Overall, to what extent do you feel the things you do in your life are worthwhile? Please use a scale of 0 to 10 where 0 means not at all and 10 means completely.

Summary

  • The percentage of residents who gave a score of 9 or 10 in W2 is 5 percentage points lower than W1 for the extent to which they feel things they do in their life are worthwhile.
  • More residents with children in their household gave a score of 9 or 10 when compared to their counterparts (25% compared to 20%) when rating the extent to which they feel things they do in their life are worthwhile.

W1/W2 Sample chart:
This chart shows that fewer residents feel that the things they do in life are worthwhile in wave 2; there is a 5 percentage point decrease in the proportion giving a score of 9 or 10.

Sample chart

Base W1: 1,900 | W2: 1,291

Age chart:
This chart shows that younger residents (those aged 16-34) are the least likely to feel the things they do in life are worthwhile.

Age chart

Base 16-24: 158 | 25-34: 264 | 35-44: 195 | 45-54: 208 | 55-64: 173 | 65+: 237 

Gender chart:
This chart shows that males and females give similar scores for feeling that the things they do in life are worthwhile; 12% feel they are ‘completely’ worthwhile.

Gender chart

Base Male: 627 | Female: 605 

Household Composition chart:
This chart shows that residents with children in their household are more likely to feel that the things they do in life are worthwhile, 25% gave a score of 9 or 10 compared to 20% of those with no children in the household.

Household composition chart

Base Households with children: 356 | Households with no children: 828