People in the UK have become happier over the past 12 months according to an official survey of national wellbeing.
The latest findings from the Office for National Statistics' (ONS) annual population survey found small improvements in personal wellbeing in the UK between 2011/12 and 2012/13. Between 2011/12 and 2012/13 the proportion of people rating their life satisfaction as seven or more out of 10 rose from 75.9% to 77%. Over the same period, the proportion of people rating their anxiety at six or more out of 10 fell from 21.8% to 20.9%.
There were no significant changes for unemployed people, whose average life satisfaction remained below those in employment. The factors most associated with personal wellbeing are health, employment and relationship status.
The UK ranked 10th for life satisfaction out of the 27 European Union countries, with an average rating of 7.3 out of 10 in 2011, the same as it was in 2007, while over the same period there was a fall in life satisfaction among all the other countries ranked higher than the UK.
I feel happier reading this article!
Source: Guardian
The latest findings from the Office for National Statistics' (ONS) annual population survey found small improvements in personal wellbeing in the UK between 2011/12 and 2012/13. Between 2011/12 and 2012/13 the proportion of people rating their life satisfaction as seven or more out of 10 rose from 75.9% to 77%. Over the same period, the proportion of people rating their anxiety at six or more out of 10 fell from 21.8% to 20.9%.
There were no significant changes for unemployed people, whose average life satisfaction remained below those in employment. The factors most associated with personal wellbeing are health, employment and relationship status.
The UK ranked 10th for life satisfaction out of the 27 European Union countries, with an average rating of 7.3 out of 10 in 2011, the same as it was in 2007, while over the same period there was a fall in life satisfaction among all the other countries ranked higher than the UK.
I feel happier reading this article!
Source: Guardian
