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Consultation on proposed domains and measures of national well-being: responses received June 2012 Office for National Statistics Consultation on proposed domains and measures of national well-being: responses received A National Statistics publication Copyright and reproduction National Statistics are produced to high professional © Crown copyright 2011 standards set out in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. They are produced free from political influence. About us The Office for National Statistics The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the executive June 2012 You may re-use this information (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence. To view this licence, go to: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-governmentlicence/ office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial or write to the Information Policy Team, The National department which reports directly to Parliament. 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Introduction On 31st October 2011, the Office for National Statistics issued a public consultation document containing initial proposals for domains and headline measures of national well-being. The domains and measures were developed in response to the national debate on ‘What matters to you?’ (which took place between November 2010 and April 2011), existing research and international initiatives. The aim of the consultation was to gather feedback on whether the domains and measures proposed reflected the broad scope of well-being, were easy to understand and whether respondents thought that there should be additions or changes. The consultation closed on 23rd January 2012. This document contains summary information and detailed responses received by the ONS as part of the consultation. A detailed response to the consultation and revised suite of domains and measures will be published by the ONS in July 2012. 2. Background Initial findings from the consultation were published on 28th February 2012, in a paper entitled, ‘Initial findings from the consultation on proposed domains and measures of national well-being’. Within that paper a commitment was made to publish individual responses. This document includes responses made directly via online data collection tool, Survey Monkey, and those made via a Word based consultation response template. Responses made via the Word template were transferred by ONS to Survey Monkey for ease of analysis. A small number of responses were received in other formats, for example links to reports, blogs, emails, but these are not reported here. Section 1 provides summary information for each question and is based on all responses received. Section 2 provides detailed text responses to questions where more information was asked for. This section includes only those responses from those who agreed they would be happy for ONS to publish them. Of the 1740 who responded to the consultation using Survey Monkey or Word template, 622 agreed for their responses to be made public. For further information about this publication please email [email protected]. Please note: The views contained within this document are solely those expressed by respondents to the consultation and do not in any way represent the views of the ONS. Office for National Statistics 5 Consultation on proposed domains and measures of national well-being: responses received June 2012 Office for National Statistics 6 Consultation on proposed domains and measures of national well-being: responses received June 2012 Section 1: Summary of responses Office for National Statistics 7 Proposed domains and headline indicators for measuring national well-being consultation 1. Do you think the proposed domains present a complete picture of well-being? Response Response Percent Count Yes 36.7% 615 No 63.3% 1,060 answered question 1,675 skipped question 65 2. If not, what would you do differently? Response Count 1,082 answered question 1,082 skipped question 658 3. Do you think the scope of each of the proposed domains is correct? Response Response Percent Count Yes 47.9% 680 No 52.1% 741 answered question 1,421 skipped question 319 8 4. If not, please give details. Response Count 757 answered question 757 skipped question 983 5. Are there any areas where the proposed domains should be merged or divided further? Response Response Percent Count Yes 44.2% 557 No 55.8% 702 answered question 1,259 skipped question 481 6. If yes, please give details. Response Count 642 answered question 642 skipped question 1,098 7. Are the names chosen for the proposed domains easy to understand? Response Response Percent Count Yes 81.3% 1,072 No 18.7% 246 answered question 1,318 skipped question 422 9 8. If not, please give details. Response Count 299 answered question 299 skipped question 1,441 9. Do you think that the proposed domains adequately reflect the responses to the national debate? Response Response Percent Count Yes 25.7% 345 No 35.5% 477 Don't know 38.8% 522 answered question 1,344 skipped question 396 10. Domain: Individual well-being Measure: Life satisfaction Are there any variants on the measure suggested which would be more appropriate? Response Response Percent Count Yes 35.9% 375 No 64.1% 669 answered question 1,044 skipped question 696 10 11. Please give details. Response Count 381 answered question 381 skipped question 1,359 12. Domain: Our relationships Measure: Satisfaction with your spouse/partner Measure: Satisfaction with your social life Measure: Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Measure: Percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood Should any of the measures be removed? Response Response Percent Count Yes 18.1% 174 No 81.9% 785 answered question 959 skipped question 781 13. Please give details. Response Count 201 answered question 201 skipped question 1,539 11 14. Are there measures which should be added? Response Response Percent Count Yes 54.9% 514 No 45.1% 422 answered question 936 skipped question 804 15. If yes please give details. If an alternative measure is suggested , which measure might be removed, to keep the total number the same? Response Count 523 answered question 523 skipped question 1,217 16. Are there any variants on the measures suggested which would be more appropriate? Response Response Percent Count Yes 29.2% 246 No 70.8% 597 answered question 843 skipped question 897 12 17. Please give details. Response Count 253 answered question 253 skipped question 1,487 18. If only one or two measures should be used which ones should be chosen? Response Count 597 answered question 597 skipped question 1,143 19. Domain: Health Measure: Healthy life expectancy Measure: People not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability Measure: Satisfaction with your health Measure: GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being Measure: How satisfied are you with your mental well-being? Should any of the measures be removed? Response Response Percent Count Yes 16.5% 144 No 83.5% 728 answered question 872 skipped question 868 13 20. Please give details. Response Count 171 answered question 171 skipped question 1,569 Response Response Percent Count 21. Are there measures which should be added? Yes 33.9% 273 No 66.1% 533 answered question 806 skipped question 934 22. If yes please give details. If an alternative measure is suggested , which measure might be removed, to keep the total number the same? Response Count 288 answered question 288 skipped question 1,452 14 23. Are there any variants on the measures suggested which would be more appropriate? Response Response Percent Count Yes 21.1% 160 No 78.9% 600 answered question 760 skipped question 980 24. Please give details. Response Count 171 answered question 171 skipped question 1,569 25. If only one or two measures should be used which ones should be chosen? Response Count 483 answered question 483 skipped question 1,257 15 26. Domain: What we do Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment working long hours Measure: Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Measure: Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Measure: Percentage who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year Should any of the measures be removed? Response Response Percent Count Yes 15.1% 124 No 84.9% 695 answered question 819 skipped question 921 27. Please give details. Response Count 143 answered question 143 skipped question 1,597 Response Response Percent Count 28. Are there measures which should be added? Yes 52.3% 428 No 47.7% 391 answered question 819 skipped question 921 16 29. If yes please give details. If an alternative measure is suggested , which measure might be removed, to keep the total number the same? Response Count 444 answered question 444 skipped question 1,296 30. Are there any variants on the measures suggested which would be more appropriate? Response Response Percent Count Yes 31.4% 232 No 68.6% 506 answered question 738 skipped question 1,002 31. Please give details. Response Count 240 answered question 240 skipped question 1,500 17 32. If only one or two measures should be used (for each domain), which ones should be chosen? Response Count 469 answered question 469 skipped question 1,271 33. Domain: Where we live Measure: Crime rate per capita Measure: Fear of violent crime Measure: Measure of access to and quality of the local environment Measure: Percentage agreeing that their local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together Measure: Percentage who are very or fairly satisfied with local area Should any of the measures be removed? Response Response Percent Count Yes 17.1% 132 No 82.9% 640 answered question 772 skipped question 968 34. Please give details. Response Count 145 answered question 145 skipped question 1,595 18 35. Are there measures which should be added? Response Response Percent Count Yes 38.9% 291 No 61.1% 458 answered question 749 skipped question 991 36. If yes please give details. If an alternative measure is suggested , which measure might be removed, to keep the total number the same? Response Count 306 answered question 306 skipped question 1,434 37. Are there any variants on the measures suggested which would be more appropriate? Response Response Percent Count Yes 27.7% 188 No 72.3% 490 answered question 678 skipped question 1,062 19 38. Please give details. Response Count 206 answered question 206 skipped question 1,534 39. If only one or two measures should be used which ones should be chosen? Response Count 418 answered question 418 skipped question 1,322 40. Domain: Personal finance Measure: Percentage of individuals in households below 60 per cent of median income Measure: Household wealth Measure: Satisfaction with the income of your household Measure: Percentage of households which are entirely workless Should any of the measures be removed? Response Response Percent Count Yes 12.8% 94 No 87.2% 641 answered question 735 skipped question 1,005 20 41. Please give details. Response Count 110 answered question 110 skipped question 1,630 Response Response Percent Count 42. Are there measures which should be added? Yes 29.2% 208 No 70.8% 504 answered question 712 skipped question 1,028 43. If yes please give details. If an alternative measure is suggested, which measure might be removed, to keep the total number the same? Response Count 217 answered question 217 skipped question 1,523 21 44. Are there any variants on the measures suggested which would be more appropriate? Response Response Percent Count Yes 17.5% 111 No 82.5% 524 answered question 635 skipped question 1,105 45. Please give details. Response Count 117 answered question 117 skipped question 1,623 46. If only one or two measures should be used which ones should be chosen? Response Count 380 answered question 380 skipped question 1,360 22 47. Domain: Education and skills Measure: Human capital Measure: Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Measure: Percentage of the population with different levels of qualification Should any of the measures be removed? Response Response Percent Count Yes 18.3% 129 No 81.7% 574 answered question 703 skipped question 1,037 48. Please give details. Response Count 156 answered question 156 skipped question 1,584 Response Response Percent Count 49. Are there measures which should be added? Yes 45.7% 312 No 54.3% 370 answered question 682 skipped question 1,058 23 50. If yes please give details. If an alternative measure is suggested, which measure might be removed, to keep the total number the same? Response Count 320 answered question 320 skipped question 1,420 51. Are there any variants on the measures suggested which would be more appropriate? Response Response Percent Count Yes 22.9% 142 No 77.1% 477 answered question 619 skipped question 1,121 52. Please give details. Response Count 150 answered question 150 skipped question 1,590 53. If only one or two measures should be used which ones should be chosen? Response Count 340 answered question 340 skipped question 1,400 24 54. Domain: The economy Measure: Gross Disposable Household Income per capita indexed to 2001 = 100 Measure: Net National Income indexed to 2001=100 Measure: Total net worth of all sectors of the economy Measure: Research and Development expenditure indexed to 2003=100 Should any of the measures be removed? Response Response Percent Count Yes 10.5% 69 No 89.5% 586 answered question 655 skipped question 1,085 55. Please give details. Response Count 88 answered question 88 skipped question 1,652 Response Response Percent Count 56. Are there measures which should be added? Yes 19.3% 117 No 80.7% 488 answered question 605 skipped question 1,135 25 57. If yes please give details. If an alternative measure is suggested , which measure might be removed, to keep the total number the same? Response Count 132 answered question 132 skipped question 1,608 58. Are there any variants on the measures suggested which would be more appropriate? Response Response Percent Count Yes 13.6% 80 No 86.4% 510 answered question 590 skipped question 1,150 59. Please give details. Response Count 84 answered question 84 skipped question 1,656 60. If only one or two measures should be used which ones should be chosen? Response Count 291 answered question 291 skipped question 1,449 26 61. Domain: Governance Measure: Percentage of registered voters who voted Measure: Percentage who trust in Parliament a lot or a fair amount Measure: Percentage who trust in their local council a lot or a fair amount Should any of the measures be removed? Response Response Percent Count Yes 5.9% 40 No 94.1% 637 answered question 677 skipped question 1,063 62. Please give details. Response Count 53 answered question 53 skipped question 1,687 Response Response Percent Count 63. Are there measures which should be added? Yes 34.2% 221 No 65.8% 425 answered question 646 skipped question 1,094 27 64. If yes please give details. If an alternative measure is suggested , which measure might be removed, to keep the total number the same? Response Count 231 answered question 231 skipped question 1,509 65. Are there any variants on the measures suggested which would be more appropriate? Response Response Percent Count Yes 17.1% 100 No 82.9% 486 answered question 586 skipped question 1,154 66. Please give details. Response Count 109 answered question 109 skipped question 1,631 67. If only one or two measures should be used which ones should be chosen? Response Count 315 answered question 315 skipped question 1,425 28 68. Domain: The natural environment Measure: Green house gas emissions Measure: Air pollutants Measure: The extent of protected areas Measure: Percentage of electricity generation by renewable means Should any of the measures be removed? Response Response Percent Count Yes 10.5% 73 No 89.5% 619 answered question 692 skipped question 1,048 69. Please give details. Response Count 88 answered question 88 skipped question 1,652 Response Response Percent Count 70. Are there measures which should be added? Yes 47.0% 320 No 53.0% 361 answered question 681 skipped question 1,059 29 71. If yes please give details. If an alternative measure is suggested , which measure might be removed, to keep the total number the same? Response Count 338 answered question 338 skipped question 1,402 72. Are there any variants on the measures suggested which would be more appropriate? Response Response Percent Count Yes 19.9% 117 No 80.1% 472 answered question 589 skipped question 1,151 73. Please give details. Response Count 131 answered question 131 skipped question 1,609 74. If only one or two measures should be used which ones should be chosen? Response Count 317 answered question 317 skipped question 1,423 30 75. Is the number of measures about right? Response Response Percent Count Yes 67.7% 544 No 32.3% 259 answered question 803 skipped question 937 76. Please give details. Response Count 322 answered question 322 skipped question 1,418 77. Is the balance between objective and subjective measures about right? Response Response Percent Count Yes 70.8% 537 No 29.2% 222 answered question 759 skipped question 981 78. Please give details. Response Count 281 answered question 281 skipped question 1,459 31 32 Consultation on proposed domains and measures of national well-being: responses received June 2012 Section 2: Detailed responses 33 Page 8, Q2. 1 No. The domains are far too coarse to pick up on the different facets of people’s lives. The term What we do (for example) seems to carry the implication that it relates to paid employment whereas people’s lives may be split into several different domains of activity including: paid employment, family life, sport and recreation, charitable / community work, continuing education and so on. There is a need to sub-divide recreation or leisure from charitable/community and voluntary work as there is a real distinction between aspects connected with family life (holidays, child-rearing etc), the more passive recreational activities (visiting the countryside, leisure shopping, visiting visitor attractions, museums, historic sites, competitive sport etc) and those activities which are voluntary and non-income-related but involve a measure of active work, a commitment of time and/or money and the acquisition and transmission of new skills and abilities. In the latter category it is important to include people’s commitment to, and work for, charitable institutions, arts, environmental and cultural bodies and groups. Participation in continuing education may also be included here as many people undertake evening classes, open university or distance learning degrees or diplomas purely out of interest in the subjects offered and these may have no immediate practical applicability to their working lives. They may be deemed important precisely because they have no link to everyday work and life. Such activities might be covered under Education and skills but it is important to sub-divide this domain into work-related and interestrelated domains as the two may cover quite different areas and require different levels and types of input and organisation by the institutions providing them. Clearly there is a danger of atomisation in the domains but equally it is important to register the great diversity of activities which people engage in and the levels of commitment and involvement that they bring to them. Statistics already exist covering such activities as they relate to the historic environment (gathered by English Heritage n the form of the annual Heritage Counts survey and by the DCMS in the ongoing Taking Part survey and these should be included in the final statistical evaluation of levels of well-being. Similar surveys no doubt exist pertaining to other areas of cultural activity and should also form part of the measures used to assess the importance of the various domains. Feb 1, 2012 10:47 AM 2 Seems like a reasonably comprehensive framework. Useful comparators include the outcome factors identified by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Also the Young Foundation work on local wellbeing and resilience. Feb 1, 2012 10:38 AM 3 Where we live’ should be removed, and ‘natural environment’ should be expanded to be ‘environment’ – this would allow recognition of the importance of places we visit frequently or which are important as ideas to be included. ‘How we move from place to place’ should be included in the “Factors directly affecting individual well-being” Feb 1, 2012 9:54 AM 4 The domains proposed in the consultation document represent a good range but are not complete/comprehensive. The Equality Measurement Framework (EMF) has been developed by a research team at CASE (LSE) in partnership with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and provides a basis for evaluating and comparing the position of individuals and population sub-groups across a comprehensive range of domains. For further details, see Alkire et al (2009) (full reference below and Executive Summary attached to this consultation response) and Vizard and Burchardt (2011) (full reference below and attached). The domains for the EMF were derived systematically from the international human rights framework and refined through deliberative consultation with 200 members of the general Feb 1, 2012 9:40 AM 34 Page 8, Q2. public, including individuals and groups at particular risk of disadvantage. The EMF domains overlap with the well-being domains proposed by ONS but the following domains are missing: Life (a prerequisite for well-being), Physical security (i.e. personal safety; only partially covered by ‘Where we live’), Legal security (including access to justice), and Identity, expression and self-respect. For more detailed definitions of these domains, please see Alkire et al, 2009; Vizard and Burchardt, 2011. As well as providing a more complete/comprehensive list of domains than those currently being proposed, the EMF includes a list of indicators and measures for each domain that have been identified and agreed through a specialist consultation process. Although there are some overlaps with the measures proposed in the consultation document, there are also some important alternative measures and some additional measures. For a full list, see EMF Executive Summary (attached and also available at http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/key-projects/equality-measurementframework/). Burchardt T and Vizard P (2011) “Operationalizing the Capability Approach as a Basis for Equality and Human Rights Monitoring in Twenty-first-century Britain' Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Vol 12 (1) pp.91-119 Alkire S., Bastagli F., Burchardt T., Clark D., Holder H.,Ibrahim S., Munoz M., Terrazas P., Tsang T. and Vizard P (2009), Developing the Equality Measurement Framework: Selecting the Indicators, Equality and Human Rights Commission Research Report 31. Available at http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/key-projects/equality-measurementframework/. 5 We very much approve of exploring a wide range of different dimensions of life and feel that the list is really broad and inclusive. However, we do still feel that unless the core aspects of subjective wellbeing (positive affect, negative affect, eudemonic perspectives on worth and value, function etc.) are properly assessed, then the quality and scope of domain measurement is irrelevant. We would still like to see inclusion of the short WEMWBS. Using this short measure would provide comparability with Scotland’s own National SWB indicator, it has been tested to ensure meaningful factors are represented, it would help avoid the conflation of drivers / measures of wellbeing, and would address the concern that psychological wellbeing isn’t currently captured. The SWEMWBS is also widely used on a number of British social surveys. Feb 1, 2012 9:30 AM 6 Separate paper sent in to respond to consultation. This has been analysed separately by Jen Beaumont of ONS Feb 1, 2012 9:21 AM 7 We are broadly in agreement with the proposed domains and structure of the overall framework. In particular, we think it is right and important that the framework places individual well-being right at its centre. However, we believe that there are some improvements to the conceptual clarity of the framework which will considerably improve its usefulness to policy-makers. First we will highlight the problems we see with the current model and second we will argue why making a few changes to the framework (see version proposed below) would be better. We feel that there are two main problems with the current model: 1)The current division between the middle oval (drivers) and outer oval (context) is not conceptually clear. For example, it is not clear why the Where we live domain is in the middle oval, but Economy in the outer oval. And the Where we live (driver domain) includes crime levels, but the Economy (context domain) includes unemployment levels. It is not clear how these distinctions are being made, and leaves questions about whether e.g. unemployment fits in What we do or Economy? One answer might be that it depends if you are talking about an individual’s Feb 1, 2012 8:36 AM 35 Page 8, Q2. employment status or the country’s unemployment rate, but in fact it is probably not helpful to have a conceptual framework which separates these two obviously related constructs. It seems there is unlikely to be a meaningful split is there likely to be in terms of the kinds of policies that focus on the outer oval and those that focus on the middle oval. 2)In addition the model doesn’t currently recognise the special role that the environment has as the ultimate source of all resources for human life and activities, now and into the future. Many of the measures currently within the Natural environment domain (such as GHGs or % of electricity generated by renewable means) are not in fact drivers of well-being now but of well-being in the future. The drivers of well-being in the future should be presented separately from those domains which are drivers of well-being now. We therefore propose the following changes: •The Governance and Economy domains are moved from the outer oval to the middle oval, leaving the Environment alone in the outer oval. •The outer oval is renamed Environmental limits, maintaining a focus on sustainability and impacts on future generations, whilst moving the more immediate Quality-of-Lifeaffecting aspects of the environment (such as access to green space) to domains in the middle oval. •Create a number of distinct domains within the Environmental limits oval, such as Consumption, Emissions/Climate change and Biodiversity. The diagram above is an example of how the framework could look. It addresses the two concerns described above: 1)If the economy and governance domains are moved up into the middle oval, this leaves the outer oval purely for long-term environmental issues, recognising the prominence that should be given to the environment as the source of (and limit to) future well-being. Splitting between environmental limits on the one hand and drivers of current well-being on the other, provides a far more useful conceptual split, as it allows one to recognise the tension between the two. It also recognises the unique, non-fungible value of the environment. This unique value of the environment is consistent with models of progress that have already been produced. For example, the Social Impact Task Force (SITF) model includes all stocks of capital in the outer sphere . Environmental limits would be the most important limiting stock, but other measures of stock, for example national debt, are also included. This is also consistent with the Stiglitz Commission’s report (where environmental limits were one of three areas tackled), the European Statistical System Committee (ESSC) Sponsorship Group (which divides the issues into three domains, one of which being the environment), the OECD’s Framework for Measuring Progress (where the environment counts for one of the two main meta-domains, equivalent to the ovals in the ONS framework), and the more theoretical work of experts such Herman Daly and Robert Prescott-Allen, as well as nef’s own model of progress, presented in Measuring our progress . 2)The proposed framework would therefore provide a clear conceptual distinction between all three levels of the diagram which could be explained in simple terms: Individual well-being is the final outcome domain – the goal that policy-makers are aiming to improve; Drivers of individual well-being describes the domains of human activity and processes that can increase or decrease individual well-being; and Environmental limits (to well-being) include the domains which provide the raw environmental resources that the drivers of well-being use to create individual well-being. Since these are nonfungible resources, this level should be framed in terms of limits. Having a clear framework and headline indicators is especially pertinent when it comes to ensuring that what is measured affects policy. Our view on this is informed by lessons learned from the lack of cross-government impact of Defra’s SD indicators. If the National Well-being measures are to be taken seriously and have a real impact on policy-making, then they need to be clear, there should not be too many, and have headlines. Our proposed 36 Page 8, Q2. framework lends itself to a small set of headline indicators which will help engage the public and senior policy-makers The indicators which would be included in this headline set are: a)A measure of Individual well-being b)A measure of Environmental limits (likely to be an emissions or a consumption measure) c)A selection of 5-10 headlines from the drivers of individual well being meta-domain, which could be decided based on other responses to the consultation or on the measures that have the strongest associations with individual well-being, revealed by analysis of the IHS data. We would imagine that at least one more ‘traditional’ economic measure, such as disposable household income or unemployment rate, be among these. d)A measure of inequality of well-being (because equality and fairness were given great prominence by the public in the consultation) 8 1.Do you think the proposed domains present a complete picture of well being? If not, what would you do differently? The domains would be more complete if they included tests of psychological resources such as resilience, as these have been shown to be particularly relevant for wellbeing and, importantly, to be mutable, as explained below: The definition of well-being provided in the Foresight Mental Capital Project (2008) is: “Well-being is a dynamic state in which the individual is able to develop their potential, work productively and creatively, build strong and positive relationships with others, and contribute to their community. It is enhanced when an individual is able to fulfil their personal and social goals and achieve a sense of purpose in society”(p 45.) As described in Figure 1 below, good feelings and positive functioning (psychological and social) result from the interaction between external conditions (e.g. work, home, physical health), which provide challenges and opportunities, and the relatively stable psychological resources in the person (e.g. optimism, self-esteem, resilience). Psychological resources either support or detract from the fulfillment of needs, which relate to good functioning and positive feelings. In turn, good functioning enables individuals to cope with external conditions and positive feelings increase psychological resources (Foresight Mental Capital Project, 2008). An extensive body of research supports the idea of a correlation between income inequality and relative deprivation, and poor mental health outcomes at the community level. Nonetheless, there are psychological resources which are particularly relevant for well-being and which can be developed through training are: •Resilience •Optimism •Self-esteem Additionally, at work, people can develop resilience through problem-solving, innovation and taking responsibility for their own and their co-workers health, well-being and safety. Jenkins, Meltzer, Jones, Brugha, et al (2008), note that psychological factors, which contribute to poor mental health, are poorly developed coping skills and low self-esteem. Figure 1: Well-being dynamic process, Foresight Mental Capital Project (2008, p 62) Jan 31, 2012 3:18 PM 9 The domains included in the chapter 'Key findings and indicators'– subchapter 'Multi-dimensional measures of Quality of Life) of the ESS (European Statistical System) Sponsorship Group (SPG) report are also listed in the ONS discussion paper, however under somewhat different domain headings. The framework as put forward in this discussion paper (under figure 1), shows an even wider approach of 'well being' including the 'more contextual domains'. We suggest that the Eurostat input to the ONS work on domains and headline indicators comes mainly in the form of the SPG recommendations and the ESS actions resulting from it (see report attached). We would suggest to ONS that in addition to developing national needs, ONS would try as far as is possible to take the emerging European framework into consideration. Jan 31, 2012 3:10 PM 37 Page 8, Q2. 10 No. The currently-proposed domains do not appear to form the comprehensive set of categories that is being sought. They seem to take no direct account of faith/religion, unless it will be measured explicitly somewhere in the measures relating to ‘Our relationships’ (in line with Table A1 of the discussion paper), which does not currently appear to be the case. This aspect of well-being is of great importance to many religious faiths, with respected researchers such as Derek Bok (in ‘The Politics of Happiness’) recognising that belief in God appears to confer some additional benefits in terms of health and well-being, over and above the benefits of being in community which religion provides. The National Statistician’s Reflections (page 6) say that there were “considerably more contributions concerning belief or religion, in particular Christianity, than we had expected” and Table A2 of the discussion paper shows that none of the proposed domains or measures currently include Joseph Stiglitz’s suggestion for including a measure of religious engagement. The fact that the National Statistician observed more contributions concerning belief or religion than expected seems to tie in with our perception is that the pivotal role played by churches in community life in the more rural areas of the UK (which seems to some extent to have informed the Prime Minister’s own thinking on the Big Society) is often not recognised by many people in the larger urban areas, such as London. It is stated on page 10 of the ‘Findings from the National Wellbeing Debate’ by Joanne Evans that the categories of “What things in life matter to you?” was extended in a second iteration of the questionnaire to cover ‘cultural activities, caring and religion or spirituality’ in the light of feedback from earlier participants in the debate - and that 29% of respondents said that spirituality or religion did matter to them (shown in Table 2). In addition, Table 4 on page 13 shows that 32% of respondents believed that spirituality or religion should be reflected in measures of national well-being, but these findings doesn’t seem to have resulted in any measures of religion or spirituality being among any of the 35+ proposed measures within the ten proposed domains. I suggest either that a question (or category within an existing question, if relevant) about religious identity is included within one of the ‘Our relationships’ measures or one about religious engagement is included in one of ‘What we do’ measures. In the absence of the Citizenship Survey, data would presumably need to be collected using the ONS Integrated Household Survey or the British Household Panel Survey. Jan 31, 2012 2:36 PM 11 The domains look appropriate but there needs to be more emphasis on the regional and local level dimension (LSOA or ward) using objective measures. Data is obviously harder to obtain at this level, but the local and neighbourhood level is, in our view, where the real benefit in well-being measures lies. It is not clear how you are dealing with the cross cutting theme of equality and fairness in these measures. Jan 31, 2012 2:10 PM 12 We think that these proposed domains are incomplete and do not yet reflect the substantial contribution made by our sectors (arts, culture, media, heritage and sport) to both individual and national wellbeing. This view is mirrored by the significant number of people in our sectors who have contacted us about this consultation. The benefits of engagement in culture and sport are well chronicled and summarised in the table below . Clearly many of these benefits, both at the individual and wider community level, are closely linked to wellbeing. . Individual engagerCommunityNational Achievement Bequest value Citizenship Continuity with the past Community cohesion International reputation Creativity Community identity National pride Diversion Creativity Enjoyment Employment Escape Existence value Expression Innovation Health Option to use Income Jan 31, 2012 2:07 PM 38 Page 8, Q2. Productivity Inspiration Reduced crime Knowledge of culture Shared experience Self-esteem Social capital Self-identity Skills/competency Solace/consolation There is a growing, and increasingly robust, evidence base on the measurable impact that our sectors have on wellbeing. At the forefront of this is the Culture and Sport Evidence Programme (CASE) which has conducted analysis to quantify the value of engagement in culture and sport in terms of improvements in subjective wellbeing as well at longer term societal benefits. This and other research has demonstrated not only that these impacts exist but, crucially, that wellbeing resulting from engagement in DCMS sectors can be meaningfully quantified. For example, the CASE analysis suggests that doing sport at least once a week increases subjective wellbeing by approximately one third the amount achieved by avoiding health problems or one half the amount achieved by being employed (compared with being unemployed) . With regard to the arts, attending live arts events regularly is associated with a rise in an individual’s subjective wellbeing score of about 0.2%. This can be compared with the loss of wellbeing associated with unemployment, which is about 0.8%. DCMS notes that the under the proposed list of domains our areas of interest would sit principally within the ‘what we do’ domain. However, we would argue that as it stands this domain focuses principally on work/life balance at the expense of capturing the wellbeing derived from leisure activities including engaging with culture and sport. We would also question the assumption that working longer hours is necessarily detrimental to wellbeing because individuals to have less time to pursue enjoyable leisure activities. Analysis conducted by DCMS has shown that this relationship may be more complex as, for example, working longer hour may increase an individual’s ability to fund leisure pursuits. We would argue, therefore, that any suggested measure should capture an individuals’ capacity to enjoy their leisure and not just whether they have time. To give greater visibility to the important contribution of our sectors to wellbeing our preferred approach would be to divide the ‘what we do’ domain in two, creating a new domain to cover non-work related activities, many of which fall within the DCMs remit. However, we also acknowledge that DCMS areas of interest cut across a number of the proposed domains and that we could also add measures relating to culture and sport within the majority of them. To summarise: 1) We consider that the proposed domains and measure need to give greater weight to the importance of our sectors in contributing to wellbeing; 2)The ‘what we do ‘ domain is incomplete and underpinned by assumptions which we would challenge; 3)We suggest separating the ‘what we do’ domains into two domains: ‘work’ and ‘leisure’. 13 No. We understand that Arts and Culture are to be covered under the ‘What We Do’ domain. This domain appears to focus on work and work-life balance / amount of work or leisure time but does not look at the ‘quality’ of that leisure time. The positive impact of engagement with arts and culture is well documented both in terms of qualitative evaluation of arts projects and numerous surveys of public attitudes towards arts and culture. Additionally, access to arts and culture significantly feeds into the domains of Health and Where We Live. The high levels of participation in dance in Scotland for instance (19% of the adult population) are a major factor in public health and perceptions of where people live are positively affected by the accessibility of opportunities for cultural engagement, which in turn contribute towards community cohesion. Jan 31, 2012 1:59 PM 14 No. What we do, needs to include Culture as well as Leisure. Culture including the Arts, (in all its forms from grassroots community arts activity to seeing a theatre performance or music concert) The Arts can have a positive Jan 31, 2012 1:53 PM 39 Page 8, Q2. impact on well-being and needs to be measured along side general leisure time. A leisure centre is a sports facility at its core and does not offer arts or cultural pursuits. 15 As noted in the discussion paper1, wellbeing is a concept that means different things to different people. It is therefore difficult to define, which makes measuring it highly problematic. In addition, wellbeing is often confused or used interchangeably with happiness, as some of the responses to the national wellbeing debate have shown.2 Happiness3 is an emotion, whereas wellbeing is a state of being. This is an important distinction which can be very helpful in moving towards measuring wellbeing. The huge number of responses to the national debate demonstrated the support for and importance not only of monitoring wellbeing, but also of ensuring that public policy is more focussed on the wellbeing of people. Trying to take into account such numerous and varied responses while developing something as complex and potentially contentious as a wellbeing indicator set will be extremely difficult. The framework presented in the ONS discussion paper (figure 1) clearly recognises the fact that individual wellbeing is determined by proximal and distal factors, termed 'domains', and that 'cutting across these domains are issues of equality and fairness…and…sustainability over time', we feel that this framework would be strengthened further by a clearer and more unifying conceptual structure. We would therefore advocate taking a needs-based approach to wellbeing, whereby wellbeing can be defined as the satisfaction of human needs - needs which must be met in order for us to be capable of functioning4 well. This type of approach allows us to understand more about peoples' responses to the national debate and about what factors really contribute to wellbeing. For example, Findings from the National Well-being Debate,2 discussions with young people showed that they felt that technology ('mobile phones, ipods, social networking sites') are very important to their wellbeing. However, it is highly likely that it is not technology as such that is important but the fact that this technology allows them to meet some of their human needs, such as participation, belongingness, peer esteem and therefore self-esteem. Understanding what people are saying in more fundamental terms is essential for shaping effective policy. Furthermore, it is essential that this indicator set informs policy, which is something that may not have been fully considered by the ONS: Table 7 of Findings from the National Well-being Debate, shows the options given for respondents to the question 'What should measures of national well-being be used for?' to select from, which only include measuring, monitoring and comparison. However, as many of the respondents who selected 'other' point out, it should guide or help policy development. To this end, we feel that the ONS' framework should take account of the scale at which a particular factor operates. For example, the domain 'our relationships' includes measures relating to family and community. In terms of developing policy or effecting interventions, this is an important distinction, which would allow a policy or intervention to be clearly focussed on addressing real needs. The nested approach shown in Figure 1 of the discussion paper makes a great deal of sense, as self-reported wellbeing should in theory be a reflection of the contextual conditions. Therefore linking the contextual conditions to self-reported wellbeing should provide a good basis for policy development. While the measures within the domains have been arrived at by means of asking people directly what matters to them, the nest circles themselves are very broad and their titles are not tightly defined - would it be more useful, in policy terms, to have more of these arenas that are better defined? This could allow for more targeted interventions or policy revisions, but may not necessarily entail a great many more indicators. For example: Delineating the arenas more clearly shows the Jan 31, 2012 1:34 PM 40 Page 8, Q2. relationship of each tier of wellbeing to the others. So individual wellbeing ultimately depends on the wellbeing of the ecosphere, but is more directly affected by family wellbeing. It also shows the dependence of each level of wellbeing on the others. For example, it is unlikely that a family living in a community with low wellbeing will have a high level of wellbeing. Looking at the indicators in this way could allow policy-makers to understand more clearly where and how change is required. One problem with basing an indicator set on what people feel underpins their wellbeing is that it is likely that most people will focus on the most immediate factors such as health, thus potentially creating a bias in the indicator set towards the most proximal causes of wellbeing. In terms of policy this could lead to short-term policies, or in the worst case interventions with unintended impacts. For example, in the past, certain dietary health concerns have been addressed through an untargeted promotion of fish. In environmental terms, this is somewhat shortsighted in that seeking this widespread increase fish consumption could have detrimental impacts on the local and global environment, ultimately food security and therefore human wellbeing. One weakness of nested models such as that proposed in the discussion paper is ensuring that the linkages between elements (domains) in each arena are recognized. For example, the natural environment / ecosphere, is the ultimate determinant of human wellbeing because it ensures our survival. However some elements of the environment could be considered distal (such as biogeochemical cycles) while others are much more proximal with an immediate impact on human wellbeing (such as air quality). It is important that a set of national indicators recognises the proximal, distal and ultimate factors of wellbeing as well as the linkages between them. Delineating the arenas more clearly could also provide a more balanced insight into the state of each of the domains that underpin individual wellbeing. This would allow policymakers to more accurately understand at what scale wellbeing is affected and to act accordingly. Furthermore, the distinction between the proposed outer arenas, Factors directly affecting individual wellbeing and More contextual domains seems fairly arbitrary. For example, emissions of particulate matter (PM10) is considered to be in a More contextual domain, but it is in actual fact a strong proximal determinant of respiratory health, so rather than being more contextual, it is actually a direct determinant of wellbeing. The proposed model also depicts equality / fairness and sustainability issues over time and it is acknowledged in the text that are to be measured with appropriate indicators and analyses. Some further clarity on this would be useful. In summary, while the proposed model is good, it lacks clarity and could perhaps be improved by: defining arenas to take account of the scale at which the various factors underpinning wellbeing operate; ensuring that the domains take account of proximal, distal and ultimate causes of wellbeing; clarifying how equity and sustainability will be assessed, as these are crucial factors underpinning many aspects of well-being 16 No. The picture given is lacking a cultural perspective. The Concert Promoters Association supports the view that all demographics of the public believed the arts and entertainments helped to enrich people’s experience of life. The CPA also maintains the view that entertainments and arts engagement is seen to have wider outcomes such as creating links between communities and encouraging people to feel a sense of pride and belonging in their local area. Plus, there is a deep pride in Britain’s success in exporting it’s arts and entertainment products across the world. Jan 31, 2012 1:28 PM 17 Engagement with cultural activity has proven links to increased well-being. Everyday through our work at music outreach charity, Live Music Now, we see the benefits that taking part in live music sessions bring to a wide range Jan 31, 2012 1:23 PM 41 Page 8, Q2. of service users. As ‘Culture’ touches on several of the proposed domains outlined in this paper, ie What we do, Where we live, perhaps there needs to be a separate ‘Culture, Media, Sport’ domain? If not then this needs to factor as a headline in the scope of the “What we do’ domain. 