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Measuring national well-being
— an analysis of social capital in the UK | | Author(s) | Veronique Siegler |
| Corporate Author | Office for National Statistics - ONS |
| Publisher | Office for National Statistics - ONS, [Newport], 29 January 2015 |
| Pages | 36 pp |
| Source | Download: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171766_393380.pdf |
| Keywords | Citizenship ; Social interaction ; Participation ; Well being ; Statistics [data] ; United Kingdom. |
| Annotation | This paper uses the latest available data to provides a baseline analysis of social capital in the UK. The data are based on 25 headline measures proposed by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in July 2014, which cover four key aspects of social capital: personal relationships, social network support, civic engagement and trust, and cooperative norms. They have been further developed following user consultation. The report covers issues such as loneliness; caring and family support; civic engagement, including activities such as volunteering; and issues to do with trust. Among the findings are that 11% of people in the UK reported feeling lonely all, most, or more than half of the time in 2011/12. Just over a third of people in the UK reported that they wish they could spend more time with their family and have more social contacts (36%) in 2011/12. Nearly 1 in 5 people (19%) in the UK reported looking after or giving special help to someone sick, disabled or old inside their household (7%), outside their own household (10%) or both (1%) in 2012/13. ONS will continue to develop and refine its measures of social capital based on feedback from users; and plans to carry out further analysis to highlight inequalities in social capital. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-151204004 E |
| Classmark | IKC: TMA: TMB: D:F:5HH: 6C: 8 * |
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