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Video Summary: An Overview of Children's Well-being, 2013

The majority of children are happy, especially with their friends and family
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Video Summary: An Overview of Children's Well-being, 2013

The majority of children are happy, especially with their friends and family
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National Well-being Wheel

Play with the measures of national well-being and compare data
Families and Households Podcast

Video Summary: Families and Households in England and Wales, 2011

A short video on families and households in England and Wales for 2011
Employment Podcast

Video Summary: Graduates in the Labour Market, 2012

A short video on graduates in the Labour Market for 2012
Most children are happy, particularly with their family and friends
Only 4% reported being unhappy with their lives overall
Infant mortality rate in England and Wales hits record low
There were 4.2 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2011
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Article: Measuring National Well-being - Children's Well-being, 2012 26-Oct-2012
This article is published as part of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Measuring National Well-being Programme and discusses the well-being of children. The Programme aims to produce accepted and trusted measures of the well-being of the nation - how the UK as a whole is doing. The Programme is also publishing more in depth analyses.
Article: Measuring National Well-being, Education and Skills 05-Jul-2012
Latest in a series of articles which aim to explore in more detail the different domains that have been considered as important for the measurement of National Well-being. Focusing on various aspects of education and life-long learning.
Video: Video Summary: An Overview of Children's Well-being, 2013 26-Apr-2013
An Overview of Children's Well-being, 2013
Report: Graduates in the Labour Market, 2012 06-Mar-2012
A short story looking at graduates in the labour market
Report: Young People in Work, 2012 29-Feb-2012
A short story explaining the characteristics of employed people aged 16 to 24.

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  • Information paper - Annual Business Survey (ABS): Exporters and importers in Great Britain, 2011 (Pdf 362Kb) 30-Apr-2013
    Information note
  • Does your degree define your career? 15-Apr-2013
    An analysis of the degree subjects people have studied compared with the occupations and sectors in which they work, using data from the Annual Population Survey. This article focuses on people working in London, and starts by looking at degree subject against occupation, then moves on to investigate industrial sectors, and includes examples of specific occupations and degree subjects, making comparisons between London and the UK.
  • Measuring National Well-being - Children's well-being, 2013 04-Apr-2013
    The 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.
  • Pre-release Access List: UK Gross Domestic Expenditure on Research and Development, 2011 (Pdf 23Kb) 13-Mar-2013
    UK Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D, 2011 pre-release access list.
  • Regional Economic Indicators - March 2013 13-Mar-2013
    In order to gain an overview of the economic performance of UK regions and countries, this article discusses a selection of economic indicators. In this release a particular focus has been applied to how the regions/countries have fared through the economic downturn that began in 2008.
  • Characteristics of National Parks, 2011 19-Feb-2013
    The 2011 Census provides an insight into the characteristics of the 13 national parks in England and Wales. Information is presented in a short article looking at change over time from 2001 to 2011, comparing the individual national parks and making national (England and Wales) comparisons across a variety of census topics from the published data.
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Key Data

Reference table: 2011 Census: KS501EW Qualifications and students, local authorities in England and Wales (Excel sheet 307Kb) 11-Dec-2012
This table provides 2011 Census estimates that classify the usual resident population aged 16 and over by their highest level of qualification, for regions, counties, London boroughs, districts and unitary authorities in England and Wales on census day (27 March 2011). Estimates of the economically active student population are also included.
Reference table: Measuring National Well-being - Education and skills data tables (Excel sheet 294Kb) 31-Oct-2011
Data tables for the Education and skills domain from the Measuring National Well-being discussion paper on domains and measures.
Reference table: A06: Educational status and labour market status for people aged from 16 to 24 (Excel sheet 2162Kb) 15-May-2013
Educational status and labour market status (employment, unemployment and inactivity) of people aged from 16 to 24. This table shows estimates for people in full-time education and people not in full-time education. Not in full-time education includes people in part-time education and/or some form of training. Estimates of young people not in employment, education or training ("NEET") cannot therefore be derived from this table. This spreadsheet has been set up in printer-friendly format showing data for the last two years, with historic data appearing in hidden rows. The spreadsheet has macro buttons to unhide the rows to enable users to view the entire time series. If the macros do not work this is probably due to the security settings on your computer. You can either change the security settings or unhide the rows manually.
Reference table: Regional Trends Online Tables, 04: Education and Training (Excel sheet 771Kb) 08-Jun-2011
A central source of official statistics about the regions and sub-regions of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland providing information on education, qualifications, skills and training.

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