Summary

An assessment of UK progress across ten domains of national well-being which include personal well-being, health, personal finances, environment, and attitudes towards government. Change over time and sub-population breakdowns by age, sex and region are provided where available.

Publications

• Quality of life in the UK: August 2022

  An overview of UK’s progress across ten domains of national well-being – personal well-being, relationships, health, what we do, where we live, personal finance, economy, education and skills, governance, and environment. This bulletin provides the first update to the Measures of National Well-being dashboard since 2019.

• Measures of National Well-being Dashboard: Quality of Life in the UK

  Bringing together the latest national well-being data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and other sources to give an overview of how the UK is doing across the 10 areas of life that the UK public told us matter most.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

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