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Personal well-being and sexual identity in the UK: 2013 to 2015
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- Those who identify as gay or lesbian, or bisexual report lower well-being than the UK average for all personal well-being measures. This difference is largest for feelings of anxiety.
Datasets related to Well-being
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Measuring National Well-being: Domains and Measures
Latest data, times series data and detailed information for the 41 measures of National Well-being. Measures are typically updated twice a year in March and September.
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Measuring National Well-being: Worthwhile
Estimates of Worthwhile from the Annual Population Survey Personal Well-being dataset by Personal Characteristics and Geography.
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Measuring National Well-being: Life Satisfaction
Estimates of Life Satisfaction from the Annual Population Survey Personal Well-being dataset by Personal Characteristics and Geography.
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Measuring National Well-being: Happiness
Estimates of Happiness from the Annual Population Survey Personal Well-being dataset by Personal Characteristics and Geography.
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Measuring National Well-being: Anxiety
Estimates of anxiety in the UK from the Annual Population Survey personal well-being dataset by personal characteristics and geography.
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Measuring National Well-being: International Comparisons
Comparing the UK with OECD countries or the European Union across main areas of well-being. Where available using directly comparable or proxy measure data.
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Personal well-being and sexual identity in the UK: 2013 to 2015
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Economic Well-being: Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2017
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UK environmental accounts: 2017
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Human capital estimates: 2015
Estimates of national and regional human capital in the UK from 2004 to 2015.
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Measuring national well-being: Life in the UK, Apr 2017
An assessment of UK progress against a set of headline national well-being indicators, which include our health, natural environment, personal finances and crime. Change over time is also assessed to establish whether national well-being is improving or deteriorating.
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Sustainable Development Indicators: July 2015
The Sustainable Development Indicators (SDIs) provide an overview of progress towards a sustainable economy, society and environment. There are 12 headline and 23 supplementary indicators, supported by 25 and 41 measures respectively. Where there are sufficient data to be compared, measures have been assessed over the long-term and short-term to show if there has been clear improvement, deterioration or if there has been little or no overall change.
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