European Quality of Life Survey, EQLS

^{For details on all aspects of this database, see EQLS}
 

1. General description

^{The European Quality of Life Survey is a European cross-national household survey on objective and subjective topics concerning quality of life. The survey was carried out in all European Union member countries and candidate countries in 2003.}
 

2. Survey type

• Cross-national
• Cross-sectional in 2003. The second wave is expected in 2008. The survey will be repeated every 4-5 years
• Representative national samples, ≥ 18 years of age
• Single core questionnaire (no varying modules)

  

3. Participating countries

• 28 countries
• All countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom

  

4. Topics

a. Socio-demographics

• Respondent: age, sex, education, work and employment, marital status, number of children
• Partner: age, sex, work and employment
• Parents: -
• Children: -
• Household: age of members, sex of members, relationship of members to respondent, composition, income, work and employment of members

  

b. General

^{Economic situation, education and skills, employment, health and health care, household structure and family relations, housing and local environment, perceived quality of society, subjective well-being, work-life balance}
 

c. Regarding work and welfare

^{Working conditions, working time, work autonomy, work flexibility, job quality, job satisfaction, unemployment, social standard, income satisfaction, making ends meet, work-life balance, quality of state pension system, quality of social services, satisfaction with health, state of health, satisfaction with health services, happiness, quality of education system}
 

5. Questionnaires available

^{Yes, downloadable in pdf-format; from EQLS, ESDS and UKDA}
 

6. Keyword search in questionnaires

^No
 

7. Data available

• Dataset downloadable; from UKDA
• After registration, free of charge

  

8. Online data analysis

^{Online production of tables, without registration, free of charge, per country and pooled, from EurLIFE. This web tabulator function of EurLIFE does not cover the entire EQLS dataset. In addition to EQLS, the EurLIFE tabulator also uses data from other surveys like the European Union Labour Force Survey or the Eurobarometer. Which dataset is used depends on the indicators selected for tabulation.}
 

9. Contact

^{information@eurofound.europa.eu}