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    Life expectancy at birth

    "The average number of years that a newborn could expect to live, if he or she were to pass through life exposed to the sex- and age-specific death rates prevailing at the time of his or her birth, for a specific year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area."
    Retrieved from, http://apps.who.int/gho/indicatorregistry/App_Main/view_indicator.aspx?i..., 12.08.2014

    Deterioration of Personal Situation Compared to the Past

    A subjective judgement of a person, who thinks/feels that his personal situation is becoming progressively worse than it was in the past

    Feelings of Self-determination

    Mean response to question on self-reported feelings of choice and control over ones life, from European Values Study.

    Happiness (EVS; WVS) 

    Percentage of people who would say they are "very happy" or "quite happy" in European Values Survey & World Values Survey

    Interpersonal Trust 

    This indicator measures respondents' answers to "Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted or that you can’t be too careful in dealing with people?" The measured responses were "most people can be trusted" and "can’t be too careful", only.

    https://dbk.gesis.org/dbksearch/file.asp?file=ZA4800_q.pdf

    Job Security

    This indicator presents the number of dependent employed with a job tenure of less than 6 months over the total dependent employment. Job tenure is measured by the length of time workers have been in their current or main job or with their current employer
    http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=BLI2013#
    (Retrieved: 26 January 2015)

    Best-worst possible life (life satisfaction)

    Average response to question "Let's suppose the top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you; and the bottom, the worst possible life for you. On which step of the ladder do you feel you personally stand at the present time?". Also called Cantril ladder of life.

    Subjective High Opportunities for Advancement

    Percentage of employed persons who "strongly agree" or "agree" to the statement "My opportunities for advancement are high"
    http://www.gesis.org/fileadmin/upload/dienstleistung/daten/soz_indikator...
    (Retrieved: 26 January 2015)

    Assessing whether life is worthwhile (under development in SILC 2013; PlaceholderEQLS2011 (external link))

    Average response to question with approximate wording "I feel that what I do in life is worthwhile", included in EU-SILC 2013 ad hoc module on wellbeing, also in European Quality of Life Survey

    Happy Planet Index rank order

    The HPI measures the extent to which countries deliver long, happy, sustainable lives for the people that live in them. The Index uses global data on life expectancy, experienced well-being and Ecological Footprint to calculate this.

    The index is an efficiency measure, it ranks countries on how many long and happy lives they produce per unit of environmental input.

    Better Life Index

    The Better Life index is an interactive tool that allows you to see how countries perform according to the importance you give to each of 11 topics.