Dataset: Quarterly personal well-being estimates

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Release date:
14 August 2023
Release frequency:
Quarterly
Next release:
TBC
Seasonally and non seasonally-adjusted quarterly estimates of life satisfaction, feeling that the things done in life are worthwhile, happiness and anxiety in the UK.

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Supporting information: table of contents

  1. In this dataset
  2. Quality and methodology information
  3. Methodologies
  4. Previous versions

  1. In this dataset

    Unit of measurement

    Percentage

    Estimate

    • Average (mean)
    • Poor
    • Fair
    • Good
    • Very good
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    The well-being thresholds in this dataset are different to the standard well-being thresholds that are published as part of this release. This is because the data for the anxiety measure needs to be interpreted differently to the other three well-being measures. For example, high happiness scores relate to a positive well-being, while high anxiety scores relate to a poor well-being. The well-being thresholds used in this dataset map onto the thresholds used in the main publication in the following way: - Poor = Low levels of life satisfaction, worthwhile, happiness and high levels of anxiety. - Fair = Medium levels of life satisfaction, worthwhile, happiness and anxiety. - Good = High levels of life satisfaction, worthwhile, happiness and low levels of anxiety. - Very good = Very high levels of life satisfaction, worthwhile, happiness and very low levels of anxiety.

    Geography

    • United Kingdom

    All measures of well-being

    • Anxiety
    • Happiness
    • Life satisfaction
    • Worthwhile

    Seasonal adjustment

    • Non-seasonally adjusted
    • Seasonally adjusted

    Time

    • 2023 Q1
    • 2022 Q4
    • 2022 Q3
    • 2022 Q2
    • 2022 Q1
    • 2021 Q4
    • 2021 Q3
    • 2021 Q2
    • 2021 Q1
    • 2020 Q4
    • 2020 Q3
    • 2020 Q2
    • 2020 Q1
    • 2019 Q4
    • 2019 Q3
    • 2019 Q2
    • 2019 Q1
    • 2018 Q4
    • 2018 Q3
    • 2018 Q2
    • 2018 Q1
    • 2017 Q4
    • 2017 Q3
    • 2017 Q2
    • 2017 Q1
    • 2016 Q4
    • 2016 Q3
    • 2016 Q2
    • 2016 Q1
    • 2015 Q4
    • 2015 Q3
    • 2015 Q2
    • 2015 Q1
    • 2014 Q4
    • 2014 Q3
    • 2014 Q2
    • 2014 Q1
    • 2013 Q4
    • 2013 Q3
    • 2013 Q2
    • 2013 Q1
    • 2012 Q4
    • 2012 Q3
    • 2012 Q2
    • 2012 Q1
    • 2011 Q4
    • 2011 Q3
    • 2011 Q2
    ... (plus 38 more)
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  2. Quality and methodology information

    Includes:

    • Where the data comes from (source)
    • The accuracy and reliability of the data
    • The relevance of the data to certain applications or uses
    • Things to consider when using the data

    Read the full Quality and methodology information (QMI) for this dataset.

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  3. Methodologies

    Personal well-being quarterly estimates technical report

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  4. Previous versions

    Previous versions of this dataset are available.

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Contact details for this dataset

Rachel Mullis, Emily Froud and Geeta Kerai qualityoflife@ons.gov.uk +44 300 0671543

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