Britain offers better living environment than France and Germany
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A massive 93% of the British are happy with their standard of living, compared to just 76% of Frenchies.
Taking all things together, would you say you are very happy?
UK - "Yes" 39%
France - "Yes" 31%
Germany - "Yes" 24%
Germany - "Yes" 24%
Are you satisfied with your standard of living?
UK - "Yes" 93%
Germany - "Yes" 85%
Germany - "Yes" 85%
France - "Yes" 76%
Are you confident about the future of your pension?
UK - "Yes" 50%
France - "Yes" 32%
Germany - "Yes" 25%
Do you feel there is a risk that you could one day fall into poverty?
France - "Yes" 28%
UK - "Yes" 25%
Germany - "Yes" 23%
Work is too demanding and stressful.
Germany - 39%
France - 37%
UK - 34%
Likelihood of finding a job requiring the same skills and experience
UK - 6.8
France - 5.9
Germany - 4.8
Do you think life in general will get better over the next 12 months?
UK - "Yes" 48%
France - "Yes" 45%
Germany - "Yes" 20%
Do you think the life of children today is easier than those of your generation?
UK - "Yes" 16%
France - "Yes" 8%
Germany - "Yes" 3%
Germany - "Yes" 25%
Do you feel there is a risk that you could one day fall into poverty?
France - "Yes" 28%
UK - "Yes" 25%
Germany - "Yes" 23%
Work is too demanding and stressful.
Germany - 39%
France - 37%
UK - 34%
Likelihood of finding a job requiring the same skills and experience
UK - 6.8
France - 5.9
Germany - 4.8
Do you think life in general will get better over the next 12 months?
UK - "Yes" 48%
France - "Yes" 45%
Germany - "Yes" 20%
Do you think the life of children today is easier than those of your generation?
UK - "Yes" 16%
France - "Yes" 8%
Germany - "Yes" 3%
Living Environmental Scale (In order to provide an overview of the extent of life satisfaction in the Member States, a scale was constructed with 11 items from the life satisfaction factor that relate to the living environment. The scale runs from 1 to 5 and the closer the figure is to 5 the better the living environment is perceived to be. EU mean: 3.78 )
UK - 3.98 [above the EU mean]
Germany - 3.82
Germany - 3.82
Spain - 3.80
France - 3.75 [substandard sh*thole]
Source: Eurobarometer, Public Opinion Analysis sector of the European Commission********************************
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