Outputs that use this data
Summaries
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Video Summary: The Economy - International Comparisons
14-May-2013This is a short video looking at international comparisons of one aspect of well-being, the economy.
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Older people more likely to feel they belong to their neighbourhoods
14-Mar-2013This is a story about older people's perceptions of their neighbourhood, friends and overall life satisfaction
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Air pollution and its impact on people’s health and well-being
07-Nov-2012Rates have fallen in recent years due to stricter regulations and alternative fuels
Publications
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Measuring National Well-being - Review of domains and measures, 2013
30-May-2013This review of domains and measures honours a commitment made in November 2012 in 'Measuring National Well-being: Life in the UK, 2012’ that ONS would ‘review and further refine domains and measures of well-being and the criteria used to select them’.
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The Economy - International Comparisons
14-May-2013Information on the selected domains and indicators that measure National Well-being. Articles draw together social and economic data from a wide range of government departments and other organisations
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Measuring National Well-being - Children's well-being, 2013
04-Apr-2013The article ‘Measuring National Well-being - Children’s Well-being, 2012’ (ONSa) reported children’s views on some aspects of their lives. This was based on data from the first wave of Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS).This summary further explores children’s reports of their well-being based on the second wave of the study (UKLS, 2011–12) and provides links to other sources of data about children’s well-being.
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Measuring National Well-being - Older People’s Neighbourhoods, 2013
14-Mar-2013This is the first in a series of short articles examining the well-being of older people aged 50 and over using measures related to the Measuring National Well-being Programme. The Office for National Statistics measures of well-being are organised into ten domains with each domain having between three and five separate indicators. More information about all the measures can be found in the ‘National Well-being wheel of measures’.
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Pre release access, Life in the UK, 2012
20-Nov-2012List of those receiving pre-release access to Life in the UK report.
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Measuring National Well-being, The Natural Environment
07-Nov-2012The article is published as part of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Measuring National Well-being programme. The programme aims to produce accepted and trusted measures of the well-being of the nation – how the UK as a whole is doing. This article explores in more detail the aspects of the Natural Environment that are considered important for measuring National Well-being. It includes information on the environmental assets available to us, how they are used and the pressure that places on the natural environment.
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Domains and Measures, May 2013
30-May-2013Excel workbook containing proposed domains and measures of well-being
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Domains and proposed measures, November 2012
20-Nov-2012Table showing the amendments to national well-being measures since July 2012
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Summary of amendments to national well-being measures since July 2012
20-Nov-2012Table showing the amendments to national well-being measures since July 2012
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Measuring National Well-being, Domains and measures for November 2012
24-Jul-2012Excel table showing the current iteration of the national well-being domains and measures