Well-being

Societal and personal well-being in the UK looking beyond what we produce, to areas such as health, relationships, education and skills, what we do, where we live, our finances and the environment. This data comes from a variety of sources and much of the analysis is new.

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Personal well-being and sexual identity in the UK: 2013 to 2015

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Those who identify as gay or lesbian, or bisexual report lower well-being than the UK average for all personal well-being measures. This difference is largest for feelings of anxiety.

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Datasets related to Well-being

Measuring National Well-being: Domains and Measures

Latest data, times series data and detailed information for the 41 measures of National Well-being. Measures are typically updated twice a year in March and September.
Measuring National Well-being: Worthwhile

Estimates of Worthwhile from the Annual Population Survey Personal Well-being dataset by Personal Characteristics and Geography.
Measuring National Well-being: Life Satisfaction

Estimates of Life Satisfaction from the Annual Population Survey Personal Well-being dataset by Personal Characteristics and Geography.
Measuring National Well-being: Happiness

Estimates of Happiness from the Annual Population Survey Personal Well-being dataset by Personal Characteristics and Geography.
Measuring National Well-being: Anxiety

Estimates of anxiety in the UK from the Annual Population Survey personal well-being dataset by personal characteristics and geography.
Measuring National Well-being: International Comparisons

Comparing the UK with OECD countries or the European Union across main areas of well-being. Where available using directly comparable or proxy measure data.

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Statistical bulletins

Personal well-being and sexual identity in the UK: 2013 to 2015

Personal well-being estimates by age, disability, relationship status, ethnicity, religion, sex and sexual identity using the Annual Population Survey three year combined dataset.
Economic Well-being: Quarter 4, Oct to Dec 2016

Presents indicators that adjust or supplement more traditional measures such as GDP to give a more rounded and comprehensive basis for assessing changes in economic well-being.
UK environmental goods and services sector (EGSS): 2010 to 2014

First estimates of the UK environmental goods and services sector for 2013-2014 and revised estimates for 2010-2012. Included are estimates of output, gross value added, and employment.

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Articles

Human capital estimates

Estimates of national and regional human capital in the UK from 2004 to 2015.
Measuring national well-being

An assessment of UK progress against a set of headline national well-being indicators, which include our health, natural environment, personal finances and crime. Change over time is also assessed to establish whether national well-being is improving or deteriorating.
Sustainable Development Indicators

The Sustainable Development Indicators (SDIs) provide an overview of progress towards a sustainable economy, society and environment. There are 12 headline and 23 supplementary indicators, supported by 25 and 41 measures respectively. Where there are sufficient data to be compared, measures have been assessed over the long-term and short-term to show if there has been clear improvement, deterioration or if there has been little or no overall change.

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Methodology related to Well-being

Personal Well-being in the UK QMI

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