You might be surprised to know that understanding the nation’s happiness is high on the Government’s agenda.
Well-being put simply is about ‘how we are doing’ as individuals, communities, a nation and how sustainable this is for the future. The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has measured National Well-being since July 2012. They define it as looking at ‘Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and beyond’. It includes headline indicators in ten domains: health, relationships, education and skills, what we do, where we live, personal finances, the economy, governance, our natural environment and personal well-being.
Why is it important? 2015 figures showed that Britain was around a fifth less productive per worker than the G7 average, and 33% below the US.
Ok, so happiness and well-being isn't going to solve productivity – it's a complex subject – but understanding the issues and the data is a good starting point.
To read the ONS data, visit here.
Loving and living a long life is the name of your
game - your personal, physical and mental
health and well-being are where you get your
happiness from. You’ve got a big heart and you
intend to look after it!
To identify your ‘H’ HAPI preference we used Office
for National Statistics (ONS) data and the definition
for 'Health and Personal Wellbeing'.
View some of the ONS Stats
IMPACT = Our relationship with our physical environment, environmental quality, green house gas emissions, protected areas, recycling rates and renewable energy consumption.
89.2% of respondents are satisfied with their accommodation.
44.9% of household waste is recycled – there’s been little or no change over the last few years.
Although 63.3% feel they belong to their community, it’s a decline from previous years.
For more detail visit www.ons.gov.uk/well-being
See all four types of HAPI