Summary

Estimates of life satisfaction, whether you feel the things you do in life are worthwhile, happiness, and anxiety at the UK, country, regional and local authority level.

Publications

• 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.

• Personal well-being in the UK: April 2017 to March 2018

  Estimates of life satisfaction, feeling that the things done in life are worthwhile, happiness and anxiety at the UK, country, regional and local authority level.

Data

• Measuring national well-being: domains and measures

  An overview of UK’s progress across ten domains of national well-being. Latest and historical data are provided. Sub-population breakdowns by UK countries and ITL1 regions, age and sex, as well as quality information, are included where available.

• Annual personal well-being estimates

  Annual estimates of life satisfaction, feeling that the things done in life are worthwhile, happiness and anxiety in the UK, by national, country, regional, county, local and unitary authority level and personal characteristics including analysis on the characteristics that are most likely to impact personal well-being.

• Quality information for annual personal well-being estimates

  Confidence intervals and sample sizes for annual estimates of personal well-being in the UK, by national, country, regional, county, local and unitary authority level and personal characteristics including analysis on the characteristics that are most likely to impact personal well-being.

Methodology

• Personal well-being user guidance

• Personal well-being outputs: Summary of user feedback

  Feedback from an online survey conducted to help us enhance the quality of the personal well-being outputs and consider different analysis to better meet user needs.

• Personal well-being frequently asked questions

  These are the Personal Well-being Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) which will be updated as required.

• Surveys using our four personal well-being questions

  A guide to what surveys include the four ONS personal well-being questions.

• Measuring National Well-being outputs: Summary of user feedback

  Feedback from an online survey conducted to help us enhance the quality of the Measuring National Well-being outputs and consider different analysis to better meet user needs.

• 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.

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