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What matters most to personal well-being? - Short story
30-May-2013Health, unemployment and relationship status are most important
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Black people in the UK are less satisfied with their lives than other ethnic groups
30-Apr-2013This short summary article looks at estimates of subjective well-being for different ethnic groups by sex.
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Most children are happy, particularly with their family and friends
26-Apr-2013Only 4% reported being unhappy with their lives overall
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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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Regional Profiles - Population and Migration - South West, October 2011
28-Oct-2011Key facts and figures about population and migration statistics for the South West region.
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Regional Profiles - Population and Migration - West Midlands, October 2011
28-Oct-2011Key facts and figures about population and migration statistics for the West Midlands region.
Latest Summaries
Latest Publications
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Regional and Country Profiles - Directory of Tables
19-Jun-2013A list of data tables included in all the latest Region and Country Profile releases. It includes hyperlinks to each file.
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Region and Country Profiles - Directory of Tables
19-Jun-2013A list of data tables included in all the latest Region and Country Profile releases. It includes hyperlinks to each file.
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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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Measuring National Well-being - What matters most to Personal Well-being?
30-May-2013This article presents the findings from regression analysis undertaken by ONS looking at which factors matter most important to our personal well-being. The analysis uses data from the Annual Population Survey and explores the importance of a range of factors which may affect personal well-being while holding other factors constant.
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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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Differences in well-being by ethnicity
30-Apr-2013This short summary article looks at estimates of subjective well-being for different ethnic groups by sex.
Latest Data
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Region and Country Profiles - Key Statistics Tables, June 2013 (Excel sheet 205Kb)
19-Jun-2013Provides a source of essential statistics for the regions of England and the constituent countries of the UK (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). The tables provide a range of demographic, social and economic statistics including population and population density for local authority areas.
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Reference Table 1: What matters most to Personal Well-being? - Regression coefficients and significance (Excel sheet 142Kb)
30-May-2013Summary table showing the OLS regression coefficients and their significance for the main model including all four of the personal well-being questions.
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Reference Table 2: What matters most to Personal Well-being? - Main model regression results (Excel sheet 209Kb)
30-May-2013Main model regression results for each of the four personal well-being questions including both ordinary least squares and ordered probit findings.
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Reference Table 3: What matters most to Personal Well-being? - Variations on the employee-only model (Excel sheet 593Kb)
30-May-2013Regression results for variations on the employee-only model for each of the personal well-being questions including both ordinary least squares and ordered probit findings.
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Reference Table 4: What matters most to Personal Well-being? - Alternative specifications to the main regression model (Excel sheet 770Kb)
30-May-2013Regression results for alternative specifications to the main regression model including both ordinary least squares and ordered probit findings
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Reference Table 5: What matters most to Personal Well-being? - Sample sizes for each varible in the main model (Excel sheet 59Kb)
30-May-2013Summary of sample sizes for each variable in the main model for each of the four personal well-being questions.