18 No. We understand that Arts and Culture are to be covered under the ‘What We Do’ domain. This domain appears to focus on work and work-life balance / amount of work or leisure time but does not look at the ‘quality’ of that leisure time. The positive impact of engagement with arts and culture is well documented both in terms of qualitative evaluation of arts projects and numerous surveys of public attitudes towards arts and culture. Additionally, access to arts and culture significantly feeds into the domains of Health and Where We Live. The high levels of participation in dance in Scotland for instance (19% of the adult population) are a major factor in public health and perceptions of where people live are positively affected by the accessibility of opportunities for cultural engagement, which in turn contribute towards community cohesion. Jan 31, 2012 1:18 PM 19 We feel that one area which needs to be strengthened or developed in the “What we do” domain is the role of culture. An appreciative, respectful and joyous tone in areas such as media, the arts and community celebrations allows room for artistic, creative and entrepreneurial expression, creating more wellbeing than a judgemental, dismissive and cynical tone in public life, media and culture. Jan 31, 2012 1:09 PM 20 While the two frameworks have been designed for different purposes, it is useful to compare the number and content of the proposed domains to those that are used in the EHRC’s Equality Measurement Framework (EMF). Using the work of Amartya Sen, the latter seeks to capture those ‘capabilities’ which are seen necessary for individuals to flourish and live lives that they have reason to value. It is possible to make reasonably strong connections between the six ONS domains which cover ‘Factors directly affecting individual well-being’ and seven out of the ten EMF domains (Life, Health, Education and Learning, Legal Security, Standard of Living, Productive and Valued Activities and Individual, Family and Social Life). However, there is less in the ONS approach which compares directly to the EMF’s Physical Security, Identity, Expression and Self-Respect and Participation, Identity and Voice domains (although there are elements of the latter in the ONS ‘governance’ domain). To the extent that the extra EMF domains capture areas that can be expected to impact on individual well-being, and are measurable, their omission makes the ONS approach incomplete. In terms of the ONS domains which relate to ‘more contextual’ factors (the economy, governance, and the natural environment) there is no explicit inclusion of more social factors relating to inequality and perceptions of fairness. Given the inherently comparative nature of much of the literature on well-being (i.e., the tendency of people to base their evaluations of their own lives in relation to how other people’s lives are perceived to be going and how fair any such differences are), this omission is unhelpful. Likewise, there might be a case for including measures of expectations about people’s future circumstances, as a feeling that one’s life is progressing or that the prospects for one’s children are likely to be better than one’s own, seems important for understanding individual well-being. Finally, the chosen ONS domains all focus on outcomes. There is less on the processes by which they emerge and the degree of personal autonomy involved. In particular, we might want to supplement outcomes data in order to know how satisfied people are with the range of options (both formal and substantive) that are available to them. The Life Opportunity Survey may provide examples of the kind of questions Jan 31, 2012 12:59 PM 42 Page 8, Q2. which could be used to measure this. Whether such ‘autonomy’ data should form a new (perhaps ‘contextual’ domain), or be added to the existing ones, may be worth considering once the suggested ONS framework is in use. 21 Yes, subject to my responses to other questions. Jan 31, 2012 12:59 PM 22 No. The picture given is lacking a cultural perspective. Extensive, robust work has been undertaken in recent years by the Department of Culture Media and Sport on the impact of cultural engagement on well-being as part of the CASE programme . This built on Arts Council England’s public value exercise, The Arts Debate (2006/07) , which was one of the largest qualitative studies ever undertaken in the arts. This clearly articulated how across all demographics the public believed the arts helped to enrich people’s experience of life and how arts engagement is seen to have wider outcomes such as creating links between communities and encouraging people to feel a sense of pride and belonging in their local area. Jan 31, 2012 12:49 PM 23 A greater focus on individual opinion otherwise the measures are a pre defined and people have to fit in with them. The measures are very responsive – especially as they use existing data whereas there is a need to use them to shape what we want our nation to be. Include Domains and measures which look at complex activities which affect multiple domains: arts, creativity , culture improve personal and audience wellbeing, can be the mechanism that helps and individual create and maintain mental wellbeing, recovery from mental and physical illness or cope with long term conditions. Arts and culture can also proved steps/routes to literacy, training, education, employment, volunteering and can be a career in its own right (and so makes a contribution to economic growth) and have been shown to create social inclusiveness in communities.* (* happy to provide evidence if required ) Has the DCMs been involved in developing these domains? They are not listed How will and ‘absences’ of opportunity be flagged up? i.e. due to reliance on service industries there are few apprenticeships available how will the measure influence local decisions (policy, commissioning, interventions) on how gaps in current support /provision be bridged to help people who score low? (i.e. address inequalities (raise or change personal aspirations? Remove any idea of happiness being well- being Jan 31, 2012 12:46 PM 24 Architecture Centre Network welcomes the ONS consultation on the proposed domains and headline indicators for measuring national wellbeing and its appreciation of contributory subjective and contextual factors. We are especially pleased to see the recognition in particular of ‘where we live’ as a direct factor in individual wellbeing. However, arts and culture are not explicitly mentioned in the ONS’s current proposals, despite the national debate raising them as such, and Architecture Centre Network advocates for a reconsideration of the ONS’s categorisation. There are several indicators of wellbeing that it believes the ONS has not given sufficient weight to, not least the omission of an explicit linkage between arts and culture and wellbeing and the omission of DCMS from its referencing in its discussion paper as also reported in the arts media. Jan 31, 2012 12:41 PM 25 The way the diagram and discussion is laid out, individual subjective wellbeing (SWB) is the ultimate outcome of a causal model which has various proximate and distal factors. Based on our experience with the LIFE project at Participle involving individuals and families in chronic crisis, we can affirm that many of these proximate and distal factors are recognizable as causal factors to SWB. However, two important causal factors/domains are missing from the current ONS model. The first is ‘a sense of self-respect/ Jan 31, 2012 12:38 PM 43 Page 8, Q2. self-worth’. Such a sense of self-worth is not something can be easily subsumed under good physical and mental functioning. Having a low sense of self-respect or self-worth is not the same as having a mental illness. Selfworth is something that is jointly produced between the individual and the surrounding social environment. A domain needs to be included which captures whether there is a supportive environment for all citizens to have a sense of self-worth/respect. And increasing or strengthening a sense of selfworth often leads to improvements in a variety of other domains identified in the ONS model. The second causal factor/domain of SWB is a ‘sense of security’. We have found that individuals in chronic crisis often feel insecure about the various domains of life-- housing, relationships, finance, health, employment, and so forth. This is not just in their minds, but based on their own experience and rhetoric in their environment. High anxiety about the instability/impermanence of achievements in various life domains significantly affects the types of decisions individuals take, and their sense of wellbeing. Decisions which are future-orientated are often too risky thus, individuals become more present-orientated in their lives which has negative effects on various life domains. A domain must capture the causes of insecurity/security in various life domains for citizens; that is does not appear as an important concern for majority of people may reflect that they do have both a subject sense of security as well as material determinants of security. Finally, given that well-being, particularly subjective well-being can be so diversely imagined, it is important that there is some avenue for citizens to express some causal determinant/domain of well-being that is not captured by the ONS model. For example, access to a cell-phone or the internet has become an important determinant of wellbeing. The ONS measurement framework needs to have a mechanism that allows for information for new determinants as well as alternative conceptions of wellbeing. At Participle, we make sure that aside from various life domains that have been identified as being important to a good life, we ensure that individuals and families are able to self-identify domains that are not already captured. 26 No – the domains should include a measurement of engagement in arts, culture and heritage. This engagement cuts across many of the domains, in particular Individual well-being, What we do, Where we live, and Education and skills. The work of the Happy Museums initiative sets out many of the ways museums contribute to well-being on a local and national level. Many museums, such as NMS, already work with communities and other audiences (including schools, families and adults) to contribute to quality of life. Thus, this needs to be reflected at a high level in the domains. Jan 31, 2012 12:22 PM 27 Overall, yes they do but only if used in conjunction with other objective measure of health – this was alluded to under the healthy life expectancy description. Availability of data is also a constraint. We’re interested in using these measure on a local authority/health authority level for which very little of this data is available. At most it’s available at a regional level and as mentioned in the consultation some of the national surveys may not be continued (e.g. Citizenship survey). Some of the measures are similar to that measured by the Place Survey which was required for local authorities e.g. % who are very/fairly satisfied with local area. However if the aim is to provide a rich source of robust information nationally to compare with other countries, to provide this below regional level would have resource implications. Jan 31, 2012 12:11 PM 28 The domains are probably right Jan 31, 2012 11:49 AM 29 I think the communal layer is missing, as a key component in wellbeing, in Jan 31, 2012 11:44 AM 44 Page 8, Q2. between the individual and the nation. Local communities and communities of interest are surely vital to people’s wellbeing – they foster identity, trust, sense of place, sense of community, and other intrinsically collective components in wellbeing. Seeing the sense of community as only a factor in individual wellbeing understates its significance. The national context affects us all but is mediated through smaller collective groupings and identities. The character and strength (in lots of ways, not just “cohesion”) of communities is part of the infrastructure in which we live our lives – the human and social environment, which should have equal emphasis in the domains with the natural and economic environments which are already represented. 30 "What We Do" we do is rather all-embracing and I would suggest separating out work, leisure, domestic work. Job quality is especially important for wellbeing, and if subsumed under a large umbrella there is a risk its importance will be missed or underestimated. Work is so central to all people’s lives at some stage. More should be made of people’s sexual and personal relationships. Jan 31, 2012 11:39 AM 31 The domains seek to measure ‘national well-being’ largely in terms of individual well-being and rely too heavily on subjective indicators. As such there is insufficient coverage of objective living standards and economic security. We suggest a new domain on ‘living standards’ that goes beyond the proposed ‘personal finance’ and ‘what we do’ domains. Living standards should include measures of income, income inequality (eg ratio of top to bottom quintiles/deciles), income poverty, deprivation, wealth, debt, employment rates, unemployment rates, long-term unemployment, quality of employment and affordability of housing. The concept of ‘national wellbeing’ suggests that some attempt should be made to assess the condition of the corporate entity in terms of social cohesion/division, political participation and national identity in the sense of belonging. This is touched in in the proposed domains of ‘Governance’ (trust in democratic institutions), ‘Where we live’ (community cohesion) and ‘Our relationships’ (belonging to local neighbourhood). We suggest a new domain on ‘social and political cohesion’ that should include a measure of the ethnic and religious diversity of the population (nationally and regionally), a measure of how socially representative elected bodies are (local, regional, national,) by gender, ethnic and religious background, measures of income poverty for each equality dimension, the rate of unemployment for 16-24 year olds and measures of income shares – e.g. share of income held by the top 10% and bottom 10%. (See Jenson, J. (2010) Defining and Measuring Social Cohesion, Commonwealth Secretariat and UNRISD; Michalos, A. et al (2011) The Canadian Index of Wellbeing. Technical Paper 1.0 http://ciw.ca/reports/en/Reports%20and%20FAQs/Canadian_Index_of_Well being-TechnicalPaper-FINAL.pdf Jan 31, 2012 11:25 AM 32 There seems to be a rapid jump from the individual to the national/global, despite the questions about ‘where we live’. The domains are potentially comprehensive, but at a very broad-brush level; but it is difficult to see what conclusions might be drawn from answers to the measure of satisfaction about ‘where we live’ without further information on what factors are relevant – will that be done? Jan 31, 2012 11:17 AM 33 Whilst the domains discussed do explore a number of elements of wellbeing, they do not give an opportunity to measure some of the aspects of wellbeing associated with the Christian tradition. In the Christian tradition the fundamental nature of human wellbeing is discovered in relationship to God. Jan 31, 2012 10:41 AM 45 Page 8, Q2. Furthermore, the ways in which religious traditions understand human wellbeing (for example, the somewhat counter-cultural emphasis on self-sacrifice which is deep within the Christian tradition and appears in other forms in other world faiths) do not always lend themselves to an approach to wellbeing based on a crude cost-benefit calculation for the individual, or an approach focussed on individual satisfaction and self-interest. Because we are all moral beings, whose identities are formed in part through our membership of communities ranging from the family, through numerous associations, to the State, establishing the principles of well-being must involve the ethical dimensions which tell us what it means to be a “good human being”. These ethical considerations – the questions of how we ought to live rather than merely how we live in practice – are central to understanding human well-being since it is often in the gap between aspiration and actuality that people discover the things that matter most to them. Measuring well-being must therefore include consideration of how people aspire to live, how those aspirations are formed and the communities through which people learn to be moral human beings. This is, for Christians, much more than the abstract notion of “spirituality” and more also than adherence to an ethical code of conduct. Well-being, for Christians, involves living their lives in the knowledge that the world-as-it-is is not God’s final word and that God is bringing all things to their true fulfilment in himself. What this means in practice is that Christians discover their own well-being in the pursuit of the well-being of others within an understanding of the purposes of humanity which flows from the teachings of the Bible and the life of the church through the ages. For this reason, well-being, in Christian understandings, is to be discovered only within the life of a community whose purposes extend beyond its own interests. The life of the community is crucial in forming an understanding of what it means to live well, informed by a long historical perspective on the nature of the good. In short, the pursuit of well-being makes real sense, not only in a community of the present moment, but in the context of shared histories which allow human well-being to be explored against widely different cultural and temporal assumptions. Fundamental to this journey is the prevalence of hope despite struggle and hardship. These domains, therefore, miss key elements fundamental to wellbeing in the Christian tradition of other-centred interest, aspiration to the moral good, and hope of things to come; with a wider perspective of the wellbeing of the community, not just the individual. 34 1.Do you think the proposed domains present a complete picture of well being? If not, what would you do differently? In the face of suggestive evidence from behavioural economics that individuals may lack coherent and/or stable preferences, there has been an upsurge of interest in the use of happiness data to provide a normative underpinning for economic policy. Typically, large scale survey (panel) data on individual’s self-reported subjective well-being (SWB) is regressed on a number of independent variables of interest. A number of such studies have provided evidence that well-being self-reports are correlated with physically objective measures, health measures, longevity, and other measures of well being based on quality of life indicators. However, the potential use of such data on its own as a normative underpinning for policy raises a number of problems that need to be addressed. What is the link between SWB data and economic welfare? Even admitting that the traditional measure of income per capita is not a full measure of well-being, why should SWB data be used to provide a normative underpinning for economic policy? A key point to address is the skeptic's claim that any empirical subjective well-being (SWB) on its own is bound to lack normative significance. Classical welfare economics relies on the use of choice data (eg. estimated demand functions) to construct Jan 31, 2012 10:13 AM 46 Page 8, Q2. relevant welfare metrics (eg. estimated consumer surplus) to derive implications for economic policy (eg. determination of competition policy). Such an exercise is based on the idea that choices reveal (coherent) preferences and thus preference satisfaction is the relevant normative standard. Such an exercise is consistent with the hedonic interpretation of preferences underpinning SWB data as long as choice data is in accord with self-reported well-being. However, choice data and happiness data could be mutually incompatible i.e. situations where individuals are explicitly not choosing to maximize happiness. For example, Lowenstein and Ubel (2008) provide evidence to show that a person may choose to undergo a costly operation (eg. in terms of years of life) to restore a key aspect of bodily function (eg bowel function as in a colostomy) but it could be the difference in reported happiness between the two health outcomes is too small to justify the intervention in the first place. Another example could be one where a person is willing to trade off current reported happiness to ensure that her/his child is able to succeed in a sports or music or school. In such cases there may be potential conflict between preference satisfaction and reported happiness. Which normative position should the policy-maker adopt? Will the choice be determined by what is politically convenient or should we require the policy-maker to provide a deeper normative justification? And how should happiness data be interpreted once people become aware of such conflict and the potential use of such data for policy purposes? For these reasons, to arrive at a more complete picture of well-being, SWB data must be supplemented by relevant choice data. On the face of it, it isn’t clear that choice data is in any of the proposed domains and including such data is essential in order to assess the use of SWB data in determining well-being and impacting on policy. The problem of aggregating reported SWB across individuals The extreme version of the “hedonometric” claim is that not only is SWB relevant; in fact, only the mean of all individuals’ SWB reports matters and so any other measure can be safely disregarded. The first problem relates to aggregating preferences. To begin with one has to assume that the self-reports carry a cardinal value and are comparable across individuals. A practical problem with this is that an increase in the averages can mask changes in distribution of reported SWB i.e. a decrease in the reported SWB of a group of people that is more than compensated by an increase of the reported SWB of other groups. Nevertheless, a more subtle use of SWB measures that could be relevant for policy recommendations would be as follows. Rather than base social welfare judgments on individuals' reported preferences, could we not use average or aggregate SWB measures instead? Then one might say that policy A has better effects for individual i than does policy B, and so gives a higher level of i's welfare, if and only if the change from B to A would increase the estimated SWB, not necessarily of i personally in a world of unreliable reports, but of most people sufficiently like i for the comparison of SWB measures to be deemed relevant. Temporal dimensions to well being Individuals may voluntary accept periods of low well being in order to fulfill their future aspirations. It is not clear how this is reflected in the well being self-report, and it is even less clear how this is reflected in a measure that aggregates across subjects. Moreover, if reference points adjust to the current state of the individual, it isn’t evident how one might relate preference satisfaction and reported SWB even in the long-run (Dalton and Ghosal (2011a,b)). Such concerns may be reinforced by the view that individuals’ expressions of their own subjective well-being constitute no more than what William Shakespeare chose to describe life itself: “a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” (Macbeth Act 5, scene 5) (Hammond, Liberini and Proto (2011)). Raising aspirations and reported SWB If an economy provides more social mobility and increase people expectations 47 Page 8, Q2. and aspirations, it may result in a decrease of well being self-report in aggregate since Individuals start to compare themselves with models more difficult to emulate or targets more difficult to reach. But is mobility and raising aspirations a bad feature of an economy? In fact, raising aspirations can be a route out of poverty traps (Dalton, Ghosal and Mani (2011)). How should one evaluate SWB data when preference satisfaction is in direct conflict with reported SWB? The effect of externalities such as status concerns and income comparison Moreover, phenomenon like envy due to income comparison will also strongly affect individual self-reported SWB. Is it ethically acceptable that a policy is driven by envy? Priming, framing and interpretation in the collection of SWB data. Another concern is how different individuals respond to SWB questions. There is widespread concern among psychologists that the order of questions, transient mood or outside environmental effects which should not matter (such as the current weather or finding a penny on the floor) might have a short-run impact on reports that might bias survey responses (though economists are perhaps less concerned by this issue, see Sgroi et al, (2010)). The law of large numbers can help but if the bias is systematic and one-sided this may not be the case (a survey on a single hot day may result in higher reports than the same survey on a single cold day a year earlier). Framing (how questions are presented) may matter. Interpreting the nature of the question is also an issue. For example, I might sacrifice my own SWB to help a family member increase theirs, but is that not then indirectly also increasing my own SWB? Some might include the SWB of family members in their own self-report and others might not. Again, this might average out but only if the generated bias is not one-sided. Conclusions These issues mean that while subjective wellbeing data may have a useful role to play in providing a normative guide to policy, extreme care should be taken in how to use and understand such data. While it may be the case that policy-makers prefer a single unidimensional scale or a simple recommendation (to tell them whether a policy is “good” or “bad” for welfare) this reliance on simplicity may mask important complexities and can lead to incorrect decisions. If we do conclude that it is important to supplement objective data (such as income or life expectancy) with subjective data it should be done in as transparent a manner as possible. The key feature would be to allow clarity in what is influencing policy and what assumptions are being made. This would be lost when constructing some form of “overall” measure that merges objective and subjective data – take for instance the case where one measure results in a big positive gain but another in a big negative gain and they net out invisibly in the overall measure suggesting that a policy has a neutral effect on wellbeing – this might be very misleading if one of the two measures turns out to be inappropriate for a particular policy question. What might make sense is to consider different measures, such as SWB and quality of life measures alongside traditional economic measures, in different ways in different situations rather than attempting to construct a fix-all solution for all policy. SWB data might be used to supplement choice data especially where there are concerns that choice data may be limited (for instance through credit constraints or short-termism). Institutional design may incorporate SWB data in a thorough cost-benefit analysis (CBA) and more generally CBA can and most probably should include SWB data where possible as part of the decision-process. Environmental concerns which may be hard to measure using traditional economic data may also usefully be addressed using SWB data. However, in all such cases, there is a strong case for supplementing SWB data with relevant choice data. The bottom line is that one simple aggregated measure is likely to mask complex interactions, assumptions and concerns and it may be better to make use of SWB to supplement traditional measures, and not to either replace them or to be merged with them in a 48 Page 8, Q2. composite measure. References Dalton, P. and S. Ghosal (2011a), “Decisions with Endogeneous Frames”, Social Choice and Welfare (refereed symposium volume “Reconciling Behavioral and Normative Economics”, (ed. M. Fleurbay, B. McQuillian and R. Sugden)), DOI 10.1007/s00355-011-06235. Dalton, P. and S. Ghosal (2011b), “Behavioral Decisions and Welfare”, CAGE working paper. Dalton, P., S. Ghosal and A. Mani (2011), “Poverty and Aspirations Failure”, CAGE working paper. Hammond, P.J., F. Liberini and E. Proto, (2011), “Individual Welfare and Subjective Well-Being: Commentary Inspired by Sacks, Stevenson and Wolfers”, University of Warwick, mimeo. Lowenstein, G. and P.A. Ubel (2008), “Hedonic adaptation and the role of decision and experienced utility in public policy”, Journal of Public Economics, 92:1795-1810 Sgroi, D., E. Proto, A. Oswald and A. Dobson, (2010), “Priming and the Reliability of Subjective Well-being Measures”, Warwick Economic Research Papers No. 935. 35 No the proposed domains lack a cultural perspective and acknowledgement of the central role that the arts and culture play in peoples lives and the contribution that they make to well being. The DCMS has undertaken significant and robust research through its CASE programme on the impact of cultural engagement on well being. This programme has built on Arts Council Englands major public value exercise, The Arts Debate, undertaken in 2006/7. The Arts Debate revealed how people across all areas of society value the arts as part of a fundamental capacity for life, how the arts enrich peoples experience of life and how the arts can contribute to community cohesion and a sense of local pride and belonging. Recent research, for example, from Liverpool Arts Regeneration Consortium (LARC), Telling Stories, the Arts and Wellbeing in North Liverpool shows clearly the contribution the arts makes to the five areas of well-being (as defined by Liverpools 2010 Year of Health and Wellbeing,) - Connect, Be Active, Take Notice, Keep Learning and Give. Participation in art is participation in life. Jan 31, 2012 10:03 AM 36 -Beyond instrumentality: The domains provide an accurate enough selection of dimensions of human wellbeing but they are arranged in a way which instrumentalizes all dimensions to individual subjective wellbeing. We suggest keeping the 10 domains but as separate components. -Equality: there seems to be no dimension which captures how society is doing beyond individuals. Is there going to be a measure of (in)equality? Like difference between top and average earnings? (cf. the Report of the High Pay Commission) -Agency: of the 10 dimensions, none captures people’s sense of what they can do and act for change. Given that a sense of agency is central to wellbeing, we suggest adding a dimension on agency. -The questions asked seemed appropriate and combine objective and subjective measures but figure 1 suggests that the focus is on individual assessment of people’s situation. Jan 31, 2012 9:50 AM 37 The Theatres Trust does not agree that the proposed domains represent a complete picture of well-being. Your own research identified that cultural activities were important to people’s well-being. We consider that it is therefore important to establish domains that can measure cultural activities. In the ‘Where we live’ Domain there is no measure that indicates the satisfaction with access to cultural, arts and specifically theatre and performing arts facilities. This could be provided through inclusion of SIC codes relating to the provision of cultural facilities and measuring ‘Assets of Community Value’ registered with a Local Authority’. The Localism Act 2011 provides for the creation of a list of land and buildings that ‘furthers the social well-being or social interests of the local community’. The Act states that ‘Social interests’ include ‘cultural interests’. We recommend that the Jan 31, 2012 9:37 AM 49 Page 8, Q2. development of the ‘Measure of access to and quality of the local environment’ should also include working with the Communities and Local Government to gather information on Local Authorities asset registers as well as DEFRA. In the ‘Our relationships’ Domain there is no measure that indicates the contribution that culture, the arts and theatre make to ‘satisfaction with your social life’, in relation to ‘sense of community’ connections and relationships. In the ‘What we do’ Domain there is no measure that indicates the impact of different forms of cultural and arts engagement. The DCMS’s CASE work and its annually published ‘Taking Part Survey’ would/could provide evidence for ‘Our relationships’ and ‘What we do’. In the Government’s own recently published ‘Measuring National Well-being – Measuring what matters: National Statistician's reflections on the National Debate on Measuring National Well-being’, it identified the importance of work/life balance, stating ‘The ‘Taking Part’ survey (by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport) showed links between partaking in cultural and sporting activities and improving well-being’. 2. 38 No – the domains should include a measurement of cultural engagement, which is a crucial element of individual, community and national well-being. Arts, culture and heritage have a profound contribution to make in terms of well-being and we would urge that they are included in the headline measures. The DCMS Taking Part household survey demonstrates the huge public appetite for culture – 72% of adults in England visited a heritage site in the last year, 47% visited a museum or gallery and 39% used a library. In 2010-11 over 26 million UK residents visited national museums and galleries. Jan 31, 2012 9:25 AM 39 One key domain seems to be missing, which is self-efficacy or ability to control or influence one’s life and environment. Although we understand the intention that domains should be mutually exclusive, they should not be so pragmatic as to exclude things that really matter. The ability to make a difference is also fundamental to the Big Society movement. Throughout the other domains and headline measures we feel that there is a gap in terms of the less tangible elements of well-being related to creativity and a cultural life. Which we cover below. Jan 31, 2012 9:12 AM 40 Yes, however the balance between the proposed domains when forming an overall measure need further consideration. Jan 31, 2012 9:04 AM 41 No, and there are two substantive areas I would wish to have considered. Firstly, the proposed domains do not appear to fully represent the interplay between the individual and community well being as articulated through the first consultation. The focus of the domains is very clearly put onto the individual, with community represented only through its relationship with individual well being. The structure put in place for measuring national well being will have long consequences as datasets become embedded and policy develops in relation to the domains. I ask therefore that there be consideration of how the domains and measures capture community well being as well as individual well-being. Measures that could potentially relate to community well-being are already included under the ‘our relationships’, ‘what we do’ and ‘where we live’ domains, but are framed in relation to individual well-being. This structure implies a straightforward, linear relationship between individual and community well-being, where individual well being can be simply translated into a measure of national well being. As the project to measure national well-being develops, this could well lose the potential for significant insights into the relationship between the two. To give a practical example from the arts sector, there is a great deal of Jan 31, 2012 8:27 AM 50 Page 8, Q2. difference between a community where individual volunteering and participation is made easy through a tradition of local arts groups, with clear routes to join and embedded skills and knowledge within the local environment, and one where the starting point for an individual is to form a group from scratch. Research carried out by the Voluntary Arts England, and presented in their publication Our Creative Talent: the voluntary and amateur arts in England (prepared for the DMCS and Arts Council England) points the way at how this difference could be captured in a straightforward measure relating to the density of arts groups sustained within a locality. Although this kind of data (not just for arts, but all community activity) is not currently collected in a robust and systematic way, I suggest that the design of this programme needs to allow for measures relating to community well being to be recognised as important even where there are no extant datasets, so that there is an impetus to develop them. Secondly, and in relation to our own sector specifically, the domains lack a cultural perspective. The Arts Council Arts Debate in 2006/7 demonstrated the strong role that the arts play in well-being, again both individual and community well-being. The DCMS CASE programme has been working over an extended period to study the impact of cultural engagement on wellbeing, and has developed thinking on subjective well being measures in relation to culture, as well as building on the large scale surveys, Taking Part and Active People. Although this work might require further development, we would want to see culture far more explicitly included, both in relation to cultural engagement, and the cultural environment. 42 No, there is no reference to creativity and culture. I can see such a measure of well-being could fall under a number of the proposed domains: our relationships – as part of the community; health – benefits gained from taking part; what we do – in terms of leisure activity; where we live – cultural impact on neighbourhood cohesion; and education and skills. Alternatively creativity and culture could be a more contextual domain – reflecting the civic society we live. The positive impact of engagement with culture is well documented both in terms of qualitative evaluation of arts projects and numerous surveys of public attitudes towards culture. Jan 31, 2012 8:20 AM 43 A.Responses from the South West Observatory (SWO) network suggest that the proposed domains go some way towards presenting a rounded picture of wellbeing, balancing the objective and subjective factors which influence it. B.However, there are important omissions in the scope of two domains – ‘What we do’ and ‘Where we live’. Specifically, the domain ‘What we do’ appears too focused on paid work and insufficiently focused on leisure activities; in our response we suggest this domain would be better split to look at both elements. C. The ‘Where we live’ domain currently includes two crime measures but no measures for housing quality or satisfaction with the historic environment which should be addressed. In their current form, we feel these domains do not present a full picture of either issue. Jan 31, 2012 7:56 AM 44 A group of students – this exercise was discussed as part of a course entitled ‘Health and Wellness across the Lifespan’ Jan 30, 2012 2:30 PM 45 The domains are relevant to a picture of well-being, but it is not clear what underlying theory or model is guiding this exercise. The diagram given in the background paper places individual well-being at the centre and surrounds it by what could be seen as immediate determinants and then wider influencing factors, but this is not explicitly elaborated. Also the two ‘axes’ given vertically and horizontally are difficult to make sense of. A domain that Jan 30, 2012 2:20 PM 51 Page 8, Q2. appears to be missing is the sense that people have of their relative positions in the society. Given the work of Marmot on the prevalence of social gradients in health and the debates surrounding Wilkinson and Pickett’s work on social inequalities in relation to health and wellbeing, some measure of individuals’ perceptions of inequalities and fairness in society could be valuable. Do people feel that they are justly rewarded for the contributions they make to society? Do people feel that some sections of society received rewards out of proportion to their contributions? 46 1.Do you think the proposed domains present a complete picture of well being? If not, what would you do differently? The progress made with the National Wellbeing Measure (NWM) to date has been very positive, and the proposed domains represent an excellent coverage of issues affecting individual wellbeing. The RSPB welcomes the rigorous academic approach taken, and the acknowledgement of the natural environment as a key driver of wellbeing. However we believe that the conceptual model illustrating the drivers of individual wellbeing (figure 1 in the discussion document) could be improved to better reflect the different temporal aspects of wellbeing related to environmental concerns. As noted in the main recommendations of the recent ‘Report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress’, it is necessary to distinguish between “current well-being and an assessment of sustainability”. More recently, a follow up report from the European Statistical System noted that we “need to more effectively measure our environment and its capacity to remain available to future generations. This includes on the one hand, the presentoriented elements, that is, the well-being enjoyed by present generations from current environmental resources and services and on the other hand, the future-oriented aspects, that is, how are we preserving the natural capital that future generations will inherit from us”. As noted in the discussion document, it will be necessary to consider how the NWM will fit in with DEFRA’s sustainable development indicators. One way to make the processes more joined-up would be to better account for sustainability issues within the NWM. The RSPB believes that it is necessary to separately reflect both the impacts of the environment upon our current wellbeing, and the sustainability of our current levels of wellbeing through two separate domains within the NWM. Given the risks posed by environmental limits, such as climate change, peak resources, and irreversible damage to ecosystems, it is essential that staying within environmental limits be seen as the major foundation upon which our wellbeing (and our existence) depends going into the future. In terms of the conceptual model (Figure 1 in the discussion document), this would best be represented by an overarching “Distance from environmental limits” ‘contextual domain’, within which the other contextual domains and factors sit. In terms of current wellbeing, there is a wealth of evidence illustrating the benefits delivered by nature, through the full range of ecosystem services (ES), from aesthetic enjoyment of a landscape, to the provision of genetic resources for biochemical innovation. A comprehensive evaluation of the diversity and extent of these ES can be found in the recent UK National Ecosystem Assessment, commissioned by DEFRA and launched in 2011. In addition to these core ES, the substantial benefits offered to health and education from engaging with the natural world have also been acknowledged in major public documents, such as the recent Health White Paper. Therefore it is also appropriate that the natural environment be represented by a “Benefits from nature” domain within the ‘factors directly affecting individual wellbeing’. The proposed changes would leave an overall picture of wellbeing similar to that reflected in Figure 1 below. As well as endorsing the acknowledged need to for the ONS to communicate with DEFRA over the construction of Jan 30, 2012 1:57 PM 52 Page 8, Q2. the measures, and the output from the process, the RSPB further proposes that the ONS makes efforts to integrate these processes with other’s ongoing across UK governments. These processes include the update of the environmental accounts, and the newly created natural capital committee, the Welsh Sustainable Development Indicators, and ‘Scotland Performs’ Scottish National Performance Framework. Cohesion in this area will be necessary to ensure the completeness, relevance, and longevity of the NWM. 1.Do you think the proposed domains present a complete picture of well-being? If not, what would you do differently? The progress made with the National Wellbeing Measure (NWM) to date has been very positive, and the proposed domains represent an excellent coverage of issues affecting individual wellbeing. The RSPB welcomes the rigorous academic approach taken, and the acknowledgement of the natural environment as a key driver of wellbeing. However we believe that the conceptual model illustrating the drivers of individual wellbeing (figure 1 in the discussion document) could be improved to better reflect the different temporal aspects of wellbeing related to environmental concerns. As noted in the main recommendations of the recent ‘Report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress’, it is necessary to distinguish between “current well-being and an assessment of sustainability”. More recently, a follow up report from the European Statistical System noted that we “need to more effectively measure our environment and its capacity to remain available to future generations. This includes on the one hand, the present-oriented elements, that is, the wellbeing enjoyed by present generations from current environmental resources and services and on the other hand, the future-oriented aspects, that is, how are we preserving the natural capital that future generations will inherit from us”. As noted in the discussion document, it will be necessary to consider how the NWM will fit in with DEFRA’s sustainable development indicators. One way to make the processes more joined-up would be to better account for sustainability issues within the NWM. The RSPB believes that it is necessary to separately reflect both the impacts of the environment upon our current wellbeing, and the sustainability of our current levels of wellbeing through two separate domains within the NWM. Given the risks posed by environmental limits, such as climate change, peak resources, and irreversible damage to ecosystems, it is essential that staying within environmental limits be seen as the major foundation upon which our wellbeing (and our existence) depends going into the future. In terms of the conceptual model (Figure 1 in the discussion document), this would best be represented by an overarching “Distance from environmental limits” ‘contextual domain’, within which the other contextual domains and factors sit. In terms of current wellbeing, there is a wealth of evidence illustrating the benefits delivered by nature, through the full range of ecosystem services (ES), from aesthetic enjoyment of a landscape, to the provision of genetic resources for biochemical innovation. A comprehensive evaluation of the diversity and extent of these ES can be found in the recent UK National Ecosystem Assessment, commissioned by DEFRA and launched in 2011. In addition to these core ES, the substantial benefits offered to health and education from engaging with the natural world have also been acknowledged in major public documents, such as the recent Health White Paper. Therefore it is also appropriate that the natural environment be represented by a “Benefits from nature” domain within the ‘factors directly affecting individual wellbeing’. The proposed changes would leave an overall picture of wellbeing similar to that reflected in Figure 1 below. As well as endorsing the acknowledged need to for the ONS to communicate with DEFRA over the construction of the measures, and the output from the process, the RSPB further proposes that the ONS makes efforts to integrate 53 Page 8, Q2. these processes with other’s ongoing across UK governments. These processes include the update of the environmental accounts, and the newly created natural capital committee, the Welsh Sustainable Development Indicators, and ‘Scotland Performs’ Scottish National Performance Framework. Cohesion in this area will be necessary to ensure the completeness, relevance, and longevity of the NWM. Figure 1: National Well-being Framework 47 1.Do you think the proposed domains present a complete picture of well being? If not, what would you do differently? This is a consultation response from Friends of the Earth England, Wales & Northern Ireland. Friends of the Earth welcomes the consultation and the ongoing development of a set of indicators that, it is to be hoped, provide a genuine alternative to the dominance of GDP as a measure of prosperity. The failings of GDP as a suitable way to measure the real environmental, social and economic wealth of individuals or a constituency as a whole have been widely documented and we will not dwell at length on its many flaws here. As a starting point however, Friends of the Earth endorses the long-established pillars of sustainable development as adopted within the UK Government’s 2005 Sustainable Development Strategy: •Providing prosperity and opportunities for all •Ensuring a strong, healthy and just society •Living within environmental limits One of the many failings of GDP is its inability to reflect impacts on future generations, nor distribution within current generations. A sustainable economy must not just improve the well-being of those alive today but guard against the eradication of those not yet alive; a major way to do this is to ensure that the underlying asset base – captured by “environmental limits” – is not eroded. We argue that a stable environment is the bedrock upon which our social and economic capital rests. We do not believe any society can be considered to be ‘well-off’ if it is, in natural capital terms, living on ‘borrowed time’: any more than a society riddled with unsustainable debt could be considered to be genuinely well-off. We would propose an extension to the hierarchy of the proposed National Well-being Framework (NWF) to reflect this. Currently ONS proposes three ‘contextual domains’ of Governance, Economy and the Natural Environment. We believe that ‘environmental limits’ should be moved to a new, outermost ‘ring’ on the NWF, to reflect its pivotal importance in underpinning all forms of capital for current and future generations. It is not appropriate to compare – as the current setup of the NWF implies – Governance and Economy as being ‘equal’ in importance to the preservation of environmental limits; structurally it is more coherent to see them as functions of a sustainable natural capital base. The proposed set of indicators certainly represent a big step forward, but for us they do not go far enough in terms of capturing the intragenerational aspects of well-being. Nor do they adequately capture the impact of the domestic pursuit of ‘well-being’ on people of other nations. If the indicators are to be of maximum relevance in policy and political terms, they require principles of fairness and the respect of environmental limits to be hardwired into the national consensus of well-being. Below we set out our proposals for changes to: •Natural environment indicators – to ensure that they more accurately capture both our stocks of natural capital and a ‘footprint’ approach towards respecting environmental limits, and •Economic indicators – to propose amendments to the assessment of economic wellbeing to capture include the economic and intrinsic value of the underlying asset base. An overarching point we wish to make is to highlight the proximity of this exercise to the ongoing revision of the sustainable development indicators by Defra. This process is referred to in the discussion document, but no real sense is given of the join-up between the two. We support the existing sustainable development indicators both in Jan 30, 2012 11:51 AM 54 Page 8, Q2. principle and in practice. Our concern is that we may end up with two sets of indicators – the revised Defra SD indicators and the ONS’s well-being indicators – which overlap, measure different things, and duplicate effort. This could be confusing for policy makers and the public. Every attempt should be made to incorporate the revisions of the SD set into the ONS process and vice versa; indeed, we would urge very close working between both parties. After all, the real mark of success of indicators such as these is how seriously they are taken by the public and by decision makers. It is welcome that the ONS are mounting these indicators precisely to give them the neutrality and centrality within policy debate that they need to have to be taken seriously. An unsettled question, though, is how these indicators will actually be used. Friends of the Earth would hope to see decisions taken by, for example, HM Treasury that explicitly target improvements in the measurement of well-being set out in the ONS / SD indicators. This is the main reason that we are so keen to ensure accurate measurement of interand intragenerational well-being and full accounting for underlying asset stocks within this exercise. 