Detailed findings – satisfaction and wellbeing - Museums Association

Detailed findings – satisfaction and wellbeing

The workforce has higher life satisfaction than work satisfaction. 

Life satisfaction

We asked respondents to rate their life satisfaction on a scale of 1 – low to 10 – high.

  • 71% reported good life satisfaction, selecting six or above 
  • However approximately a third, 29%, of all respondents reported lower life satisfaction, selecting five or below, with 7% of respondents selecting significantly low life satisfaction

Work satisfaction

We asked respondents to rate their work satisfaction on a scale of 1 – low to 10 – high.

  • 58% reported less good work satisfaction, five or below, with 34% of respondents reporting significantly low work satisfaction 
  • 41% reported positive work satisfaction, six or above, with factors positively contributing to this being an empathic manager, supportive team and engaging job content
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