The Jersey Opinion and Lifestyle Survey (JOLS) provides many of these figures. JOLS is an annual survey run by to collect data from a sample of adult Jersey residents. Statistics Jersey runs the survey each year, but we don’t always ask the same questions. For example, we only ask height and weight questions (used to calculate obesity) every other year.
Jersey Opinion and Lifestyle Survey - latest report and past reports
Self-health rating
- Very good
- Good
- Satisfactory
- Poor
- Very poor
Percentage of adult Jersey residents who rate their health as 'Good' or 'Very Good'
Source: Statistics Jersey, download the data
To read the latest health profile for Jersey, follow the link below
Jersey Health Profile 2022
Note: The 2021 data for self-health rating was taken from the 2021 Census results. This means the data was taken from the population as a whole rather than a representative sample. The JOLS survey was not conducted in 2021.
Longstanding illness and disability
JOLS asks people whether they suffer from a long-term illness or disability. Also, does that illness or disability affect their lives a little, or a lot.
Percentage of adult Jersey residents who suffer from long term illness or disability
Source: Statistics Jersey, download the data
Note: The 2021 data for long standing illness and disability was also taken from the 2021 Census results. The results can be viewed in more detail in
Census bulletin 3 - Health characteristics.
Wellbeing
JOLS asks people in Jersey to rate their happiness, anxiety, satisfaction with life and feeling that life is worthwhile on a 0-10 scale. Statistics Jersey adopted this method of measuring wellbeing in 2017.
Wellbeing Scores from JOLS 2023
| Satisfied with life | 15%
| 21%
| 48% | 16% | 6.74
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| Life is worthwhile | 12% | 19%
| 43%
| 26% | 7.10
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Happy
| 14% | 19% | 38% | 29% | 7.07
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Source: Statistics Jersey,
download the data
Mean average wellbeing scores from JOLS (satisfaction, worthwhile and happiness)
Source: Statistics Jersey,
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Mean average wellbeing scores from JOLS (anxiety)
Source: Statistics Jersey
Note: The scoring of the anxiety is reversed compared to the other three questions (a low score is good)
Adult obesity
We calculate peoples’ body mass index (BMI) from the height and weight they report in JOLS. We categorise the BMI score as normal, overweight or obese.
To read the latest report on obesity, diet and physical activity, follow the link below
Obesity, diet and physical activity 2023
Percentage of Jersey adults categorised as overweight or obese
Source: Statistics Jersey, download the data
Child obesity
The ‘Jersey Child Measurement Programme’ records the height and weight of all schoolchildren in Reception and Year 6 classes. We use each child’s height and weight to calculate their body mass index (BMI). Using the BMIs, we categorise each child as 'underweight', 'normal weight', 'overweight' or 'obese'.
To read the latest child measurement report, follow the link below
Jersey child measurement programme 2023/2024
Percentage of Reception aged children categorised as overweight and obese
Percentage of Year 6 children categorised as overweight and obese
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