48 In order to help understand different aspects of national wellbeing we would support the inclusion of a domain related to cultural opportunity. Access to and participation in arts and culture offers enriching, life-affirming, community and social opportunities – essential to a dynamic and vibrant community. Participating in the arts in ways such as singing, painting, craft-making or playing music makes a hugely valuable contribution to someone’s personal sense of their wellbeing and identity. Attendance at the theatre, art galleries, museums or at festivals for example, can encourage people to see the world differently; it can be enlightening, educational, challenging and pleasurable. Inclusion of cultural opportunity gives breadth to the meaning of what it is to be ‘well’. Mark Williamson from Action from Happiness says ‘by choosing to live in a way that prioritises the things that really matter we can create a vital shift in societal values. So let's stop aiming for lives filled with riches and focus instead on helping people lead richer lives.” Jan 30, 2012 11:42 AM 49 Not sure that the balance is quite right within each domain – the descriptors of the domains give a broader impression of them than the actual measurable indicators used. In some domains it might be necessary to have more open questions? Jan 30, 2012 11:35 AM 50 We welcome all ten domains included in your consultation document as being important to wellbeing. We do not suggest adding any additional domains. Jan 30, 2012 10:57 AM 51 We would propose expanding the ‘Health’ domain to ‘Health and Social Care’ to more adequately represent the importance of social care to many people’s lives, especially older people. Today older people account for 17% of the population and of that nearly 40% of older people require some form of social care support while 60% of older people say they have a long term condition that could require social care support . By 2032, the Office for National Statistics estimates that nearly one in four people in the UK will be over 65. In May 2011, the OECD forecast that due to demographic pressures with low birth rates and rising life expectancy, the UK will be ‘forced to spend an extra £80 billion a year’ on older people’s care, pensions and the NHS . In regards to wellbeing, the forthcoming 2012 Health and Social Care White Paper aims to address the concerns of numerous reports including a Law Commission paper on Social Care , and the findings of the Commission on the Funding of Care and Support aka the ‘Dilnot Commission’ into poor experiences of social care, the end result of which is Jan 30, 2012 10:49 AM 55 Page 8, Q2. poor wellbeing and a lack of dignity. 52 As far as I can see at a cursory read through of the discussion paper, the proposed domains cover a range of issues. I’m not entirely sure they present a complete picture of well-being, and would like to reserve judgement on that, and perhaps feedback in more detail in the near future. Jan 30, 2012 10:39 AM 53 The Crafts Council welcomes the ONS initiative to examine the wider nonfinancial impacts which contribute to objective and subjective well-being. A wealth of research demonstrates the contribution of culture to well-being, notably the DCMS Culture and Sport Evidence Programme, and the Crafts Council has undertaken specific research to investigate this in the context of contemporary craft – looking at how and why a career in craft can provide job satisfaction, how participation in craft as a leisure activity can improve physical, mental and emotional wellbeing, and what is distinctive about craft as a source of wellbeing both in leisure and in our working lives. Broadly, we agree with the proposed domains. However, as our research indicates, craft and participation in other cultural and creative activities has the potential to contribute to a number of well-being issues covered by the domains. As such we believe that additional measures on participation in cultural and creative activities should be included in the survey. The examples we set out below are specific to craft but have wider significance for other cultural activities. Jan 30, 2012 10:27 AM 54 1.Do you think the proposed domains present a complete picture of well being? If not, what would you do differently? We welcome this initiative from the ONS. WWF has long argued that GDP is not a sufficient measure of national wellbeing. A broader set of indicators that take into account key environmental and social issues is required and the framework proposed is an important step forward. Crucially, indicators should not just monitor how we are doing, they should inform political objectives and policy making. The UK’s wellbeing indicators framework should reflect a high-level commitment to sustainable development. This means that the pursuit of wellbeing for people in the UK now should not be at the expense of the wellbeing of people in other countries or future generations. This principle of inter- and intra-generational equity should be at the heart of UK framework. Overall the framework proposed is skewed in favour of current wellbeing, with only 5 out of 38 indicators measuring environment/sustainability issues. The impact of unsustainable resource consumption and environmental degradation on future generations and people in other countries will not be adequately monitored by the proposed framework . Moreover, given that ‘present and future conditions of the environment’ was identified as one of the five key aspects of wellbeing in the national debate (see analysis by the National Statistician), environmental measures are under-represented even in terms of people’s current wellbeing. We therefore recommend more comprehensive inclusion of environmental and resource use indicators to ensure policy is oriented towards sustainable development. Overall we strongly favour a restructure of the framework to reflect the fundamental importance of the ecological foundations of human wellbeing: a stable climate, healthy functioning ecosystems and a sustainable supply of natural resources. The ONS framework should be reconfigured as follows: Jan 30, 2012 10:19 AM 55 The proposed domains do not present a complete picture of well-being. A measure which portrays the role of the arts, heritage and culture in improving well-being should be included. Research by the DCMS as part of the CASE programme presents robust work on the relationship between cultural engagement and well-being. The DCMS Taking Part Survey demonstrates the link between taking part in cultural and sporting activities and improving Jan 30, 2012 9:40 AM 56 Page 8, Q2. well- being. Similarly, in 2006 Arts Council England (ACE) led a debate on the public perception of the value of the arts . The research demonstrates the perceived contributions made by cultural activities to community belonging and civic pride 56 We think that the proposed domains do not go far enough to recognise ‘what we do’ and ‘where we live’, nor reflect the contribution that arts and culture can make to both individual and national wellbeing in these respects. Your published analysis of the answers from the first consultation found that: ‘.....what is important is how we spend our time, including the balance we achieve between our work and home lives, the time we spend outdoors (and the availability of green spaces for us to use) and the extent to which we participate in cultural or creative activities.’ However, the current proposal does not suggest any measures which take into account cultural participation. Arts Council England are a partner in the Culture and Sport Evidence programme (CASE) which has previously undertaken research into the value and impact of engagement in culture. The research established a statistically significant relationship between sports and arts engagement and increased subjective well-being. Other research by CASE and others also demonstrates that arts and culture contributes to longer term societal benefits (many of which are factors described in ONS’ discussion papers as being an ‘objective’ measure of well-being, such as educational attainment, health and building family and community connections). A principle source of data for research in this area is the Taking Part survey which captures individuals’ levels of participation in culture and sport, the benefits they derive from it, and the barriers and enablers (economic, physical, social and psychological) to engagement. The Taking Part survey measures a wide variety of activities which fall within the concept of ‘leisure’. The survey also asks a standard wellbeing question: how happy would you say you are? Jan 30, 2012 9:33 AM 57 The domains seem to be a mixed bag of inputs and outputs. Individual wellbeing is probably the ultimate output. Finance, Education/skills, and the Contextual are inputs: objective measures of these in particular have no intrinsic value in themselves but may have instrumental value. Relationships, Health, What we do, and Where we live probably have aspects of inputs and outputs. The output aspect of these should already be captured by individual well-being. What is unclear is the objective of the “factors” domains. Are they there to explain variation in subjective well-being (SWB)? Or to model and predict SWB where SWB data are missing? Or would there be trade-offs between SWB and “factors”, if analysts believe the individual has got their own SWB “wrong”, and if so, why bother with asking SWB? The paper states that Figure 1 shows that “equality, fairness and sustainability issues are part of national well-being measures”, yet it is not clear if or how they are incorporated, or if it is appropriate to do so. The figure itself is unclear. Why is Governance placed to the left of (indicating less sustainability issues than) the Economy? What does the vertical axis mean (which way is more or less fairness)? Jan 30, 2012 9:00 AM 58 Keep Britain Tidy believes there is a need to develop a broader theme to cover the area of equality. This could be measured by asking if people feel they have an equal opportunity in life to achieve their ambitions (as a subjective measure) and a broader objective measure of their perception of social mobility of society as a whole. Jan 30, 2012 7:42 AM 59 Yes, subject to response to question 7 below Jan 27, 2012 5:37 PM 60 There is a need for some measures to weight the relative importance to Jan 27, 2012 5:25 PM 57 Page 8, Q2. individuals of the different domains (see suggestion below). Without this, the significance of the data gathered from the existing measures may not be clear (satisfaction or dissatisfaction within a particular domain is less significant if a subject does not consider it important). It would also be desirable to have greater clarity about how the various domain and contextual measures are considered to be relevant to well-being, and thus how the data gathered will be used. A measure might be relevant to wellbeing in various different ways: -it could be a proxy or indicator of overall well-being -it could measure a component (or a typical component) of overall well-being -it could track a factor which has an established correlation with (some aspect of) well-being -it could track a factor which might correlate with well-being (so the data would establish whether such a correlation exists) 61 The indicator set is fairly comprehensive but relies heavily on a few sources (eg. British Panel Household Survey) and it would be worth reflecting upon how representative these survey samples are of the general population. With regards to refelecting the National Debate - broadly yes. However, the future conditions of the environment part seems to be too heavily focused on the climate change agenda and does not sufficiently reflect the views from respondents who most frequently raised the availability of green space. Equally, the effect of involvement in cultural and creative activities does not get a mention in these domains/measures. ‘Our relationships’ is a key domain for measuring wellbeing. We now have strong evidence that good social networks significantly reduce mortality and morbidity (Holt-Lundstat et al, http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000316 ). We would question why the economy is still the contextual domain for UK's wellbeing. There is no evidence to suggest that income is related to wellbeing, rather it is the inequalities experienced relating to income that contribute to poor wellbeing. Indeed the report from the Stiglitz commission, quoted in the consultation document, demonstrated the lack of relationship between income and wellbeing. Using this indicator set, how the wellbeing of particular groups will be examined? eg. children, older people, BME groups etc.? From the consultation paper there is no sense of if this indicator set has been equality impact assessed. There is no measure to represent spirituality. This is difficult to quantify but could be acknowledged under 'Our relationships'. We would be interested in how many of these measures could be broken down to a more local level, and assist/create a framework for Health and Welbeing Boards to put together their outcomes/indicators for their Health and Wellbeing Strategies. Jan 27, 2012 5:05 PM 62 Although not a complete picture the domains are likely to cover the most important drivers of well-being. Other factors are likely to have a small impact individually so the effort involved in trying to incorporate them will not be worthwhile in terms of improving accuracy to any substantial degree. Jan 27, 2012 3:57 PM 63 The domains seem to cover a broad range of elements. Clearly, the weightings are likely to be different for different individuals and communities. The domains cover both eudaimonic and hedonic elements. It would be useful, at least for some purposes, to distinguish such elements, as there are few people for whom an increase in the percentage of electricity derived from renewable sources leads to significant increase in a feeling of contentment. It also needs to be recognized that it may be contentious to include this at all. Housing quality, culture and activities in leisure time other than volunteering could also be usefully included. Jan 27, 2012 3:07 PM 58 Page 8, Q2. 64 From the perspective of an organisation representing women with mental health needs, the domains appear to be a good picture of well-being. However, we are concerned that the measurements the ONS proposes will not create a full picture or may not provide adequate data for an analysis of gender and wellbeing. Jan 27, 2012 2:52 PM 65 ‘Where we live’ should be removed, and ‘natural environment’ should be expanded to be ‘environment’ – this would allow recognition of the importance of places we visit frequently or which are important as ideas to be included. ‘How we move from place to place’ should be included in the “Factors directly affecting individual well-being” Jan 27, 2012 2:10 PM 66 The concept of a ‘domain’ should be clarified from the outset of the discussion paper on domains and measures. Also, it would be interesting to see if there are some intersections emerging from some ‘domains’ of the Venn diagram (Figure 1. on page 2). For instance, from a sociological or social welfare perspective, there is an interplay between the issues of housing, health and education. These three issues are interwoven and they are not mutually exclusive. All of them are equally vital for the (fundamental) social needs of citizens and (child) poverty in the UK today. Lack of any one of the issues will have an adverse effect on two other issues and may lead to social problems including (child) poverty. Braham and Sherham state ‘Free education provided by the state would banish ignorance and also deliver equal opportunity. It was hoped that providing adequate and affordable housing would eliminate squalor and want, and also reduce diseases associated with overcrowding and lack of facilities’. Jan 23, 2012 11:19 PM 67 Not with the way that the domains are then defined. 'What we do' seems more to be about 'how we do' with regards to work/life balance rather than what people actually do that brings them happiness. I am particularly involved with arts and crafts activity and know that such activity brings much joy and happiness to many people on a regular basis as a participant. But also those who organise the activity can often get great enjoyment from helping others have the opportunity to have fun - particularly when they are doing it on a voluntary basis and this is the reward rather than money! One of my particular interests is dance (which I enjoy much more than going to a gym as a form of exercise). I quote "There are short-cuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them" ~Vicki Baum Also I would draw your attention to an article on the Guardian website some time ago: Real living: Love changes everything Several 'experts' claim they've found the secret of happiness. The answer is blindingly simple, says Hester Lacey http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/real-living-love-changes-everything1177478.html “Professor Michael Argyle of Oxford University has been studying happiness for the past 15 years, and last week he published his latest findings. It seems that, erm, soap operas are one of the secrets: soap fans are quantifiably happier than the rest of us. Professor Argyle has devised his own measuring system, a detailed questionnaire called the Oxford Happiness Inventory and, apart from regular visits to the merry worlds of Albert Square and Brookside Close, in analysing thousands of responses he has found that marriage or a close relationship, a stable circle of good friends, manageable ambitions, congenial workmates and enjoyable leisure activities are the key factors. Money and possessions do not make a great deal of difference, except to the very poor.” and so the article goes on ending... "So there we are. Happiness is out there, albeit contentment rather than permanent ecstasy and whether it is attainable through EastEnders, workshop seminars, meditation or therapy is a matter of opinion. Michael Argyle's own personal recipe? "I have a secret weapon in the happiness Jan 23, 2012 10:47 PM 59 Page 8, Q2. stakes," he writes. "It is Scottish country dancing, and I have been doing it every Wednesday for years." The upshot is that dancing in this article and in a number of polls since is often found to be one of the top ways of being happy! Therefore it is very important that we actually look at what people do particularly in the cultural sphere as I think we will find this is one of the best measures of people's happiness and wellbeing across the country. 68 There is no mention of culture and the arts which are important areas by which well-being can be maintained Jan 23, 2012 10:17 PM 69 Use a different evidenced based framework which is more comprehensive and identifies underpinning 4 protective characteristics for mental well-being (resilience/community assets; inclusion; control; and participation) ie. A dynamic model of mental well-being for assessing mental well-being impact (Lynne Friedli, 2009) cited in Mental Well-being Impact Assessment toolkit 2011 (pg 16). Jan 23, 2012 10:13 PM 70 I think the category of "what we do" and what it is supposed to encompass is too broad and this will mean that a lot of information that should fall into this category will get lost when people are looking to gather information for research. Jan 23, 2012 7:09 PM 71 There should be a category for Cultural Engagement Jan 23, 2012 5:47 PM 72 Measuring National Well-being – Proposed domains and headline indicators CONSULTATION RESPONSE FROM THE HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND The Heritage Lottery Fund is pleased to make a response to the latest ONS consultation on measuring well-being. We have the following points to make about the selection of domains and measures. 1.We agree with the central role that individual well-being plays in the framework, and welcome the decision to use people’s assessment of their own well-being as the predominant measure. 2.Given this centrality, we would like to stress that it will be essential to have a survey sample that is large enough for statistically robust comparisons to be made across different groups in society, so that changes in the cross-cutting issue of equality and fairness can be clearly tracked and unambiguously reported. 3.The other cross-cutting issue in the framework is the one of ‘sustainability’. So far as we can see, this issue has not been clearly defined in the consultation document so far, with no proposed indicators at this stage. We think it’s essential that the relationship between this cross-cutting theme and the main domains is clearly laid out. It may be useful here to return to Defra’s influential 2005 sustainable development strategy, which included the guiding principle ”living within environmental limits”. In time, it seems to us, measures will need to be put in place – beyond the current one on carbon emissions – that establish these limits and indicate when and where they are being breached. The ONS consultation response planned for Spring 2012 could usefully outline how this part of the framework will be developed. 4.The framework then proposes six domains that “directly affect” individual well-being. We can see that the difficulty here is to assemble domains that are mutually exclusive and reflect the feedback received through the consultation. It does seem sensible to have a relatively small set of these, and six feels about right. The danger is that important factors affecting well-being are then relegated to being ‘indirect’ and will only matter in the framework to the extent that they can be shown to have a causal relationship with one of the six ‘direct’ domains. At the moment heritage, and more broadly culture, is in this position of being treated as ‘indirect’. If there are only to be six ‘direct’ domains, we think this is probably acceptable – but only if there is a more Jan 23, 2012 5:09 PM 60 Page 8, Q2. explicit reference to culture and heritage in the set of measures included under several of the six ‘direct’ domains. 5.Our reason for saying this is because there is a growing body of evidence that backs up the intuitive relationship between cultural participation and well-being – and we referred to our own research in this area in response to the first consultation Similarly there is some evidence that it is not just the quality of the local environment that has an influence on people’s quality of life but, within that, the condition of the local historic environment . The same goes for the quality and condition of local parks and green spaces, where the evidence of links to quality of life and well-being are very strong . Again we have our own evidence in this area . Finally, the links between well-being and time spent in the natural environment is extremely strong , and some place should be found within the domains to include a measure on the time people are able to spend in the countryside. 6.For these reasons we propose: - a)A measure of cultural participation should be included under the domain of ‘what we do’. Data for this measure could be based on the existing DCMS Taking Part survey, although revisions to the questionnaire may be necessary to reflect participation in culture that is not State sponsored. An alternative, or additional, measure may be to come up with a subjective question that asks people about their satisfaction with the amount of cultural activity they are able to enjoy. b)A measure of access to the countryside / natural environment should be included under the domain of ‘what we do’. This data is already available, for England, through Natural England’s “Visits to the Natural Environment” survey. 7.We note that ONS isworking with Defra to develop a measure of access and quality of the local environment”. We propose that ways should be found to incorporate historic buildings and local parks and green spaces in this measure of local environmental quality – although we also recognize that this is an area where the heritage sector needs to continue to investigate and demonstrate how maintenance and management of the historic environment, including historic parks, is a causal factor behind the overall levels of satisfaction that people have with their local areas. 8.If these changes can be made, we think the framework then provides a real opportunity for a greater national policy focus on culture, heritage and the built and natural environment. 9.Going beyond the explicit references to culture and heritage in the domain measures, we think it will be possible for the sector to establish and evidence causal links to other measures in the framework, such as the measures of social capital included under ‘our relationships’, as well as those for health and mental well-being. Again we would like to highlight our own work in this last area, which established a link between volunteering and indicators such as concentration and absorption that are closely associated with mental well-being . 10. Finally, we have some comments about the contextual indicators, which – though tangential to our main remit – may be of use:- a.On’ the economy’, gross disposable household income per capita looks to fit rather better under the domain of ‘personal finance’ where it can sit alongside ‘household wealth’ and ‘satisfaction with your household income’. This then leaves the measure of ‘research & development’ and the potential inclusion of one on ‘productivity’. Both of these, to us, are better thought of as explanatory, causal factors behind the creation of new national income and net national wealth rather than as exogenous contextual measures. b.That would lead to a contextual domain that would describe changes in two national ‘stocks’ – the first being the monetized income and wealth of the country under ‘economy’, and the second the capital stock residing in the ‘natural environment’. c.We think that this latter domain needs further thought and development – especially in the light of the comment made at the top of this response about environmental limits. It seems to us that this is a part of the framework where it would be well worth looking again at the work carried out 61 Page 8, Q2. by Defra for the UK sustainable development strategy. Relevant indicators included in the 2005 set of SD measures, which could be considered for inclusion in the ONS well-being set (in addition to greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, renewable energy and protected areas) are: - • Resource use (domestic material consumption) •Water resource use (total abstractions from non-tidal surface and ground water sources) •Waste arisings and methods of disposal •Bird populations (farmland, woodland, coastal and wintering wetland) •Biodiversity (status of priority species and habitats) •Land use (area used for agriculture, woodland, water/river and urban) •Fish stocks •River quality 73 I would include the impact of the creative arts. There is extensive - and growing - research showing just how much participation in creative arts enhances well being. Jan 23, 2012 4:54 PM 74 I think Art and Culture should be included. Jan 23, 2012 4:39 PM 75 I think there needs to be something more specific about culture, including the arts and heritage. This should include both the availability of professional arts and museums, and community activities such as local orchestras, choirs and ensembles, folk and jazz clubs, amateur dramatic organisations and youth provision for the arts. Research over the past few years have shown how important these things are to people's health, community wellbeing and personal development (including enhancing their learning). This should be recognised. Jan 23, 2012 4:36 PM 76 I was concerned that there was no direct reference to cultural activities in general unless they are supposed to fit in towhat we do? Jan 23, 2012 4:17 PM 77 The notion of quantitative measures of wellbeing is excruciating to me and I shudder at how this could be used or rather misused by government departments prone to such things. I believe that the idea is primarily to measure something in order to limit it so that it can be offset by ludicrous mechanical calculations elsewhere. We have already seen how a department like the DfT can compute massive and idiotic economic benefits from their schemes and they have been exploring how to compute landscape and habitat value, in order purely to write it off. This landscape is worth £100M; accumulated savings of 1 microsecond for 10 million motorists over 60 years are worth £1B, ergo build a road and wipe out the landscape. That is what this sort of exercise is about. But I suppose I have to go along with this nonsense otherwise you'll just see what you want to see. Jan 23, 2012 3:59 PM 78 The role of art and culture and their potential impact on well-being are missing. Jan 23, 2012 3:57 PM 79 Include Culture, heritage and the arts - access to and participation in Sport and leisure - access to and participation in and possibly Spirituality. I think that "What we do" and "where we live" are far too generic and don't acknowledge or invite responses about people's individual and community heritage and history and what that means to them. "Natural environment" should also be "natural and built environment" giving participants the opportunity to reflect on their contribution to and knowledge of major issues such as sustainability and not just treat the natural environment as something separate to the individual. Jan 23, 2012 3:54 PM 80 I think "cultural life" deserves to be a heading of its own, though this may not be the most useful heading to use for it. Something is needed to bring together leisure activities, culture, the arts, religious activity and personal Jan 23, 2012 3:51 PM 62 Page 8, Q2. development. 81 Arts Jan 23, 2012 3:37 PM 82 Add something about culture - this could include the arts, public events. Jan 23, 2012 2:55 PM 83 The arts - music, visual art, drama, etc - in whatever way presented (amateur or professional, audience or participating) should be included. These contribute huge amounts to people's sense of well-being Jan 23, 2012 2:25 PM 84 Add categories to reflect the contribution to well-being of arts and culture Jan 23, 2012 1:36 PM 85 The Arts and Culture should be included Jan 23, 2012 12:58 PM 86 We welcome the introduction of a standard set of measures for wellbeing. We strongly support the inclusion of measures of health, local and natural environment along with other domains. Jan 23, 2012 12:56 PM 87 You MUST add arts and culture - wellbeing isn't all about where we live and what we live with, but HOW we live, how we grow, how we develop. Wellbeing is not a fixed point; it changes as we age and our interests shift, so we move towards different criteria and activities. Jan 23, 2012 12:08 PM 88 include in what we do, not just the work life balance but the importance of being involved in community and voluntary groups including the arts. Creative and arts activity to general feelings of well being, the physical act its self of making things. This may also apply to being involved in a whole range of activities, sports etc. Jan 23, 2012 12:05 PM 89 There should be sections on Engagement with Cultural Activity, Engagement with your Local Community, and Engagement with Physical Activity (unless these are subsumed under What We Do) Jan 23, 2012 11:58 AM 90 Arts and Creativity should be recognized. Jan 23, 2012 11:33 AM 91 I would have a domain for arts and creativity. Jan 23, 2012 11:08 AM 92 Explore engagement in cultural/political activities - I am particularly interested in participation in and attendance of the arts but think sport is also worth exploring. For some these activities will include religious engagement. Jan 23, 2012 11:06 AM 93 Include a category for mental health and also focus on arts and their important part in well-being. Jan 23, 2012 11:05 AM 94 There is probably no such thing as a complete picture of wellbeing Jan 23, 2012 10:34 AM 95 Arts and culture must feature. Both participatory and as consumers/audience. This is particularly important in relation to mental health and well being, raising confidence and self-esteem amongst all age groups and meeting needs of most disadvantaged and at risk of isolation from community, traing, education and employability. Jan 23, 2012 10:26 AM 96 include access to cultural and arts activity Jan 23, 2012 10:22 AM 97 There is no consideration of the impact of culture (including arts and heritage) on society. Culture defines both localism and nationalism, it identifies who we are as individuals and who were are collectively. The DCMS * and Arts Councils have provided robust, quality data to support the Jan 23, 2012 10:15 AM 63 Page 8, Q2. articulation that arts/culture help to enrich people's experience of life and ultimately contribute to a sense of place. * Taking Part Survey and CASE for instance. 98 There needs to be mention of the role of the arts and creativity. Access to these is an essential component of life and as such should be reflected in any measure of national well-being Jan 23, 2012 10:09 AM 99 No, I work in Arts and Well-being in a participatory arts organization which facilitates arts programmes for people who may be experiencing mental health issues. You need to add Arts as an indicator. Jan 23, 2012 9:49 AM 100 I would include factors that don't blame an individual for their unhappiness. For example, why not include external reasons, such as the effect of mass media, technological poverty, or anything else that requires a deeper understanding of the world other than knee-jerk ideas that target the individual as being to blame. Jan 23, 2012 9:38 AM 101 The proposals make no explicit mention of the arts or creativity, suggesting that cultural activity could be excluded from the picture. I would include any activity which generates a sense of wellbeing through artistic and creative endeavour. Jan 23, 2012 9:05 AM 102 Domains surprisingly Ignore participation in cultural life including visiting museums Jan 23, 2012 8:50 AM 103 While difficult to include everything given the reasons you discuss, the factors directly affecting individual well-being is very important to include and are to some extent covered. There will be a need to ensure that when considering individual well-being in “Our relationships” that the importance of community is included and understood by respondents given the broad definition of what community constitutes. If not yet undertaken will these domains and indicators be subject to an equalities impact assessment? Jan 23, 2012 8:50 AM 104 I think an important element may be slipping between the cracks of relationships and governance and this is a feeling of being heard and taken seriously, i.e. an ability to have an impact on others and see the effect. This comes in small ways and large ways. For instance I have a family man perspective: I give and give and few have time to look after me, but I am listened to and I can see the benefits to others I bring and their appreciation and that makes a huge difference to my happiness. In a broader context, there are all sorts of issues around and we alsometimes want to be a part of the solution and have voice affirmation and feedback. Withiout this society cannnot be happy. Jan 23, 2012 8:48 AM 105 There is no mention of the arts in any shape or form or the importance of culture. All of the arts are essential to people's well-being, and their culture and belief system is the core of their identity, both as an individual and as a social group Jan 23, 2012 8:31 AM 106 add arts and culture Jan 23, 2012 8:25 AM 107 Trust & honesty Jan 22, 2012 11:41 PM 108 Two elements seem to missing: measurement of optimism versus pessimism and also measurement of motivation and self-efficacy. Without those elements the well-being index is useful for academic research, but not as useful for policy interventions. Jan 22, 2012 10:14 PM 64 Page 8, Q2. 109 Access to culture Jan 22, 2012 10:13 PM 110 They need to take account of the influence that creativity, and access to arts and culture, have on personal and community well-being Jan 22, 2012 9:42 PM 111 I would include a question related to the the arts and creativity Jan 22, 2012 9:29 PM 112 Whilst broadly understandable it is difficult to appreciate what will or will not be included in the sub-domains. The most notable exclusions seem to be around "leisure time" and "culture" which whilst overlapping with each other are very significant areas in people lives which I do not feel are adequately covered by the generic "What we do" domain. Specifically in relation to the cross-cutting nature of culture with: education & learning; work; personal and social growth; contribution to health; aesthetics and of course the secondary economy in the immediate and long terms I feel that culture and art demand that consideration be given to the addition of another domain to capture and place emphasis on this complex and rich area of or lives. Jan 22, 2012 9:24 PM 113 I would include a reference to the cultural sector. The arts and creative activities have a hugely positive impact on well-being. Humans are creative beings - and to omit creativity means to ignore what makes us who we are, what drives us forward and what helps us find meaning and purpose in our lives. Jan 22, 2012 8:08 PM 114 I believe that creativity in all it's various aspects should be included. We use our creativity in producing theatre, film, TV, writing books and papers, artworks and illustration, the creative industries, fashion, design, furniture, textiles etc. We use creativity in many aspects of our lives, from cooking, gardening, designing our homes to coming up with new ideas in out work. Our health and wellbeing benefits enormously from active or passive involvement in the arts and creativity. Likewise the role of sport and exercise should be included. Jan 22, 2012 7:31 PM 115 I think that in the "contextual domains" there should be included an additional subject relating to the general feeling of the nation as perceived in social terms ie items of national debate, general feelings, big issues affecting others and level of grievencies being aired in both the media and those encountered by the individual from their own experiences. I think that the "well being" of an individual is very much controlled by those around them. It's all very well having a good job and life style, but not if the general feeling in the country and of friends does not also reflect that of the individual. Jan 22, 2012 6:00 PM 116 Needs to have some measure of involvement in workplace: degree of worker participation in goal-setting. Lacks real measurement of access to arts be it culturally diverse broadcasting, live theatre or opportunities to participate in arts. Jan 22, 2012 5:10 PM 117 Add 1.National prestige 2. Quality and cost of health and education services 3. Quality and cost of public transport and and other public services 4. Quality and cost of recreation and entertainment Jan 22, 2012 4:36 PM 118 Cultural Activities are of utmost importance, both passive (theatre going), and active, (singing and playing in Folk Clubs and singing and playing an instrument as holistic therapy) Jan 22, 2012 12:28 PM 119 The 'Where we live' domain includes access to green spaces with trees. Section 2 is the most relvant place for this. Jan 22, 2012 10:58 AM 65 Page 8, Q2. 120 Culture and Creativity Jan 22, 2012 10:02 AM 121 They present an incomplete picture by not acknowledging the impact of culture and the arts on well-being either explicitly, or implicitly in the other domains, apart from tangential references to 'leisure activities' (what we do) and 'access to facilities' (where we live). This is a significant omission from a set of indicators that will be used to measure national well-being. Cultural activity is a key influence on personal and community well-being and should be included. Has the substantive data used in the DCMS' 'Taking Part' survey been taken into account? Jan 21, 2012 6:32 PM 122 Although there may be some overlap with proposed domains, I think there should be additional areas of focus on: - Arts, culture and heritage Spirituality, religion, contemplation and meaning-making - Social justice and equity Jan 21, 2012 6:09 PM 123 I appreciate the difficulty in quantifying subjective data but my experience from working in the developing world and counselling work in the UK suggests that some measure of 'hope' might be of use - asking if the present is better than the past and do they hope for a better future. People will tolerate much if they feel there is hope for a better future. Can data be linked to a person's background culture, faith (no faith) or ethnicity? Jan 21, 2012 5:47 PM 124 Access to green treed places and more emphasis on the culture and the arts and museums and galleries please. Jan 21, 2012 4:49 PM 125 I would introduce a domain for the expression of arts and creative involvements, as i have never known any human being who has not valued these aspects of their lives as being equally importantly to any of the others. Jan 21, 2012 4:06 PM 126 Personal creativity and participation in creative activities Jan 21, 2012 3:28 PM 127 But the measures within them are limited and will not in some cases support policy and planning for improvement. They also ignore elements that contribute to well-being in particular culture/heritage and sport Jan 21, 2012 1:03 PM 128 may be, but not necessarily, covered by other domains, but should not get lost in them ..subjective confidence of the ability to change things, have an effect, to have some control over own life, and wider community Jan 21, 2012 12:19 PM 129 Include more arts. theatre, creating theatre, cinema, dance, exhibitions... Jan 21, 2012 9:00 AM 130 Needs to be Expanded to capture positive influences on wellbeing - music, theatre, reading, drawing, painting cooking gardening .... Jan 21, 2012 12:12 AM 131 Culture & Creativity Jan 20, 2012 11:50 PM 132 Arts and creativity have been shown to have a dramatic impact on wellbeing and should be a domain. There is a strong body of evidence to support this. For example see the work of Prof. Pierre Luigi Sacco. It needs its own domain as it is so important to so many people. Also Physical environment needs to be included, as natural environment is very specific Jan 20, 2012 8:36 PM 133 What about culture and the arts? for example: listening to music, watching TV, going to festivals and concerts, singing in a rock choir, going to museums, visiting a National Trust house or borrowing books from public libraries. These are things things improve our wellbeing. Jan 20, 2012 8:29 PM 66 Page 8, Q2. 134 I would add Culture as being a key domain - this could be Cultural Activity or Cultural Experience or Cultural Engagement. Jan 20, 2012 6:35 PM 135 The arts and culture hardly features. Culture is embedded in many of the proposed domains but there is no mention of it anywhere except in 'what we do', The role of arts and culture in individual and community wellbeing is becoming more and more obvious. If you are producing something for the future, how can you not include it. I think it should have its own domain because it comes into so many of the others. Jan 20, 2012 6:27 PM 136 What we do depends on what's available, so natural environment is one factor but what about resources we have produced as places to go whether these are cultural or arts based, sports facilities, gyms etc And wghat people need to access work or support them at home in terms of personal care or access issues eg langauge Jan 20, 2012 6:09 PM 137 No. We understand that Arts and Culture are to be covered under the ‘What We Do’ domain. This domain appears to focus on work and work-life balance / amount of work or leisure time but does not look at the ‘quality’ of that leisure time. The positive impact of engagement with arts and culture is well documented both in terms of qualitative evaluation of arts projects and numerous surveys of public attitudes towards arts and culture. Additionally, access to arts and culture significantly feeds into the domains of Health and Where We Live. The high levels of participation in dance in Scotland for instance (19% of the adult population) are a major factor in public health and perceptions of where people live are positively affected by the accessibility of opportunities for cultural engagement, which in turn contribute towards community cohesion. Jan 20, 2012 4:41 PM 138 Participation in or attendance at cultural activity is not mentioned and needs to be. We know intuitively and there is significant evidence to show that participation and attendance are important generators of well-being. Jan 20, 2012 4:18 PM 139 Arts and culture should be included. Much existing research exists to demonstrate that participation and engagement with cultural activity enriches the experiences of individuals, brings communities together and helps define and develop a sense of nationhood. In Scotland, dance in particular enjoys a very high level of participation (19% of the adult population) and makes a very positive contribution to physical fitness and improved public health as well as providing enjoyment and social interaction. Jan 20, 2012 4:14 PM 140 No, as there is no mention of arts and culture within these domains. Cultural engagement impacts positively on an individual's health and wellbeing and should be separated from the 'What we do' domain, which makes no distinction between work and leisure time. Jan 20, 2012 3:55 PM 141 No. We understand that Arts and Culture are to be covered under the ‘What We Do’ domain. This domain appears to focus on work and work-life balance / amount of work or leisure time but does not look at the ‘quality’ of that leisure time. The positive impact of engagement with arts and culture is well documented both in terms of qualitative evaluation of arts projects and numerous surveys of public attitudes towards arts and culture. Additionally, access to arts and culture significantly feeds into the domains of Health and Where We Live. The high levels of participation in dance in Scotland for instance (19% of the adult population) are a major factor in public health and perceptions of where people live are positively affected by the accessibility of opportunities for cultural engagement, which in turn contribute towards community cohesion. Jan 20, 2012 3:36 PM 67 Page 8, Q2. 142 There is no mention of the built environment, which is also hugely important. The domain which covers the natural environment should also include the built environment. The domain which covers our dwelling should also cover our place of work, and all the other areas we inhabit or which affect us such as civic buildings, schools, hospitals, infrastructure etc. Jan 20, 2012 3:27 PM 143 Leisure and arts added Jan 20, 2012 3:09 PM 144 Add creativity and / or culture. Huge evidence to show the enormous positive impact that both being creative and enjoying cultural activities has on wellbeing and health Jan 20, 2012 2:30 PM 145 Arts, creativity and cultural activity have a tremendous influence on wellbeing and there should be recognition of the positive contribution that involvement in the arts or creative activity, or access to the country's cultural or heitage infrastructure can make to individual wellbeing Jan 20, 2012 1:31 PM 146 I would add two more domains: Culture and Sport. The Culture comprises the arts, cultural events for both enjoyment and participation, and engaging with our unique and rich heritage. Sport comprises watching, following, and participating. To me these two domains are as important as the economy and the natural environment. The domain "What we do" arguably includes some aspects of culture or sport under "leisure", but I strongly believe these are worthy domains in their own right. Jan 20, 2012 11:33 AM 147 I would avoid using the term 'Individual wellbeing' as it immediately distracts us from the corporate/communal aspect of well-being. I would prefer a stance which is neutral, or favours consideration of group/community wellbeing. Simply 'Wellbeing' would do. Following this through, it would be important not to prioritise individual wellbeing measures (e.g. personal life satisfaction, personal finance etc) over community ones (where I live, what my local community offers/lacks). I believe people should be able to choose to respond to any wellbeing questionnaire/survey as self- or other-centredly as they themselves decide, rather than having the relationship of their wellbeing to that of their neighbourhood determined by the survey itself. Finally, perhaps a section or level about community/neighbourhood may need to be introduced between individual and general (ie national) aspects of wellbeing. A measure of 'What my neighbourhood/local community offers/provides/lacks' might be relevant. Particularly, I would like to see some recognition of the role that 'third spaces' provide - those features of our life that are neither private life nor work life, but shared, such as parks, art installations, concerts, etc Jan 20, 2012 10:40 AM 148 There does not appear to be anything about the arts and culture within any of the domains, the arts have a massive impact on peoples health and well being and there is lots of evidence to support this. Jan 20, 2012 10:26 AM 149 You should include the Heritage and Museum sector more distinctly. They play an integral part in the well-being of the majority of peoples lives and are also a significant economic driver in the tourism industry. They deserve to be viewed as more than an occasional detour, for many people they are far more than this! Jan 20, 2012 10:22 AM 150 It is quite clear from the material contained in the book, 'The spirit Level', that the key metric for all forms of well-being is the dispersion of incomes variously termed 'income Inequality', 'Income equality', etc. Both e UN and, the world Bank and the CIA use the GINI coefficient as a measure of this key metric - it would be helpful to use both the metric used in 'The Spirit Level' Jan 20, 2012 10:20 AM 68 Page 8, Q2. and the GINI coefficient - on national (England/Scotland/Wales/Northern Ireland), corporate, county/metropolitan jurisdiction and UK levels (ie crosssectionally and longdidudinally) as policy-guides. it may be that there is UN, Commonwealth and EU statistical comparison data available, too. 151 Add culture and the arts Jan 20, 2012 9:52 AM 152 Because of their direct impact on wellbeing and on the economy, the indicators should include 'Culture and Sport' either separately or under a more general 'Leisure activities' heading. 'Governance' is civil service speak - what does it mean? 