Personal well-being in the UK: 2015 to 2016

Personal well-being in the UK: 2015 to 2016 Since 2011, the Office for National Statistics have asked personal well-being questions to adults in the UK, to better understand how they feel about their lives. This report presents headline results from the fifth year of data collection, covering the financial year ending March 2016, together with how things have changed over the 5 years. It finds that:

• there has been no improvement in ratings of happiness, anxiety and feeling that things in life are worthwhile over the 1 year period between the years ending March 2015 and 2016
• reported personal well-being has improved across each of the measures over the 5 year period between the years ending March 2012 and 2016
• those living in London reported lower average ratings of life satisfaction, anxiety and feeling things in life are worthwhile compared with UK overall
• people in Northern Ireland continue to give higher average ratings of personal well-being for all measures except anxiety, when compared with the other UK countries
• although women reported higher life satisfaction and worthwhile levels when compared with men, they also reported higher levels of anxiety

See also:

• Women are happier in life and feel more worthwhile but also suffer more anxiety The Daily Mail
• We're wealthier and healthier than ever before but no happier: Report on nation's wellbeing shows first lull in 5 years The Daily Mail