Wellbeing and satisfaction

Outcome measures of how people rate their lives and their work overall (ONS personal well-being, satisfaction, positive affect).

8 items catalogued in this domain; 4 verified and rendered with wording. The rest are listed with provenance only until their wording is verified against the primary source and cleared for redistribution.

aps-life-satisfaction

Overall life satisfaction verified, rendered

Overall, how satisfied are you with your life nowadays?

Response scale: 0 to 10, where 0 is 'not at all' and 10 is 'completely'.
Primary source: ONS personal well-being questions (Annual Population Survey) (personal well-being question 1)
Citation: Office for National Statistics, personal well-being questions, Annual Population Survey. Crown copyright. (source)
Copyright status: OGL
Benchmark availability: Item-level benchmark held (see benchmark field).
Verification: verified
Notes: ONS personal well-being measure 1 of 4.
Evidence view: graded evidence record in the OWHS Instrument Registry

Benchmark: 7.45 (mean out of 10), year ending March 2023. ONS, Personal well-being in the UK: April 2022 to March 2023 (published 7 November 2023). (source)

aps-worthwhile

Sense that life is worthwhile verified, rendered

Overall, to what extent do you feel that the things you do in your life are worthwhile?

Response scale: 0 to 10, where 0 is 'not at all' and 10 is 'completely'.
Primary source: ONS personal well-being questions (Annual Population Survey) (personal well-being question 2)
Citation: Office for National Statistics, personal well-being questions, Annual Population Survey. Crown copyright. (source)
Copyright status: OGL
Benchmark availability: Item-level benchmark held (see benchmark field).
Verification: verified
Notes: ONS personal well-being measure 2 of 4.
Evidence view: graded evidence record in the OWHS Instrument Registry

Benchmark: 7.73 (mean out of 10), year ending March 2023. ONS, Personal well-being in the UK: April 2022 to March 2023 (published 7 November 2023). (source)

aps-happiness

Happiness yesterday verified, rendered

Overall, how happy did you feel yesterday?

Response scale: 0 to 10, where 0 is 'not at all' and 10 is 'completely'.
Primary source: ONS personal well-being questions (Annual Population Survey) (personal well-being question 3)
Citation: Office for National Statistics, personal well-being questions, Annual Population Survey. Crown copyright. (source)
Copyright status: OGL
Benchmark availability: Item-level benchmark held (see benchmark field).
Verification: verified
Notes: ONS personal well-being measure 3 of 4.
Evidence view: graded evidence record in the OWHS Instrument Registry

Benchmark: 7.39 (mean out of 10), year ending March 2023. ONS, Personal well-being in the UK: April 2022 to March 2023 (published 7 November 2023). (source)

aps-anxiety

Anxiety yesterday verified, rendered

Overall, how anxious did you feel yesterday?

Response scale: 0 to 10, where 0 is 'not at all anxious' and 10 is 'completely anxious'.
Primary source: ONS personal well-being questions (Annual Population Survey) (personal well-being question 4)
Citation: Office for National Statistics, personal well-being questions, Annual Population Survey. Crown copyright. (source)
Copyright status: OGL
Benchmark availability: Item-level benchmark held (see benchmark field).
Verification: verified
Notes: ONS personal well-being measure 4 of 4. Prior compilations often omitted the anxiety item; it is completed here so the ONS-4 set is whole.
Evidence view: graded evidence record in the OWHS Instrument Registry

Benchmark: 3.23 (mean out of 10), year ending March 2023. ONS, Personal well-being in the UK: April 2022 to March 2023 (published 7 November 2023). (source)

ses-job-satisfaction

Overall job satisfaction provenance only

Wording is held by the primary source and is not reproduced here: permission would be required to reproduce it and none has been requested.

Response scale: 1 to 7 (completely dissatisfied to completely satisfied)
Primary source: Skills and Employment Survey 2017
Citation: Felstead A, Gallie D, Green F et al., Skills and Employment Survey 2017. Cardiff University, UCL, University of Oxford; ESRC. (source)
Copyright status: permission required; none requested
Benchmark availability: Periodic Great Britain estimates (SES series).
Verification: unverified
Notes: Single-item overall job satisfaction; also carried in Understanding Society.

perma-joy

Positive affect at work (joy) provenance only

Wording is held by the primary source and is not reproduced here: permission would be required to reproduce it and none has been requested.

Response scale: 0 to 10
Primary source: PERMA-Profiler
Citation: Butler J, Kern ML (2016), The PERMA-Profiler. (source)
Copyright status: permission required; none requested
Benchmark availability: Instrument-specific reference scores.
Verification: unverified
Notes: PERMA-Profiler item; referenced only.
Evidence view: graded evidence record in the OWHS Instrument Registry

oecd-positive-outlook

Positive outlook provenance only

Wording is held by the primary source and is not reproduced here: permission would be required to reproduce it and none has been requested.

Response scale: 5-point (always to never)
Primary source: OECD Guidelines on Measuring Subjective Well-being
Citation: OECD (2013), OECD Guidelines on Measuring Subjective Well-being. (source)
Copyright status: permission required; none requested
Benchmark availability: Instrument-specific reference material (OECD).
Verification: unverified

ess-wlb-satisfaction

Satisfaction with work-life balance provenance only

Wording is held by the primary source and is not reproduced here: source terms are non-commercial only, which this resource cannot carry; permission would be required.

Response scale: 0 to 10
Primary source: European Social Survey
Citation: European Social Survey ERIC (ESS). Rounds vary by item. (source)
Copyright status: ESS CC BY-NC-SA; non-commercial only
Benchmark availability: Cross-national benchmarks (ESS).
Verification: unverified
Notes: European Social Survey Round 6.