'The Economy' is too broad and should be 'Personal employment' or 'Employment & Workplace' Jan 20, 2012 8:36 AM 153 As well as simply "What we do", something on ease of access to leisure and cultural facilities. Jan 20, 2012 8:00 AM 154 I think there needs to be a separate domain for the arts - such activities have an enormous impact on well-being. Jan 20, 2012 7:02 AM 155 Include arts and culture Jan 19, 2012 10:09 PM 156 Add something that feeds the soul - cultural development? Intellectual stimulation? Jan 19, 2012 9:40 PM 157 I would include a section on culture! Seems very strange to leave it out when surely engaging with culture (in any of its many forms) contributes positively to your well being? Jan 19, 2012 8:42 PM 158 The picture given is lacking a cultural perspective. Extensive, robust work has been undertaken in recent years by the Department of Culture Media and Sport on the impact of cultural engagement on well-being as part of the CASE programme[1]. This built on Arts Council England’s public value exercise, The Arts Debate (2006/07)[2], which was one of the largest qualitative studies ever undertaken in the arts. This clearly articulated how across all demographics the public believed the arts helped to enrich people’s experience of life and how arts engagement is seen to have wider outcomes such as creating links between communities and encouraging people to feel a sense of pride and belonging in their local area. Jan 19, 2012 8:23 PM 159 refer specifically to sport, arts and culture, rather than assume it is encompassed in "what we do" Jan 19, 2012 6:07 PM 160 Creativity - the arts, our heritage, music, crafts, painting, singing and all such activities that enhance wellbeing and have healing capacity. Jan 19, 2012 5:57 PM 161 There is no real understanding of the role culture plays in the lives of children and adults. It should have its own domain Jan 19, 2012 5:54 PM 162 Disapointed to see that culture in its broadest sense, including heritage is not identified as a key indicator. All the research about community engagement shows that people are happiest where they have a sense of their own history and heritage and participate in cultural activities. Arts and Culture have been acknowledged as a key indicator for economic ansd social regeneration for this very reason for over 30 years. DCMS taking part survey recentlyshowed over 72% of adults visitoing a heritage site and 47% visiting museums and galleruies Jan 19, 2012 5:23 PM 163 Add music, and creatiove stimulus, arts and culture Jan 19, 2012 4:16 PM 69 Page 8, Q2. 164 Add section on Arts, Crafts, and also Participatory activities such as Music making and Singing in groups and Community choirs. Jan 19, 2012 3:32 PM 165 The suggested titles are misleading, although the scope descriptions help. I don't get a sense of a broadening of perspective as I look down the list. Perhaps focus on the individual first, then the family & home, then the street/area/community/ town moving up to broarder social, economic, political and environmental issues? Jan 19, 2012 3:18 PM 166 Include references to culture and sport. Jan 19, 2012 3:02 PM 167 We note from the discussion paper that 'ONS have initiated a workstream to look at measures of children’s and young people’s well-being'. We welcome this initiative and suggest that childhood and the attitudes of adults to children are in themselves important measures of the nation's well-being. Childhood should, in our opinion, be one of the domains used to evaluate the well-being of adults. Jan 19, 2012 2:27 PM 168 As well as the above, I would also include arts and culture as an indicator of wellbeing, as there is much documentary evidence (ie DCMS Taking Part study) Jan 19, 2012 2:11 PM 169 'What we do' contains too many different things: work, leisure, cultural activities, community involvement. These need to be assessed separately, because they are probably the most important factors in individual fulfilment and self-respect. Jan 19, 2012 2:08 PM 170 Well-being is both a personal and global (not just a national) issue and, as such, not one for any state to measure, enforce or regulate. It is for the state to ensure national and personal security and to uphold a fair and effective legal system. And by building (not burning) bridges with other countries and with other cultures within our shores so that we can learn from and share our rich individual experiences unimpeded. Beyond this, life-long education and good health are the key foundations for well-being and these should be lef by politicians for experienced professionals in these areas to lead. True wellbeing cannot be summed up in a white paper. A 'complete' picture of wellbeing is impossible by definition. The human experience does, and should, explore the full spectrum of colours. Government should keep well out of the way. Well-being is something you inspire and nurture. Therefore, my proposal is that politicians look within themselves to foster their own deeper well-being first. In doing so, their public lives might inspire others to do the same. The keys here are in dissolving personal barriers to creativity, selfdiscovery and self-expression. Jan 19, 2012 12:55 PM 171 I believe it is essential that Culture is represented as a domain. There is huge amounts of evidence to suggest that culture and access to culture has a significant role to play in maintaining and improving well-being. Access to culture, including the arts and heritage, provides opportunties for intellectual stimulation (formal, informal and lifelong learning), socialising, physical and psychological enhancement through activities such as volunteering and heritage walks (such as those offered by several Local Authority Museums, e.g. Hackney Council). These address all 5 of NEF's 5 Ways to Welbeing. Museums and Galleries are ideally placed to act as services where wellbeing is at the forefront of their activity and many museums are already adapting their access programmes in recognition of the important contribution they can make to enhancing well-being. In short we should be encouraging active participation in cultural activities and supporting cultural organisations in their evolution as well-being generators as a way to enhance individual well- Jan 19, 2012 12:33 PM 70 Page 8, Q2. being; any measure for national well-being should, logically, capture this. 172 Cultural life (or the cultural environment) is too importnat an aspect of wellbeing to miss out. It is the glue connecting important aspects of our relationships, what we do (leisure) and education and skills. No aspect of well-being stands alone, and culture is not MORE important the the chosen domains, but it is TOO important to be left out. Jan 19, 2012 11:36 AM 173 The domains present a rather passive and privatised view of well-being - in other words, its rather narrow. There are two main concerns: - Some areas which would appear to be important for individual well-being seem to be ignored: do you consider yourself to be fairly treated; can you express your identifty; do you believe that your life, or those of your children are likely to improve; how much control do you have of your life and community? - Some important areas don't really seem to feature: the balance of work within the household; satisfaction with public services; the quality of your dwelling; how secure you feel (i.e., in terms of your legal and economic situation) etc Jan 19, 2012 11:16 AM 174 What may fall between "what we do" and "where we live" is the issue of whether people have access to the cultural/sporting/leisure facilities and environment they need to enable them to live a healthy, fulfilled lifestyle. Jan 19, 2012 10:52 AM 175 I would add a domain of cultural environment: how you relate to the place you live in. the people you are with and your understanding of and contact with the history and art of the country as well as locality is immensely influencial in how secure and connected you feel as a citizen. It's not just about street lighting and policing or even community engagement. Intellectual invovemnet plays an equally large role in this. Surveys will not pick up on this unless there is a domain which addresses the understanding and affinity with a sense of place. In my opinion this is one important aspect which can prevent unrest and detachment in our very transient and complex society. Jan 19, 2012 10:23 AM 176 I think there should be a very specific measure of a person's cultural environmnt a swell as the natural one. Arts activities and the cultural in-put to a person's life is more than simply a 'leisure activity' and should not be underestimated as extremely potent sources of well being, individual expression, community focus, personal satisfaction and national pride. Jan 19, 2012 10:07 AM 177 Include reference to cultural life - arts, heritage, museums, entertainment, sport, etc. These all play a huge part in the well being of many people's lives. Jan 19, 2012 9:55 AM 178 There is no mention of the arts (music, music therapy, drama, art therapy and music for wellbeing, singing for health and so on. This is an enormpous gap in the headings - must be remedied... Jan 19, 2012 6:40 AM 179 I cant believe the the arts, creativity, culture, community are not included Jan 19, 2012 12:35 AM 180 The domains are lacking vital areas including family, culture, arts, entertainment Jan 19, 2012 12:06 AM 181 Engagement in cultural and artisitic activities and events Jan 18, 2012 11:42 PM 182 There is no mention of being involved with the arts, culture or sport. These should be mentioned, either individually or collectively. Jan 18, 2012 10:43 PM 183 There needs to be something regarding culture and creativity; ONLY THROUGH ACCESS TO CREATIVITY WILL WE PROGRESS Jan 18, 2012 10:21 PM 71 Page 8, Q2. 184 These categories make no mention of the crucial role that exposure and involvement in arts and culture, in the widest sense, play in the formation of people's well being and happiness. At so many levels participation in and enjoyment of theatre, art, museums, cinema, and a whole range of different cultural activities are key to adding to people's lives and providing something which is not necessarily dependent on money, position or health. I strongly feel that there should be a cAtegory to recognise the importance of cultural and artistic engagement as a contribution to happiness and well being. Jan 18, 2012 9:13 PM 185 A most importnat area thta has been omitted is that of the cultural environment. It is a clear and obvious complement to the natural environment, and encompesses, for example, heritage and the arts. Such areas enable people to take pride in, enjoy, and / or participate in humangenerated activities of a beneficial nature, as a complement to natural environment benefits. You might also wish to consider whetehr sport and physical activity, if not included with health indicators, are not also clear factors which engender well being. Jan 18, 2012 8:05 PM 186 Culture, Arts. Jan 18, 2012 7:50 PM 187 Should include participation in /access to culture, heritage and the arts Jan 18, 2012 7:15 PM 188 1) Change 'Education' for learning - much wider, much more proactive, involves many areas. People tend to see 'education' as formal, and as done to them; 2) Include a domain: 'Our ideas and feelings, and expressing ourselves'; 3) Include a domain: 'How we live' (referring to patterns of living, scope and freedom of lifestyle, and the impacts of inequality of status (e.g. in the domestic environment, or in society as a whole), as well as the impacts of prejudice and threat, vs freedom and security. Jan 18, 2012 6:25 PM 189 Inclusion of categories such as or covering the same content as: Access to Creative Outlets/ Creativity (Practical Participation and as an audience) Cultural Understanding (i.e. Knowledge of how we have came to live in our current culture and understanding of elements of this culture that are important to us and to our future.) Jan 18, 2012 6:20 PM 190 Add "Engagement in Arts and Cultural Activity" Jan 18, 2012 6:02 PM 191 They do not encompass: - -the developmental aspects of individual wellbeing including arguably the most important determinant - psychological wellbeing (including resilience an ability to cope but also much more than this). -the interaction between personal wellbeing and what are here described as 'the factors affecting individual wellbeing' This understanding matters not just for interpretation and analysis of the data but also for the impression the survey gives members of the public Jan 18, 2012 5:13 PM 192 There is no mention in these proposed domains of the importance of arts, culture and heritage in well-being. The arts culture and heritage are integral to the well-being of all individuals and community groups. Jan 18, 2012 5:05 PM 193 WHERE WE LIVE SHOULD INCLUDE 'ACCESS TO GREEN SPACES WITH TREES'. Jan 18, 2012 5:03 PM 194 I wonder about the issues of personal agency, control and capability as factors that affect individual wellbeing. I wonder where they would sit within your impressive model. Jan 18, 2012 4:52 PM 195 Include cultural/creative activity as a domain Jan 18, 2012 4:49 PM 72 Page 8, Q2. 196 Need some open ended domain like "Where am I going?" which gives people the venue to express where they are headed individually, and what they may think about the future and their involvement in it. Right now, the survey is closed and leaves those discussions up to the panel. Jan 18, 2012 4:03 PM 197 Include more specific leisure activities: visiting/ participation in arts, culture, music, sport - essential to any measurement of wellbeing. Jan 18, 2012 3:53 PM 198 For me, arts and culture play as important a factor in my personal wellbeing as for example is the natural environment. With which justifcation is the latter mentioned but the former not? I also think that all categories are strongly interlinked with the 'individual wellbeing' and 'our relationships' categories which should be integrated into the categories that influeces those two main factos rather than be kept separately. Jan 18, 2012 2:45 PM 199 What we do seems to have very little concept of arts and culture, which for many people are a vital part of weell-being and social happiness Jan 18, 2012 2:39 PM 200 there is a lack of inclusion of the impact of cultural or creative involvement on well being. Undersatanding of our cultural heritage and involvement in our present communities through creative engagement (the arts) is integral to our sence of self and therefore our wellbeing Jan 18, 2012 2:15 PM 201 There are many aspects covered by the domain, but there is also a large gaping hole. Why is there no reference to the arts? Sections such as Education and Skills are well meaning, and correct, but achievement can mean so much more than formal skills and qualifications - the arts can provide a great sense of achievement, particularly those acts activities that are engaging and participatory. Indeed, the Relationships section of the domain can draw direct benefits from the arts. We run a long-standing (over 16 years) participatory arts group for adults with mental health problems and learning disabilities - social interaction, a sense of belong, community, well being, health, and friendships are all key to the lives of those we work with. Jan 18, 2012 2:08 PM 202 Participation in creative, arts based activities should be included Jan 18, 2012 2:01 PM 203 Where is Culture, Art, Film, Theatre, Museums? Jan 18, 2012 1:44 PM 204 Add a cultural aspect (relating to arts/music/cultural/heritage engagement) Jan 18, 2012 1:21 PM 205 Include a domain that covered the impact of the arts and creative activity and also cultural/social heritage and environment Jan 18, 2012 1:03 PM 206 add in the arts-being creative and accessing arts (theatre, art, music, dance, film, literature) add in sport-taking part in physical activity and watching sport. Jan 18, 2012 1:01 PM 207 It is incredible that there is no mention of Art, culture, music, dance, literature - these have such a massive influence on people's well being as outlined in the report by Francois Matarasso. There are numerous reports backing the positive impact of arts and culture yet again it is ignored. Jan 18, 2012 12:57 PM 208 A measure of people's access to and engagement with culture, arts, heritage and sport. Jan 18, 2012 12:50 PM 209 Arts and Cultural experiences Jan 18, 2012 12:27 PM 210 Lack of a cultural engagement domain. The Arts Council England have undertaken extensive studies into measuring the impact of cultural Jan 18, 2012 12:27 PM 73 Page 8, Q2. engagement on well being. The outcome was the public believed the arts helped to enrich people’s experience of life and how arts engagement is seen to have wider outcomes such as creating links between communities and encouraging people to feel a sense of pride and belonging in their local area. 211 Include cultural engagement/ participation as an indicator Jan 18, 2012 12:23 PM 212 There needs to be a domain that reflect peoples needs for culture and creativity to be part of their lives. From young people who are engaged by a wide variety of creative work which forms the major focal point of their lives, to older people who will judge where they will live by the creative and cultural opportunities that are available. Jan 18, 2012 12:23 PM 213 use separate domains explicitely for quality of life indicators to emphasise their importance and for depth/breadth of social enagagement (including the arts and volunteering), known to be important protective mental health factors Jan 18, 2012 12:20 PM 214 I think it is essential that we have a section on culture/the arts.. like education, the good we get from art is not only what we learn from it but what we become because of it. The Arts Council and DCMS have done a great deal of work on cultural engagement, it would be folly not to include it here. Jan 18, 2012 12:00 PM 215 It is essential to include the benefits of Arts and Culture in any picture of wellbeing Jan 18, 2012 11:34 AM 216 it is a general expectation that cultural opportunities will be available in 'good' societies and it is accepted that there are direct and indirect benefits. A headline domain on culture should be included. Jan 18, 2012 11:22 AM 217 There should be a separate domain that addresses cultural and social participation, be that watching sports, music, film etc. Or talking part in these leisure and cultural activities. "What we do" is to vague a domain which covers too many topics. Jan 18, 2012 11:03 AM 218 What about the Arts/Culture and engagement with our heritage that gives us feel good and a sense of identity in England and the UK? I run community choirs and singing workshops in arts centres, hospitals, mental health settings, etc and I know (see Stephen Clift's (Canterbury University) research on this) that people's well being and health is profoundly affected by the work I and others like me do! This is one of the Arts - people work with people and for people in the arts and well being and sharing arts keeps people out of expensive hospital care - see Germany's Singing Hospital propgrammes. If you ignore the impact of the Arts on peoples well being, we will decline in health. Creativity and sharing creates positive uplifted communities and the arts can break barriers see my own 'Building Bridges Choir' at Dartington with Zimbabwean Chartwell Dutiro. We sing songs from our ancestors in Zimbabwe and in England ( my folk song research) and then create new songs combining both. We all feel good doing it. We create understading of each others culture. The Arts are critical to well being please add them to complete the picture of well being. Jan 18, 2012 11:02 AM 219 I would add a domain for cultural well-being, where the role of culture and cultural activities would be included. Jan 18, 2012 10:57 AM 220 PARTIALLY - it does not cover in depth the value of cultural aspects of community living, be that street dance/opera/art galleries. The 'Arts and Jan 18, 2012 10:56 AM 74 Page 8, Q2. Culture' play such a good feeling approach to those who involve themselves with it, and break down preconceptions and barriers to a very wide range of people who self perceive themselves as not being included within the general community. You want to talk about well-being, think of it as giving a smile factor on participation! you can then do a like-art scale with smiley faces. 221 I would include leisure and culture as a seperate issue, not simply add it into the 'what we do' catagory Jan 18, 2012 10:15 AM 222 'Participation in arts and culture' should be separated out as an indicator. If Early Man saw value in cave painting and if story-telling and music were highly-prized in ancient times, why are the many forms of self-expression today not a crucial part of our identity and happiness? Music and dance are central to my being, linking me to others in my community. Essential indicator!! Jan 18, 2012 10:14 AM 223 The arts and creativity have a massive impact on wellbeing. Empirical data has shown, for example, the positive impact of group chorale singing. Jan 18, 2012 10:03 AM 224 Include all arts pursuits - music, theatre, dance, visual arts, etc. Jan 18, 2012 9:47 AM 225 Include scope for Cultural Activity to be considered Jan 18, 2012 9:45 AM 226 You need to have something in there about access to nature, national parks, green spaces etc. and I don't think 'the natural environment' will quite cover it. Jan 18, 2012 9:34 AM 227 Culture, creativity, the arts and heritage are key determinants of our wellbeing that need to be explicitly recognised. Not recognising these risks will make any tool for measurement completely redundant. Jan 18, 2012 9:14 AM 228 'What we do is quite 'functional' and places uncreative parameters on responses. It refers to leisure time and volunteering with nothing about creativity, arts and culture, connectivity through such engagement Jan 18, 2012 6:31 AM 229 Access to art and arts, from a comprehensive range of providers at all levels, local, national, amateur and highly professional, and within the financial reach of all people. Access to cultural pastimes, reflecting both creative and contempary work and new work representing traditional art forms and historical relevant pursuits, giving people the opportunity to understand their history and culture Jan 17, 2012 10:32 PM 230 All depends on the content of the domains Jan 17, 2012 8:24 PM 231 There is no specific reference to the spiritual aspects of our existence and well being. Jan 17, 2012 8:13 PM 232 Include participation in arts and culture Jan 17, 2012 4:28 PM 233 There is a huge amount of evidence that involvement in creative and cultural activity, specifically within the domain of the arts contributes to levels of wellbeing and fulfillment. One very specific example of this is the Sing for your Life Project http://www.singforyourlife.org.uk/news/2011-singing-helps-thoseaffected-by-dementia Jan 17, 2012 3:48 PM 234 I believe and know that Culture and the Arts is instrumental for an individual's health and wellbeing. It should be an option introduced to every member of Jan 17, 2012 3:01 PM 75 Page 8, Q2. our society, as the effects are both insurmountable and economical. 235 There are two big gaps: that of creativity and of the arts. Psychologist of happiness and founder of the Positive psychology movement Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi, after 30 years oif research on happiness says that creativity 'is a central source of meaning in our lives'. In my experience of 40 years teaching in classroom and university I can confidently say that when children and adults find the area of life that they can best be creative within, that is where they are most engaged and most happy. Creativity can happen in any realm of activity, it exists at trhe cuirtring edge of all subjects and interactions and it is a unique aspect of human being. Creativity is in no way confined to the arts. The arts however are also glaringly missing from thse domains. Millions of people find their greatest life satisfaction within the arts: choirs, painting groups, dance, drama, poetry and writing groups are flouyrsihing all over the country. Ourgreatest contributions to worlds culture have been in tyhe arts of architecture, music, peotry and painting and yet none of these are speciafically mentioned. The arts need a specific category because they are more than just pastimes or hobbies each of them creates meaning (often in non verbal ways which therefore include many many cross cultural possibilities Jan 17, 2012 2:42 PM 236 Creativity, Culture and the Arts Jan 17, 2012 2:19 PM 237 Add culture and sport Jan 17, 2012 1:08 PM 238 I would add one further category which I would provisionally call 'National Pride' to assess people's perceptions of the country they live in, in comparison to others; a sort of 'feel good' factor. This could reflect a whole range of considerations such as the country's standing in the world in terms of political influence, business leadership and success, sporting achievement, the arts, the overall standard of living etc but I would use these as examples without being too prescriptive. I think it would be very revealing to measure which events have the greatest influence on the way in which people gain or lack a feeling of well-being from how they see the country's standing internationally. Jan 17, 2012 1:01 PM 239 I would include a domain for Culture - our access to culture in all its forms is vital for our wellbeing Jan 17, 2012 12:58 PM 240 Where are the arts? I assume they are subsumed in "personal well-being" but I would rather see them as a separate domain given their importance to confront not only society but ourselves with critical reflection. Also, the Media (and the ability to access it) might need a domain of its own. Jan 17, 2012 11:55 AM 241 Arts and culture has been embedded in the individual activities. Whilst on one level it is a leisure activity, national and individual perception of arts and culture can have a profound effect on well-being. I feel that you should look at upgrading the inclusion of arts, culture and heritage and placing it into the contextual domains as it cross cuts being involved in cultural community, participation, education and skills. Where it is placed is invisible and undermines its importnace in this debate. Jan 17, 2012 10:51 AM 242 Culture the arts and creativity are essential to well being Jan 17, 2012 10:30 AM 243 The indicator set is fairly comprehensive but relies heavily on a few sources (eg. British Panel Household Survey) and it would be worth reflecting upon how representative these survey samples are of the general population. ‘Our relationships’ is a key domain for measuring wellbeing. We now have Jan 17, 2012 10:16 AM 76 Page 8, Q2. strong evidence that good social networks significantly reduce mortality and morbidity (Holt-Lundstat et al, http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000316 ). Using this indicator set, how the wellbeing of particular groups will be examined? eg. children, older people, BME groups etc.? From the consultation paper there is no sense of if this indicator set has been equality impact assessed. We would be interested in how many of these measures could be broken down to a more local level, and assist/create a framework for Health and Welbeing Boards to put together their outcomes/indicators for their Health and Wellbeing Strategies. 244 Look at how people feel about what they do, how people feel about their personal health, how people feel about their relationships. If people feel good, then what they do, where they live become non-problems. Getting to feel good because of what you do, or where you live, or what relationships you have is putting the cart before the horse. Jan 17, 2012 8:34 AM 245 relationship with culture, media, sport, arts, heritage etc is a major domain, and activity in that respect functions as a virtual and critical barometer of societal and individual well being. important to have this as a domain [perhaps ;culture'] and to unearth or devise metrics which can map this Jan 17, 2012 12:11 AM 246 I would have Learning ( Education/Training/Personal Development) as a domain rather than Education and skills/ I would also add Happiness as a domain. Jan 16, 2012 11:39 PM 247 There must be domain for creativity and the arts, which includes those engaged professionally but also the many people who participate in their spare time. Jan 16, 2012 11:09 PM 248 Not take a quantitative questionnaire as a valid indicator of well-being. But given that you're doing that, yes, they're reasonably comprehensive, depending on how broadly each domain is interpreted and assessed. Jan 16, 2012 10:01 PM 249 The domains are a little sterile and lack some texture and may be low in sensory and emotional gratification. I would like to see the creative arts mentioned specifically. We use art and creativity as a therapy for those who lack well-being and have some fantastic results. The setting we live in is also crucial and particularly the history and heritage play a major part in grounding individuals. Much of what we do about 'place' depends on that timeline so that we know who went before and what we have inherited. Jan 16, 2012 9:18 PM 250 As overarching domains, yes, they do. However, once you drill down to look at the actual areas of life that each domain is looking at, they are limited. 'Education and Skills' is too narrow to stand on its own as a domain. It is also currently defined as an individual's worth to the economy, which has nothing to do with wellbeing. A much better and more rounded domain would include education and skills, but encompass a range of opportunities for personal growth and fulfilment, including creative and cultural opportunities, opportunities to be physically, mentally and socially active as well as opportunities to learn skills, acquire knowledge, stretch oneself and grow as an individual. This domain could be called something like 'learning, development and personal growth' or 'personal opportunity and fulfilment'. One of the ways to measure this would be through the DCMS 'Taking Part' survey, though this in itself needs updating and improving to take in the quality side of people's experiences -ie. not just that they do something but that they do something which makes them feel good Jan 16, 2012 7:46 PM 77 Page 8, Q2. 251 include creative activity Jan 16, 2012 7:42 PM 252 Add arts and culture as an option. Jan 16, 2012 7:28 PM 253 Given the research gathered together in The Spirit Level I'd suggest that a measure of inequality is aextremely important for how well we feel at being part of our society Jan 16, 2012 5:40 PM 254 Access to the arts and culture should be included. Any indicators of wellbeing should ultimately be drawn along the lines of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, with creativity at the higher level of "self-actualisation". Jan 16, 2012 4:32 PM 255 The performing arts are misrepresented or missing completely from this selection. The difference between art and entertainment is that art provides an intellectual engagement with life, environment and the society around us, both locally nationally and on a global scale. Art provides questions about meaning and provokes questions about the individual and critical for realisation and well being. This is quite apart from the health and social benefits of active engagement in the arts and the cultural worth of what is produced. I am a dancer and have taught, made work and performed for 7 years now - since graduating. I have worked on nearly every level - from grass roots - deprived boys groups in South Shields, to touring internationally and representing Britain around the world. I firmly believe in the wider resonance of the arts and cannot stress how important britains cultural legacy is. Jan 16, 2012 4:00 PM 256 There is no domain dealing with Creativity and the Intellect. This is not the same as Education. An active engagement with Creativity and Imaginative and Intelligent Thinking is an integral part of what it means to be human. Jan 16, 2012 3:45 PM 257 Cultural activity - arts, crafts, literature, performance, cooking, sport, design, language Jan 16, 2012 3:13 PM 258 Add Arts/Culture/Society Jan 16, 2012 3:03 PM 259 Add arts & creativity as a direct influence on supporting wellbeing Jan 16, 2012 2:54 PM 260 "What we do" suggests employment: there is another very important area for well-being, i.e. what we choose to do out of work. This involves many areas of leisure, the arts, participation through volunteering etc. etc.. There is a strong research case that these areas should be included in any study of well-being. Jan 16, 2012 2:10 PM 261 Arts and/or Creativity Jan 16, 2012 2:05 PM 262 Add a domain for culture and creativity Jan 16, 2012 2:05 PM 263 add culture and the arts Jan 16, 2012 1:52 PM 264 The arts and creativity are key to peoples emotional well being. The arts and creativity are a vital part of my own well being. I also work with very vulnerable families, disabled people and older adults through creative movement - this brings a huge sense of emotional well being. If the proposed domains do not include the arts then it is definately missing an essential element. Jan 16, 2012 1:41 PM 265 No inclusion of access to the arts, culture or heritage, either as participant or audience/recipient Jan 16, 2012 11:48 AM 78 Page 8, Q2. 266 Hobbies, Interests, Arts and Cultural Activities Jan 16, 2012 11:21 AM 267 Arts and Cultural engagement needs to be included. A person with no exposure/involvement in any kind of cultural activity cannot fully enjoy life. Arts are used as a tool to heal, to express and to explore, to ignore these is definitely not a good sign Jan 16, 2012 11:00 AM 268 Cultural and Creative actvities, participation in community or peer celebrations are widely proven to impact on a person's well being - how can this not be included? Equally sense of place and how people interact with their surroundings is in part reliant on the cultural and artistic influence on a space. Art adds such value to people's lives and would be a glaring mistake to omit this recognition. Jan 16, 2012 10:49 AM 269 No mention of cultural engagement, participation or expression - do the Arts not count in our well being? Jan 16, 2012 10:01 AM 270 Include cultural activity as a point to measure Jan 16, 2012 9:31 AM 271 There is no specific mention under any of the proposed domains of culture which we now know is a key contributor to many people's wellbeing and can often be a low cost / high value way of increasing personal wellbeing. Jan 16, 2012 9:30 AM 272 There is no provision for assessing how individual wellbeing is affected by factors related to other family members or anyone to whom one has very close ties. For example if your spouse/partner has a serious illness and you are a carer this directly affects your wellbeing. Jan 15, 2012 8:04 PM 273 Please also include the arts and culture as a domain rather than asuming its included within other domains Jan 15, 2012 5:29 PM 274 I believe it is wrong to put governance, economy and natural environment as contextual domains becuause they influence well-being just as directly as the others. the natural environment plus the access to good public space is of paramount importance to people's well-being and sense of belonging and social interaction also, governance and involvement in politics, being able to make decision about what affects one's life, the sense of control... all of that is shown to contribute to well-being quite directly (I think Richard Layard (2009) refers to some studies and research about that) Jan 15, 2012 12:12 PM 275 I would cosinder very seriously the role of cultural access and participation. Check out the following paper: http://www.springerlink.com/content/k767g81271745q83/ Jan 14, 2012 4:41 PM 276 Explicit reference to the arts and the importance of cultural engagement Jan 14, 2012 10:50 AM 277 Include the domain - Social Justice. Jan 13, 2012 11:24 PM 278 What inspires us What motivates us What brings us together What makes us feel... All significant... and broad enough to encompass the values and individuality of everyone. Hopes, dreams and aspirations, creativity, challenge and innovation. None are suggested or implied in the proposed domains... the arts/ creative sector would as a domain be a start... but infact it's broader... sport, heritage, faith etc... inspire and transform. The proposed domains attempt to define function of human existence rather than our well being Jan 13, 2012 10:26 PM 279 World/foreign Events (political & cultural - positive and negative) Jan 13, 2012 9:58 PM 79 Page 8, Q2. 280 There does seem to quite a range of topics though, so to present the whole picture might be complicated. Jan 13, 2012 3:04 PM 281 Well-being is achieved through social engagement. Therefore there is a domain missing about lifestyle, which should include measures of engagement in leisure activities such as cultural provision and sports. Jan 13, 2012 2:10 PM 282 I feel there should be more on our recreation and our our chances to be creative. Jan 13, 2012 12:03 PM 283 Focus on arts, culture, personal interests, sense of community, responsibility for others totally missing! Jan 13, 2012 11:44 AM 284 Interest in and tolerant and accepting attitudes towards people unlike ourselves. To include different ethnic groups, people from other parts of the UK as well as the world, lesbian gay bisexual intersex and transgender, diverse ages. Cultural activities are important to this as they bring people together and should imclude culinary arts as well as visual, and music and dance. This increases well-being whereas fear of the unknown and suspicion of neighbours or people in nearby areas can lead to dissatisfaction and also to people fearing to go out after dark. Jan 13, 2012 11:09 AM 285 PERSONAL SUPPORT is a key factor, whether care at home, counselling, advice, company, ....someone to go to when things go wrong or are tough. this support can be provided by government or third sector agencies or family and friends. think it needs separating out Jan 13, 2012 10:48 AM 286 add: how we spend our leisure time Jan 13, 2012 10:27 AM 287 "Individual well-being" conflates two notions. On the chart is says "people's own assessment of their own well-being". If this is really what the domain represents then the domain should be called "self assessed well-being" or "perceived well-being". As the proposed measures are currently biased to only assessing life "satisfaction" then the domain should perhaps just be called "Individual life satisfaction" until such time as the other measures are in place. I would be happier to see the domain split in two. "Individual life satisfaction" and "Individual positive experience". The latter is a measure or the percentage of time people spend doing things they previously indicated they enjoy or consider pleasurable. Basically people could spend most of their time laughing and being merry but if you ask them if they are satisfied they will compare themselves to others who are richer, thinner, healthier and declare that they are dissatisfied with their lot. Jan 13, 2012 10:12 AM 288 Access to the arts Jan 13, 2012 10:07 AM 289 Experience of cultural life should be included - access to arts both passive and as a participant etc both for personal development and pleasure. This should state that it includes things like cinema, flower arranging, cultural festivals as well as theatre, galleries etc. Jan 13, 2012 9:26 AM 290 leisure interests - included - along with 'What we believe in' (which is not necessarily just religion, but could be causes we are active with) Jan 13, 2012 9:02 AM 291 Add in cultural experiences Jan 13, 2012 8:54 AM 292 I would cover the ability to express oneself or creativity (closely linked, sometimes the same thing but sometimes not). The ability to relax follows shortly after (again, similar but not the same) and finally but not at all least, Jan 13, 2012 1:12 AM 80 Page 8, Q2. the ability to emotionally connect with people, eg talking, listening, learning, feeling appreciated, loved and accepted. Again, similar to the above but not the same. These things matter a great deal to me. Another which I'd like to have but isn't always possible is the ability to learn, develop and grow both intellectually and emotionally. 293 Include culture and the arts. They are essential to everyones well-being in many different ways, both from individual and community points of view. Jan 13, 2012 12:18 AM 294 Add ability to influence or control events, plan for for the future, fair access to a range of opportunities and exposure to new experiences and ideas, for one's self and ones dependents. Also, security of home/tenure. Jan 12, 2012 10:24 PM 295 You need to measure objective factors at the national level: equality (Gini coefficient):incidences of suicide, depression, other mental illnesses; unemployment; durability of relationships; teenage pregnancies; etc. These would give you an objective measure of the level of national contentment, far more valuable than the subjective things you're looking at. And cheaper too, as the figures are already available. You just need to factor them in to GDP with suitable weightings. This would give you a valid measure over time and, if you could get international standardisation, international comparisons. Jan 12, 2012 4:50 PM 296 Our engagement with creativity and expressions of being human. Jan 12, 2012 4:17 PM 297 Add a domain reflecting people's sense of safety and security, similar to that which forms part of the Equality Measurement Framework. This is different from safety in environmental terms and it would help identify the extent to which fear undermines well-being of people are discriminated against. Add a domain about civic engagement refelcting people's feeling that they are able to influence decisions that affect them if they want to. 'Who we are?' Ensure that included in the measurement are data that identify people who share the 'protected characteristics' as defined within the Equality Act 2010 so that important infromation can be disaggregated to show differential responses by equality groups. Make sure that 'What we Do' includes voluntary and community activity, which is a rich source of many people's sense of value and well-being. This is distinct from leisure as many people work hard to generate well-being for others. Jan 12, 2012 1:45 PM 298 Needs to be more specific recognition of the contribution that involvement in the arts or creative activity or access to the country’s cultural or heritage infrastructure can make to individual wellbeing. Re. education - needs to be discussion of how individuals learn, and how arts and heritage sector and approaches can help in accessing literature, sciences and humanities subjects. A domain on internet and computer useage might be significant already there are studies showing that people's brains and attention spans are being 'rewired' due to computer overuse ... this has to be examined in relation to 'happiness'. Jan 12, 2012 12:15 PM 299 taking part in creative activities Jan 12, 2012 10:43 AM 300 Cultural life should be included as a domain Jan 12, 2012 9:31 AM 301 I feel there should be more emphasis on the arts and their proven link to wellbeing. Jan 12, 2012 9:07 AM 302 add arts and culture in its own right and also as part of some of the aforementioned areas Jan 11, 2012 8:19 PM 81 Page 8, Q2. 303 I would add : Involvement in the arts and culture Jan 11, 2012 7:55 PM 304 We generally agree with the proposed domains with regards to adults. We are very pleased that you have identified children and young people as a sub-group and look forward to seeing the measures you propose to cover them. If possible we would like to be involved in forming the measures for children and young people’s wellbeing. We work with a national group of young people who have mental health difficulties. We could consult with them on the measures you are proposing. Jan 11, 2012 4:19 PM 305 should have a domain that covers cultural life Jan 11, 2012 4:13 PM 306 Cannot separate health and wellbeing! Essential aspects like creativity and spirituality are missing but without seeing what topics like environment comprise, hard to give detail Jan 11, 2012 4:11 PM 307 Add in cultural pursuits, such as musical and dramatic activities Jan 11, 2012 3:10 PM 308 measure involvement in the arts and culture Jan 11, 2012 2:50 PM 309 Why is there no category for eith sport or participation of the arts??? Jan 11, 2012 1:53 PM 310 I would include a domain for [Creative participation and expression] Jan 11, 2012 1:23 PM 311 Very good coverage, however well-being is a process as well as a state Haworth, J.T. and Hart,G (2007, 2012) Well-being:Individual, Community and Social Perspectives. Routledge p19 Jan 11, 2012 11:50 AM 312 include arts, culture and sport more specifically than just vaguely including them in "what we do" Jan 11, 2012 11:44 AM 313 The areas outlined do not seem to indicate growth or even decline: they are all static. For example, "health" means very different things to people at different ages, and to their friends and families, not to mention others who come into contact with them. There appears to be no place for culture or the arts, or for growth in individuals. The historical perspective also seems to be missing. After all, most of us like to leave our mark in the world. So I would suggest looking at some of the sociological data for those countries known to be happy ones, such as our Scandinavian neighbours, and using the data from such societies to develop ways of measuring culture in the wider sense over time. Jan 11, 2012 11:27 AM 314 Culture was once defined as 'everything we do that we don't have to do'. Cultural activity in its widest sense, whether encompassing the arts and heritage, or sport or religion, is crucial to an individual's wellbeinf and sense of an identity, and also to the health and cohesion of the community in which they love and work. Jan 11, 2012 11:12 AM 315 Given the type of measures proposed (macro rather than micro), it is unlikely that a 'complete picture of wellbeing' can be achieved - is this not a little over-ambitious? Jan 10, 2012 5:22 PM 316 Are people free to practice their faith? Is there a place close to hand where they may worship? Jan 10, 2012 4:45 PM 317 I feel strongly that participation in the arts or creative activities should be included in this as distinct from the generic 'leisure activities' coming under 'What we do'. Participation in the arts has been shown to have a significant Jan 10, 2012 2:56 PM 82 Page 8, Q2. and specific impact on wellbeing beyond what the general description of 'leisure activities' encompasses. Ideally this would have a domain of its own but otherwise it could be listed within 'What we do' as volunteering has been. This information is already available through DCMS's 'Taking Part' survey. I would also argue that access to arts and cultural heritage should be included in the the more contextual domains alongside natural environment - the provision of arts and culture can have an impact equally as significant as natural environment. 318 The idea of being effective citizens, with good understanding of, and involvement in, community and political processes, seems to be underemphaised, falling between the two categories of Education and Governance. Jan 10, 2012 2:06 PM 319 Employment? Jan 10, 2012 1:58 PM 320 The Arts have not been mentioned, which have implications for everyone including mental health and well being, physical balance, a sence of belonging, relaxation, visual harmony, development of language skills, fine motor skills, and assist in the development of mathematics. Art is the basis of all learning, and mental stability and healing and should never be dissregarded by people who do not know what the implications of a what a world without Art would look like, sound like or feel like. Jan 10, 2012 1:08 PM 321 I would add a domain which takes account of people's spiritual lives. No where under the present domain headings is this indicated. It is demonstrated more & more frequesntly that having awareness & paying attention to one's spiritual wellbeing enhances life. Meditation, for example, is known to increase the ability to cope with chronic pain. Quakers are known to live active & contributory lives, longer than those who live a purely secular life. Jan 10, 2012 12:19 PM 322 There is no domain covering arts and culture which I think would be an essential tool to measure well being. Jan 10, 2012 11:23 AM 323 Add 6th sense Jan 10, 2012 11:21 AM 324 Add the Arts Jan 10, 2012 11:11 AM 325 1. Personal creativity - exposure to creative life and imagination ; and being able to explore or express ones own creativity. 2. Sense of control over the things that affect our life - eg taking active part in community or politics, having a say, being able to contribute and have opinions listened to (also in work environment). Not feeling powerless or ignored. Jan 10, 2012 11:07 AM 326 There's not any mention of how one relaxes - I'd keep 'What I do' for work and have separate section for recreation, and have sections for arts, sport, religion, etc. The things that make one happy are essential to life. No survey would be complete without them. Jan 9, 2012 9:04 PM 327 For me, Individual Well-Being is directly affected by the quality of my natural environment - without easy access to green spaces, woodlands, wildlife and water, good quality air to breath without strong odours from factories, pollution or similar, then my well-being is greatly reduced. Jan 9, 2012 8:10 PM 328 Where are the arts??? I can't believe that a measure of national well-being doesn't include one of the most vital aspects of it. Music, theatre, books, art, cinema, television... Absolutely ridiculous. Jan 9, 2012 7:51 PM 83 Page 8, Q2. 