UK Measures of National Well-being

Summary

Data of the UK’s progress across 10 domains of national well-being. Breakdowns by UK countries and regions, age and sex, and quality information included where available.

Publications

• UK Measures of National Well-being Dashboard

  An overview of well-being in the UK on an individual, community and national level. Considers change across 59 measures of well-being, grouped by 10 topic areas.

Data

• Quarterly personal well-being estimates – non-seasonally adjusted

  Non-seasonally adjusted quarterly estimates of life satisfaction, feeling that the things done in life are worthwhile, happiness and anxiety in the UK.

• UK Measures of National Well-being: measures metadata

  Metadata tables containing information on the question, data source, frequency of update, devolved administration source, and method of assessment of change for each measure. 

• UK Measures of National Well-being

  The UK’s progress across 10 topic areas of national well-being. Breakdowns by UK country and region, age and sex, including quality information where available.

• Quality of information for quarterly personal well-being estimates

  Confidence intervals and sample sizes for quarterly estimates of personal well-being in the UK.

• Quarterly personal well-being estimates – seasonally adjusted

  Seasonally adjusted quarterly estimates of life satisfaction, feeling that the things done in life are worthwhile, happiness and anxiety in the UK.

Methodology

• UK Measures of National Well-being framework user guide

  User guide for the UK Measures of National Well-being framework (UKMNW), providing detail on the headline and comprehensive measure set. Includes metadata tables of the measures, information on how estimates are produced, and how change over time is measured.

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