Do Changes in Welfare and Health Policy Affect Life Satisfaction of Older Citizens in Europe?

Table 2

Mean scores on the demographic indicators old dependency ratio and life expectancy at birth per country in 2006 and 2014.

	Old dependency ratio 65+ to population 15–64 years		Life expectancy at birth
	2006	2014	2006	2014
Belgium	26	27	79.5	81.4
Bulgaria	25	29	72.7	74.5
Czech R	20	26	76.7	78.9
Denmark	23	28	78.4	80.7
Germany	29	32	79.9	81.2
Estonia	25	28	73.2	77.4
Greece	28	32	79.9	81.5
Spain	24	27	81.1	83.3
France	25	28	80.9	82.8
Croatia	26	28	75.9	77.9
Cyprus	18	20	80.1	82.8
Lithuania	24	27	71.0	74.7
Luxembourg	21	20	79.4	82.3
Hungary	23	26	73.5	76.0
Netherlands	21	26	80.0	81.8
Austria	24	27	80.1	81.6
Poland	19	21	75.3	77.8
Portugal	26	30	79.0	81.3
Romania	22	24	72.5	75.0
Slovenia	22	26	78.3	81.2
Slovakia	16	19	74.5	77.0
Finland	24	30	79.6	81.3
Sweden	26	31	81.0	82.3
UK	24	27	79.5	81.4
Iceland	18	20	81.2	82.9
Norway	22	24	80.6	82.2
Switzerland	23	26	81.8	83.3
Ireland	16	19	79.3	81.4
Italy	30	33	81.4	83.2
Latvia	25	29	70.6	74.5
Malta	20	26	79.5	81.8