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Review of the UK Measures of National Well-being, October 2022 to March 2023
Overview of the 2022 to 2023 review of the UK Measures of National Well-being (UK MNW). Details the revised title, measures, and dissemination of the framework.Public opinions and social trends, Great Britain: 27 March to 7 April 2024
What's in the bulletin?
- When asked about the important issues facing the UK today, the most commonly reported issues were: the cost of living (87%), the NHS (86%) and the economy (72%); other commonly reported issues were housing (58%), climate change and the environment (57%), crime (56%), immigration (52%), education (48%) and international conflict (47%); the proportions reporting each issue were relatively similar among men and women.
- Younger adults were more likely to report the cost of living (95% among those aged 16 to 29 years, compared with 80% among those aged 70 years and over) and employment (48% among those aged 16 to 29 years, compared with 31% among those aged 50 to 69 years), as important issues facing the UK.
- Older adults were more likely to report immigration (73% among those aged 70 years and over and 66% among those aged 50 to 69 years, compared with 36% for those aged 30 to 49 years and those aged 16 to 29 years) and crime (66% among those aged 70 years and over, compared with 46% among those aged 30 to 49 years), as important issues facing the UK.
UK Measures of National Well-being Dashboard
An overview of well-being in the UK on an individual, community and national level. Considers change across 58 measures of well-being, grouped by 10 topic areas.
Datasets related to Well-being
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Public opinions and social trends, Great Britain: household finances
Indicators from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN) of people’s experiences of changes in their cost of living and household finances in Great Britain.
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Public opinions and social trends, Great Britain: personal well-being and loneliness
Indicators from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN) reflecting the worries, personal well-being, and loneliness of adults in Great Britain.
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Public opinions and social trends, Great Britain: personal experiences of shortages of goods
Indicators from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN) of whether people experienced shortages of food when shopping in Great Britain.
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Public opinions and social trends, Great Britain: GP practice access
Indicators from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN) related to people’s experiences of GP practice access in Great Britain.
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Public opinions and social trends, Great Britain: artificial intelligence (AI)
Indicators from the Opinion and Lifestyle Survey (OPN) on the public’s awareness, opinions and expectations about artificial intelligence (AI).
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Young people's well-being measures
Contains all the current domains and measures of national well-being for young people. As well as providing the latest data for each measure, where available a time series of data are also presented along with useful links to data sources and other websites which may be of interest.
Publications related to Well-being
Statistical bulletins
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Public opinions and social trends, Great Britain: 10 to 21 April 2024
Social insights on daily life and events from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN) relating to the biggest issues facing society today.
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Public opinions and social trends, Great Britain: 10 to 21 April 2024
Social insights on daily life and events from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN) relating to the biggest issues facing society today.
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Disability, well-being and loneliness, UK: 2019
Personal well-being (UK) and loneliness (England) outcomes for disabled adults, with analysis by age, sex, impairment type, impairment severity and country.
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Personal well-being in the UK: April 2022 to March 2023
Estimates of life satisfaction, worthwhile, happiness, and anxiety, by select geographies including local authority level and individual characteristics and circumstances.
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Coronavirus and loneliness, Great Britain: 3 April to 3 May 2020
Analysis of loneliness in Great Britain during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey.
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Coronavirus and how people spent their time under lockdown: 28 March to 26 April 2020
Experimental results of the pilot Office for National Statistics (ONS) online time-use study (collected 28 March to 26 April 2020 across Great Britain) compared with the 2014 to 2015 UK time-use study.
Articles
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More adults are active in areas with a higher number of sports facilities
Access to sports facilities, supermarkets and museums in your local area
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Subnational indicators explorer
Use our interactive tool to find out more about your local authority.
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Are young people detached from their neighbourhoods?
Born in the digital age, young people are thought to be disconnected from their local area. Take our quiz to see how this stacks up in reality.
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Coronavirus and anxiety, Great Britain
The number of people reporting high levels of anxiety has sharply elevated during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This article will provide insights into which socio-demographic and economic factors were most associated with high levels of anxiety during the first weeks of lockdown.
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Exploring loneliness in children, Great Britain
Analysis of children's (aged 10 to 15 years) reporting of loneliness and perception of their circumstances from The Children’s Society Household Survey.
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Coronavirus and social relationships and support for vulnerable groups
A summary of social relationships and social support for vulnerable groups, including older adults and those with a self-defined disability or who are Equality Act Disabled.
Methodology related to Well-being
- Optimism and personal well-being: technical report
- Personal well-being frequently asked questions
- Technical report: logistic regression and latent class analysis of loneliness using the Community Life Survey August 2016 to March 2017
- Personal well-being user guidance
- Translation and cognitive testing of personal well-being questions into Sylheti and Urdu
- Personal well-being quarterly estimates technical report
Find, compare and visualise statistics about places within the United Kingdom.