Personal well-being in the UK, 2012/13

Glenn Everett & Dawn SnapeMeasuring National Well-being, ONS

24 September 2014www.ons.gov.uk/well-being

Measuring National Well-being

“An accepted and trusted set of National Statistics to help people understand and monitor National Well-being”

• Aims to provide:

• International developments

• Policy use

• Public use

Today’s releases:

• National well-being – latest six monthly update to measures

• Personal well-being in the UK, 2013/14 – third year of data released

National well-being wheel of measures

National well-being updates

• Suite of national well-being measures updated every 6 months where data are available

• 19 (out of 41) measures updated in today’s release

• Changes include: Increases in Personal well-being Trust in national Government Energy consumed from renewable resources

Decreases in: Unemployment rate Total green house gas emissions

ONS personal well-being questions

• Overall, how satisfied are you with your life nowadays?

• Overall, to what extent do you feel the things you do in your

life are worthwhile?

• Overall, how happy did you feel yesterday?

• Overall, how anxious did you feel yesterday?

Response scale:

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Not at all Completely

Change in average annual UK personal well-being ratings compared to 2011/12

Percentages rating personal well-being at highest and lowest levels, 2011/12- 2013/14

Change in annual average UK personal well-being ratings compared to 2011/12 by country

Percentages rating personal well-being at highest and lowest levels by country 2013/14 and change since 2011/12

Percentages rating PWB at the highest levels by region, 2013/14 and change since 2011/12

Percentages rating personal well-being at lowest levels by region, 2013/14 and change since 2011/12

Questions?