ONS Now Measure How Happy People Feel

"At a time when economic measures are generally improving, this is not necessarily reflected in how people tell us they are feeling about their lives. Whilst it is too early to say why anxiety ratings have increased slightly and why life satisfaction, happiness and worthwhile ratings have levelled off in the past 12 months, we know from our previous research that factors impacting most on people’s personal well-being include health, work situation and relationship status. Publishing this data quarterly, rather than annually, means we can monitor these trends more closely."

Matthew Steel, Office for National Statistics.

During the year ending September 2016, the unemployment rate has continued to fall and GDP per head has increased. There has been a mixed picture in health outcomes for the period 2013 to 2015. Life expectancy has continued to increase for both males and females. However, both the proportion of life spent disability-free and the proportion of life spent in good health have fallen between 2009 to 2011 and 2013 to 2015, for both males and females.

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