329 There is no mention of exposure to the arts and culture. Exposure to works of art, such as pieces of music, representational art, dance, literature, and so on, can directly impact on individuals' well-being, providing a psychological boost and encouraging intellectual and emotional engagement. Furthermore, participation in the creation of works of art, whether in a local orchestra or community art class, can boost social inclusion, which in turn affects feelings of well-being. The arts and culture should be included as one of the 'domains' which affect national well-being. Jan 9, 2012 7:37 PM 330 Very good coverage, but not sure Stiglitz Domain Political voice and governance democratic participation is adequately covered Jan 9, 2012 7:21 PM 331 I think that involvement in the arts and taking part in cultural activities should be included as a domain Jan 9, 2012 5:04 PM 332 Creativity and artistic pursuits I would say are integral to well being. I teach children and young people from inner London And the effect of artistic activities has been astonishing to me from the start. It is a chance for everyone to recognise how unique and valuable their voice is and can develop confidence in this. More than this though, there is something about the nature of art and creation that brings out the strength, focus and peacefulness in each child or young person I work with. I think that having the space to develop and use your creative potential is essential to well being and a great source of joy. This can be art, music, dance, drama and other crafts, the more tried the better. Jan 9, 2012 4:53 PM 333 If creativity is not being considered as part of the picture towards well being, this leaves a vital part of our expression and humanity out. Jan 9, 2012 4:47 PM 334 Cultural activities, the arts, crafts - as particpant, audience member, creator all have a huge impact on well-being Jan 9, 2012 4:46 PM 335 There are two aspects of well-being which do not seem to be covered (they are inherent in a couple of the proposed domains but are not specifically identified) - individual creativity (the extent to which an individual makes things) and a richer appreciation of what others have made and achieved in creative fields (loosely, "culture"). There is a heavy emphasis on work and economic measure - yet no investigation in to how creative occupations rank in contributing to well-being or on what creative activities contribute outside of work. Jan 9, 2012 4:19 PM 336 All measures of national wellbeing are spurious and should be regarded as pseudo-science on a par with psychometrics and Tarot reading. They waste public money and distract the media, public debate and political action away from real and serious issues. Engaging with this pseudo-science plays into the hands of political parties who would rather discuss nonsense than make any real decisions. Jan 9, 2012 4:03 PM 337 No mention of sport or culture Jan 9, 2012 4:00 PM 338 On behalf of the Natural History Museum, we are delighted that natural environment is an indicator, but would go further and include engagement in the natural environment, for example conservation volunteering. We know from our increasing visitor numbers that the public's interest in this area is growing. We are, however, concerned that culture does not appear as an inidcator. We are aware that cultural value is difficult to measure, but we do believe that it feeds into a sense of national identity and well-being. We would also urge you to consider using the international definition of culture Jan 9, 2012 2:01 PM 84 Page 8, Q2. which includes science as well as the arts. The DCMS Taking Part Survey would be a useful tool to help develop an appopriate indicator. 339 I think they should explicitly identify the importance of cultural activity to our well-being. Jan 9, 2012 12:53 PM 340 From the National debate: faith, security, respect, choice, control, freedom and purpose are missing. It's not suitable to measure children as well as adults. Jan 9, 2012 11:22 AM 341 More emphasis should be placed on ENSURING everyone has access to wild places with trees. Jan 9, 2012 11:03 AM 342 Cultural activity is vital to well-being. In particular participatory arts activity has the ability to hugely impact on individual well-being. Whilst artistic and cultural activity can be said to contribute to each of the proposed domains, it's effect on well being is significant enough for it to be included as a domain in it's own right. The conservative government must not be allowed to relegate cultural activity to an incidental pastime. Jan 9, 2012 10:59 AM 343 Add culture as a vital element/area of enquiry, as it is often as influential on wellbeing as education or the environment, being 'things we do'. Participation & experience of creativity and the arts has a proven track record of making significant impact on improving life chances, choice, confidence, communication, social cohesion and much more aspects of wellbeing. It's a notable ommission from the list, considering the value government acknowledges in cultural activities and endeavour. John Holden of Demos notes this clearly here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture-professionalsnetwork/culture-professionals-blog/2012/jan/03/arts-heritage-wellbeingcultural-policy?CMP= Jan 9, 2012 10:47 AM 344 arts and culture Jan 9, 2012 9:23 AM 345 It misses out the arts. You can't have any sort of well-being without access and participation in the arts. Jan 8, 2012 7:07 PM 346 What about the arts? What about creativity? What create a greater sense of well-being than inspired art, writing, music, etc? Children and adults alike need art (of all kinds) in their lives. Creativity is at the very centre of what it means to be human, and the products of creativity touch us more deeply than anything barring love, which, unlike art, a Government can neither provide nor facilitate ... except through inspiring us to love with art! Jan 8, 2012 5:47 PM 347 I think there needs to be a separation between what we do in terms of work and what we do in terms of leisure. Access to leisure activities which are diverse and affordable play a key role in the wellbeing of many people. The separation is also important as the drivers which influence work opportunities are fundementally different to those that influence leisure opportunities. Specifically access to sport and artistic opportunities, both participation and observation are key. Jan 8, 2012 4:33 PM 348 There is no mention of engagement with creativity - either as participant or observer/audience. Jan 8, 2012 4:27 PM 349 address the many studies prooving that arts and culture adn engagement with activities in this sector have a positi ve effect on wellbeing, both individual and local Jan 8, 2012 3:50 PM 85 Page 8, Q2. 350 I think Culture which is so important to well being should have a domain. Jan 8, 2012 11:56 AM 351 It's unclear where creativity activity is acknowledged. With the opposite of 'play' being depression I think it is important to recognise the contribution that all forms of art make to our individual and collective well-being as well as to having a sense of purpose beyond financial reward. Similarly, having opportunities for all to explore cultural and heritage infrastructure gives us a sense of place and collective understanding. Jan 8, 2012 10:36 AM 352 Add in a category about having good things to do in spare time. For example, I spent my teens in the 80s as a Doctor Who fan. Since Doctor Who came back in 2005, it has given me enormous pleasure. If it stopped again, that would have a genuine impact on my lifestyle, like it would be for other people if the team they support stopped playing football, if their favourite radio station closed down or if the newspaper they read stopped coming out. Jan 7, 2012 12:32 PM 353 I'm not sure how the level of engagement of individuals in communities will be captured. Also, how our ideas about religion, arts, politics, popular media and society will be represented. How about another domain called 'What we believe in' Jan 7, 2012 11:02 AM 354 Participation in Sport/Exercise Engagement with The Arts These might well come under the current 'What we do' Domain, but so would going to the pub and watching TV, things which wouldn't increase well-being in my opinion. Jan 6, 2012 6:52 PM 355 Add arts and creative industries Jan 6, 2012 6:10 PM 356 The Arts. Jan 6, 2012 6:02 PM 357 Pretty good, but they do not seem to cover availability of and participation in the arts, no matter whthere that be the ability to buy books, availablty of libraries, theatres, concert halls, etc. Jan 6, 2012 5:43 PM 358 Creativity. Participation and appreciation of the Arts. These are different to leisure activities. Jan 6, 2012 5:38 PM 359 I'm really looking for some reference to art, sport and culture. I'm assuming this may come under "What we do", but I don't believe there is a sufficient prompt here. Jan 6, 2012 5:23 PM 360 Cultural activity is hugely important to general well-being of the population Jan 6, 2012 5:07 PM 361 the ‘where we live’ section needs to more strongly reflect the emphasis on ‘access to green space’ which emerged from the initial consultation. Jan 6, 2012 5:05 PM 362 what about levels of equality? Jan 5, 2012 1:26 PM 363 There should be a domain for "Our beliefs and values". Jan 4, 2012 2:58 PM 364 Leisure and access to 'leisure' related activities, facilities and opportunities.Without any access to any meaningful group/social activities locally..many people are left with 2 options:the tv and the pub. To stimulate new learning, maintain health and fitness, stimulate friendships and social co-hesion and mental well-being...we are nothing without opportunities to be creative; productive;social and active. A community is built from 'communal' interests and activities-without which we become isolated, uninformed, unhealthy and often this can lead to depression and increased reliance on Jan 3, 2012 4:06 PM 86 Page 8, Q2. drugs[whether medication or recreational including alcohol]. Ignore 'leisure, arts and sport' at your peril. 365 include access to green spaces with trees. Jan 3, 2012 9:46 AM 366 I would have a separate focus on well-being at work, rather than incorporating this domain in "What We Do". This is because job quality is especially important for well-being, and its effect risks being lost. The large majority of adults of working age are working (or looking for work), and almost everybody works at some point. Dec 29, 2011 10:02 AM 367 Include green spaces with trees Dec 28, 2011 9:58 AM 368 the arts Dec 22, 2011 1:04 PM 369 Include green spaces with trees as a specific measure for wellbeing - this was demonstrated by a clear number in recent consultations and reports as key contributor to their quality of life and should be added in here more explicitly. Dec 21, 2011 6:13 PM 370 Raise the profile of Heritage within the 'Where we live' and 'What we do' domains. This is an increasingly important aspect of measuring wellbeing as the average age of the population increases and as the profile of the community becomes more racially diverse. As people get older, their interest in their past tends to increase as it gives them a sense of 'grounding' in a world that changes at an ever increasing rate. As such, it will become an increasing measure of individual wellbeing in the future and needs to be adequately incorporated now. Dec 21, 2011 4:32 PM 371 How we have fun Dec 20, 2011 11:27 AM 372 What we do is too broad - it needs breaking up into work & leisure Dec 20, 2011 11:04 AM 373 Access to culture and leisure Dec 20, 2011 10:38 AM 374 I would look at activity, particularly in terms of arts culture and sport Dec 20, 2011 9:40 AM 375 Add Culture, Heritage and Arts Dec 19, 2011 2:26 PM 376 It appears that there is an attempt to dowplay "environmental" well being and just interpret it as the "natural environment". Freedom from environmental threat, from pollution, from overcrowding and lack of green spaces and amenity could be excluded fro, the measures of happiness if a strict interpretation of nature is applied. Dec 19, 2011 10:14 AM 377 It would be useful to have as a contextual domain the cultural environment in which we live, as well as natural environment. By cultural environment I mean customs, traditions, arts activity, religious or other belief systems. Dec 16, 2011 9:22 PM 378 The "What We Do" section measures only the satisfaction people have with the AMOUNT of leisure time, not their satisfaction with the QUALITY of leisure available to them. I would particularly like to see sub-measures looking at people's satisfaction with access to recreational and cultural activities of appropriate quality. Likewise, the "Where we Live" section is apparently focussed on crime and race-relations, and does not ask questions about access to shops, public transport, leisure facilities etc. This utilitarianism seems strangely at odds with the whole purpose of the survey. I would ideally like to see a separate domains focussed on cultural and Dec 16, 2011 6:01 PM 87 Page 8, Q2. recreational facilities and opportunities, given the considerable research which demonstrates how important these issues are to people's well-being. 379 The role of culture is not mentioned in terms of individual identity, well-being and activities and at a wider social level in shaping how communities work and connect. Culture has an impact on how we respond to the natural environment and the environment is actively shaped by decisions that have a cultural dimension. Dec 16, 2011 11:03 AM 380 The domains need to include culture and the arts Dec 15, 2011 5:55 PM 381 I would like this to reflect on our place in our communities + how we interact with our neighbours. This is vital to well-being Dec 15, 2011 3:17 PM 382 Questions should be asked about politics and politicians. Many feel unrepresented by governments and we need to find out why. This has an impact on happiness Also questions ought to be asked about how much they are influenced by the media Dec 15, 2011 12:35 PM 383 Emphasis on cultural provision - local theatres, cinemas, participation in the arts at all levels, high-quality public service broadcasting, quality arts experiences, lack of distortion from the needs of funders (advertisers, product placement etc) Dec 14, 2011 1:41 PM 384 Include a personal fulfilment / personal development section Dec 12, 2011 9:25 PM 385 Personally, I know that my well being has dramatically increased through finding faith, and yet, this is not covered here Dec 12, 2011 11:00 AM 386 I think it would be good to include pet ownership - there are many scientific studies looking at the benefits of pet ownership human health and it would be good to see the influence (by cat, by dog, by other) on well-being Dec 9, 2011 10:51 AM 387 Include a domain with specific reference to wider cultural, artistic and spiritual activities and values. All the proposed domains are restricted very much to quantative physical aspects of life. By ignoring the arts and culture the proposed measure will be incomplete and very unbalanced. Dec 8, 2011 6:43 PM 388 I have a concern that participation in 'the arts' is not being addressed. See under What we do. Dec 8, 2011 12:26 PM 389 They should include participation in arts and cultural activity - a general heading 'What we do' makes you think instantly of work domain - leisure domain should be discrete. Dec 7, 2011 10:39 AM 390 There is nothing here on leisure time, arts, culture, heritage, hobbies. These are absolutely essential and vital. What we do in our spare time, with friends, family, or on our own, family and life events and celebrations. I just can't believe that these are not represented in any way. Dec 6, 2011 4:34 PM 391 'What we do' does not represent the role of arts and culture in our lives 'leisure' is not always considered the same as arts and culture by the general public. This is an opportunity to really evaluate the role of culture in our lives and it is being sidestepped. Dec 6, 2011 3:19 PM 392 I think you need to include arts, media and sport as part of the picture for well-being. I find that these are an essential part of my own self well being. Dec 6, 2011 12:11 PM 88 Page 8, Q2. 393 There is no mention of the arts, heritage or culture. All significant players in national well being. More people attend museums than they do football matches and the sense of local pride and identity empowered by local heritage is very significant. Dec 6, 2011 12:03 PM 394 There is no account being made of engagement with learning organisations in leisure-time. There are 80 million person/hours per annum spent in science museums and science centres alone, to saany nothing of museums, historic houses, art galleries and the like. All of these add to fulfilment and achievement. There has to be some means of capturing this. Dec 6, 2011 10:54 AM 395 Include some measure of transport - the availability, price, functionality and reliability of public transportation systems, the state of roads and cycle and foot-paths, costs of transport and time required. In our highly mobile society the ability to get from A to B in a stress-free and not financially ruinous form is a major aspect of wellbeing. Dec 5, 2011 9:45 PM 396 More about fulfilment, as defined by an individual, albeit formed by social environment and about the constraints on achieving fulfilment, whether in relationships, employment, financial, environment, mobility etc. Overall, for policy purposes, how will we define the limits to growth? Q1: On a scale of 1 to 10, do you feel able to fulfil your goals in life? Q2: What are the principal constraints on your achieving fulfilment? Q3: For others in society, what is the greatest constraint that our country needs to address? Dec 4, 2011 6:46 PM 397 Social justice should be included Dec 3, 2011 12:17 PM 398 The structure of the domains seems wrong. It lacks a coherent basis and structure of what makes us human and clearly being able to see the detail and summary of well being. I would suggest an entirely different model based on the World Health Organisations definition of Health and the three component parts: Physical, Mental and Social well being. The model would in similarity to the model proposed have different levels including individual, interpersonal, community and national. The first level should be Individual Well being with components of Physical, social, mental (each can then have further subsets). The Second level is Interpersonal well being Well being with the same dividing components; physical, social and mental with relevant subcategories. Then Community well being level and National well being level - again broken between physical, mental and social components. Within each level - Individual, Interpersonal, community and national and their three component parts of physical, mental and social can be further detailed by subcategories where necessary thus creating a clear and structure for overall well being. The key thing is that all three elements of health and well being; physical, mental and social are the core elements at each level of well being. For example in the community level the physical component may be influenced by transport or access to housing, cultural heritage, access to open spaces etc, this would be very different when for example comparing the physical component at the individual level. The current framework has no overall coherent structure that would enable a simple and complex analysis in equal measures. Dec 2, 2011 11:01 PM 399 Is "security" contained in "governance"? I am happy when I know my home is secure and when Britain is protected from cyber or terrorist threats. Dec 1, 2011 12:04 PM 400 include ways to measure a sense of belonging Nov 27, 2011 4:13 PM 401 Community interaction/participation (voluntary, religious or otherwise) plays a large part in being contented and happy and should be separated from Nov 26, 2011 2:06 PM 89 Page 8, Q2. Relationships. 402 A measure of psychological ans spiritual wellbeing is required, either combined or preferably separately Nov 21, 2011 10:16 PM 403 I would distinguish between what we do for ourselves and for our family and friends and what we do for the community and other people. But maybe that will be clear when I get to the "What we do" section. Nov 20, 2011 7:50 PM 404 No reference is currently made to the extent to which people can control their lives, a function of the extent of their political freedom. Nov 20, 2011 6:19 PM 405 Individuals to comment what well-being is to them - from a blank sheet - then to group the themes at a national level Nov 18, 2011 9:37 AM 406 There's no reference to Spirituality, whatever form that should take for people. Nov 17, 2011 10:23 AM 407 I would suggest that we do not attempt to measure well-being in anyway by looking at deficit measurements such as GDS but to use a validated wellbeing measure such as WEMWBS (Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale) Nov 16, 2011 10:55 AM 408 Include religious commitment, which in my case has made a tremendous difference to my well-being. Nov 14, 2011 5:56 PM 409 I think one of the most important elements is about how much power we feel we have to make things different - about how much control we have over our own destiny: genuine power to make genuine choices. That's partly power of influence and partly self-determination. Nov 13, 2011 1:51 PM 410 In some regards, the domains are quite comprehensive but the domains have missed the single most important aspect of well-being: spiritual life. Without any aspect of this being explicitly mentioned, I believe the entire "National well-being" project is doomed to failure, will actually be humanistic and also discriminatory against those who believe faith in God is important (which is a large minority of society). Nov 12, 2011 9:38 PM 411 a) A theme around 'Acceptance' - are beliefs and practices accepted and supported? b) A theme around perception of 'Differential' - are the levels of wealth/health/affluence all attainable? Nov 12, 2011 10:41 AM 412 There is nothing to reflect that I can see, external factors. This would include perception of society, the media ( which I think is particularly important, social pressures confirm, self image in the wider context and how confidence to inegrate is affected, anti-social behaviour etc. Some of these concepts will be reflected by imediate impacts like in the relationships domain, but do not reflect the wider pressures 'society' presents. Nov 11, 2011 1:14 PM 413 There is no mention of spirituality or faith which can have an enormous impact on one's well being. Also the strong values or sense of purpose which can be ideological can impact on the quality of life or well being. The domains are also presented in quite an individualistic way rather than being community or shared - possibility of the responses being quite ego based rather than community based. Nov 11, 2011 12:06 PM 414 Although the domains are fairly comprehensive, the individual measures for 'our relationships' and 'what we do' have poor content validity. Nov 11, 2011 10:50 AM 90 Page 8, Q2. 415 I would add the domain 'values' as thst will affect the way one feels about a given situation Nov 10, 2011 12:09 PM 416 I would add a domain concerning "personal world-view" as world-view is a filter through which we discern and interpret all that happens to us and around us and thus is a determinator of how we percieve our well-being. To ignore this aspect of life is to fail to try and answer why and how people interpret what happens around them as they do. Nov 10, 2011 10:34 AM 417 Spiritual awareness and well being Nov 9, 2011 5:42 PM 418 There needs to be a domain concerned with the future. Satisfaction with current quality of life indicators may not produce wellbeing if there is significant anxiety about the future. Nov 9, 2011 5:16 PM 419 Whole thing is a gimmick. You already know people who are in poverty and have e.g. mental health difficulties, but are cutting their services and benefits. Nov 9, 2011 4:11 PM 420 It is excellent but one omission is the requirement for a domain on personal foundations. Most people have a religious foundation for basing their life ethos, even if unacknowleged, and their foundational values reflect this. Thus 70% of the UK population (last census) are Christian, even if they do not "practise" - but their life ethos and values are based on this - eg don't kill / steal / be unfaithful / lie in court (Commandments numbers 6, 8, 7, 10 respectively). You should add "Foundations for your behaviour / Your religious or non-religious base / How you base your actions in your private, professional and community living etc etc Nov 9, 2011 1:24 PM 421 I would ask people about their faith/ spirituality/ faith community as this can have a huge impact on their general well-being! Nov 9, 2011 1:06 PM 422 include networks that individuals have.l Friends, family, collegues, neighbours etc... Nov 9, 2011 12:51 PM 423 A reference to Spiritual well-being is essential - when working well, tends to give a sense of identity, self-worth, value, confidence, dsesire to give to others and to help others. When missing, tends to lead to breakdown in relationshops due to a 'Me first' attitude. Nov 9, 2011 11:34 AM 424 I feel, after 30 years of working in social work and health, that the domains must include a spiritual dimension. To my mind it the one thing which consisitently makes a difference even with all other factors being equal. Interestingly it is the one service providers and researchers choose to avoid, perhaps due to their own insecurity. Nov 9, 2011 11:20 AM 425 They could do, providing some scoping issues within particular domains are resolved. Nov 9, 2011 10:57 AM 426 Add, sense of security Nov 9, 2011 9:59 AM 427 Really surprised not to find anything that directly encompasses faith/spirituality/religion Nov 8, 2011 10:50 PM 428 An examination of the individual's sense of their spiritual aspects of being in society and an exploration of what it means to be fully human eg sense of faith, set of beliefs beliefs and belonging to community - be they religious, altruistic, hedonistic. With that comes a degree of stability and integration - Nov 8, 2011 9:03 PM 91 Page 8, Q2. how is this being measured within the proposed domains? . 429 soem questiosn about futre prosepects Nov 8, 2011 7:26 PM 430 They miss religious belief - many surveys have shown this not only makes for happiness, but also faster recovery from illness, longer lifespan and less loneliness. In UK churches are the major player in providing clubs for all ages - Scouts, lunch clubs, homeless clubs etc. Why was the religious dimension completely missed? This is an actual question , not a rhetorical one. Nov 8, 2011 7:19 PM 431 I guess Governance relates to the way we are Governed, but I would like to see an opportunity for the views of voters to be fed back to Government, because Cameron has effectively shut down all direct communication with himself, and his Cabinet. Nov 8, 2011 7:14 PM 432 It does not include our spiritual life Nov 8, 2011 6:57 PM 433 It is pretty much there. The thought and feeling is right but it is a tad jargony for me. To get the feel just right, language has to be right too. Whilst it might be the right thing to do, it could feel like a tick-box exercise. Nov 8, 2011 5:43 PM 434 Equality needs to be made a key domain itself, as it factors in all aspects of personal physical and mental well-being for everyone and therefore directly affects more global concerns similarly Nov 8, 2011 5:27 PM 435 There is no mention of spiritual/religious thoughts and beliefs, unless I've missed something. If a person is not internally at ease with themselves and their values and place in the universe then this can adversely affect everything else. Nov 8, 2011 4:17 PM 436 Think there is something about attitudes, culture and influences that is important, - almost trying to capture cognitive processes. But probably very difficult to capture Nov 8, 2011 3:29 PM 437 I can't help but notice that 'Natural Environment' is last on the list - as usual! Nov 8, 2011 1:52 PM 438 No as there is no reference to sprituality and faith - without a sense of place and how an individual/community fit into the bigger picture - the sense of awe and wonder, love etc Nov 8, 2011 1:08 PM 439 We need to add the spiritual dimension to this - we are made up of body and soul (and spirit). Faith is a vital component in the happiness/well-being of people. As a Field Interviewer for ONS, the highest scores I get for happiness from those I interview tend to be from Christians. Nov 8, 2011 1:07 PM 440 Work-life balance is a huge aspect of well-being, and having it demoted to a subsection of "What we do" is not good enough. "The natural environment" is a very important category to have, but there does not seem to be enough recognition of the importance of having a good relationship with the natural environment. It is well known that having a strong connection with natural elements of the environment is beneficial to vulnerable groups, children, and, in fact, the whole population. This does not seem to be reflected strongly enough - although the 'local environment' does feature, this does not quite encapsulate the importance of building worthwhile ties between us and nature. Why is "the economy" there? I thought the whole point of this was to get away from GDP! I feel too as if somehow the idea of "knowledge" has been missed. By this, I mean the knowledge of what to do if x happens - say Nov 8, 2011 12:45 PM 92 Page 8, Q2. who should I turn to if my landlord is substandard? Where is my nearest GUM clinic? When do I need to go to the dentist? How can I play a part in local/national decision making? Do I feel poltically informed? That kind of thing. 441 global perspective i.e. poverty, human rights, conflict Nov 8, 2011 12:35 PM 442 I don't know whether it will be included under governance but support received would be good, ie whether we receive all the support from official agencies needed to give healthy living. Nov 8, 2011 12:33 PM 443 It takes no account of 'motivation' (eg religious commitment and belonging) as a vital factor in shaping perceptions or experiences of well-being. To ignore religious or other motivating commitments is to collude in the myth of neutrality and ignore a vital element of human being. Nov 8, 2011 12:01 PM 444 We need to take into account the extent to which our actions today affect future generations. These indicators are only focused on the present and give a snapshot. There could also be a method to assess how our actions today will affect future well-being. Nov 8, 2011 11:52 AM 445 I feel that where you live is not a major indicator ae the remainder will create well being wherever you live. Although the counter that if you are happy with where you live the others may be below requirements and Well Being is still achieved Nov 8, 2011 11:50 AM 446 Questions are leaning toward government agenda Nov 8, 2011 11:49 AM 447 There seems to be little mention of spiritual wellbeing. I understand this may be included in the other domains such as health or what we do but I think for those for whom spirituality is important it plays a much larger part in their overall wellbeing than just being a sub-heading of another domain. Nov 8, 2011 11:36 AM 448 I would analyse in more detail 'What we Do'. References in the discussion paper to Leisure do not fully explore how people spend their time. If not in paid work there are an infinite number of activities people may be involved in. Nov 8, 2011 11:29 AM 449 I think this covers a full picture Nov 8, 2011 11:23 AM 450 What about spirituality? Nov 8, 2011 11:21 AM 451 I think it's important to capture adequately how people feel. You're assuming that the proposed domains add up to happiness if people are content or happy within each one. But I also think that there could be an overarching, subjective question about how happy or content people are to back up the findings from the domains. Nov 8, 2011 11:18 AM 452 Include belief systems - Faith & Philosophical outlook. Studies have shown that those with a religious faith are happier, healthier & live longer. Nov 8, 2011 11:14 AM 453 Satisfaction with the condition of the national infrastucture Nov 8, 2011 11:12 AM 454 try to measure things like whether someone likes the area where they live and whether they want to move elsewhere but cannot because of economic considerations Nov 8, 2011 11:11 AM 455 I think there should be a domain which covers international concerns. What Nov 8, 2011 11:06 AM 93 Page 9, Q2. about public safety issues and community concerns. Are these covered in "Where we live"? 456 Our ideas about all of the issues specified are coloured by our philosophical perspective; you need to find out more about people's beliefs in order to be able to to contextualise the data that we gather. Nov 8, 2011 11:03 AM 457 Specifically, what we have to put into our bodies, e.g. food. Environmental issues over which we have no control. Nov 8, 2011 11:00 AM 458 Include a 'community' header (to cover community engagement, perceptions of safety in the community, community support and so on). Not sure the distinction betwen 'Individual well being' and 'health' is clear Nov 8, 2011 10:53 AM 459 Spiritual well-being, although difficult to define, is also a hugely significant factor. Nov 8, 2011 10:51 AM 460 I think well being is also for many people having sense of something beyond (something spiritual/hope). I'm also curious that there is no specific mention of community - which is more than where I live or my relationships, it's about living alongside those I wouldn't normally associate with and how that works. That in turn affects my well being - the categories at present are quite individualistic... Nov 8, 2011 10:46 AM 461 Obviously it depends how the domains are interpreted - for example provided employment is included in what we do' then it would not need a separate domain. I also believe that spirituality should be included - however this may be included in individual well being? Nov 7, 2011 1:19 PM 462 there needs to be something about emotional and spiritual well being... given the importance of this to so many people... See alsot Atherton, Baker, & Reader's book on Christianity and the New Social order Nov 7, 2011 10:03 AM 463 There is nothing mentioned about the spiritual dimension. This is a major omission. A colleague and I have developed a holistic framework called the Global Fitness Framework that we wonder whether would assist Nov 7, 2011 9:52 AM 464 You have nothing about spirituality or transcendence or faith Nov 7, 2011 8:16 AM 465 there needs to be a domain about spirituality/faith - both academically proven to be determinent well-being factors Nov 7, 2011 7:11 AM 466 I would like to add many things but in particular a sort of conflict index which would encompass such factors as: how much we spend on wars, military and detention; how many people die in acts of war, terrorism and crime; how much destruction of assets is caused; how many convicted criminals we have etc. Nov 4, 2011 10:49 AM 467 Ask about the effect of the dominance of mass-media and modern technology on our every day life and inter-personal relationships. Nov 2, 2011 5:53 PM 468 As a working parent, choices affecting my children (including childcare, time pressures, provision of education and other services) also affect my personal sense of wellbeing. Its difficult to separate my concern for my family from my concern for myself. This is obviously not relevant to the whole population, but parenthood takes over every decision and feeling you experience. Nov 1, 2011 7:46 PM 94 Page 9, Q4. 1 No. See above – there needs to be greater subtlety and distinction within the domains in order to adequately represent the importance people attach to the numerous potential sub-domains. There are also cross-connections between domains; Health and What we do, for example might be linked in situations where people with physical or mental health problems and disabilities are able to participate in activities in, for example, a museumbased project or a community archaeology project through HLF funding or because such participation has been deliberately written into a project design (as is now common). Provision for such participation varies across the country depending on levels of investment, the understanding of the importance of such inter-related activities by local authority and central government providers and the ability of local organisations to respond adequately to levels of local interest and demand. The descriptions of the domains seem to reflect a rather limited conception of human life and the diversity of activity and engagement that is possible in the UK today. The approach taken in the survey seems to be a primarily utilitarian one and to exclude much of what people find to be of value within their lives, specifically in the area of the arts, culture and history or heritage and writing these activities out of the scope of the survey will lead to a grossly inadequate assessment of levels of well-being. To take one example; with reference to education and skills, the phrase ‘the scope of this domain is the stock of human capital in the labour market’ seems to demarcate a crudely functionalist approach to education in that it excludes all aspects of education other than one which sees human beings primarily as units of production and consumption whose level of education needs to be geared solely to their role in the economy. Without descending into mysticism or romanticism, it is surely arguable that there is more to human life than this and that any measure of well-being should be aiming to reflect this. Further notes on the importance of education outside the narrow domain of economic productivity will be found below. Feb 1, 2012 10:47 AM 2 The ‘what we do’ domain might usefully be extended to include unpaid caring. The 2010 Triennial Review Report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission found that one in four women and nearly one in five men in their fifties are carers, while 175,000 people under 18 have caring responsibilities. The 2011 JRF review of evidence on Poverty and Ethnicity highlighted the changing ways in which families manage caring and earning as being a stand out area for further investigation – especially pertinent against the backdrop of an ageing population. Feb 1, 2012 10:40 AM 3 The ‘what we do’ should include the gift of giving time to others (volunteering), and ‘personal finance’ should include the gift of giving money or goods to others (gifts, donations and bequests). Feb 1, 2012 9:54 AM 4 Not entirely. Some suggestions below. Relationships: omits availability of emotional support (ie the opposite of social isolation). This is not covered by “social life”. This domain also does not capture discrimination faced by nonheterosexuals, and people of different religions, in forming and pursuing relationships of their choice. Health: omits access to healthcare (and being treated with dignity and respect in healthcare), also indicators of healthy living, and vulnerability to accidents. What we do: focuses on relationship to employment (except the last measure). But this omits the activities of children, students, older people or full-time carers/parents. Indicators of unpaid work should be included (this is not the same as the inverse of leisure time). In relation to work, omissions include low pay, health and safety, and experience of discrimination/harassment at work. Personal finance: assuming that this is supposed to cover standard of living, quality of Feb 1, 2012 9:41 AM 95 Page 9, Q4. accommodation and access to care (childcare or social/informal care) are important omissions. Education and skills: the bottom end of the distribution lacking basic literacy and numeracy skills - is not captured by the breakdown by formal qualifications, and yet it is an important detractor from well-being. This domain should also cover participation in lifelong learning and use of ICT, especially the internet. Governance: this is mis-placed as a contextual domain in our view. Having the opportunity to participate (whether or not one chooses to do so) in key decisions affecting one’s life is an important component of (objective) well-being. Seen in this light, this domain should include indicators of being able to participate in other ways, for example through civic organisations or protests of various kinds. The emphasis on formal democratic institutions is too narrow. 5 The distinction between Natural environment and Where we live is, at the moment, unclear – it doesn’t currently recognise the special role that the environment has as the ultimate source of all resources and does not distinguish between drivers of well-being in the future and drivers of wellbeing now. We would suggest that Natural environment becomes a measure of sustainability, changing its name to Environmental limits, and that any environmental factors which affect current well-being, such as air pollutants, are moved into Where we live. There is a fundamental distinction between environmental issues of limits/sustainability (such as GHGs) and environmental issues that relate directly to present well-being (such as air pollution). There will therefore be a clear conceptual distinction: Environmental limits measures the potential for future well-being; Where we live measures the local environmental factors which are drivers of current well-being. In addition, the distinction between the Economy and What we do domains is currently unclear. In the What we do domain, there is included the measure Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity, however, this may actually fit more appropriately into the Economy domain. We recommend that both domains remain in the Drivers of individual well-being oval but that there is a clear conceptual distinction between them. Economy should be used to describe objective measures and rates at the population level, whilst What we do should include self-reported measures that are concerned with how we experience our daily lives – this will therefore be a broader domain, as it considers not only our work, but also our leisure time and unpaid work time. Feb 1, 2012 8:36 AM 6 HSE evidence strongly supports the case for gathering evidence related to psychosocial working conditions. The consultation paper rightly takes into account the impact of unemployment and individual’s subjective job satisfaction. However, work characteristics are also key factors in the mental health of employees. The Whitehall two study suggest improvements in demand, support and control are strongly linked with in increases in wellbeing. Whitehall II statisticians looked at a combination of Control, Demand and Support each shifting in an improved direction by 0.5 of a S.D. This would give the following: a decrease in psychiatric morbidity by 21%; a decrease in poor mental health functioning by 28%; a decrease in poor physical health by12%, and a decrease in rates of medically certified absence by 7%. (This validates HSE’s stress management standards, which can be accessed here: www.hse.gov.uk/stress/standards.index.htm/ Secondary analysis of the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Study also shows that rates of common mental disorders differ by occupation, even where psychosocial work conditions are taken into account, with personal service, elementary, administrative and secretarial occupations and skilled trades being associated with higher levels of common mental disorders than managerial and other senior occupations. The associations between Jan 31, 2012 3:19 PM 96 Page 9, Q4. psychosocial work characteristics and common mental disorders are not explained by controlling for non-work stressors, such as recent life events, low social support at home (Stansfield et al, 2010) 7 1.Do you think the scope of each of the proposed domains is correct? If not, please give details. We suggest that broadening the scope of the two following factors would be useful 1) "Our relationships" includes relationships to their immediate family, their friends and the community around them. Relationships to their colleagues (work environment) are nevertheless also important in the context of the well-being. 2) "What we do" includes work and leisure activities and the balance between them. In order to have a global picture, other activities should be also considered, like taking care of others (unpaid domestic work) and commuting, and the impact of these activities on life satisfaction. Jan 31, 2012 3:10 PM 8 Yes, subject to my point at Q1 above. Jan 31, 2012 2:36 PM 9 The ‘Where we live ‘ domain needs to include indicators on housing and transport. From the London Annual Survey, housing is identified as a major issue in terms of affordability and quality. Therefore the inclusion of a measure for housing to capture affordability (e.g. average income to house price ratio?) and to measure overcrowding would be useful. Equally transport is a major factor for well-being within London. Hence a measure of access to the public transport network as well as length and overcrowding of commute are suggested. These could be included within Where we live. See for example questions q29 and q54 of the GLA Annual London Survey http://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Annual-London-Survey-Toplines2011_2.pdf Jan 31, 2012 2:11 PM 10 As outlined above, we believe that What We Do, Health, and Where We Live domains should all include measures of access to, satisfaction with and engagement in culture. Jan 31, 2012 2:00 PM 11 The scope in some of the domains could be more detailed or meaningful. Where we live mentions an individual’s house but doesn’t mention design. The impact of good / considered design (architecture and public realm design) Jan 31, 2012 1:54 PM 12 Please see response to question 1 above. There is some overlap between some domains e.g. Where we live and The natural environment, as the two are closely related. A clearer, scale-based model would help to ensure that this indicator set has a clear rationale and informs policy. Individual wellbeing : it is unclear what the final measure of subjective wellbeing (SWB) will be and therefore it is difficult to comment on this. However, we do wish to note that while it is very important to take account of self-reported wellbeing in an indicator set such as the proposed, it could be counterbalanced with a more objective measure, as it has been shown that SWB: can fluctuate with minor life events; can be biased by language and culture; is dependent on personality.5 Our relationships: this domain is an important one because our relationships affect our functioning at all levels - physiological, reproductive, psychological, social, spiritual. It is therefore to seek to understand and measure what human needs are associated with our relationships and how well these are satisfied. Health: the scoped of this domain is described as being based on satisfaction with physical and mental health. While this is adequate, some more objective considerations may also be appropriate. This domain would be better renamed to reflect the emphasis on individual health. Personal Finance: it is now widely acknowledged, based on a wealth of evidence, that income disparity and other inequalities are highly Jan 31, 2012 1:35 PM 97 Page 9, Q4. detrimental to wellbeing6; in other words relative income is a more powerful determinant of wellbeing than absolute income. We would strongly recommend the scope of this domain be slightly expanded to include income disparity. Education and Skills: we feel that the scope of this domain, as described is somewhat limited, considering only the importance of learning new things and satisfaction with the education system. The scope could be expanded to include, for example the retention of traditional skills, retention and passing of skills relating to fundamental human needs that are in decline such as food recognition and preparation, skills relating to childcare, and other skills which may be threatened by high labour mobility or other causes of social dis-integration. The diversity of skills within a community is a component of that community's resilience. The economy: the discussion paper does not include an adequate description of the scope of this domain, which should consider the resilience, sustainability and impact on wellbeing of the economic system at a macro level as well as a means of assessing the impact of economic policy at a more micro/local level. The measures proposed for this domain reflect conventional ideas of economic success, which have been shown by the national debate and other studies to be not always synonymous with wellbeing7. This domain needs careful thought, and we would suggest ONS consult relevant experts further. The natural environment: SEPA welcomes the inclusion of this domain, as the environment is the ultimate determinant of wellbeing (because without it we could not survive). However, the purpose of this domain should be made clear in order to ensure that the indicators are appropriate. The discussion paper states that the intention of this domain is to 'reflect… some of the concerns with the global environment which were expressed in responses to the national debate'. While it does this to some extent, it is unclear whether the aim of this domain is to provide information about the state of the (global) environment as the 5 Van Hoorn, A. 2007: A Short Introduction to Subjective Well-Being: its measurement, correlates and policy uses. 6 Wilkinson, R. and Pickett, K. 2009: The Spirit Level: why equality is better for everyone, Allen Lane, London. 7 Jackson, T 2009: Prosperity with Growth? The transition to a sustainable economy, Sustainable Development Commission, London. aspects of wellbeing. ultimate determinant of human wellbeing, or about specific (more localized) aspects of environmental quality that that have a more immediate or direct effect. In either case, the proposed indicators do not give a comprehensive enough picture of the state of the environment or of local environmental quality. Indicators of local environmental quality should reflect that having clean good quality air, soils, water underpin physiological health, and local access to places with trees, grass, water and open space can reduce the psychological symptoms of stress and promote recovery from mental fatigue. One key finding of the UK National Ecosystem Assessment Report was that natural environments provide both direct and indirect positive effects on mental and physical health (such as contact with nature, physical activity, social engagement as well as scavenging of air pollutants). Some of these measures could be reflected in the Where we live domain, such as access to quality greenspace, people living in the ‘most deprived’ 15% areas in the UK, and population within 500m of a derelict site. It could be debated where these measures best fit, but the most important thing is that they are represented somehow. Scotland’s Environment provides helpful insight to other measures that could be considered for Scotland at least, but most of these will be collected for the UK by various means. In terms of the wider environment, the status of planetary systems8 underpins our ability to survive and thrive as individuals and societies. Such systems as the climate system, the nitrogen cycle, the phosphorus cycle and others affect our ability to grow crops, have enough fresh water and so on. 98 Page 9, Q4. 