broad …

Netherlands young people generally healthier, happier than European peers
4 years, 7 months ago

Netherlands young people generally healthier, happier than European peers

NL Times  

Young people in the Netherlands are generally healthier and happier than young people in most other European countries, according to a study by the European department of the World Health Organization among 227 thousand kids between the ages of 11 and 15 in 45 countries. Relatively few kids in the Netherlands say they are being bullied, 6 percent, and only …

Netherlands ranked sixth happiest country in the world
4 years, 9 months ago

Netherlands ranked sixth happiest country in the world

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is ranked the world’s sixth happiest country in the latest World Happiness Report. Although the country is once again one of the jolliest in the world, it has slipped one place since last year, and is – according to the report based on data from the Gallup World Poll – slightly less contented than it was between 2008 …

Netherlands ranked sixth happiest country in the world
4 years, 9 months ago

Netherlands ranked sixth happiest country in the world

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is ranked the world’s sixth happiest country in the latest World Happiness Report. Although the country is once again one of the jolliest in the world, it has slipped one place since last year, and is – according to the report based on data from the Gallup World Poll – slightly less contented than it was between 2008 …

Dutch teenagers are still happy, but school standards are declining
5 years, 1 month ago

Dutch teenagers are still happy, but school standards are declining

Dutch News  

Dutch teenagers remain among the happiest in the world with 79% of youngsters saying they are satisfied with their lives, according to a new survey of 15-year-olds around the globe. However, the mammoth PISA research project also showed that Dutch school standards are declining in key areas. The research showed a quarter of 15-year-olds in the Netherlands do not read …

Dutch teenagers are still happy, but school standards are declining
5 years, 1 month ago

Dutch teenagers are still happy, but school standards are declining

Dutch News  

Dutch teenagers remain among the happiest in the world with 79% of youngsters saying they are satisfied with their lives, according to a new survey of 15-year-olds around the globe. However, the mammoth PISA research project also showed that Dutch school standards are declining in key areas. The research showed a quarter of 15-year-olds in the Netherlands do not read …

Young adults positive about Netherlands' future; worried about climate change
5 years, 1 month ago

Young adults positive about Netherlands' future; worried about climate change

NL Times  

Young people between the ages of 18 and 25 in the Netherlands are largely positive about the future of the country. About 70 percent of young adults were positive about the future of the Netherlands, saying the country is moving in the right direction. That is slightly less than the 47.8 percent of the population 25 or older, but more …

Netherlands' younger generation more conservative: study
5 years, 2 months ago

Netherlands' younger generation more conservative: study

NL Times  

Netherlands residents in their 20s and 30s are more conservative when it comes to issues like abortion and euthanasia than the generations before them, according to researchers at Tilburg University. Nearly 7 thousand Dutch people gave their opinion on issues like abortion, euthanasia, suicide and homosexuality over the years. But for the first time in the past 40 years, the …

More Dutch unhappy with their homes
5 years, 3 months ago

More Dutch unhappy with their homes

NL Times  

Last year more Dutch were dissatisfied with the homes they live in than the years before, Statistics Netherlands said on Friday. The proportion of satisfied to very satisfied homeowners decreased from 97 percent in 2006 to 93 percent last year. The proportion of all households that think their home has sufficient outside room, like a garden or balcony, decreased from …

Most Dutch satisfied with their lives; Some 400,000 struggling
5 years, 4 months ago

Most Dutch satisfied with their lives; Some 400,000 struggling

NL Times  

A decade after the biggest economic crisis since the 1930s hit the Netherlands, most Dutch have recovered and are satisfied with their lives. But that does not apply to a group of around 400 thousand people who are still struggling, social and cultural planning office SCP said in its report The social state of the Netherlands. Because the Rutte III …

More Dutch living alone
5 years, 4 months ago

More Dutch living alone

NL Times  

Last year 17.4 percent of the Dutch population lived alone, compared to 15.7 percent in 2008, Statistics Netherlands reported on Friday. People living alone are relatively often in their 20s, but the chance of living alone is greatest for people age 70 or older, according to the stats office. The percentage of people in their 70s and 80s living alone …

Netherlands counts 2,189 residents over 100 years of age
5 years, 7 months ago

Netherlands counts 2,189 residents over 100 years of age

NL Times  

At the start of the year, 2,189 people living in the Netherlands were over 100 years of age, of which 85 percent were women. The total number of centenarians faced a 1.6 percent decline from 2017 figures, but it was still slightly better than last year and well over 13-times more than 1970's official numbers. If figures continue along the …

A tenth of Dutch kids unhappy with their lives, Children's Ombudsman says
6 years, 1 month ago

A tenth of Dutch kids unhappy with their lives, Children's Ombudsman says

NL Times  

A tenth of Dutch children are dissatisfied with their own lives and give their lives a failing score of 3.8, according to a study by Children's Ombudsman Margrite Kalverboer. The difference between happy children and unhappy children in the Netherlands is also growing, she said on Tuesday - the International Day for the Rights of the Child, NU.nl reports. Kalverboer …

Eight percent of Dutch youth psychologically unhealthy
6 years, 2 months ago

Eight percent of Dutch youth psychologically unhealthy

NL Times  

Between 2015 and 2017 eight percent of Dutch 12 to 25-year-olds were psychologically unhealthy, according to Statistics Netherlands' health survey. Ten years ago 7 percent of Dutch young people were psychologically unhealthy. Psychologically unhealthy young people also report more long-term physical illnesses than their psychologically healthy peers. 65 percent of psychologically unhealthy young people rate their own health as less …

Dutch happy with their lot, says new report
6 years, 4 months ago

Dutch happy with their lot, says new report

Dutch News  

The economy is up, and so are the Dutch. A new report into social conditions in the Netherlands reveals that Dutch people continue to rate their lives at 7.8 out of 10. Most people feel healthy, life expectancy is on the rise and people generally feel more safe, according to the report by the SCP Netherlands Institute for Social Research. …

Happy and healthy: one in five Dutch is super smiley
6 years, 6 months ago

Happy and healthy: one in five Dutch is super smiley

Dutch News  

Whatever the weather, one in five Dutch adults feels glowing. The super smileys tend to be married, in the highest income band and working – while divorcees, the lowest-educated and poorest-paid most often say they feel unhappy. ‘Some people are notably happier than others, and you could think that the reasons are obvious but it is good to underline them …

Happy and healthy: one in five Dutch is super smiley
6 years, 6 months ago

Happy and healthy: one in five Dutch is super smiley

Dutch News  

Whatever the weather, one in five Dutch adults feels glowing. The super smileys tend to be married, in the highest income band and working – while divorcees, the lowest-educated and poorest-paid most often say they feel unhappy. ‘Some people are notably happier than others, and you could think that the reasons are obvious but it is good to underline them …

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