19 methodology , sorted by release date
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Personal well-being in the UK QMI
Quality and methodology information for personal well-being in the UK, including strengths and limitations, methods, and data uses and users.Keywords: anxiety, happiness, life satisfaction, population, wellbeing
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Personal well-being user guidance
Supporting information for our personal well-being questions and publications. -
UK Measures of National Well-being user guide
User guide for the UK Measures of National Well-being, providing more detail on the framework. Includes metadata tables of the revised measures, detail on how we produce estimates, and measure change over time.Keywords: quality of life, wellbeing, happiness
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Trust in Government Survey QMI
Quality and Methodology Information (QMI) for the Trust in Government Survey, detailing strengths and limitations of the data, methods used, and data uses and users.Keywords: Public institutions, Attitudes
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Clustering similar local authorities in the UK, methodology
Methodology information for our clustering analysis, which groups UK local authorities with similar characteristics and outcomes.Keywords: local, methodology, clustering, levelling-up, subnational
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Clustering local authorities against subnational indicators in England, methodology
This methodology guide is intended to provide information on the data and method used on the article clustering local authorities against subnational indicators.Keywords: subnational, local authorities, clustering
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Data collection changes due to the pandemic and their impact on estimating personal well-being
During the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Office for National Statistics has published estimates of personal well-being using both the Annual Population Survey and the weekly module of the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey. This methodology article considers the impact that the pandemic has had on data collection, how this has influenced estimates of personal well-being and the comparability of these estimates.Keywords: APS, OPN, Mode, happiness, anxiety
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Optimism and personal well-being: technical report
Exploratory analysis of the relationship between optimism and personal well-being using questions from the 2019 Opinions and Lifestyle (OPN) survey.Keywords: well-being, optimism, pessimism
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Principal component analysis of social capital indicators
A proposal for a short social capital indicator set informed using principal component analysis – methodology article. -
Personal well-being quarterly estimates technical report
Description of the statistical methods and techniques used to create and analyse quarterly estimates for personal well-being in the UK. This is the first time that we are publishing quarterly data for the personal well-being figures as Experimental Statistics, providing a more timely picture comparable with economic well-being statistics.Keywords: Personal well-being indicators, annual estimates, quarterly estimates, seasonal decomposition, Annual population survey