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Overall quality of life
The overall satisfaction of people with their
current quality of life can be compared between
the respondents in the MEH survey who
were in the SMD2/3 categories, and broader
UK population benchmarks from the PSE
2012 Survey, as shown in Figure 12. We have
selected for comparison the overall adult
population and three sections of the population
who might be expected to suffer the effects
of various general disadvantages as a result
of old age, disability or a long term illness, or
poverty (i.e. 3+ material deprivations and below
median income).
ality of Life Rating
oup (MEH) with
Groups (PSE)
As can be seen, the SMD2/3 group in the MEH
survey have a much lower quality of life than
all of these comparator groups, particularly
the general population and the older group, but
also the disabled and poor groups, although
it is clear that poverty is associated with
substantially lower satisfaction than reported
by the general population.
Only 16%
of people facing SMD2/3 consider
their quality of life to be good
or very good, compared to over
70% of the general population
Total 99%
Figure 12: Current overall quality of life rating comparing SMD group (MEH) with general
population groups (PSE)
5%
11%
PERCENTAGE
OLD
PEOPLE
DISABLED
PEOPLE
POOR
PEOPLE
ALL PSE
SMD2/3
47%
19%
17%
Very good
(9–10)
Good
(7–8)
Neither
(5–6)
Poor
(3–4)
Very poor
(0–2)
POPULATION GROUP