13 There has been significant data collected on satisfaction with regional and national facilities in England through BVPIs, the Place Survey, and PRS demand information. We believe the Where we live domain should be expanded to include measures around satisfaction with cultural and entertainments provision. This data could be collected through the DCMS’s Taking Part, the Sport England’s Active People surveys and the PRS. Jan 31, 2012 1:33 PM 14 It is difficult to ignore the growing evidence base, which verifies the positive impact participative arts can have on our health and wellbeing. It is imperative that engagement with cultural activity headlines in the scope of one of the domains at least. ‘ Jan 31, 2012 1:24 PM 15 As outlined above, we believe that What We Do, Health, and Where We Live domains should all include measures of access to, satisfaction with and engagement in culture. Jan 31, 2012 1:18 PM 16 We feel that individual wellbeing needs to include more explicit references to a sense of purpose and contribution, which we know is very meaningful to people, and a substantial aspect of what actually gives people a sense of wellbeing, even in situations of considerable discomfort. There is little use of negative measures of wellbeing. Crime and worklessness appear, but there is nothing directly about civic unrest or terrorism, or the broader societal changes that form a context for this work, such as the increasing use of custodial sentences, alcohol and substance misuse, suicide and hate crime. Jan 31, 2012 1:09 PM 17 In general, the scope of each of the individual ‘direct’ domains looks adequate. However, there are some instances where the measures included do not clearly correspond to the intended scope of the domains. In other cases, the boundaries between them can become a little blurred meaning that some individual measures might be better redistributed to others in the ONS framework. -The ‘what we do’ domain largely covers the balance between paid work and leisure. Issues of domestic work and unpaid caring do not seem to be included explicitly (i.e., to give a fuller view of ‘work-life balance’ issues – caring time seems to be added to paid employment and not made more obvious in calculating leisure time). A measure of job security would be useful in the current economic environment (and going forward); The measure on volunteering in ‘what we do’ might better be moved to the ‘our relationships’ domain. This is because, at present, the rest of this domain is largely concerned with wider social and community relationships (and might be better named as such). The question in ‘where we live’ about their local area being a good place to mix might move to this domain too. Likewise, the satisfaction with your spouse/partner’ question (assuming you have one – note the large number of single person households) in the ‘our relationships’ domain seems to be measuring a somewhat different attribute of individual well-being (personal rather than wider social) and there is no other measure of closer personal relationships (friends/family) included in the ONS approach; -The ‘where we live’ domain does not include measures of housing quality or adequacy or satisfaction with one’s own dwelling. In general, it would be conceptually clearer if this domain focused on the physical environment while the ‘our relationships’ domain focussed on the social; -The question on the % households who are entirely workless might better sit in the ‘what we do’ domain (i.e., we need to separate pensioneronly households from workless households containing people of working age) rather than in the ‘personal finance’ domain. A question relating more directly to the incidence of financial difficulty might be more useful that a general question about overall satisfaction with household income (e.g., due Jan 31, 2012 1:00 PM 99 Page 9, Q4. to the potential problems of attitudes adjusting to circumstances). 18 No, 'culture and heritage' or the 'arts, culture and heritage' should be at least included under both 'where we live' and 'what we do'. Jan 31, 2012 1:00 PM 19 Historically there has been significant data collected on satisfaction with local cultural and sporting facilities in England through BVPIs and the Place Survey . We believe the Where we live domain should be expanded to include measures around satisfaction with cultural provision. This data could be collected through the DCMS’s Taking Part or the Sport England’s Active People surveys. Jan 31, 2012 12:49 PM 20 Within the domains: More measures health and wellbeing and especially mental and psychological wellbeing that do not rely on prescribing short term fixes e.g. via medication but look at longer term individual and social solutions e.g. arts on prescription, wellbeing programmes in museums and galleries (specific programmes of engagement as opposed to being an arts/cultural audience and also mass participation in activities which have been shown to improve wellbeing. More measures that reflect organisations that permanently support community develop and social cohesion in a geographical location (e.g. voluntary and charitable organisations in districts) using the arts not just for mental wellbeing but to support people to transform their lives and communities and find meaning and purpose in life. there are a number of excellent examples of these in the North West – Start Salford, start Manchester, Bluesci, Arts for Recovery (ARC) St Luke’s Art project. As local governance is likely to make reference to a national wellbeing measure if this is too simplified, rafts of local wellbeing support could be jeopardised ( i.e. if it is not worth measuring or is easy to measure then it won’t be funded) Use existing measures about arts participation (as audiences) – Arts Council England produces Take Part survey. There are also local surveys of arts audience participation produced regionally (and regularly) which show levels of engagement with museums, galleries, festivals and other cultural activities. There is a huge potential to harness the wellbeing potential of gallery and museum programmes – this is already happening in the North West and it would be a relatively small step to start to collect wellbeing measures linked to cultural attendance What about realistic expectations of economic growth? The UK and global economic crisis is talked about as short term, but if this is not the case then it is about long term adjustment of what growth can be expected Jan 31, 2012 12:47 PM 21 The synergistic link between the built environment (‘where we live’) needs both understanding and emphasis in the domains. Arts and culture needs to be included as separate and equal indices, not as optional and/or recreational add on’s to ‘what we do’. Combined, the ascribed factors of ‘where we live’ and ‘what we do’ equate to our built environment and our cultural ecology and it is imperative that culture is thus not viewed as an addendum to our daily lives, participated in as recreational activity, but viewed and valued as its very essence. Jan 31, 2012 12:41 PM 22 In the domain of governance, there should be a more explicit identification of the importance of the role of a free press. A free and trustworthy press can be hugely important in times of crisis as well as in holding individuals and institutions accountable. This has been shown in countries across the world during periods of health crisis as well as during periods of political unrest. It is as true and relevant for the UK. Regarding the ultimate SWB domain, Kahneman and Deaton (2010) argue that SWB can and should be broken down into emotional wellbeing (quality of daily experiences) versus life Jan 31, 2012 12:38 PM 100 Page 9, Q4. evaluation (thoughts about life on a longer time scale). These are two different things; they can often go in different directions, and are correlated with income. Daily life experiences stop being correlated with rising incomes up to a point, but life evaluation is strongly correlated with income. It is unclear if the SWB domain as it currently stands sufficiently differentiates these two aspects, and if the measure for the domain differentiates between these two aspects. This is an important distinction that must be recognized. 23 See above. The absence of any explicit reference to the contribution made by engagement in arts, culture and heritage is disappointing. There are several tangential or fleeting references (eg Where we live) but these do not represent the fact that museums like ours are visited by large numbers of visitors which reflect the diversity of our society. We would like to see more specific citing of engagement in culture and heritage in - Individual wellbeing (identitity, cohesion) - Health (eg contribution to mental health) - What we do (museums as cultural resources) - Where we live (museums as centres for community and leisure activities) - Education and skills (contribution to formal and informal learning) Jan 31, 2012 12:22 PM 24 The individual well-being domain should be expanded to include a few of those currently being tested in the ONS Opinions survey such as ‘having someone to confide in or ask for help’ (social isolation). Jan 31, 2012 12:11 PM 25 I do not like the classification of domains as “directly affecting individual wellbeing” and “more contextual” because the amount that a domain affects an individual’s well-being is dependent on how strongly that individual feels about the issues in the domain. Jan 31, 2012 12:01 PM 26 We don’t think the scope of the What we do and Education and skills are broad enough – see below Jan 31, 2012 11:50 AM 27 I suggest that there should be measures of unpaid group activity of different kinds (caring for each other, helping neighbours and community members, volunteering, community activism, community arts and sports). In line with the above comment, this should if possible be part of a new “community” domain. If not, then it might fit under “what we do”. I think it’s remarkable that the arts and culture appear nowhere in the domains. The arts directly affect the wellbeing of participants and audiences – they improve physical and mental health, improve the physical environment, develop skills, strengthen identity, foster self-expression and efficacy, and build a sense of community. They help to present and interpret the national context at the communal and individual level. Because they act within the individual and on the community they are a uniquely powerful building block for wellbeing. So I think the arts and culture should be featured prominently within the “community” domain proposed above, or alternatively within the “what we do” domain. Jan 31, 2012 11:44 AM 28 see previous question Jan 31, 2012 11:39 AM 29 Health – Should include rates of smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, obesity and death rates from illicit drug use. (see Marmot Review) Our relationships and Where we live – The perspective of children could be included (see The Children’s Society (2012) The Good Childhood Report). Personal Finance – This could include indicators on indebtedness and keeping the home warm. Two variables in the FRS would cover this (AdDbtB1 and Houshe1) Jan 31, 2012 11:25 AM 30 It is very surprising that engagement in cultural activity (arts, sciences, Jan 31, 2012 11:17 AM 101 Page 9, Q4. heritage) is not specifically represented under any of the measures in the factors affecting the individual domain, be that through direct participation/doing or as an audience for events/ and venues. The national ‘Taking Part’ survey demonstrates how many people visit the national museums and galleries alone (26 million in 2010/11); national museums and galleries regularly feature in the top 10 of visitor attractions, and in reasons cited by tourists for visiting Britain. Thus, as well as being sources of education, inspiration and enjoyment, our culture and heritage are sources of local, regional and national pride and are frequently associated with the future success of individuals and the country. There does not seem to be any place to capture the satisfaction derived from the esteem in which we perceive ourselves to be held by others, though this high in relation to culture, heritage and science (and other areas such as sport). Absence of crime and fear of crime seems a very negative measure of how people feel about where they live, and satisfaction is quite passive – should there be some positively-phrased questions? 31 The ‘relationships’ and ‘what we do’ domains in particular need a stronger emphasis on the wellbeing of the community, not just the individual within it. The Church of England has given a qualified but emphatic endorsement to many of the principles which lie behind the government’s ‘Big Society’ agendas and it is worth exploring the relevance of the ONS study of wellbeing to that concept. At the heart of the Big Society is the awareness of the critical importance of communities and intermediate institutions which are bigger than the family but much smaller than the state. The conviction, that it is in such communities and intermediate institutions (including faith communities such as the church) that people come to learn how to promote their own and each others’ flourishing, is informing key aspects of government thinking and policy. It therefore becomes essential that attempts to measure or evaluate well-being are designed with the experience and perspective of such communities in mind. Our earlier paragraphs explore why this is an essential condition of true well-being from the point of view of the Christian tradition, but (as the very term Big Society implies) it is a perception that will be widely shared by other faith communities and numerous other bodies. This, in itself, contradicts the essentially consumeristic approach which sees well-being only in terms of individual satisfaction levels. In addition to studies considering the relationship between religious belief and well-being, we would draw attention to the NEF report “Five ways to well-being” that explore the impact of being connected, being active, taking notice, learning and giving on well-being. Any attempt to measure well-being needs to give consideration to these aspects and how far the nation is exhibiting these behaviours. Measures such as social capital and life satisfaction will go some way towards this. Jan 31, 2012 10:42 AM 32 see previous answe Jan 31, 2012 10:13 AM 33 The “Where we live” domain should be expanded to include measures related to satisfaction with cultural provision and the quality of the built environment including art in the public realm. Measures could be developed in consultation with the Design and Arts Councils and relevant data could be collected through the DCMS’ Taking Part Survey. Jan 31, 2012 10:03 AM 34 -In the ‘natural environment domain’: There are no indicators of sustainable consumption and ecological footprints. Given that consumerism and materialism are major causes of global warming, this should be reflected in the dimensions of wellbeing. -In the ‘personal finance’ domain, there are no indicators which capture the sense of job/income insecurity. We would Jan 31, 2012 9:50 AM 102 Page 9, Q4. suggest there is also a need for indicators of subjective insecurity/precariousness. -In the ‘relationships’ domain: Eurostat has wellestablished indicators of social inclusion and exclusion but which do not include relationships. The one proposed by ONS goes therefore beyond Eurostat. 35 As above we would suggest means that more consideration needs to be given to the scope of the proposed domains to enable the impact of culture and the arts to be recognised in ‘Where we live’, ‘Our relationships’ and ‘What we do’. Jan 31, 2012 9:37 AM 36 No – we believe the omission of arts, culture and heritage from the proposed domains is a serious one. Whilst culture and heritage are mentioned in the explanatory text for the proposed ‘Where we live’ domain, we believe that they would be better categorised as part of ‘What we do’ (as noted in table A1 on responses to the national debate, where arts, culture and heritage are listed under ‘time use and individual activities’). This would reflect the importance of cultural participation, which people may engage in Jan 31, 2012 9:26 AM 37 There are three domains where we feel there is a significant gap: We feel that far more significance should be given to the content of our leisure activities which are currently combined with work activity and given little significance beyond work-life balance and the ‘amount’ of time spent on leisure. The ability to be creative, active, engaged and part of an identifiable culture are fundamental to personal and social well-being. There is no recognition of the importance of engaging deeply with a leisure activity or a lifelong interest – whether that is engagement with arts and culture, or a passionate interest or involvement with sport or other recreational activity. Where we live should include some reference to shared public or civic space to mirror the importance of the natural environment which is captured. Education and skills should include access to and take up of lifelong learning, or learning for pleasure. These issues might be best served by a separate domain on creative, cultural, and recreational life. A separate domain would enable a proper focus on the full breadth and value of participating in creativity, culture or recreation without risking overlapping measures. Jan 31, 2012 9:13 AM 38 Overall “yes”, however there is little on the content of subjective well being (happiness). Jan 31, 2012 9:04 AM 39 Following on from the response to question one, the concerns about the single focus on individual well being as a proxy for national well being should also be taken as applying to this question. We would also point to the work presented in the Foresight Mental Capital and Well Being Project , to suggest that the domains as they are currently set out do not fully cover the relationship between what people do and their well-being. In particular, the ‘what we do’ domain only has two measures relating to non-work activities, whereas the Foresight Mental Capital and Well Being Project points to five different actions that have an impact on well-being: ‘connect’, ‘be active’, ‘take notice’, ‘keep learning’, and ‘give’. Whereas ‘connect’ and ‘give’ are arguably covered by measures already listed (under relationships and volunteering, although the volunteering measure does not fully cover the range contained within ‘give’, as it implies more formal volunteering rather than informal or casual support), there are no measures either existing or planned within the domains, which cover physical, cultural, or life long educational or learning activity. The Active People and Taking Part surveys provide strong measures of physical and cultural activity, are considered Jan 31, 2012 8:27 AM 103 Page 9, Q4. robust, and have been in use over a period of time. Although the Taking Part survey has a historical focus on funded arts activities, it does cover other cultural areas and could be built on further. The ‘where we live’ domain does not have any objective measures of access to facilities or services, and we suggest that the measure of access to and quality of the local environment should be mirrored by a measure of access to facilities and services that enable physical, cultural, and learning activities (the ‘cultural’ environment). As far as I am aware this kind of objective measure does not currently exist, but, following the argument made in my first response, it would seem appropriate to identify a measure of access to and quality of the ‘cultural’ environment as part of the long term programme to measure national well being. The work currently being conducted by the DCMS CASE programme could inform such a measure. 40 As outlined above, I think that Our Relationships, Health, What We Do, Where We Live and Education and Skills domains should all include measures of access to, satisfaction with and engagement in culture. Alternatively a separate Creativity and Culture contextual domain should be included. The scope of the domains does not capture the effect of culture on individual well-being. For example, I understand arts and culture is covered under the What We Do domain, but this appears to focus on work and worklife balance / amount of work or leisure time but does not look at the quality or impact of activities undertaken as part of that leisure time. Jan 31, 2012 8:21 AM 41 Where we live It is surprising that there is no mention of housing in the domain looking at ‘where we live’. Homelessness, insecure, unfit, overcrowded or inappropriate housing are acknowledged as factors that will have an adverse impact on individual health and well-being. Jan 31, 2012 8:13 AM 42 A.Broadly, the proposed domains cover a wide range of issues and strike a good balance between what matters and what can be measured. B. However, there is concern that the scope for the domain ‘What we do’ is too focussed on paid work and it is suggested (see 3) that this domain would be better if divided further between work and leisure activities. As it stands currently, there appears to be a lack of focus on ‘leisure’ as a stand-alone dimension of wellbeing and the wide range of factors this might include. Given the importance of active participation and engagement in arts, media, cultural heritage and sport to an individual’s physical and emotional health, more focus on these aspects should be given. C.The scope of the domain ‘Where we live’ must also incorporate housing issues, in particular quality but also supply, affordability and security (in terms of security of tenure for rents). The consultation paper states that the ONS has taken DEFRA advice on this domain, which led one respondent to question why DCLG advice had not been sought given housing and planning issues falls within its remit. D. Given its importance, it is suggested that a measure of satisfaction in cultural heritage should be included under ‘Where we live’. Jan 31, 2012 7:57 AM 43 BACP would suggest that the scope of the ‘what we do’ domain requires further thinking; as it stands the questions are unsophisticated and too sparse: a.‘Proportion of work age population in employment working long hours’ – this measure doesn’t actually tell us whether people are happy with their working hours and it doesn’t accurately measure subjective wellbeing. b.‘Satisfaction with your job’- this again is not a suitable measure. BACP would suggest that an appropriate measure such as ‘ASSET’ is required. ASSET is a self-report survey instrument designed to assess perceptions regarding stress, wellbeing and engagement at work and was founded by the University of Lancaster, further information can be found on their website. c. Jan 30, 2012 3:24 PM 104 Page 9, Q4 ‘Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have’ - shouldn’t we be asking if work is spilling over into leisure time? What people’s work life balance is like? A critical dimension missing in this domain is the measurement of how people perceive their line manager and how they are treated by them. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the Foresight mental capital and wellbeing report show that line management is a critical dimension in wellbeing. BACP would suggest that the following areas are accurately measured within this domain: a)How line management is perceived b)Work life balance c)What people think of the working hours they work? d)Job satisfaction It would be quite easy to use the existing measures, but they are not fit for purpose and are not measuring an individual’s perception of wellbeing. The existing measures approximate peoples wellbeing, but the problem is they are not telling is what their wellbeing really is. 44 Our Relationships We agree that this domain should consider the “extent and type” of relationships between families, friends and community as loneliness is an emotional response to the perception of a gap between the quality and quantity of relationships an individual has, and those that they want. This relevance of this domain scope for those aged over 65 is confirmed by research by Professor Ann Bowling and the International Longevity Centre, which found that engaging in a large number of social activities, feeling supported and having good social relationships with family, friends and neighbours were all main drivers for a high quality of life in older age. What We Do In comparison to Our Relationships, we believe the scope for the What We Do domain is too narrow as it largely omits the significant proportion of the UK population who are retired; in 2010 this was 19.55%. The ONS states their understanding of national wellbeing is to be ascertained by measuring individual wellbeing but this is at risk if this domain scope remains the same as it excludes nearly 20% of the UK population. We will discuss how the measures in What We Do could be adapted to include those who are retired in answer to Question 7. Education and Skills The Education and Skills domain is similarly excluding of older adults as What We Do. Educational qualifications are proposed as purely a measure of the stock of human capital in the labour force, and its changes over time. Whilst we support the monitoring of educational achievement, this measure may be a poor proxy for human capital. It overlooks the benefits of lifelong learning, that was identified by the New Economics Foundation in their Five Ways to Well-being programme, and the skills and expertise of informal carers. Both of these issues are particularly pertinent to the stock of human capital represented by older adults. We will again return to this point as part of our answer to Question 7. Jan 30, 2012 2:30 PM 45 A case is made for individuals’ assessments of their wellbeing being central to the set of indicators proposed. However, it is unclear whether ‘individual well-being’ is the best label and if the scope is adequate. The example of the measure specifically referred to in the consultation document is one of self-rated ‘satisfaction’ with life, and while elsewhere in ONS reports there is reference to ‘meaning and purpose’ in life and positive and negative emotions, examples of how they would be assessed are not given in the consultation document. The coverage of the ‘our relationships’ also appears to be very narrow and further comments on this will be given below. With many of the remaining domains the proposal appears to be to use existing routinely measured indicators and so it is not clear that the proposed national indicators would include anything particularly new. Given the centrality of ‘individual well-being’ shouldn’t there be more measures of this directly? There is also need for conceptual clarification of the distinction between self- Jan 30, 2012 2:21 PM 105 Page 9, Q4. assessed ‘individual well-being’ and self-assessed ‘mental health’ 46 2.Do you think the scope of each of the proposed domains is correct? If not, please give details. The 10 domains reflect a balanced and comprehensive representation of the factors affecting well-being. However, as noted above, the RSPB believes that the grouping together of current and future drivers of wellbeing within the ‘natural environment’ domain risks an unclear and incomplete reflection of environmental impacts. In terms of the coverage within the natural environment domain, there are specific omissions from both the current and future aspects (discussed further in section B). The following suggested metrics outlines the proposed scope of two environmental domains: “Distance from environmental limits”: 1.A measure of key threatened biodiversity 2.A measure of total national GHG emissions 3.A measure of the environmental footprint left by our consumption The RSPB believes that a comprehensive account of sustainability will need to include the threats of climate change, increased consumption in the face of diminishing resources, and our protection of key endangered species and habitats. “Benefits from nature”: 1.A measure of the current overall health of the natural environment 2.A measure of the extent and quality of protected areas 3.A measure of engagement with the natural environment 4.A subjective measure of people’s perceptions of the benefits they get from nature. We also believe that to accurately reflect the current benefits delivered by nature, a focus on levels of engagement, as well as a subjective measure (as included in other domains) are both necessary to link the external state of nature with the actual benefits being received. Jan 30, 2012 1:57 PM 47 As discussed in #1 above, we propose moving the ‘natural environment’ indicators from their current, shared ‘contextual’ domain to a new, overarching domain. This is to reflect the fundamental importance of adhering to environmental limits as the bedrock for a secure and fair economy and society which can deliver genuine well-being. Jan 30, 2012 11:52 AM 48 Following the earlier question, alternatively we would welcome cultural opportunity being included within the scope of the ‘What we do’ domain. Equally we would support the consideration of the inclusion of ‘culture’ as a contextual domain. Jan 30, 2012 11:42 AM 49 Culture and heritage is briefly in the scope of the domain on ‘where we live‘ – but then not reflected in the measurable questions bit – cultural environment can have positive impact in same way as green spaces. We also know that public behaviours improve in well designed urban spaces – people feel safer. Arts and culture then are also slightly namechecked as part of ‘what we do’ – but needs to be highlighted more prominently – as does sports. Jan 30, 2012 11:35 AM 50 The Personal finance domain is of particular interest to the Money Advice Service, and it is this domain which will be the focus of our consultation response. We agree that measures of personal wealth and income, as well as their stability and distribution across the population, are all important. However, our research and experience tell us that it is vital to also look at how well people are able to manage their money and stay in control of their finances, as this has shown to be an important determinant of psychological wellbeing that cuts across income levels . Although of obvious interest to our organisation, we firmly believe this also has wider implications for government, financial service providers and regulators. With the push for greater personal responsibility and choice in areas such as pensions and personalisation of social care, there is both scope for improved feelings of Jan 30, 2012 10:57 AM 106 Page 9, Q4 control and wellbeing and a risk of increased levels of anxiety if people feel ill equipped to assume these new opportunities and responsibilities. To identify these dynamics we suggest it is important to monitor people’s ability to stay in control of their money and financial responsibilities. 51 As we’ve mentioned in the previous question, Independent Age believes that the scope of the ‘Health’ domain needs to widen to include social care needs. It is important to consider measures of unmet need for social care support to complement the measure of ‘People not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability’, particularly as long term disability or illnesses are a potential indication for the need for care, especially among older people . To this end, the addition of a measure based around the notional suggestion from the key responses to the national debate on the ‘care and support of the vulnerable in society’ could potentially be constructed to measure both health and social care and widen the scope of the domain. We strongly believe that the ‘What we Do’ domain does not contain measures that capture the experiences of older people, either in work, education or volunteering in later life. The recognition that people are leading longer working lives was supported by the removal of the default retirement age in late 2011 . It is widely recognised that people over 65 are working longer and many older people are pursuing an active retirement , and that remaining active is important to wellbeing. For example, as a founder of the Campaign to End Loneliness, we surveyed over 1,500 adults aged over 40 last year. One question asked those who had reported feeling lonely in the past to tell us how they had overcome this. Respondents identified “developing hobbies and interests” as one of the top four activities to prevent loneliness. Similarly, in a report we commissioned last year we recognised that in 2010 a third of 65-74 year olds surveyed said they participated in informal volunteering at least once a month. The impact of being a volunteer on wellbeing cannot be underestimated, and has been linked to better health in numerous studies and even “successful ageing” . To this end, we strongly support a broader ‘What we Do’ domain that captures volunteering as an activity, and the activities of older people. Additionally, the scope of the ‘Where we Live’ domain should expand to include specific measures on the suitability of and satisfaction with housing and its impact on health and wellbeing as this does not seem to be mentioned in any of the other domains. This is a significant omission. The impact of poor housing on people’s well-being must be better recognised and evidenced, in particular, on how it affects older and disabled people. Much of the evidence put to the APPG on Housing and Care for Older People’s Living Well at Home inquiry demonstrates the importance of good-quality housing and access to appropriate aids and adaptations at home for older people in meeting their individual health and wellbeing needs. Indeed, the Dilnot Commission on Funding of Care and Support states: “The Commission understands the critical role that housing provision plays in improving well-being and delivering better outcomes for individuals. Being housed in suitable accommodation can improve someone’s overall quality of life by offering greater security, support and peace of mind. Specific support through aids, adaptations and home modifications can help people remain at home and manage needs better.” Jan 30, 2012 10:49 AM 52 I would like to look in more detail at the spreadsheets provided, before agreeing the scope of each domain is all encompassing, but again at a cursory read through of the discussion paper they seem to cover a range of issues. However, the scope of the “Governance” domain seems a little scanty, and subjective measures are missing from the “Living Environment” domain. Jan 30, 2012 10:40 AM 107 Page 9, Q4. 53 The scope of specific domains should be increased to cover types of activity and quality of experiences. Jan 30, 2012 10:27 AM 54 2.Do you think the scope of each of the proposed domains is correct? If not, please give details. Natural Environment domain: We recommend environment and sustainability issues are split across two domains: 1.Local environmental access and quality issues should remain under ‘where we live’, or placed in a new domain within drivers called ‘benefits from nature’, or similar. This reflects the importance people attribute to environmental conditions when asked about factors affecting their quality of life, as well as extensive objective evidence of the individual health and wellbeing benefits people derive from the natural world (e.g. UK National Ecosystem Assessment). We would argue that a single measure for access to and quality of the natural environment as proposed is inappropriate – these are separate issues. ‘Air pollution’ and ‘Extent of protected areas’ indicators could be moved from the Natural Environment contextual domain to this section. Additional measures on levels of engagement with the natural environment and a subjective measure of satisfaction with local environmental quality would provide a more comprehensive picture. 2.A new overarching domain called ‘Environmental sustainability of wellbeing’ (or similar) should cover resource use, emissions and overall ecosystem health indicators as set out in our response to question 7 below. This would reflect a commitment to sustainable development and inter- and intra generational equity as discussed under question 1. It is critical to monitor and address the UK’s contribution to global climate change and environmental degradation, which impacts on the wellbeing of future generations and people in other countries. In a globalised economy in which the UK is increasingly dependent on imported goods, we need to measure the demand on global ecosystems from UK consumption as well as production. In addition, the economy domain should incorporate an environment or sustainability dimension. We recommend that the value of natural capital, assets and liabilities is included in the ‘Total net worth of all sectors of the economy’ calculation. This would reflect the commitment by the Government to integrate the value of nature in economic decision making, and could be supported by data and evidence from the newly established Natural Capital Committee. Jan 30, 2012 10:20 AM 55 The ‘where we live’ and ‘what we do domains’ could be expanded to include the arts and culture. Jan 30, 2012 9:40 AM 56 The contribution that arts and culture has on wellbeing is broad and is recognised across many of the suggested domains: arts and cultural engagement is often shared and experienced alongside family and friends as part of social activity, it can contribute to improved physical and mental health and provide opportunities for education and learning. Overall, we believe that participation in cultural activities would sit best in the ‘What we do’ domain. Currently, this domain is focused on work, and satisfaction of work/life balance, rather than understanding the capacity of people to engage in ‘non-work’ activities such as engaging in arts and culture. In addition to measuring attendance at/participation in culture and sport the Taking Part survey also asks about a range of free-time activities that might fall with the broader “leisure activity” category. The consultation asks for specific comments around culture and heritage relating to the ‘Where we live’ domain. We agree that this domain would benefit from a measure which considers the quality of the local environment, beyond the natural environment, and which considers access to facilities required in leisure or ‘non work’ activities. The Taking Part survey asks people whether they feel Jan 30, 2012 9:33 AM 108 Page 9, Q4. that there are lots of opportunities for them to get involved in the arts. This would make a good measure of satisfaction with the availability of local arts provision. The introduction to the ‘education and skills’ domain cites the importance of ‘learning new things’. The current measures relate to what is learnt in a formal setting only. This domain could be expanded to what people learn beyond this, through hobbies, or personal learning activities/courses, such information might be captured through the Labour Force Survey. ‘Our relationships’ is proposed as a central recognising the importance of connections between friends and family. Cultural activity often happens with family, friends and wider social networks. Taking Part asks people whether they are members of groups or clubs dedicated to a variety of social activities (such as hobbies and politics). In summary, we believe that arts and culture measures would sit best in the ‘what we do’ domain, which should be broadened to ensure that non-work related activities are appropriately represented in the measures. However, since engagement in arts and culture cut across a number of the proposed domains measures relating to culture could equally contribute meaningfully to many of the other domains. 57 The 'Where we live' section needs to more strongly reflect the emphasis on access to green space that emerged from the initial consultation. We believe that a measure on 'access to green spaces with trees' would be the appropriate measure here given the well established evidence base that exists around trees and well being. Jan 30, 2012 9:14 AM 58 The issue of equality and fairness, which is a cross-cutting issue, needs further development. It is currently only addressed directly in the personal finance domain. Why does inequality in Finance matter any more than inequalities in Health, Relationships, What we do, or indeed SWB? Is it assumed that all inequalities are unfair? In the Personal Finance domain it might be useful to see median disposable household income. Within Governance is their opportunity for including something about the protection of minorities. National well-being should not be able to show improvement if it is at the expense of a minority group. Jan 30, 2012 9:00 AM 59 Yes, GreenSpace supports the scope of each proposed domain. GreenSpace would urge that specific indicators for the quality of the local natural environment, parks, amenity spaces and other urban green infrastructure, are developed, complementing built environment indicators. We would emphasise that it is the combination of access and quality, together with diversity of green space types and the opportunities they provide (e.g. interaction with nature, food growing, sport, landscape beauty) that makes the real difference to peoples’ lives. It is also the combination of these factors that tends to be the discernable difference between advantaged and disadvantaged communities. We are unable to comment further on this specific aspect of the approach until the indicators have been specified. Jan 30, 2012 8:22 AM 60 Natural England agrees that the domain ‘Where you live’ is a useful indicator of well-being. In particular Natural England would emphasise the significance of Accessible Natural Environment as a determinant of well-being. Having nature close at hand has important benefits to individuals. Mitchell and Popham (2008) showed that the differential levels of Accessible Natural Environment had a correlative impact on life expectancy. Marmot (2010) went further stating that “living close to areas of green space – parks, woodland, and other open spaces – can improve health, regardless of social class” (p80). The use of Accessible Natural Environment is associated with; Jan 30, 2012 8:13 AM 109 Page 9, Q4. decrease in health complaints, blood pressure and cholesterol; improved mental health, reduced stress and improved emotional well-being (Pretty et al. 2011 ; Dept of Health, 2009 ; Takano et al. 2002 ; De Vries et al. 2003 ). Natural England also agrees that the domain natural environment is an important contextual measure of well-being. The indirect ecosystem services provided to communities by their natural environments are a significant determinant of health and well-being (Barton & Grant, 2006) . These services include not only the basic provisioning of things such as food and water but also, for example, local climate regulation, air quality, and noise reduction (Pretty et al, 2011)3. 61 The health domain is overly focussed on tackling the symptoms of poor health rather than measures to prevent poor health in the first place. We believe the measures should highlight preventative measures such as physical activity etc. Jan 30, 2012 7:42 AM 62 There appears to be possible overlap between What we do and Where we live in terms of describing the quality of people’s non-work activities. This is seen, for example, that in the main body of the document ‘culture and heritage’ is mentioned in the preamble to the Where we live proposed measures, whereas in table A1 ‘arts, culture and heritage’ is categorised within What we do. This suggests more thought could be given to the best way to categorise people’s non-work time, a key element of well-being. Jan 27, 2012 5:38 PM 63 The topics as proposed in the Environmental Domain do not appear to measure or indicate people’s wellbeing in direct connection with the environment. Further thoughts on each are provided in Section B Jan 27, 2012 5:17 PM 64 The ‘Health’ domain is disappointing. Measures include satisfaction with health services and the GHQ12 which is a measure of common mental disorders (ie. a focus on illness) rather than wellbeing. We suggest the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) as an alternative here (this measure focuses on positive feelings and has been validated for different cultures and down to age 13 years) or alongside the life satisfaction scale under the domain ‘Individual Well-being’ We welcome the inclusion of volunteering and work/life balance in ‘What we do’. However, this domain could include something about involvement in arts/creative pursuits (eg. music) as we know these are good for wellbeing. Jan 27, 2012 5:05 PM 65 The scope is largely acceptable. Under the 'where we live' domain there might need to be additional measures of accessibility, for example access to friends and family, goods and services within 5 minutes of where you live and work (by walking/cycling, public transport or car), as well as virtual access (i.e. broadband access at home). The latter can be especially important in the remoter areas of Scotland. Jan 27, 2012 3:59 PM 66 Broadly, the domains cover a wide range and strike a sensible balance between what matters and what can be measured. As mentioned above, housing could usefully be added to ‘where we live’, and culture and leisure activities (as well as quantity of leisure time) added to ‘what we do’. ‘The weather’ is excluded from the natural environment, and from a policy perspective this makes sense, as well as excluding the effect of a chaotic system. However, the impact of a warm autumn or wet bank holiday on the economy is well known, and has a clear effect on many people’s day to day satisfaction; it also appears regularly in less serious ‘quality of life surveys’ (Halifax, for instance). Given that efforts to mitigate climate change are included (electricity from renewable sources, for instance) it might be interesting to include some measure of the impacts of climate change, such Jan 27, 2012 3:08 PM 110 Page 9, Q4. as extreme weather events. 67 The ability to disaggregate the statistics by sex should be included as one of the criteria for the selection of measures. Jan 27, 2012 2:55 PM 68 The ‘what we do’ should include the gift of giving time to others (volunteering), and ‘personal finance’ should include the gift of giving money or goods to others (gifts, donations and bequests). Jan 27, 2012 2:10 PM 69 From my perspective, the scope of the proposed ‘domains’ including all the proposed contextual ‘domains’ can be refined and elaborated. For instance, ‘Where we live’ could also reflect our (social) class status. Jan 23, 2012 11:19 PM 70 As mentioned before - What We Do particularly needs to cover specifically people's satisfaction with and participation in culture. The Health, and Where We Live domains should also include measures of people's engagement with arts and crafts activity. Jan 23, 2012 10:53 PM 71 Personal finance does not include financial security, eg. housing/home ownership, affordable transport, availability of credit, affordable food. Need to ensure population characteristics are collected in relation to responses to surveys, eg. age, ethnicity, gender, disability, SES/class, sexuality, etc. as important sub groups to identify. Focus in 'Individual' is too narrow as wellbeing is dependent on connections, so may be misleading to use this as a domain. Jan 23, 2012 10:21 PM 72 They could have included artistic and cultural activity but do not Jan 23, 2012 10:18 PM 73 No - see comment before, some seem very broad 'what we do' while others are relatively specific such as "governance" Jan 23, 2012 7:11 PM 74 Where we live should cover access to good quality open space. Jan 23, 2012 6:06 PM 75 Generally, and again as far as is practicable, yes. Minor changes might include: - Our relationships: to include relationships with managers and colleagues at work - Our relationships: we would like to see added in something which covers whether an individual is satisfied with the size of his/her family, i.e. someone who wishes to become a parent or to have more children than they currently have, either naturally or through adoption Where we live: an indication of satisfaction with housing is a crucial part of where we live. Jan 23, 2012 5:55 PM 76 The arts and culture are not mentioned enough Jan 23, 2012 5:48 PM 77 The scope of the domains are mainly right bit there's a need to link some of the domains. For example 'where we live' and 'natural environment' should be linked in relation to environmental equality indicators. It's not clear at present if this will happen. Jan 23, 2012 5:28 PM 78 It may be the intention to consider the creative arts in the 'what we do' domain which mentions 'work/leisure' though this is not explicit. I think it runs throughout other domains i.e. creative arts are not simply a 'leisure' activity, but have significant therapeutic import, whether intended specifically to enhance well being or achieving that anyway. Creative arts influence our mental health, and where we live. Within education and skills domain, the 'stock of human capital' will include the humanising (and therefore support to wellbeing) impact of creative arts. Jan 23, 2012 5:16 PM 111 Page 9, Q4. 79 see previous response Jan 23, 2012 5:09 PM 80 make sure that the 'Where we live' domain includes access to green spaces with trees. Jan 23, 2012 5:01 PM 81 Generally I think they are good, though my previous comments about arts and heritage should be included in 'what we do' and 'where we live'. Actually these should also include looking at sports and physical activity as well. I feel that the 'natural environment' domain could include much more, especially issues such as clean air, traffic and congestion, the impact of housing and other development and the quality of local 'wild spaces' and nature reserves. I think the RSPB has it right with their idea for a society for 'protection of nothing very special' - e.g. the little green spaces, woodlands and general leafiness which are constantly under threat but which aren't AONBs or protected habitats. Jan 23, 2012 4:41 PM 82 It is important that under 'where you live' access to green space is incorporated into the facilities available. In addition, the quality of local green spaces will have an impact on the extent to which it has a negative/positive impact on well being. Jan 23, 2012 4:27 PM 83 I think that under the headings "what we do" and "where we live" there is a gap -or a possible gap bec\use in non work time things such as museums / arts and archaeology/heritage seeem to fit into both-or neither- surely happiness and well being etc relate to outside work feelings? Jan 23, 2012 4:20 PM 84 Nothing very objectionable in the words here despite my doubts as to their quantifiability. Nothing about fairness here. Considering how significant this is as a political issue currently (we're more of a them and us society now than we have been in a long time) I'm surprised you don't mention it. Jan 23, 2012 4:07 PM 85 There needs to be more thought given in 'what we do' to people's non-work and leisure time - a key elemnet of well-being Jan 23, 2012 3:59 PM 86 The Barbican Centre feels that specifics around arts and culture (and indeed sport) are missing from Leisure and that in general Leisure is possibly too broad a category to make sense at the moment. Jan 23, 2012 3:57 PM 87 "Where we live" should ideally include measures of how long it takes to get to undisturbed open space, whether this can be done on foot or requires public transport, and the availability of parks, gardens and trees within walking distance. Jan 23, 2012 3:55 PM 88 no, as above. The arts, culture and sport should be assessed separately, not just lumped together. This should be measured in accordance with existing surveys conducted by UK councils on participation and access to the arts. Jan 23, 2012 3:55 PM 89 In the main the scope of each domain seems to cover the main areas. However, for the domain Our relationships, if people are working, relationships with colleagues could impact upon well-being. Jan 23, 2012 3:29 PM 90 The health and wellbeing impact of creative and cultural activity appears not to have been included at all - this perhaps could be reflected in What we Do. Access to creative activity is proven to have a dramatic impact on wellbeing and is measured by the DCMS so it seems strange not to be directly included. Jan 23, 2012 3:27 PM 91 Within education and skills there ought to be some mention of skills and Jan 23, 2012 2:58 PM 112 Page 9, Q4. learning undertaken without an economic purpose in mind. 92 As in my previous comment, you've missed out a hugely important part of life - the arts Jan 23, 2012 2:26 PM 93 The scope needs to be broadened to include arts and culture Jan 23, 2012 1:37 PM 94 We are broadly supportive of the scope of the proposed domains. We would be happy to contribute further to scope and measures around both health and sustainability. Jan 23, 2012 12:56 PM 95 I think under 'What we do', 'Where we live' and 'Education and skills' there should be a greater focus on access to cultural and creative activities. Jan 23, 2012 12:21 PM 96 what we do is very, very broad - you bundle together work and elsiure, which is never a good idea! Also, you cannot separate finance from work, so why does't work have it s own domain, and lesure a separate one? One would hope that in a wellbeing society, most people work to live, not the other way around. Jan 23, 2012 12:11 PM 97 broadly in agreement with the scope, although we would wish to suggest some additions, under What we do there seems to be a gp in relation to the lifestyle choices that individuals make/ have available to them. We welcome the inclusion of volunteering but is there another measure that would include the level of active lifestyles (eg level of exercise taken such as found in the Sport England Survey) or - at the other end of the scale - levels of alcohol or other substances taken. This is not captured in the Health domain and yet has a big impact both on health and the economy at an individual and macro level. Under Where we live we would suggest ability to include objective measures such as distance to key facilities (general store, post office, library, public transport) - of especial value for rural areas. also would support a measure of average salary for the area to average house price as test of affordability under personal finance we would welcome a measure of levels of debt/ debt tolerance under the economy economic structure wpould be of interest - balance between private/ public sector ; level of entrepreneurship (new business start ups); company size/ structure (eg lost of SMEs or dominated by large employers.etc..) Jan 23, 2012 12:11 PM 98 Personal involvement in community and voluntary groups should be extended in terms of well being in the what we do domain. In particular involvement in creative and arts activities, involvement in the arts and cultural activities should be included by name. Jan 23, 2012 12:08 PM 99 See previous comment re Cultural Activity and Physical Activity which need clearly defining within What We Do or putting in a new domain. Education and Skills domain is far too narrowly defined. Neither of these should be confined to their value in the labour market. Education and skills contribute to well being in so many other ways (e g think of how children's development is influenced by their parents' education and skills, quite separately from their work). Jan 23, 2012 12:03 PM 100 The 'What We Do' measure feels limited in relation to measuring people's well-being through leisure, in that it only asks about the amount of leisure time people have, not about their satisfaction with the range / quality / accessibility of leisure opportunities and facilities available to them. This would provide a more meaningful measure in relation to the impact of cultural and sporting opportunities and provide a more useful tool in relation to planning cultural provision to meet local needs. Similarly the 'Where we Jan 23, 2012 11:40 AM 113 Page 9, Q4. live' domain could be extended to ask about access to cultural and sporting facilities, not just genric 'access tio and quality of local environment'. 