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Measuring national well-being, personal well-being in the UK
— 3 year data 2012 to 2015 | | Corporate Author | Office for National Statistics - ONS |
| Publisher | Office for National Statistics - ONS, 02 February 2016 |
| Pages | ONS Release |
| Source | http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/wellbeing/measuring-... |
| Annotation | Personal well-being provides an important insight into people's thoughts and feelings about their quality of life. Its measurement forms part of a much wider initiative in the UK, and internationally, to look beyond Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and to measure what really matters to people. ONS began collecting data on personal well-being in April 2011. This release presents some early findings from the three-year personal well-being dataset for April 2012 to March 2015, and comprises: How do people rate their Personal Well-being in your area? (interactive maps); At what age is Personal Well-being the highest? (Short report); and 4 Reference tables. This particular dataset allows for more detailed analysis of local level data and of sub-groups in the population than is possible from the annual dataset. Among its main findings are that whereas those aged 65 to 79 tended to report the highest average levels of personal well-being, this measurement fell amongst the oldest age groups (those aged 75 and over). This fall was steepest for feelings that activities they do in life are worthwhile. However, those aged 90+ reported higher life satisfaction and happiness compared with people in their middle years. Indeed, ratings of life satisfaction and happiness were at their lowest, on average, for those aged 45 to 59. Average anxiety ratings increased through early and middle years, peaking between age 45-59, but then subsequently falling and remaining relatively unchanged for those aged 65 and over. The 3 year dataset is available to Government Statistical Service users through contacting the following email address: socialsurveys@ons.gov.uk. Non-government users can also access the dataset through the UK Data Archive (http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/). Comments on the ONS approach to measuring personal well-being and/ or the presentation of the personal well-being data may be sent (to personal.well-being@ons.gsi.gov.uk). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160202001 E |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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