PfG 2016-21 Measurement Annex - Average life satisfaction score of people with disabilities
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Life satisfaction is one of the four areas of personal wellbeing
. The question asked on the Labour Force Survey is "overall, how satisfied are you with your life nowadays?".
People are asked to respond on a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 is “not at all” and 10 is “completely”.
In 2019/20, the average life satisfaction score of people with disabilities was 6.99. The average life satisfaction score of people with disabilities remains significantly lower than that of those without a disability (8.20).
Source: NISRA