launch of how's life? 2013
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Top 20% performers
Australia Canada Denmark Norway
Sweden Switzerland United States
60% middle performers
Austria Belgium Czech
Republic Finland France
Germany Iceland Ireland Israel Italy
Japan Korea Luxembourg Netherlands New
Zealand
Poland Slovak
Republic Slovenia Spain
United Kingdom
20% bottom performers
Chile Estonia Greece Hungary
Mexico Portugal Turkey
Source: How’s Life? 2013 – Unweighted averages across all well-being dimensions
Source: How’s Life? 2013
X-axis: Life Satisfaction =average score on a 0-10 scale ; source: OECD calculations on the World Gallup Poll
Y-axis: Long term unemployment rate= % of the labour force unemployed for one year or more; source: OECD Labour Force Statistics
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
6.7
6.8
6.9
7.0
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
7.5
7.6
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
United States
Life satisfactionLong-term unemployment rate (right hand y-axis)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
5.6
5.8
6.0
6.2
6.4
6.6
6.8
7.0
7.2
7.4
7.6
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
OECD Euro area (selected countries)
Life satisfaction
Long-term unemployment rate (right hand y-axis)
Source: OECD calculations on US SIPP and EU-SILC
Source: OECD National Accounts Database
In the Euro area, the share of the population with total housing costs
greater or equal to 40% of disposable income rose
OECD Euro Area, 2007 = 100
Around 20% of US households
moved in with other households
5
6
7
8
9
10
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Owner with mortgage or loan
90
92
94
96
98
100
102
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Household disposable income per capita
GDP per capita
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
OECD OECD Euro area
JPN USA
Percentage of people reporting
to trust national government
80
85
90
95
100
105
110
115
120
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
OECD OECD Euro area USA
Percentage of people reporting having helped
someone, 2007=100
Source: OECD calculations on Gallup World Poll
OECD Euro area employment rates of different
groups relative to that of the overall population
2008 Q1=100
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
OECD Europe GRC ITA FRA
Percentage of people reporting unmet medical
needs for financial reasons
Source: OECD Labour Force Statistics Source: OECD calculations on EU-SILC
80
90
100
110
120
Youth (aged 15/16-24)
Older workers (aged 55-64)
Low-skilled (aged 25-64)
High-skilled (aged 25-64)
Job Demands - Work pressure
- Emotional demands
- Physical health risk factors
- Workplace intimidation
Job Resources
- Work autonomy
- Learning opportunities
- Task clarity
- Supportive management practices
- Colleagues’ support
Source: OECD calculations on the European Survey on Working Conditions
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
High jobdemands
and low job resources
High jobdemands
and high job resources
Low jobdemands
and low job resources
Low jobdemands
and high job resources
Proportion of European workers reporting that
work impairs their health, 2010
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
High jobdemands
and low job resources
High jobdemands
and high job resources
Low jobdemands
and low job resources
Low jobdemands
and high job resources
Number of annual days of sick leave,
Europe, 2010
Poverty rates among individuals living in households
with at least one worker, 2010
Source: OECD Income Distribution Database
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
0
10
20
30
40
50
2010 or latest available year 2000 or first available year
Gender wage gaps
(Men minus Women/Men )
0
5
10
15
20
25
Gender time gaps
(Women minus Men)
Source: OECD Employment Database
Source: OECD calculations based on national time-use surveys
Number of weekly hours of unpaid work
Women are the primary target of intimate violence and have greater fears about their safety
On average in the OECD, 25% of women say they have been victim
of intimate violence from their partner
Women are under-represented in top management and political positions
On average in the OECD, only 27% of parliamentary seats are occupied by women
Women live 5 years longer than men
Young women are more educated than young men
Source: OECD calculations on European Quality of Life Survey
Proportion of men and women relying on partner/spouse
and friends if they needed help when looking for a job,
Europe, 2007
10
12
14
16
18
20
22
Men Women
Partner / spouse Friend