UK Measures of National Well-being: review and latest insights

Summary

The Measures of National Well-being (MNW) were launched by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in 2010 to provide a comprehensive picture of how we are doing as individuals, as communities and as a nation, and how sustainable this is for the future. From October 2022 to March 2023 we reviewed the measures and how we disseminate them. This release outlines our recommendations and provides the latest insights from the updated measures.

Publications

• Most adults report making some changes to their lifestyle for environmental reasons

  The UK Measures of National Well-being track progress on a range of factors affecting people’s lives. New measures reflect people’s pro-environmental behaviours and level of satisfaction with the UK health system

• Review of the UK Measures of National Well-being, October 2022 to March 2023

  Overview of the 2022 to 2023 review of the UK Measures of National Well-being (UK MNW). Details the revised title, measures, and dissemination of the framework.

• 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.

• UK Measures of National Well-being, current and upcoming work: July 2023

  Workplan to implement the recommendations from the review of the UK Measures of National Well-being, including the wider well-being workplan for the ONS.

Data

• 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.

• Findings from qualitative analysis of focus group discussions with LGBT+, Black, Black British, Black Caribbean and Black African, and Arab adults

  A qualitative study on what influences the well-being of LGBT+ and Black, Black British, Black Caribbean and Black African, and Arab adults, 3 to 26 January 2023.

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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