101 What we do needs to reflect more what people are engaged in in leisure time as well as in work. Being engaged in cultural activities and engagement with the arts is proven to help people's wellbeing Jan 23, 2012 11:38 AM 102 Where is the exploration of the Arts and other cultural engagement? Political engagement? Community engagement and collective well being? Jan 23, 2012 11:06 AM 103 The environment domain should focus on immediate local environmental issues, such as noise. Longer term issues such as climate change are better placed in within a sustainable development context. Jan 23, 2012 10:41 AM 104 'What we do' and 'Where we live' need to incorporate evidence base for specific 'participatory arts based leisure activities' including community festivals and group art classes (eg. Arts on Prescription) and specisific elements of our physical environment that affect well-being such as the inclusion of public art and community cultural events and festivals. Jan 23, 2012 10:32 AM 105 The Where We Live domain should include measures around satisfaction with cultural provision. If left out we could see a seriously negative impact on local cultural provision with the new planning policy framework. Future data on cultural provision could be collected through the DCMS's Taking Part Survey or the Sport England's Active People survey. Jan 23, 2012 10:18 AM 106 See previous response Jan 23, 2012 10:09 AM 107 There is no information to propose the scope planning to be included! Jan 23, 2012 9:52 AM 108 No - please see my earlier answer. The arts are an integral part of health and well-being Jan 23, 2012 9:50 AM 109 See previous answer. Jan 23, 2012 9:38 AM 110 It is felt that more explanation needs to accompany the scopes for Governance, Economy and Natural Environment as public understanding of the terminology may be poor. Jan 23, 2012 9:38 AM 111 engagement with cultural activity was recognised as an influencer on the Department of Culture Media and Sport’s robust research on arts attendance and participation gathered through its ‘Taking Part’ survey. Although DCMS contributed to the debate, and organisations including the Museums Assocation and Arts Council England proposed the use of Taking Part data as a measure for arts participation, there is no mention of this in the consultation. Jan 23, 2012 9:11 AM 112 Some confusion between What we do and Where we live as culture and heritage is mentioned in both- this could lead to either double counting or ignoring this important aspect completely! Jan 23, 2012 8:52 AM 113 Our relationships omits our charitable and spiritual relationships. Again, "giving" relationshipss are important for happiness. Jan 23, 2012 8:52 AM 114 The ‘Health’ domain could be improved (or used with the GHQ12) by using the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) (this measure focuses on positive feelings and has been validated for different cultures and down to age 13 years) or alongside the life satisfaction scale under the Jan 23, 2012 8:50 AM 114 Page 9, Q4. domain ‘Individual Well-being’. We welcome the inclusion of volunteering and work/life balance in ‘What we do’. However, this domain could include something about involvement in arts/creative pursuits (e.g. music) as we know these are good for wellbeing. 115 There is no indication of 'scope' - for example, does 'relationships' include friendships, social group, memberships. If not, then where do they belong? Each domain needs more definition and 'opportunities for participation in the arts' and 'recognition of culture and belief' added. Jan 23, 2012 8:31 AM 116 The Natural environment domain needs to include peoples access to this invaluable resource Jan 23, 2012 8:27 AM 117 The scope of each domain is broadly right as it covers, personal, social and structural & design factors that behaviour change theory deems essential for effective policy interventions. Jan 22, 2012 10:15 PM 118 Access to cultural experience Jan 22, 2012 10:13 PM 119 They need to take account of the influence that creativity, and access to arts and culture, have on personal and community well-being Jan 22, 2012 9:42 PM 120 Broadly yes, but please see previous answer about a new domain - or at least clarifying and making explicit the cross-cutting nature and inclusion of art and culture in many of the other domains. Jan 22, 2012 9:25 PM 121 I would at least include the arts in one of the domains. - And please not just as leisure activity (i.e. something disposable) - for that belittles the importance of creativity in our lives. Also missing is any reference to spirituality. Finally, the NHS has begun to recognize the importance of spirituality in healthcare, and the British Psychological Society has a specialist section which researches and promotes spiritual perspectives and approaches to education, healthcare, therapeutic interventions, etc. People can be well educated, have good relationships, no financial worries, live in a nice place - and yet they can be unhappy, unfulfilled and thus unwell. Both creative and spiritual approaches give a more profound connection with the world and a deeper sense of purpose. Jan 22, 2012 8:16 PM 122 "What we do" and "Where we live" does not cover where we have to work and live and the consequences of the trouble and cost (and possibly time) in travelling to the place of work. One of the big factors in peoples well being is surely the level/cost of commuting. They may have a good job and live in a nice area but have to travel 4Hrs+ a day to achieve that. There needs to be a domain dealing with the social environment, unemployment, lack of job opportunities, rising crime, peoples attitudes to one ie manners and antisocial attitudes. Also levels of crime/lack of security in general. These all add to individual well-being. Jan 22, 2012 6:11 PM 123 Need to have measure of access to life-long learning. Who funds, who provides time, are employers actually engaged or is it a sham. Jan 22, 2012 5:12 PM 124 When one adds in 'Cultural Activities' there is a considerable crossover into many of the other domains. To put it another way, Cultural Avtivities contribute positively to many of the other domains. Jan 22, 2012 12:28 PM 125 The 'Where we live' domain includes access to green spaces with trees. Section 2 is the most relvant place for this. Jan 22, 2012 10:59 AM 115 Page 9, Q4. 126 Should included the impact of involvement in the Arts and creativity and its impact on emotional well being Jan 22, 2012 10:03 AM 127 On the whole, yes, apart from the lack of reference to cultural impact. The arts, for example, has a influence on well-being in almost every domain area. I would like to see more acknowledgement of the value of community wellbeing as well as individual and national. The 'where we live' domain doesn't quite do it. A sense of communal pride, identity, shared interest and ambition is vital. Jan 21, 2012 6:47 PM 128 I feel that the description of the scope of the "Education and skills" domain as being "the stock of human capital in the labour market" is unpleasantly utilitarian. I suspect this attitude of treating people as "capital" has a lot to do with why we have problems with our wellbeing in the first place. I believe education has a value in itself, as a way of enriching and evolving the human spirit, which may or may not have any bearing on its value to the labour market. We should be educated in order to have an enjoyable and fulfilling leisure-life, as well as to have a productive work-life. Similarly, I believe that "skills" are part of our human cultural heritage which I would like to see understood and managed as a "commons" more than as a market. I think the scope of the "Natural environment" domain is too much focused on damage and disaster. In terms of wellbeing, I think global environmental issues are perhaps less relevant than people's day-to-day, practical relationships with the environment around them, such as food growing / community gardening and local conservation and environmental restoration projects. Those aspects might be considered under the "Where we live" domain, but I don't think they should be viewed as separate from wider environmental issues. Jan 21, 2012 6:24 PM 129 'Where we live' domain should include access to green spaces with trees. Section 2 is the most relevant place for this. Jan 21, 2012 4:55 PM 130 Arts and culture, access to outdoor green trees spaces Jan 21, 2012 4:50 PM 131 No, there is a need to better address ‘inner wellbeing’ as well. Jan 21, 2012 1:59 PM 132 There are inevitable overlaps between what do and where live. What is offered locally can determine what we do in particular around leisure time. Some expansion of definition needed Jan 21, 2012 1:07 PM 133 where is culture, the arts, sport and communal activity? to be valued and value self expression to have access to life enhancing experiences and to feel pride in national and international sharing Jan 21, 2012 12:22 PM 134 More arts coverage. Jan 21, 2012 9:00 AM 135 The relationship between domains may be the key to health & wellbeing - Is this being captured? Jan 21, 2012 12:12 AM 136 The 'what we do' one needs more headings as it covers the most important aspects of our wellbeing. Just to define it as work or leisure does not include creative and cultural activity. What we do by ourselves and what we do with others. The difference between doing a theatre performance or watching TV. Jan 20, 2012 8:36 PM 137 Scope in other areas seems ok but what about the arts? Could we really be happy if we were never to hear music again? or see a film? Or go to a gallery and see wonderful art? Jan 20, 2012 8:36 PM 116 Page 9, Q4. 138 Need more information, and need to add Culture. Jan 20, 2012 6:35 PM 139 Arts, culture and heritage only appears in What we do. This is a simplistic interpretation of the value of the arts. Arts and culture have an effect on wellbeing in many of the other domains too Jan 20, 2012 6:28 PM 140 see previous comment Jan 20, 2012 6:09 PM 141 As outlined above, we believe that What We Do, Health, and Where We Live domains should all include measures of access to, satisfaction with and engagement in culture. Jan 20, 2012 4:42 PM 142 There should be a greater emphasis, or at least acknowledgement of the part culture can play in an individual's well being. Bristol City Council's arts strategy states the following: Artistic and cultural activity is key to expressing personal and social identity and the strengthening of local communities where: - the arts are at the heart of all flourishing communities. - cultural diversity and community pride can be celebrated through arts activity. improved environments in city neighbourhoods and a greater sense of ownership of regeneration can be encouraged through community arts activity and public art projects with a high level of participation and consultation. Jan 20, 2012 4:41 PM 143 See my answer to the previous question - arts activity needs to feature somewhere within the scope of the proposed domains or form another one completely. Jan 20, 2012 4:19 PM 144 What We Do, Where We Live and Health should be expanded to include measures for satisfaction of cultural provision. Jan 20, 2012 4:16 PM 145 I believe the many of the domains should have measures of access and engagement to arts and culture within them. Jan 20, 2012 4:01 PM 146 As outlined above, we believe that What We Do, Health, and Where We Live domains should all include measures of access to, satisfaction with and engagement in culture. Jan 20, 2012 3:36 PM 147 The scope should include our place of work, and all the other areas we inhabit or which affect us such as civic buildings, schools, hospitals, infrastructure etc. Jan 20, 2012 3:27 PM 148 each sector is not equally weighted Jan 20, 2012 3:09 PM 149 the positive effects of taking part in or having access to arts and cultural activities on all areas of wellbing eg health, education, is not recognised strongly enough Jan 20, 2012 1:35 PM 150 As explained above, I think it is not clear where communal/shared experience at a local level fits in the proposed domains. A level between personal and national concerns? Also, care needs to be taken with phenomena that may have a well-being value in different domains: principally the arts. Are these a matter of individual life satisfaction, or of maintaining health (especially mental health), or part of our community provision (venues, opportunities to partake or receive), or part of financial security (having the means to afford them)? Jan 20, 2012 10:43 AM 151 Education and skills is a joke, as you define it. You make no allowance for acquisition of knowledge or the part that knowledge has in maintaining Jan 20, 2012 10:28 AM 117 Page 9, Q4. mental health and emotional well-being. The other domains are equally wispy in their descriptions. This indicates to me that the ONS does not really believe that National Well-being can be measured as easily as some politicians believe! 152 We would suggest the 'what we do' domain includes the arts and culture as part of the leisure activities, and that we break down what type of leisure activity people are involved in, during their spare time? Jan 20, 2012 10:27 AM 153 See my earlier answer on the ordinate metric for well-being of income in/equality Jan 20, 2012 10:22 AM 154 Add culture and the arts Jan 20, 2012 9:52 AM 155 The natural environment should include our emotional response to wildlife and countryside: for mant people this is a crucial factor in well-being. Also, education should be about our cultural well-being and engagement in the arts and the environment. Jan 20, 2012 8:53 AM 156 'What we do' is meaningless. As previous comment 'Culture and Sport' should be specifically included Jan 20, 2012 8:36 AM 157 broadly, except there is nothing about arts and culture Jan 19, 2012 10:10 PM 158 None of them allow for creative or intellectual stimulation. Jan 19, 2012 9:42 PM 159 Please see previous comment re absence of culture Jan 19, 2012 8:44 PM 160 Historically there has been significant data collected on satisfaction with local cultural and sporting facilities in England through BVPIs[3] and the Place Survey[4]. We believe the Where we live domain should be expanded to include measures around satisfaction with cultural provision. This data could be collected through the DCMS’s Taking Part[5] or the Sport England’s Active People[6] surveys. Jan 19, 2012 8:23 PM 161 The waht we do domain should include particpation in and enjoyment of culture - this is a fundamental apsect of heatlh individuals and healthy societies basck to the earleist humans. Culture provides a way of reflecting on the world and our relationship to it. Jan 19, 2012 7:44 PM 162 more specific domains would require more specific scoping Jan 19, 2012 6:08 PM 163 The well-being of all citizens from cradle to grave is dependent on a cultured society and the opportunity for individual expression, via the arts. This is not given enough understanding on mention in the propsed domains Jan 19, 2012 5:59 PM 164 No it needs to adequately reflect the importance of peoples participation in cultural activities in their widest sense. The participatory nature of culture might also suggest that , "where we live" is only part of the story and that the activity should be adequately reflecte in the "What we Do" Jan 19, 2012 5:26 PM 165 as previous Jan 19, 2012 4:16 PM 166 I would like to see a more explicit expression of the sense of the importance and value placed on culture, heritage and sport, as distinct from the simple inclusion of 'leisure activities' in the 'What we do' domain - culture is equally about who we are as a society, and underpins what we value in our communities. Jan 19, 2012 3:19 PM 118 Page 9, Q4. 167 The "What We Do" section should contain an explicit reference to time spent on cultural and leisure activities. Jan 19, 2012 3:03 PM 168 There has been significant data collected on satisfaction with local cultural and sporting facilities in England through BVPIs and the Place Survey . We believe the Where we live domain should be expanded to include measures around satisfaction with cultural provision. This data could be collected through the DCMS’s Taking Part or the Sport England’s Active People surveys. Jan 19, 2012 2:13 PM 169 The answer here is the same as the previous one - the portmanteau 'what we do' needs unpacking. Jan 19, 2012 2:09 PM 170 Provided that those responding think laterally and answer subjectively and honestly. Jan 19, 2012 1:43 PM 171 Cultural activities are relevant to several of the proposed domains (Iniividual well-being, Relationships, Health, What we do, Where we live, Education and skills, The economy, The natural environment) in that participating in cultural activities can enhance individuals knowledge and perceptrions of these aspects of their lives. Breaking 'What we do' into more meaningful domains, such as Work, Leisure, Culture, would be enormously helpful given the importance of the link between 'what we do with our time' and mental and physical health and well-being. Jan 19, 2012 12:41 PM 172 With reference to my previous answer, I would say that an additional domain for cultural life is required. If this was not felt to be viable, then arguably the scope of another domain e.g. what we do, or education & skills, could be altered to better articulate the significance of cultural activity... but this would be a second-best option in my view. Jan 19, 2012 11:38 AM 173 In terms of the domains that are proposed, the scope is broadly fair. I have answered 'no' to this question as a follow-on to my response to the previous one. That the proposed domains are insufficient to cover the whole of what contstitutes well-being. A few minor points. Perhaps the question on volunteering might better fit in the 'relationships' domain. This would make the 'what we do' domain more focussed on work and leisure and allow a little more space to consider the balance of work and care/unpaid work. There is no obvious subjective measure in the 'education and skills' domain. There is nothing on the quality or adequacy of your home in 'where we live'. A little more on the quality of employment (e.g., in relation to qualifications) and satisfaction with hours of work (e.g., not just about working long hours) in 'what we do' Jan 19, 2012 11:25 AM 174 Note my first observation - I am unsure that there is a clear assessment of whether the physical and community infrastructure is available - so no judgement of whether disatisfaction is related to lack of facilities or lack of motivation. Jan 19, 2012 10:57 AM 175 see previous comment: The cultural wellbeing of a society needs to be represented. Jan 19, 2012 10:24 AM 176 The Arts are not specifically mentioned but should be. Their influence could be included in many of the exsisting domains (mental health, environment, education, leisure activity...) but precisely because they are important to society in so many ways they should have a domain of their own. Jan 19, 2012 10:09 AM 177 I believe more consideration should be given to our cultural lives, lifelong Jan 19, 2012 9:55 AM 119 Page 9, Q4. learning and aspirations. 178 "The economy is an important contextual measure for national well-being. The scope of this domain is intended to be measures of economic output and stock." Your description completlely lacks any hint of attention to 'fairness' and 'equality' that you mention in your document...'output' and 'stock' have nothing to do with fairness and equality in outr system. The economy is not just about 'output' of individuals but about distribution of wealth, the use of money that is invested, pay differentials - all of these thinsg (and many other asoects of 'fairness' in the economy) are causing an enormnous amount opf public concern - and you seem to have weighted your decsriptor in favour of the 'unfairness' that exists in the system ... so will (as often happens) only get the answers that certain groups of people want!! Jan 19, 2012 6:46 AM 179 They are limiting - limited in scope - and make no reference or space for issues fundamental to human existence. Family and culture, arts, sports are central to every society so to exclude these areas is inadequate and will not produce a true reflection of what 'well being' means Jan 19, 2012 12:10 AM 180 Our engagement in our local community, crossing boundaries and connecting with national and international communities Jan 18, 2012 11:43 PM 181 Not enough scope in what we do and education and skills should have more about lifelong learning. Jan 18, 2012 10:52 PM 182 It gives little credence to culture and creativity Jan 18, 2012 10:22 PM 183 In addition to my earlier comments; artistic and cultural engagement does not just affect individuals, but improve the well being of whole communities. I therefore feel that even if it were to be argued that artistic and cultural engagement were covered under Individual well being the scope of their contribution would be woefully underrepresented. Jan 18, 2012 9:15 PM 184 Is not the total of national well being the sum of each of the individual wellbeing factors? If that is the case, then the factors given for individuals should each contribute to individual well being, rather than that being a category in its own right. Jan 18, 2012 8:06 PM 185 Culture Jan 18, 2012 7:52 PM 186 No, as said before, should be more focus in how culture, heritage and the arts contribute to wellbeing Jan 18, 2012 7:16 PM 187 The domains focus largely on the concrete, and the external (institutions, things people cannot easily control) and offer little space for the internal world of the individual; and they seem to miss out all issues of identity entirely. The Education domain is rather labour market focussed, whereas the main well-being related benefit derived from 'learning' is personal growth and development, understanding the self and the world, creating a personal, resilient pathway through life: very pertinent to well-being. Jan 18, 2012 6:26 PM 188 Individual wellbeing does not cover psychological wellbeing. Psychological wellbeing is the key to improvement in the nattion's wellbeing. The question on close relationships excludes a very high proportion of the population who do not have a partner. The wording of the question does not address relationship quality. Could be entirely satisfied with your partner because he earns a lot of money. The other questions in this section do not address relationship quality only perceptions of the neighborhood and should be Jan 18, 2012 5:13 PM 120 Page 9, Q4. covered in the where we live domain 189 Again, the cultural and historical environment should be as equally important as the natural environment and should be included as an essential domain in its own right. Jan 18, 2012 5:06 PM 190 GOOD QUALITY LOCAL GREEN SPACES WITH TREES DETERMINES HOW HAPPY PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT WHERE THEY LIVE. Jan 18, 2012 5:06 PM 191 Don't know Jan 18, 2012 4:49 PM 192 I think it is close, but needs this input period with adjustment. Jan 18, 2012 4:04 PM 193 'What we do' 'Aims to include work and leisure activities and the balance between them...' does not go far enough Jan 18, 2012 3:57 PM 194 I think the 'What we do' category is too broad in this context and I think there should be a distinction made between work on one and leisure time on the other hand: work life balance is importnat, but so is how satisfied the individual is with the work environment they are in and how they fill their leisure time - surely, there is a difference if somebody has a hobby or takes part in cultural activities as compared to wathching television all day? Jan 18, 2012 2:50 PM 195 Again, what we do pays lip service to arts, culture and sport: this probably needs it's own domain Jan 18, 2012 2:40 PM 196 Largely yes, but as stated in my previous answer, the omission of the engagement in participatory arts and cultural activities is a major mistake. An individual's health and happiness can be greatly enriched by creative, expressive arts - where participants face no rights or wrongs, no restrictions or limitations on self expression. Jan 18, 2012 2:11 PM 197 Engagement and participation are not covered by the scope of the current domains. These are very important factors for wellbeing in relation to your local community and interests/pursuits like creative, arts based acitvities. These activities often reduce isolation and increase a sense of belonging which are crucial to emotional and social wellbeing. Jan 18, 2012 2:04 PM 198 The domains in themselves seem comprehensive, but none see, to adequatlely reflect the impact of engagement with Cultural, heritage and sporting activities, which it has been proven are hugely influential to people's well being. It is not clear in which domain culture/heritage should be best reflected, it is mentioned in passing. "What we do" might be the most appropriate domain. At the moment these aspects do not come through strongly enough and are completely absent as measures, thus excluding all these important well being contributers. Jan 18, 2012 1:49 PM 199 You need to include the fact that Wellbeing is enhanced by interacting with art and museums etc Jan 18, 2012 1:45 PM 200 You are missing Creativity and the Arts in the document Jan 18, 2012 1:26 PM 201 because they are missing some key elements which contribute to well being. Jan 18, 2012 1:01 PM 202 No. See previous. Jan 18, 2012 12:57 PM 203 Where we live domain should be expanded to include measures around satisfaction with cultural provision. Jan 18, 2012 12:28 PM 121 Page 9, Q4. 204 Nothing in about arts and culture Jan 18, 2012 12:27 PM 205 If there is no specific domain for the arts,creativity and culture then they need to be within one of the others. Jan 18, 2012 12:25 PM 206 see previous answer Jan 18, 2012 12:23 PM 207 There needs to be more explicit emphasis on measuring the impact of resource changes to arts, sport and leasure activity participation Jan 18, 2012 12:23 PM 208 Include provision of and proximity to cultural and sports facilities in 'where we live' section Jan 18, 2012 12:01 PM 209 If culture is alluded to anywhere it is in relation to 'what we do'. This is misleading as there are benefits for non-users of cultural opportunities being available. 'Taking Part' and 'Active People' should not be dismissed as providing a reliable indicator of people's satisfaction with their social context Jan 18, 2012 11:26 AM 210 Domain for "what we do" is too vague and covers a lot of different yet inter related areas. Work wise what we do could recognize the importance of Paid work, voluntary work, Care work, and raising and looking after family of all generations and abilities. Jan 18, 2012 11:06 AM 211 Specifically need to add the Arts Jan 18, 2012 11:02 AM 212 partially - As previous comment Jan 18, 2012 10:56 AM 213 I think overall understanding of the scope of the proposed domains is important and should be a consideration when completing the survey. Jan 18, 2012 10:23 AM 214 The scope is too material and boringly functional - finance, jobs, governance etc. Obviously designed by technocrats. Maslow talked about meeting the basic needs of human existence first and foremost but did indicate that these were but the foundation blocks for life. Our mental and spiritual life is what makes everything worthwhile. The absence of the religious dimension (as well as the arts) is staggeringly stupid, if you want international indicators. Only the Western world has such a minimalist view of the human experience. Jan 18, 2012 10:14 AM 215 As with previous question, there is nothing that particularly mentions the contribution the arts make to well-being. Jan 18, 2012 9:48 AM 216 What We Do - it is wrong to conflate work AND leisure activities. Both are important and after home, health and family are the most important surely. Also 'What We Do' - the phrasing is very partonising, it's the language of the infant class. Jan 18, 2012 9:47 AM 217 As before, I think it needs to be quite specific about access to green spaces, woodland, parks, national parks etc. Jan 18, 2012 9:34 AM 218 The domains are unequal in scope, there is too much potential for 'over-lap' and therefore incoherence. For instance 'personal finance' and 'the natural environment' are very specific whereas 'where we live' and 'what we do' have an unmanageable breadth that tries to cover too many bases. Somewhere within here is the available cultural offer; which should hold the same, if not greater, significance as 'the natural environment'. Jan 18, 2012 9:21 AM 219 The scope of the what we do domain is far too limited and is actually counter-creative in its rigidity and therefore 'prescribing' a non cretive limited Jan 18, 2012 6:32 AM 122 Page 9, Q4. response from people 220 I think it needs to be broader and more creative in its scope, i think as it stands it is too narrow and prescriptive Jan 17, 2012 10:33 PM 221 Under "What we do" there needs to be far more attention to quality both of work and leisure time. Opportunity to excercise creativity of all kinds in work (problem solving, creative thinking etc.) and day to day life tasks (cooking, creating comfortable homes etc) and in leisure (music, other arts, crafts etc) is central to wellbeing. In your summary of consultation teenagers interest in music is mentioned. There is much evidence that creative engagment in music making contributes far more to wellbeing than just passive consumption. Same applies to leisure - quality of what is done is central. Spending leisure time consuming TV and computer games may be detrimental to wellbeing where as actively singing or playing music almost always makes a very positive contribution to wellbeing. Education - the information in the consulation document seems to be very focused on education as a contributor to economic wellbeing, but learning, in its broadest sense, life long, makes a major contribution to well-being including health and wellbeing into old age, and to wellbeing for people who have to deal with challenging circumstances. I am in the process of learning to play the Tuba at the age of 50 and it contributes hugely to my sense of wellbeing. Both learning and leisure. Jan 17, 2012 8:27 PM 222 There is no reference to the spiritual aspects of well being Jan 17, 2012 8:14 PM 223 Personal weightings need to be taken into account - different people will value each domain differently. As an example: my health has diminished dramatically due to a virus some years ago. Does this matter to me? In my case I recognize that there is not a lot I can do about it, so adjust my lifestyle and expectations accordingly. I would now put a low weighting on this as other things are of more import, whist I suspect my sister would put a very high weighting on it. Jan 17, 2012 5:56 PM 224 'What we do' is vague. I think 'recreation/cultrual activities' would be better Jan 17, 2012 5:08 PM 225 As above Jan 17, 2012 4:28 PM 226 Under education and skills: "stock of human capital in the labour market with some more information about levels of educational achievement and skills". This seems to be quite a quantitative approach to measuring the education dimension Jan 17, 2012 3:52 PM 227 apart from the suggested additional domain on the previous page Jan 17, 2012 3:01 PM 228 they need to include creativity and the arts as central sources of well-being and resilience Jan 17, 2012 2:42 PM 229 Cultural engagement Jan 17, 2012 2:20 PM 230 I feel that the "What we do" section covers too great an area and I would separate work and leisure activities. For some people, career ambitions and work success is the major yardstick by which they measure their success. For others, it is leisure, family and social considerations. I feel they both merit a section in their own right. Yes, there is also the issue of work-life balance but, whilst almost everyone instinctively would say that they would like more leisure time, I think that, if designed effectively, you would get very different perspectives on this from those that are primarily work oriented and Jan 17, 2012 1:13 PM 123 Page 9, Q4. those that are primarily family and leisure oriented. 231 Add culture and sport as measurables Jan 17, 2012 1:08 PM 232 For the scope of Culture: Access to the arts and culture has been shown to affect our health and wellbeing on both physical and a psychological levels by numerous studies. (See www.cultureandwellbeing.org.uk) Jan 17, 2012 1:00 PM 233 There appears to be possible overlap between What we do and Where we live in terms of describing the quality of people’s non-work activities. This is seen, for example, that in the main body of the document ‘culture and heritage’ is mentioned in the preamble to the Where we live proposed measures, whereas in table A1 ‘arts, culture and heritage’ is categorised within What we do. This suggests more thought could be given to the best way to categorise people’s non-work time, a key element of well-being. Jan 17, 2012 12:02 PM 234 Apart from how arts, culture and heritage is defined, it seems reasonable. But you haven't really allowed a measure for cultural community and how arts and culture play a role in creating cohesiveness. Isolation would have a huge negative impact in well-being and arts and culture is a tried and tested indicator of mitigation. Jan 17, 2012 10:54 AM 235 cultural activity was recognised as an influencer on personal wellbeing, but there is currently no proposal to include measures of this in compiling the key indicators of wellbeing in Britain. Jan 17, 2012 10:32 AM 236 The ‘Health’ domain is disappointing. Measures include satisfaction with health services and the GHQ12 which is a measure of common mental disorders (ie. a focus on illness) rather than wellbeing. We suggest the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) as an alternative here (this measure focuses on positive feelings and has been validated for different cultures and down to age 13 years) or alongside the life satisfaction scale under the domain ‘Individual Well-being’ We welcome the inclusion of volunteering and work/life balance in ‘What we do’. However, this domain could include something about involvement in arts/creative pursuits (eg. music) as we know these are good for wellbeing. I am also not sure what the "satisfaction with mental well-being" question actually tells us? Jan 17, 2012 10:17 AM 237 Well-being is just that - a way of being, not of doing or having. Jan 17, 2012 8:35 AM 238 'what we do' presumably subsumes 'engagement with culture'. however; relationship with culture offers a rick mine of data about well being which needs its own domain Jan 17, 2012 12:14 AM 239 Please see my previous answer. What we do outside our working hours makes a vital contribution to personal well-being and the life of the local community. Jan 16, 2012 11:10 PM 240 As previous, I would add the Arts and Creativity in what we do and History and Heritage in where we live Jan 16, 2012 9:18 PM 241 The scope of each domain is fine in terms of the ambition of the broad range of things covered. However this is not followed through in the proposed focus and proposed measures for each domain. In some cases the focus and measures are narrowly targeted on just one area of each broad domain. Jan 16, 2012 7:47 PM 242 needs to include specific reference to creative and artistic expression and involvement Jan 16, 2012 7:43 PM 124 Page 9, Q4. 243 Must include arts and cultural activities somewhere. Jan 16, 2012 7:29 PM 244 There needs to be reference to creativity. Cutlure is not just a "leisure activity" but a mechanism for exploring one's own creativity and one's place in society. Jan 16, 2012 4:58 PM 245 Creativity as a domain is central to the fulfilling a life that contains happiness, wellbeing and fullfillmentwhether through personal relationships, work and proffessional skills, lleisuer and interests. Without it as a component national wellbeing cannot be accurately measured. Jan 16, 2012 3:45 PM 246 I would imagine that without its own domain, cultural activity will be shoehorned into or split between the domains - 'What we do' and 'Education and skills'. Ultimately culture helps us identify our place and meaning in the universe. New domain: 'Who we are?'. Aristotle said 'We are what we do repeatedly'. Jan 16, 2012 3:16 PM 247 Include the arts & creativity Jan 16, 2012 2:55 PM 248 1. Uneasy mix of perception data and absolute measures - more important to determine whether people FEEL safe than to include info about the crime rate - unless this is a way of identifying areas for action i.e. getting across the story of crime reduction so that this is reflected in perceptions? Similarly, is there an assumption that poor = unhappy? Not sure why issues of net economic worth are included unless it's to demonstrate that e.g. innovation makes people feel better? Or if it doesn't then we need to do something about it? Ditto pollutants/emissions - are we looking for correlations? 2. Should include more about social capital - not just feeling of belonging, and volunteering. 3. What about spiritual wellbeing? 4. Instead of just 'what we do', what about 'what we could do' - i.e. access to and satisfaction with cultural/sporting/artistic activities - all of which have been shown to have a positive impact on feelings of wellbeing. 5. It would be useful to get some idea of direction of travel - do people feel more positive than say 5 years ago? Do they think things will get better for them? are they hopeful for the future? how positive do they feel about their children's future? Jan 16, 2012 2:32 PM 249 See previous comment. Jan 16, 2012 2:11 PM 250 It's not specifically mentioned but I believe education should include numeracy and literacy rather than just educational level acheived. Jan 16, 2012 2:06 PM 251 Add a domain for culture and creativity Jan 16, 2012 2:05 PM 252 arts need to be added Jan 16, 2012 1:53 PM 253 The domains of "Health" and "Wellbeing" should include art and creativity. These are especially important in the field of mental wellbeing, where creativity is often used as a therapeutic aid to recovery. By reducing or eradicating arts programmes, we are denying people the chance to access the means of recovery. However, this can be achieved by using local providers and particularly the voluntary sector rather than the monolithic national or regional providers that have existed in the past. In this way, investment can be linked much more closely to outcomes. Jan 16, 2012 11:38 AM 254 All the mentioned ones are fine, yet the fact that arts and culture are not included means the scope cannot be classed as correct Jan 16, 2012 11:02 AM 255 See answer to previous quesiton - where is art and creativity and culture - Jan 16, 2012 10:50 AM 125 Page 9, Q4. huge influences on our mental and physical wellbeing 256 The Natural Environment should include our daily access and locality to nature - ie living near a wood, park or canal - and how important this is to us Jan 16, 2012 10:04 AM 257 No - I feel that there should be explicit mention of "Culture" in the widest sense in at least one of the proposed domans. Jan 16, 2012 9:32 AM 258 See previous questions and other detailed answers Jan 15, 2012 8:04 PM 259 what we do - it's not only about work-life balance, it is as much about people's satisfaction in their job, how much control they have over what they do, how creative they are allowed to be, or whether they're just given orders and not respected as fully active and creative agents. where we live - it's on only about safe, clean and pleasant environments, but about public and free spaces too, places that people can easily access personal finance - i think adding poverty and inequality as part of this does not give nearly enough attention to these issues, as it relegates them under the topic of personal finance education and skills - it's scope seems to just fall under the domain of employability; yet the value of education is well beyond that, I think it especially links to a critical ability to not be manipulated and fully participate in the making of society through social spaces and political processes Jan 15, 2012 12:18 PM 260 I haven't been able to check these as the web link doesn't appear to be working Jan 14, 2012 10:50 AM 261 Proposed Domain 'What We Do' does not identify carers or volunteers. Proposed Domain 'Health' does nor identify members and former members of the armed forces within the measure of people not reporting a long-term illness or disability. Jan 13, 2012 11:30 PM 262 Arts Communities Celebration Sport/ activity Faith Inspiration Jan 13, 2012 10:26 PM 263 Rather than reflect the work/life balence in the What we do domain, a list of arts, crafts and sport should be included and questions should focus on the effect that participating in these activites have on a person's sense of wellbeing and their physical health, Jan 13, 2012 3:53 PM 264 The last three categories: Governance, the economy and the natural environment do seem to be much wider than well-being at the individual level. I wonder whether they are unhelpfully wide-ranging? Jan 13, 2012 3:08 PM 265 Most of the domains have a good scope but I think there needs to me some measure of our scope for creativity and our chances of getting involved. My contact with the arts is an essential part of my well-being as I'm sure it is for others and there doesn't seem to be any particular reference to it. Jan 13, 2012 12:18 PM 266 None of them mention the importance of diversity and acceptance of diversity. Also the mention of wealth and equality needs to be expanded. There is a wealth of evidence on the importance of income and to a lesser extent for income equality for well-being. I agree that the environment is important and there is plenty of research evidence on this - that the ability to walk somewhere pleasant increases people's mental well-being for example and Jan 13, 2012 11:17 AM 267 more detail needed Jan 13, 2012 10:49 AM 268 'what we do' is too vague. do you mean housework, paid employment Jan 13, 2012 10:29 AM 126 Page 9, Q4. outside the home, attending or participating in cultural events...what? more than one catch-all domain here surely. 269 See my answer to previous point on Individual well-being needing to be split. Jan 13, 2012 10:13 AM 270 Largely. But there seems to be a gap in measuring how the attitudes of others (through prejudice, marginalisation, exclusion) and the impact on feelings of self-worth etc can be expressed in these domains. Think about the riots and what, if anything, was being expressed about how people feel about themselves and how the rest of society views them and therefore the impact on their behaviours. Jan 13, 2012 9:32 AM 271 in 'what we do' - access to cultural activities should be included Jan 13, 2012 9:02 AM 272 Doesn't cover enough, as previously explained. Jan 13, 2012 1:12 AM 273 Again, needs to include cultural activities Jan 13, 2012 12:19 AM 274 It is not clear how the proposed domains address questions of fairness and privilege. Jan 12, 2012 10:24 PM 275 Too much focus on economic jargon and measurement rather than an insight into humanity and creativity and how this informs participation in democracy [which is being undermined every day by jargon and limited intellectual investment] This is a cause of stress to many, many citizens. Jan 12, 2012 4:22 PM 276 I would like to see some way of finding out whether different groups in society are able to use their education and skills to full potential, and whether they have been able to develop their full potential. Jan 12, 2012 1:45 PM 277 (see previous question comments) - there needs to be discussion of why individuals do not achieve in education; what problems there might be with teaching methods and curriculum focus ... these questions need to be asked of NEETs. How can 'vocational' skills be encouraged through the arts and cultural sector? Jan 12, 2012 12:15 PM 278 no emphasis on taking part in creative activities such a painting and drawing and the enhancements to health and well being that they provide. Jan 12, 2012 10:45 AM 279 participation in and experiencing the arts should be included in a number of these Jan 11, 2012 8:19 PM 280 I think that involvement in the arts and culture is more than just 'what we do' it is about 'how we see and understand each other' so important indicators of our cohesiveness as a society Jan 11, 2012 7:57 PM 281 We believe that the concept of agency and being empowered should be included within on the domains, possibly within the Individual wellbeing domain. Jan 11, 2012 4:20 PM 282 Economic factors are meaningless without associated attitudes around competitive hierarchies of individual 'success'. Jan 11, 2012 4:16 PM 283 titles are general. Each shd be be defined Jan 11, 2012 4:14 PM 284 see previous question Jan 11, 2012 2:50 PM 285 Individual well-being may require a negotiated overarching settlement Jan 11, 2012 11:59 AM 127 Page 9, Q4. between different groups. Governance should include the voice of citizens, not just those on the electoral register (Steglitze Domains) What we do should include a measure of enjoyment 286 See previous answer: the domain, "What we do", needs to be broken down to include arts, culture and sport. Jan 11, 2012 11:45 AM 287 Surely the working environment and the environment of human endeavour, such as education, sports, literature, music, drama, scientific research and applied technology, should all be included! Jan 11, 2012 11:27 AM 288 By referring only to 'leisure' in the domain 'what we do', this hugely undervalues the crucial importance of those activities which we can choose to undertake--not just cultural activities referred to in the previous question, but also volunteering. It's also not clear that any of the domains would sufficiently capture the role of carers, which we know represent a huge proportion of the community, and which role can be utterlt critical--positively and negatively--in defining wellbeing Jan 11, 2012 11:16 AM 289 There does not seem to be any recognition that there is a spiritual aspect to peoples' lives. Spiritual wellbeing is as important as physical and psychological well being in the holistic evaluation of a person's contentment. Jan 10, 2012 4:47 PM 290 If arts and culture were not given its own domain, it should be included within 'What we do'. Jan 10, 2012 2:57 PM 291 I wonder if there needs to be a spiritual / mental aspect to the individual well being. Jan 10, 2012 2:34 PM 292 Education & Skills are not just about being fit for the labour market. there's a whole area that seems to be missing here, about moral, spiritual and social awareness. The following sums it up (from Layard "Happiness" 2005 who calls it “Education of the spirit” : cf. Daniel Goleman “Emotional intelligence”. Intensive effort is needed to change youth culture to “encourage more wholesome attitudes and more robust and virtuous characters”. · Understanding and managing your feelings ·Loving and serving others ·The appreciation of beauty ·Causes and cures of illness, including mental illness, drugs and alcohol ·Love, family and parenting ·Work and money · Understanding the media and preserving your own values ·Understanding others and how to socialise ·Political participation ·Philosophical and religious ideas. Jan 10, 2012 2:09 PM 293 No a greater in depth study of each of the categorise is required, including looking at the whole picture of our evolution. Jan 10, 2012 1:10 PM 294 Where does community feature? Jan 10, 2012 12:20 PM 295 By not including how arts and culture effect peoples well being and how arts and crafts in particular are used to promote health and mental well being within lots of communities, the scope is limited. Jan 10, 2012 11:24 AM 296 Sense of participation in group activities doesn't really come through arts/sports/adult education course for enjoyment/challenge rather than qualifications Jan 10, 2012 11:13 AM 297 The "where we live" domain should specifically reference "access to green areas with trees". Jan 9, 2012 9:55 PM 128 Page 9, Q4. 