Highlights
Personal well-being in the UK: April 2017 to March 2018
What's in the bulletin?
- The average ratings across the four measures of personal well-being in the UK were unchanged.
- Average ratings of feeling the things done in life are worthwhile increased in Scotland; this was driven by a higher percentage of people reporting very high levels for this measure.
- Compared with the UK, a larger percentage of people in Wales reported low levels of worthwhile and happiness; interestingly, a larger proportion of people in Wales reported both low levels of life satisfaction but also very high levels of life satisfaction, suggesting greater disparity in life satisfaction in Wales compared with the UK overall.
Datasets related to Well-being
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Personal well-being estimates
Estimates of life satisfaction, worthwhile, happiness and anxiety in the UK for the years ending March 2012 to March 2018.
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Measuring national well-being: domains and measures
Latest data, times series data and detailed information for the measures of national well-being.
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Children's Well-being Measures
The latest data for the 31 measures of children’s well-being, within seven domains, complementing the national measures of well-being.
Publications related to Well-being
Statistical bulletins
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Personal well-being in the UK: April 2017 to March 2018
Estimates of life satisfaction, feeling that the things done in life are worthwhile, happiness and anxiety at the UK, country, regional and local authority level.
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Economic well-being, UK: April to June 2018
Presents a rounded and comprehensive basis for assessing changes in economic well-being through indicators that adjust or supplement more traditional measures such as gross domestic product (GDP).
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UK Environmental Accounts: 2018
Measuring the contribution of the environment to the economy, the impact of economic activity on the environment, and society's response to environmental issues. Satellite accounts to the main UK National Accounts.
Articles
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Understanding well-being inequalities: Who has the poorest personal well-being?
Analysis of the characteristics and circumstances associated with the poorest life satisfaction, feeling the things done in life are worthwhile, happiness and anxiety in the UK, from 2014 to 2016.
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Measuring National Well-being
This article, forming part of the Measuring National Well-being programme which today publishes the latest assessments of change, focuses on the main differences between age groups.
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Loneliness - What characteristics and circumstances are associated with feeling lonely?
Analysis of characteristics and circumstances associated with loneliness in England using the Community Life Survey, 2016 to 2017.
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Measures of National Well-being Dashboard
It monitors and reports how the UK is doing by producing accepted and trusted measures for the different areas of life that matter most to the UK public.
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Brits spend 29% of their leisure time alone
The Great Get Together, inspired by Jo Cox, aims to bring people across the UK together this weekend. ONS analysis shows that we spend most of our free time with others, but 100 minutes of our free time alone every day.
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Men enjoy five hours more leisure time per week than women
Men in the UK enjoy nearly five more hours of leisure time per week than women, ONS analysis reveals.
Methodology related to Well-being
- 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
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