Several practical forces shape that single score. Household income and how far it goes after housing, energy and transport costs are obvious factors; job stability and the quality of work matter too, because steady contracts and predictable hours reduce uncertainty in ways that short-term pay increases do not. Public services and social transfers cushion households against shocks, and household wealth, debt and the ability to save change how people feel about “enough.” Education and local expectations also tilt responses: attainment opens access to different jobs and changes what people count as a secure standard of living. Finally, the share of national income that reaches lower-income households has a clear influence on how many people feel secure.

The map below shows the income share of the bottom 40% and makes clear how income distribution relates to financial satisfaction. It’s based on Eurostat’s 2017 data; although the map is older, the same countries still have the lowest Gini coefficients.

The Netherlands and Finland are near the top of the table – people there tend to report fewer money worries, which fits with relatively steady jobs and wide-ranging public services. Sweden and Austria show much the same pattern. At the other end, Bulgaria’s average is notably lower: lower typical incomes and greater exposure to shocks make it harder for many households to feel financially secure. These are broad strokes — local prices, recent jumps in inflation or energy bills, and what people expect from work and family life all change how those numbers play out in daily reality.

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The Radio is most trusted media source in the Europe Union, while the social media was the least trusted source.

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Knowledge of French

Knowledge of German

Knowledge of Italian

Knowledge of Spanish

Knowledge of Russian

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Facts
– Only 3% of the United Kingdom work force is on a zero hour contract – source – and over 70% of those in them are happy with the arrangement
– Zero hours contracts aren’t unique to the UK. Corbyn has called the UK the “odd one out” which is utterly incorrect given that Sweden, Norway, Finland, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands all have them.
– By work hours the UK actually has above most countries for number of hours worked per week. 

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The inhabitants of Luxembourg speak an average of 3.5 languages. The most common languages spoken by them, other than German and French, are English, Portuguese and Italian.

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Unemployment rates are falling but differ substantially across Europe (2017)

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The noise map facilitates the tracking of trends in transportation-related noise, by mode, and collectively for multiple transportation modes. The data allow viewing the national picture of potential exposure to aviation and highway noise. The data also allow viewing of the potential exposure at the state or county level.

The National Transportation Noise Map is an addition to the National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD), a set of nationwide geographic databases of transportation facilities, networks, and associated infrastructure available from the BTS Geospatial Data Catalog. The layers will be updated on an annual basis, and future versions of the National Transportation Noise Map are envisioned to include additional transportation noise sources, such as rail and maritime.

The BTS map contains aircraft and road noise inventory data provided as web map services (WMS) for use with Geographic Information Systems (GIS), computer programs that can store, analyze, and present spatial or geographic data.

The geospatial data provides a basis for understanding what-if scenarios and helping policy makers to prioritize noise-related transportation investments. Using the National Transportation Noise Map data, BTS highlighted the percentage of total U.S. resident population that had the potential to be exposed to the following A-weighted 24-hour equivalent sound levels (LAEQ) (a-weighted, average sound level for the day) from aviation and Interstate road noise in the year 2014.

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