Response - ONS Proposed domains and headline indicators for measuring national well-being

By: Francesca Albanese
Published: January 2012

Response - ONS Proposed domaind and headline indicators for measuring national well-being

Housing is a key component of well-being. Analysis undertaken by the new economics foundation (nef) found that 9.7% of all the variation in satisfaction with life that could be explained (by their regression model) was explained by housing factors. Of all the housing and non-housing factors included in the regression model not having enough money to keep the home in a decent state of repair was the third strongest factor associated with well-being. The only stronger associations found with well-being in the model were self-rated health and sense of belonging to a neighbourhood.