Well-being and Work
Eleanor ReesQuality of Life Team, Office for National Statistics
Personal Well-being
Our relationships
Health
What we do
Where we livePersonal Finance
Economy
Education and Skills
Governance
Natural Environment
Personal Well-being
ONS Surveys that include the PersonalWell-being questions
Annual Population Survey
Wealth and Assets Survey
Living Costs and Food Survey
Crime Survey for England and Wales
Opinions and Lifestyle Survey
PWB and APS
Previously separated “Personal Well-being Annual Population Survey
dataset”
As of this year Personal Well-being variables are on the APS main data release.
Three year aggregated datasets are also available for personal well-being analysis
from 2011/2014 onwards.
How might well-being benefit you and what we have shown so
far
Personal well-being
Results of well-being and work
6.2
6.4
6.6
6.8
7.0
7.2
7.4
7.6
7.8
In employment Unemployed Economically inactive
Life Satisfaction by Employment StatusHigher Well-being
LowerWell-being
Annual Population Survey, April 2014 - March 2015
Personal Well-being and IncomeGreat Britain
Living Costs and Food Survey, April 2014 - March 2015
Beyond labour marketComparison of those commuting 61-90 minutes to those commuting up to 15 minutes
Annual Population Survey, April 2012 - March 2013
Sub-regional personal wellbeing data
External to ONS
Summary
• We now have 5 years worth of personal well-being data on the main APS
• Personal well-being adds a quality of life aspect to your analysis
• Timeliness – published our main results 4 months from the end of the reporting period.
• Personal well-being data user event in March – call for papers opens soon!
ONS Well-being publications
• What matters most to personal well-being• Income, Expenditure and Personal well-being• Relationship between wealth, income and personal
well-being• Commuting and personal well-being• Exploring personal well-being and place• Initial investigation to subjective well-being from the
OPN• Life in the UK• Measuring National Well-being Wheel of Measures• International comparisons