Highlights
Personal and economic well-being in the UK: February 2019
What's in the bulletin?
- This is the first time Office for National Statistics (ONS) has brought together its data on both personal and economic well-being to give a fuller picture on the well-being of UK households.
- In the latest quarter, economic indicators such as income and spending continue to increase, however, longer term, there is a slowdown of household conditions, also seen in a levelling off of people’s personal well-being and people’s perception of the future has been worsening.
- In Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2018, there was an increase in real household disposable income per head, up 0.7% compared with a year ago, alongside similar rises in earnings, employment and household spending and improved anxiety ratings.
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.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: July 2017 to June 2018
Estimates of life satisfaction, feeling that the things done in life are worthwhile, happiness and anxiety at the UK and country 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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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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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 in the UK
This article explores how the UK is faring in important areas of well-being compared with the member states of the European Union (EU) and the member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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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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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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