The pie chart compares the share of people who reported being happy none/some/all the time in the last four weeks. The bar chart illustrates the same survey among retired, self-employed and those in education or training.
Overall, the majority of survived were happy all/most of the time in both age groups and groups of labour status. In addition, those who were in education or training showed the highest percentage of happiness, while people at age of 50-64 showed the lowest one.
In terms of age, 55.1% for people aged 50-64 and 58.3% of those aged 65-73 said that they were happy all or most of the time. The share of respondents who were happy some of the time were also quite similar, 29.4% for 50-64 age group and 27.4% for 65-74 age group. Likewise, the proportion of people who felt happy a little or some of the time stood at 15.6% and 14.2% respectively.
A similar distribution is seen across employment groups. The highest percentage of those who were happy all or most of the time was among people in education or training (72.3%), followed by retirees (58.5%) and the self-employed (57.0%). The proportion of respondents who were happy some of the time ranged from 21.4% to 29.2% across all categories, while those who were happy little or none of the time accounted for slightly higher shares among the retired.