298 See the previous question - 'What I do' could be wider. Jan 9, 2012 9:04 PM 299 As before re personal beliefs. Jan 9, 2012 8:53 PM 300 Individual well being - should include more about the quality of the natural environment, access to wild/natural areas, freedom from stress about climate change and the natural disasters it will bring because these are being fully addressed at all levels. Health - again a mention and inclusion of the importance of the natural environment (clean air to breath, access to green spaces and woodlands, access to outdoor spaces to exercise, safe places to walk and cycle) should be included. Education and skills - should have an underpinning of sustainability, understanding of ecosystems and the interlinked nature of everything on this planet. The Natural Environment - yes have it as a seperate domain, but should be totally interlinked with all the other domains as without it there is NO well being Jan 9, 2012 8:18 PM 301 See previous answer. Jan 9, 2012 7:51 PM 302 None of the domains mention anything about interaction with or consumption of cultural activities Jan 9, 2012 5:06 PM 303 If individual counsellors and tutors were approached, I am certain that they would expand the scope. Jan 9, 2012 4:48 PM 304 See previous comment Jan 9, 2012 4:46 PM 305 As previous question - the areas of creativity and culture have already been proved to be vital to well-being and need to be included Jan 9, 2012 4:19 PM 306 All measures of national wellbeing are spurious and should be regarded as pseudo-science on a par with psychometrics and Tarot reading. They waste public money and distract the media, public debate and political action away from real and serious issues. Engaging with this pseudo-science plays into the hands of political parties who would rather discuss nonsense than make any real decisions. Jan 9, 2012 4:03 PM 307 Headings should either include sport and cultural activity separately or listed under recreation. Jan 9, 2012 4:01 PM 308 We think that an engagement in/with the natural environment would be an interesting indicator considering the public interest in this area, ie the largest membership organisations in the UK are to do with the natural environment the RSPB and the National Trust. This may also provide a useful contribution to the national volunteering figure as well as an indication of scientific literacy. Jan 9, 2012 2:04 PM 309 The scope needs to be expanded to explicitly acknowledge and identify the significance of our cultural identity and to highlight the diversity of cultural identities that are all represented in the UK today - all of which are valid and impinge directly on our individual and collective experience of life. Cultural activity embraces the values we share and the intangible and physical heritage we have inherited as individuals and as communities. It also includes activities through which we express our culture such as reading/using libraries/ the many different types of arts and creative activity/ visiting parks/ gardening/ and so on. Jan 9, 2012 1:10 PM 310 I think a smaller list can be achieved ... Jan 9, 2012 11:24 AM 129 Page 9, Q4. 311 In relationships 'the community around them' needs to be very clearly defined to include communities such as communities of people with mental health issues, disabilities and so on. Jan 9, 2012 11:03 AM 312 'What we do' & 'Education & Skills' might include passing mentions of the value of culture, but it has much higher value and impact than 'leisure activities' on wellbeing Jan 9, 2012 10:49 AM 313 Too narrow. Jan 8, 2012 7:08 PM 314 See previous answer. Jan 8, 2012 4:33 PM 315 There is no mention of spirituality anywhere Jan 8, 2012 4:28 PM 316 No once again it is the arts which can play such a major role in well-being which is not mentioned. Jan 8, 2012 11:57 AM 317 The Natural Environment: Use a scientifc-based framework, such as The Natural Step (see www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=B5NiTN0chj0) to work to systematically reduce our impact on the 9 planetary boundaries (see www.nature.com/news/specials/planetaryboundaries/index.html) Jan 8, 2012 10:40 AM 318 I think 'Economy' needs to be thought of in a wider context, when cash is tight people work for food or favours, which isn't measured in pounds and pence but is still a vital part of the economy. Jan 6, 2012 6:55 PM 319 To include arts and creative industries Jan 6, 2012 6:10 PM 320 No mention at all of spiritual life, inparticular what the arts contributes. Jan 6, 2012 6:02 PM 321 See previous comment Jan 6, 2012 5:43 PM 322 What We Do is too wide a category. Creation and artistic appreciation and Spiritual pursuits are very different to Leisure activities or participation in physical activities. Jan 6, 2012 5:40 PM 323 I'm concerned that there is no specific reference to creativity and the arts. Specifically I'd like to be prompted to consider (and for the ONS to specifically strive to measure) the effect of creative activity, engagement in music-making, theatre, visual arts etc., both as a participant and an audience member in promoting well-being. Jan 6, 2012 5:23 PM 324 Again I believe that cultural activity plays a huge part in national well-being Jan 6, 2012 5:08 PM 325 Given the well-established evidence base that exists around trees and well being, it would be appropriate to include green spaces with trees as as more specific inclusion. Jan 6, 2012 5:06 PM 326 really hard to say from the level of detail given Jan 5, 2012 1:27 PM 327 To treat each in isolation is foolish, this undertaking is futile in it's current form. Jan 3, 2012 4:07 PM 328 include access to green spaces with trees. Jan 3, 2012 9:46 AM 329 There should be more about the look and perception of where people live. I agree that crime is an important factor but it should be more than just serious Dec 29, 2011 6:06 PM 130 Page 9, Q4. crime. Low level crime such as littering or vandalism also affect one's well being. Under the environment there should be a criterion on biodiversity as well as the other points. 330 I think under individual wellbeing needs to include something around being in control of your own life / able to make life choices. This in part might come under health, but it is more about social well being than physical wellbeing. Dec 28, 2011 3:44 PM 331 See previous responce Dec 28, 2011 9:59 AM 332 I do not see how the area of spirituality is covered within the relationships domain - although I have no solutions! Dec 22, 2011 12:11 PM 333 green spaces with trees were part of the initial survey and were shown to be important - scope of 'Where we live' should include this Dec 21, 2011 6:14 PM 334 Raise the profile of Heritage within the 'Where we live' and 'What we do' domains. This is an increasingly important aspect of measuring wellbeing as the average age of the population increases and as the profile of the community becomes more racially diverse. As people get older, their interest in their past tends to increase as it gives them a sense of 'grounding' in a world that changes at an ever increasing rate. As such, it will become an increasing measure of individual wellbeing in the future and needs to be adequately incorporated now. Dec 21, 2011 4:32 PM 335 Governance should include aspects of participation in the running of our society Dec 20, 2011 11:06 AM 336 more depth is needed around some - individual well being and what we do. The what we do title is misleading - needs to encompass access to opportunities. Individual well being - feel the words 'life worthwhile' is too strong and could have an influence on peoples repsonses Dec 20, 2011 10:44 AM 337 Needs to be more specific Dec 20, 2011 9:40 AM 338 Arts, culture and heritage which are not listed cannot be lumped into our leisure activities ; they are a deeper part of our national psyche; they are what we are at our core,and define our attitudes and beliefs Dec 19, 2011 2:30 PM 339 See previous response Dec 19, 2011 10:14 AM 340 'What we do' is a great chance to look at the wider pleasures or otherwise of things that we do, rather than just seeing it as work-leisure balance, but how the things we do in both leisure time and work time give us satisfaction or otherwise. I'm not sure that the education section is right either. Are you looking at whether the greater amount of qualifications give us more satisfaction? It's a bit of an odd one to look into the area of life long learning, which may not be about qualifications. It seems rather too narrow. Dec 16, 2011 9:22 PM 341 See answer to previous question Dec 16, 2011 6:01 PM 342 Broadly yes, but see previous comment for concerns absence of culture. Dec 16, 2011 11:04 AM 343 Taking part in culture and teh arts is an important element of wellbeing Dec 15, 2011 5:56 PM 344 Personal finance - should also capture measures of 'security' and 'stability', although a person's current income may be sufficient if they fear redundancy or other significant reductions in their personal finance then this will affect Dec 15, 2011 4:27 PM 131 Page 9, Q4. their well being. Equality of income should also be captured, there is substantial evidence to show that inequality in this area impacts well being e.g research of Michael Marmott and Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett's Status Syndrome. Natural Environment - must capture extent to which pollution and other environmental factors such as flooding, impact well being. Health domain should also include a measure of access to fresh fruit and vegetables 345 No, again it needs to be broader. These proposed domains come across as aout 'self' not about our place within society and community. This must be written in, in tablets of stone, otherwise it is open to too much misinterprtation Dec 15, 2011 3:18 PM 346 We should be asked on how we feel about society as a whole. I live in a nice community and in a nice property bu I am generally sad because of how i know others to be living and I feel for them. To ask questions in isolation won't give a full picture Dec 15, 2011 12:35 PM 347 There needs to be more on participation both in cultural and civic life Dec 14, 2011 1:41 PM 348 if where we live takes into account aggressive crime rates in an area Dec 14, 2011 11:34 AM 349 Faith / religion is not given any scope Dec 12, 2011 11:00 AM 350 Further to previous comments it may be that pet ownership fits within the domain of individual well-being (relationships) Dec 9, 2011 10:51 AM 351 As previously, need to include reference to the arts, culture and spiritual values and activities. This could go under "What we do" but would probably be better placed in a separate domain on its own. Dec 8, 2011 6:44 PM 352 As above - the work and leisure should be separated, because as one domain people will concentrate mainly on their feelings about work. Dec 7, 2011 10:41 AM 353 Far too prescriptive and not enough room for flexibility and showing the broad depth and scope of human nature. Dec 6, 2011 4:35 PM 354 As mentioned before, there is no mention directly of arts and culture - glairng in its omission and undoubtedly one of the biggest providers of individual well-being. Dec 6, 2011 3:20 PM 355 Individual well being and health should both include the arts, heritage and culture which play a significant part. Dec 6, 2011 12:04 PM 356 As above, it needs to pay more attention to people's needs. Maslow's (1944) hierarchy would be a healthy starting point Dec 6, 2011 10:56 AM 357 The domain 'economy' does not have a scope that affects an individual's well-being: individuals are affected by whether they have work (domain: What we do) and whether they get paid enough (domain: Personal finance), hence the scope of the economy section affects only a small minority of shareholders and executives whose personal well-being is directly affected by the economy. The natural environment has a poorly defined scope, and the natural environment is such a vast field that it is difficult to evaluate in a single domain. It would be useful to split the natural environment into two for the local/regional scale (e.g. the natural world in the place where individuals live, whether they can experience nature, whether they have a forest to walk through, whether they can watch wildlife in natural Dec 5, 2011 9:51 PM 132 Page 9, Q4. surroundings etc.), and at the global scale (climate change, food security, global circulation patterns that affect weather situations etc.). 358 More on perceptions of limits for self and others. How close are we to getting to an optimum in each domain? Under "Our relationships" there could be a measure of sense of identity. In a changing society of multiple identities, being satisfied with one's sense of identity and multiple identities (religious, racial, national, gender etc) both single and double (e.g. biracial or binational) is a key issue for a society at ease with itself. Dec 4, 2011 6:57 PM 359 Please refer to previous response Dec 2, 2011 11:01 PM 360 I think it would be useful to include spiritual wellbeing in the health section as this can be a good indicator of how people are feeling. It goes wider than mental wellbeing and is an important part of many people's lives whatever denomination. In addition, part of wellbeing is feeling you have some control about decisions or at least have a say or are listened to - would this be in the governance domain? Dec 2, 2011 11:20 AM 361 see previous comment Dec 1, 2011 12:04 PM 362 What We Do: There has been data put forward over the years that suggests that involvement in faith based activities increases well being, the greater the involvement the greater the sense of well being. The questions in this section would not necessarily capture whether a person was active in a faith (of any description - not just Christianity). It would seem an omission not to check whether this was true on a national survery of this size. The volunteering question may catch some of this information but not necessarily. I realise that this may be thought of as politically incorrect in a secular society but I think it is an important question that proves or disproves the place of faith in terms of well-being. If you do not want to put this specifically then a question that says something like "What activities do you undertake contribute to your sense of well-being" will be more likely to bring out the information if having an active faith is the thing that makes the difference much better than your question on volunteering Nov 30, 2011 2:52 PM 363 well-being is a sense of belonging i.e.feeling included,valued,listened to and should therefore be an aspect of all domains. Nov 27, 2011 4:13 PM 364 I would tinker with the 'natural environment' one slightly. Contact with the natural environment is of immense importance for my wellbeing, but I would phrase it as 'Biodiversity and the Natural Environment'. This might sound a tautology, but you can have a green space with little wildlife - to me it is the abundance and richness of natural wildlife within our natural environment that really enriches my experience of the world. Nov 25, 2011 8:50 AM 365 The scope of personal finance does not indicate any awareness of debt and how that causes many of the problems in the other domains. It only covers, income, stability, poverty and equality, not debt which is far worse than simply having little money to spend. Nov 22, 2011 10:19 PM 366 Maybe my previous answer belongs here. Nov 20, 2011 7:51 PM 367 The 'Where we live' section seems oddly sparse, since for most people satisfaction with their local area encompasses far more than just crime, community cohesion and the environment. How about the quality of the housing stock or, more broadly, people's perception of their ability to influence the direction of their community? Nov 20, 2011 6:21 PM 133 Page 9, Q4. 368 Relationships 1. Needs to include a question on the presence or absence of children 2. Needs gender / age / disability / ethnic disaggregation in fuller analysis to understand equality links to wellbeing 3. Needs to include 'global connection' question e.g. family overseas 4. 'Faith / belief system' measure is missing and needs testing for significance to wellbeing (it's more than feeling part of a neighbourhood) 'What we do' 1. needs to incorporate a reference to 'home working / house keeping / caring' voluntary role of parents / adult carers who stay at home but are working to provide a good home for the family. This possibly comes under the voluntary question? http://www.aviva.co.uk/media-centre/story/6344/ten-times-more-stay-athome-dads-than-10-years-ago/ Economy Needs to capture entrepreneurship and emerging industry - perhaps proportion of SMEs WHere we live: Needs a transport measure - this very significant to access to work, amenities etc http://www.dft.gov.uk/statistics/releases/2010-britishsocial-attitudes-survey-attitudes-to-transport Natural Environment Needs 'Ecological Footprint' for fuller scope of land use impact and 'Biodiversity' measures - including 'change in endangered species', 'extent / change of key habitats' (forest, coastal, marine, freshwater, mountains, grasslands) see: http://www.bipindicators.net/indicators Governance Needs Gender / BME measures to look at equality issues Nov 18, 2011 6:24 PM 369 Keep it open to allow people to express what they feel the definition is - it may change over time and wellbeing may evolve... Nov 18, 2011 9:38 AM 370 Yes - the domains are comprehensive, as long as we are careful in measuring subjective well-being Nov 16, 2011 10:57 AM 371 Within the limitations I've just described. Nov 13, 2011 1:52 PM 372 See answer to previous question esp. regarding "Individual well-being" but also other domains suffer from, if I may respectfully say so, a narrow-minded and humanistic world view? For example, on personal finance, the description is all about "how much I've got and how I feel about it". But I believe, an aspect of Personal Finance should be 'how much do I give away' regardless of income. I have known unemployment, plenty and everything inbetween and regardless of my situation, my actual well-being is strongly indicated by how much I give, especially around money, but also time etc. I can't really articulate it all in these little boxes on my computer screen - either you are going to read it and ignore people of faith or you're going to want to recognise that the secular and humanistic world view is not the only view in our liberal society. I would be happy to supply information in other formats if you wish. Nov 12, 2011 9:44 PM 373 Belief systems totally missing from all domains - please consider as rither a separate domain or transparently included where most appropriate. Nov 12, 2011 10:44 AM 374 natural environment should include the level of people's engagement with activities which seek to improve the environment. Also the number of businesses and corporations which are actively addressing their environmantal impact and seeking to reduce it. Health should include whether people have sufficient freedom to decide how they want to look after themselves What we do should include volunteering and also unpaid caring Education should include those no longer in work who seek to continue to learn for pure pleasure e,g, U3A . Open University and local classes. and whether this is easy or they are prevented from doing so because of cost The economy should look at just how stable it is, and how sustainable economic activities are. Nov 11, 2011 6:19 PM 134 Page 9, Q4. 375 On quick inspection the ones that are there seem comprehensive, though it depends on how each is reflected in the final analisys. Nov 11, 2011 1:15 PM 376 Relationships should be split - possibly into close relationships and social relationships. Understanding and happiness with family circumstances is a huge part of well being. Terms like happiness and love also impact on well being - incorporating some way of gathering the qualitative impact of these is vital. The domain Health - implies sickness in many people's minds - would be good to have a separate way of expressing positive mental health rather than an implied absence of illness. Also relationship with God or with existence is important to many. Nov 11, 2011 12:11 PM 377 The scope of 'our relationships' is rather limited. Satisfaction with spouse/partner implies long-term partner (of whatever kind) and given that it is long-term and represents an 'official face' to the world, it is likely to be reported as satisfactory by definition. Satisfaction is too vague a concept - it could simply mean 'the best in my circumstances'. People have other significant intimate relationships and these are not tapped at all. How is someone without a long-term partner supposed to reply, as the question is not applicable. There should be a question "If not in a LT relationship, how satisfied are you with other close/intimate relationships (this could, in any case, be a supplementary question to the first. With regard to the "What we do" domain, Satisfaction with AMOUNT of leisure time says absolutely nothing about QUALITY of leisure or perceived OPPORTUNITY for spending leisure as desired. An unemployed or retired person may have a lot of leisure time but spend it in bed or in front of the TV. Nov 11, 2011 11:03 AM 378 As long as you include one on 'values'. Nov 10, 2011 12:09 PM 379 Not sure what is meant by this question? Nov 9, 2011 9:57 PM 380 The What We Do domain as currently defined fails adequately to include the experience of children and young people because it excludes the experience of compulsory schooling. Nov 9, 2011 5:19 PM 381 As above. Nov 9, 2011 4:11 PM 382 Yes but only part of the wider story - see previous comment. Nov 9, 2011 11:21 AM 383 I have some concerns, summarised in the following points: •In “our relationships” – with the community: there could be something included about how the media (all various forms, individually and collectively) influence the setting of our sense of well-being and the goals we might be seeking. •regarding the scope of domains: 1. In natural environment, weather should be distinguished from climate (change) 2. “where we live” might overlap in participants’ minds with “natural environment” – that need not be a problem, if it is recognised 3. In Annex table A1, I see “sustainability” is used in relation to economic and employment matters, but not environmental, where I certainly see it being relevant. Nov 9, 2011 11:01 AM 384 Doesn't mention security of where one lives, if a 6-month lease with a high rent this is very different from a home with affordable rent without a lease running out, same with very high mortgage payments versus a home one has inherited and owns. Nov 9, 2011 10:01 AM 385 In the Where We Live category I would like to see a strong reference to community; people nowadays seem to be very self centred and care very little about community. This is especially evident if you walk down a busy Nov 8, 2011 9:20 PM 135 Page 9, Q4. street in London, people will barge into you as if you are an inconvenience. 386 Misses totally the religious dimension. We are spiritual beings, not jiust hedonistic automatons. Nov 8, 2011 7:20 PM 387 As indicated previously, as broad headings they are fine, but how do the voters feed back the detail. Nov 8, 2011 7:16 PM 388 See previous comment Nov 8, 2011 6:57 PM 389 there are no references in any of the domains to examining and supporting the growth of inter-personal support networks, or of the recognition and protection of diversity, which is essential to achieving equality Nov 8, 2011 5:34 PM 390 The scope has to be limited by the very nature of this exercise, so I can't answer yes. However it may be enough to give some sort of numbers to work with. Nov 8, 2011 4:18 PM 391 But...shame environment is at the bottom and not the top as without a healthy environment we will not be healthy or happy! access to nature is very important for health, well being and happiness. Nov 8, 2011 3:17 PM 392 not sure of the scope Nov 8, 2011 2:11 PM 393 The Personal Finance domain should include a measure of pension build-up to cover the long-term future. Nov 8, 2011 1:25 PM 394 As previous answer - where is spirituality or faith Nov 8, 2011 1:09 PM 395 Broadly OK but no reference to spirituality and faith Nov 8, 2011 1:08 PM 396 My sense is that a feeling of financial security is important to most people, probably more so than than income or wealth - although I accept that these measures heavily influence our sense of security. Nov 8, 2011 12:47 PM 397 The natural environment has a much more direct impact on our levels of wellbeing than the chart suggests. For fear of overcomplicating things, perhaps three levels of domain could be used? I admit that I am unable to suggest the details of this, but it could be along the lines of (i) things that directly affect me in particular and my daily life (ii) important issues which directly concern me, but not on a daily basis (iii) contextual issues. Nov 8, 2011 12:47 PM 398 walking in green spaces and footpaths Nov 8, 2011 12:35 PM 399 The headings don't really say what will be included within them so this is a difficult one to answer, however on the surface they look pretty comprehensive Nov 8, 2011 12:33 PM 400 See implications of previous remarks. Nov 8, 2011 12:02 PM 401 The extent to which our well-being is achieved at the expense of not only the natural environment in the UK but also globally should be assessed. Nov 8, 2011 11:54 AM 402 Again, spiritual health should be given it's own domain. I would also think about factors outside of a persons immediate circle of relationships. For example; do tragedies in other countries or places such as famine or natural disasters have an impact on how people feel? Nov 8, 2011 11:38 AM 136 Page 9, Q4. 403 See previous comment Nov 8, 2011 11:29 AM 404 See previous answer. Does Governance include all local, national and international government? Nov 8, 2011 11:06 AM 405 With reservations in prev answer Nov 8, 2011 10:58 AM 406 See previous comment Nov 7, 2011 1:19 PM 407 more holistic Nov 7, 2011 9:52 AM 408 would like to see a philanthropic/altruistic dynamic re' what we do' - giving to others is good and again academically proven to help well-being would prefer it if the 'labour market' term was removed from the education domain. Education is not just to get a (better) job it is to support a whole host of aspirational considerations think the 'economic' domain needs to embrace sustainable approaches - not just bottom-line narratives Nov 7, 2011 7:15 AM 409 I can't see that the equality indicators are comparative, i.e. does it attempt to measure the gap between the best and the worst, or as it's often stated the gap between the richest and the poorest? Because the bigger this gap (irrespective of how wealthy the poorest are), the less stable society is - see this talk by Richard Wilkinson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ7LzE3u7Bw. I also hope that the domains look at the global situation and not just our country, because the global situation affects well-being. Nov 4, 2011 10:59 AM 410 Effect and impact of mass-media and modern technology on our every day life, inter-personal reletionships and felt prospects for future. Nov 2, 2011 5:55 PM 137 Page 9, Q6. 1 Yes. Some of these have been mentioned above but include: What we do: As outlined above, this should be sub-divided so as to reflect the diversity of activities in which people participate: paid employment, active charitable/community work, environmental work (encompassing the natural and historic environments), sport and passive recreation etc. Education and skills: Should be sub-divided in order to recognise the fact that education can relate not only to self-motivated or employer-motivated efforts aimed at increasing and individual’s employability or income but can also be a means of enhancing life experiences, of mitigating the negative effects of aging (by increasing social contact, maintaining levels of physical and mental activity and promoting mental stimulation for example) and of gaining access to areas of interest which may have been closed off earlier in life due to hardship, limited educational opportunities or geographical isolation. Recent moves in the field of continuing education have tended to over-emphasise vocational aspects at the expense of the non-vocational aspects – and it is often the latter that contribute more to feelings of well-being than do purely vocational courses. This is, of course, particularly the case where active retired or older people are involved. As it stands, the domain seems to be overly concerned with education as training for the workplace. Any teacher or lecturer and most students (of whatever age) will tell you that this is only one, and often not the most significant of the benefits conferred by education and participation in the educational process. The natural environment: Important as this domain is, it needs to be balanced by an equally explicit commitment to the cultural environment which might be defined as including heritage (which may be local, regional, national and international in scale), the arts and cultural activities in the widest sense. As noted above, statistics related to participation in these areas are available from a number of organisations both governmental and non-governmental and should be included as a central part of the survey. Feb 1, 2012 10:47 AM 2 No strong view Feb 1, 2012 10:40 AM 3 See above Feb 1, 2012 9:41 AM 4 No further comments on this. Feb 1, 2012 8:36 AM 5 HSE evidence supports the case for job characteristics being explored. It would be appropriate to do this in a subdivision of the ‘What we do’ category’ Jan 31, 2012 3:19 PM 6 No., unless a further division of domains is needed for faith/religion to be included. Jan 31, 2012 2:37 PM 7 What are the weights given to each of the domains? How will this influence the overall result? Figure 1 and the text seem to imply that greater weight will be applied to the darker blue areas i.e. individual well-being and factors directly affecting individual well-being. The consultation document states that “ The overall effect of these different factors varies for different individuals”.’ How will this be dealt with? Jan 31, 2012 2:13 PM 8 We would suggest that the wellbeing associated with leisure activities may be on a par with ‘the natural environment’. One possibility would be to merge ‘the natural environment’ with ‘where we live’ to create space for a ‘leisure’ domain Jan 31, 2012 2:07 PM 9 Whilst the structure and rationale for the proposed domains seems generally well-thought out, the proposal to capture all data on work and leisure within a single domain does not appear adequate. The measures currently are very biased towards work rather than leisure and focus on time spent rather than Jan 31, 2012 2:00 PM 138 Page 9, Q6. quality of experience or perceived outcomes of leisure activities. We believe the model would be improved if there were two separate domains for what we do at work and what we do in our free time. 10 There is a link between What we do / Education and skills / Governance. Cultural activity (Arts, leisure, heritage) Culture related to the original meaning of “cultivation”(learning and development) and including integral patterns of human knowledge, belief and behaviour and culture as a set of shared values Jan 31, 2012 1:54 PM 11 Please see response to question 1 above. Jan 31, 2012 1:35 PM 12 The Concert Promoters Association supports the view that the structure and rationale for the proposed domains seems generally well-thought out, the proposal to capture all data on work and leisure within a single domain does not appear adequate. The measures currently are very biased towards work rather than leisure and focus on time spent rather than quality of experience or perceived outcomes of leisure activities. Studies (such as DCMS’s Taking Part Survey) show that whilst lack of available time (30%) is cited as one of the major barriers to arts attendance by infrequent attenders, a stronger local offer (19%), more attractive pricing (18%) and more events about subjects of interest (10%) are also significant factors (all figures quoted from Arts Council England’s analysis of Taking Part data published in Informing Change (2007)) We believe the model would be improved if there were two separate domains for what we do at work and what we do in our free time. Jan 31, 2012 1:34 PM 13 No comment Jan 31, 2012 1:24 PM 14 Whilst the structure and rationale for the proposed domains seems generally well-thought out, the proposal to capture all data on work and leisure within a single domain does not appear adequate. The measures currently are very biased towards work rather than leisure and focus on time spent rather than quality of experience or perceived outcomes of leisure activities. We believe the model would be improved if there were two separate domains for what we do at work and what we do in our free time. Jan 31, 2012 1:18 PM 15 Equality is mentioned in the context of personal finance but we see this as a much broader concept that embraces equality of opportunity and not just equality of income. People often feel that ‘those people over there’ have it as good or better than us, even when the group they are considering suffer discrimination in many ways. If we are to build on the work that has been done already to create a society that is characterised by fairness, then we should explicitly refer to diversity. Every community should welcome citizens of every type, including groups that were excluded in the past such as disabled people, those with mental health issues and older people. Whilst this may take some citizens out of their comfort zone, it will ultimately improve our wellbeing as a society. Two measures are suggested in “Our Relationships” that attend to the quality of relationships with neighbours. This ignores the strength of relationships formed in communities of interest rather than the neighbourhood as a community of geography. For many people, especially those living in urban settings, those who exercise their geographical mobility and move with jobs, those who have particular interests and those who use the new social media, the community of interest is far more significant than the neighbourhood. Jan 31, 2012 1:10 PM 16 On the basis of the above comments, there might be an argument for an additional domain which looks specifically at household and family life issues. Likewise, as argued above, there may be a case for making the Jan 31, 2012 1:00 PM 139 Page 9, Q6. conceptual distinction between the ‘relationships’ and ‘where we live domains’ somewhat clearer. The significance of personal relationship issues on well-being are well known (e.g., Oswald’s calculation of the monetary value of a happy marriage). Likewise, based on our response to question 1, there may be a case (depending on data availability) for adding domains which relate to the three EMF domains that do not have analogous domains in the ONS framework. 17 No, subject to my responses to other questions. Jan 31, 2012 1:00 PM 18 Whilst the structure and rationale for the proposed domains seems generally well-thought out, the proposal to capture all data on work and leisure within a single domain does not appear adequate. The measures currently are very biased towards work rather than leisure and focus on time spent rather than quality of experience or perceived outcomes of leisure activities. Studies (such as DCMS’s Taking Part Survey) show that whilst lack of available time (30%) is cited as one of the major barriers to arts attendance by infrequent attenders, a stronger local offer (19%), more attractive pricing (18%) and more events about subjects of interest (10%) are also significant factors (all figures quoted from Arts Council England’s analysis of Taking Part data published in Informing Change (2007)) . We believe the model would be improved if there were two separate domains for what we do at work and what we do in our free time. Jan 31, 2012 12:49 PM 19 Divide health and wellbeing further in terms of mental wellbeing and public health Jan 31, 2012 12:47 PM 20 The built environment (‘where we live’) is not just a matter of individual wellbeing, but of community wellbeing and this needs to be understood by policymakers. Positive feelings of belonging to our neighbourhoods as a community and as a member of that community are encouraged by participation in placemaking. A key factor in achieving economic and civil wellbeing is unlocking creativity in placemaking, and developing urban environments that are both inspiring and interesting. The inclusion of arts and culture in an understanding and measuring of wellbeing offers a way to integrate thinking about the interconnectedness between people and their built environment phenomenological and experiential aspects of ‘where we live’. Jan 31, 2012 12:42 PM 21 As stated in Question 1, we believe that a sense of self-worth and a feeling of security are two important causal factors and components of SWB. While they could be understood as only mental feelings, there are indeed many factors in the social environment that contribute to the mental experience. So, we suggest including two domains that capture the ‘social bases’ of selfrespect/worth and security Jan 31, 2012 12:38 PM 22 No – assuming more specific mentions of art and cultural engagement. Jan 31, 2012 12:22 PM 23 The proposed “contextual domains” are mainly national in scope; they should be divided to include local scopes as well. For example, “Local government”, “Local economy” and “local environment” could be added alongside “Governance”, “The economy” and “The natural environment”. Jan 31, 2012 12:01 PM 24 “What we do”, by including “work and leisure” seems to encompass everything we do all our lives. The scope is vast. I suggest separating work and leisure from each other. “Work” could then include both the financial and non-financial elements affecting wellbeing – positives such as income, pride, social networks, and negatives such as very low wages, poor Jan 31, 2012 11:44 AM 140 Page 9, Q6. conditions, workplace stress. “Leisure” could then focus on the things mentioned above - communal activity, caring, volunteering, activism, sports, arts and cultural activity etc. This would be another way to allow the communal layer to figure more prominently. “Personal Finance” might be reduced in scope if employment income is included in a “work” domain – but people’s sense of control over their finances is affected by financial education as well as income level, so I’d suggest this is included (control over one’s life being an important factor for wellbeing). 25 See answer to question 1 Jan 31, 2012 11:39 AM 26 Health – Should include rates of smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, obesity and death rates from illicit drug use. (see Marmot Review) Our relationships and Where we live – The perspective of children could be included (see The Children’s Society (2012) The Good Childhood Report). Personal Finance – This could include indicators on indebtedness and keeping the home warm. Two variables in the FRS would cover this (AdDbtB1 and Houshe1) Jan 31, 2012 11:25 AM 27 See answer to 1: ‘where we live’ could be sub-divided into at least two sections: locality (e.g. neighbourhood, town) and something bigger (region, nation), or more? Jan 31, 2012 11:17 AM 28 No, except widening the scope as above. Jan 31, 2012 10:42 AM 29 Culture and leisure The proposed collation of work and leisure within a single domain does not seem useful. The measures currently are biased towards work and those for leisure focus on time spent rather than the quality and content of the individual experience. We believe that the model would be stronger if there were separate domains for What we do and What we do in our leisure time 4. Jan 31, 2012 10:04 AM 30 In addition to geographical segregation of data, the wellbeing measures should be segregated in terms of gender, racial/ethnic origin. Jan 31, 2012 9:51 AM 31 No. The proposal to capture all data on work and leisure within a single domain is not adequate. The measures currently focus only on the ‘What we do’ - time spent in leisure, rather than the availability of leisure activities, the social benefits from those activities, and the quality and outcomes of experiences. 5. Jan 31, 2012 9:40 AM 32 No – assuming culture is included in the ‘What we do’ domain as proposed above. Jan 31, 2012 9:26 AM 33 we believe that an additional domain should be added on creative, cultural and recreational life. Jan 31, 2012 9:13 AM 34 Other than expressed in the responses to questions 1 and 2, in relation to the difference between individual and community well-being, and the ‘what we do’ domain in relation, no. Jan 31, 2012 8:28 AM 35 Whilst the structure and rationale for the proposed domains seems generally well-thought out, the proposal to capture all data on work and leisure within a single domain does not appear adequate. The measures currently are very biased towards work rather than leisure and focus on time spent rather than quality of experience or perceived outcomes of leisure activities. I think the model would be improved if there were two separate domains for what we do at work and what we do in our leisure time. Jan 31, 2012 8:21 AM 141 Page 9, Q6. 36 A.The domain ‘What we do’ would be better if split into two domains: one focusing on ‘Work’; and the other on ‘Leisure’. B.In addition to factors suggested under the current ‘What we do’ domain, a domain focussing specifically on work should include in its scope access to sustainable, rewarding and properly-paid employment. C.A new domain focusing on leisure could include in is scope engagement in cultural and sports activities, including physical activity. This domain could also include volunteering (currently covered in ‘What we do’) and other measures to capture how active individuals are in their communities. Jan 31, 2012 7:57 AM 37 Yes, see response to previous question Jan 30, 2012 3:24 PM 38 Could there be a case for regarding the measures of mental wellbeing as core to the assessment of individual wellbeing? Jan 30, 2012 2:21 PM 39 As explained above, the RSPB proposes that the ‘natural environment’ domain be divided into two, one concerning “Distance from environment limits” and one concerning “Benefits from nature”. Suggestions on the composite measures are detailed fully in section B. Jan 30, 2012 1:57 PM 40 See 1 & 2 above Jan 30, 2012 11:52 AM 41 As above Jan 30, 2012 11:42 AM 42 I think that would be difficult – but more thought to the measurable questions in each domain differentiating different aspects. Jan 30, 2012 11:36 AM 43 No, subject to the inclusion of measures referring to cultural participation under the proposed domains. Jan 30, 2012 10:28 AM 44 see answer to previous question Jan 30, 2012 10:20 AM 45 We would suggest that the domains include the quality, provision and experience of using leisure time. The inclusion of arts attendance, provision and experience combines objective and subjective measures and we believe that this should be included in the ‘what we do in our free time’ domain. Jan 30, 2012 9:40 AM 46 Given the analysis of the first consultation responses, we believe that the natural environment domain could be merged with the ‘where we live’ domain, which in turn could be broadened to include aspects of the natural, social and cultural environment. Jan 30, 2012 9:34 AM 47 No view Jan 30, 2012 9:14 AM 48 There may be some double-counting: eg. active engagement with neighbourhood networks can overlap with Relationships, What we do, and Where we live. Jan 30, 2012 9:00 AM 49 No, the separation between proposed domains seems about right. However we’re not sure if the stated objective that the domains are mutually exclusive is fully met. For instance, relationships particularly within families are often eroded by economic concerns or by issues with ‘where we live’. Health is affected by access to good quality green spaces and similarly this may impact on ‘what we do’; there is a close relationship between ‘what we do’ and ‘where we live’ and this has a knock on effect for the ‘health’ of an individual. Jan 30, 2012 8:22 AM 50 No, subject to response to question 2 Jan 27, 2012 5:38 PM 142 Page 9, Q6. 51 •“What we do” could be split up into “Work” and “Leisure” so as not to lose important information through the aggregation of work-based and leisurebased measures. •Time balance could be a separate domain (i.e., not just measures of work-life balance as a part of “What we do”, but also measures of the balance between other important values, such as relationships, enjoyment, learning, etc.) Jan 27, 2012 5:25 PM 52 ‘Where we live’ could be amalgamated with 'Our relationships'. ‘Where we live’ could also include something about satisfaction with parks/open spaces. Jan 27, 2012 5:05 PM 53 Yes, the 'natural environment' domain could be split into two: 'natural environment', and 'sustainability'. The former would cover the environment that people come into contact in their daily lives (greenspace, air pollution, scenery and wildlife); the second would cover wider environmental issues, i.e. the contextual aspects that are only indirectly experienced by people or that have global impacts (GHG emissions and renewable electricity generation). Jan 27, 2012 4:05 PM 54 A broad division between eudaimonic and hedonic would be useful, as well as an overall index. Jan 27, 2012 3:46 PM 55 From sociological or social welfare perspectives, it seems some of the proposed ‘domains’ (‘Health’, ‘Where we live’ and ‘Education and Skills’) could be considered to interact with one another (see the answer for question 1.). On the contrary, I also have reservations because from a psychological point of view there are various dimensions to the meaning of well-being. Jan 23, 2012 11:20 PM 56 I think we should separate out work and leisure time as the motivations and satisfaction levels can be vastly different. There are many people who are able to work in a less than satisfying job because they have another outlet in their leisure time that they know their paid work is helping provide resources for. Also this would be an important place to capture what people do on an ‘amateur’ basis or ‘for the love of it’ as if people don’t enjoy it - they won’t do it. Whilst this in some cases overlaps with volunteering with regards to people who organise cultural activities, it is distinct enough to specify cultural activity as a particular area of leisure time that is vital to many people’s wellbeing. I have heard many people say about how the 2 hours of choir rehearsal or dance class or quilting a week keeps them sane! Jan 23, 2012 10:53 PM 57 Breadth of 'what we do' is very narrow and does not sufficiently cover roles other than employment/unemployment status. Suggest this is broadened to include 'meaningful activity', ie. making a positive contribution to society (eg. parent, carer, volunteer, peer mentor, community leader/resident, etc). 'Our relationships' should also include with neighbourhoods and civil society. Jan 23, 2012 10:27 PM 58 The nature of the skills taught in education should be itemised as key skills in this area are at present devalued. Jan 23, 2012 10:20 PM 59 What we do needs dividing - occasional leisure pursuits are very different activities in terms of the impacts they have on a person compared to sustained areas of committed activity, for example if someone regularly volunteers for a youth project. Jan 23, 2012 7:12 PM 60 Add a section for Arts & Culture Jan 23, 2012 5:48 PM 61 No. The overlaps should be recognised within domains. Jan 23, 2012 5:30 PM 143 Page 9, Q6. 62 I would want to see a separate domain for Influence/impact of the Creative Arts on Wellbeing Jan 23, 2012 5:18 PM 63 So long as the measures included under the domains can be expanded to include culture and heritage Jan 23, 2012 5:10 PM 64 see above for my comment Jan 23, 2012 4:21 PM 65 The Barbican Centre, as mentioned earlier, feels that more weight should be given to Arts and Culture. This could be a subdivision of What we do Jan 23, 2012 3:58 PM 66 as above Jan 23, 2012 3:56 PM 67 I would divide "individual well-being" as indicated in the first answer. Jan 23, 2012 3:55 PM 68 Although the domain of health mentions that it would contain subjective and objective measures of physical and mental health. When people see the word health there is still an overwhelming tendency for people to simply connect it to physical health. Obviously if physical health is poor this undoubtedly impacts on people’s overall well-being. However, feelings of self-esteem are vital to well-being and can be directly impacted by and impact upon the domains of relationships, where you live, finance, education etc. Although feelings of self-esteem would be covered within the domain of individual well-being. It is important to cover this in other areas. Jan 23, 2012 3:35 PM 69 I think there is the need to delineate within "what we do". Bracketing together work and leisure is a blunt tool and wil not work for most people. Further leisure activities need to clearly reflect the leisure activities which are accessible and available to individuals. Finally, as mentioned above creative and cultural activity should be included Jan 23, 2012 3:27 PM 70 I think 'Education and skills' could be further divided. I think that access to an education that allows us to enter the sector we wish/do the work we want to do is one thing, and an education which not only gives us the knowledge to lead mentally fulfilling lives and allows us to gain satisfaction through intellectual engagement with our surroundings is another. 'What we do' could be further divided - work and leisure should be separate domains. Jan 23, 2012 12:41 PM 71 see previous answer - you MUST split work and leisure to enphasis the important of work/life balance, if this nation is to be happier, healthier and inspired, and not work-obsessed drones! Jan 23, 2012 12:12 PM 72 See earlier comment - Engagement with Cultural Activity and Engagement with Physical Activity should be clear subsections of What we Do, or separate sections. Education and Skills needs expansion. Transport needs discussing, either in the Environment section or elsewhere - wellbeing is greatly affected by use of transport (cars increase autonomy and possibilities - walking is better for health - public transport is more sociable - etc). Jan 23, 2012 12:05 PM 73 As previous comment divide what we do between employment/ school and leisure activities Jan 23, 2012 11:39 AM 74 Community should made a domain seperate from Relationships Jan 23, 2012 11:36 AM 75 In answering yes or no to this you get stuck - I do think there should be new categories but I don't think they should be merged. I am worried that the suggestions I have made will be seen to be the domain of personal wellbeing but not be seen in a wider social context - I think categories such as cultural Jan 23, 2012 11:10 AM 144 Page 9, Q6. participation need to be seen separately in order to determine where people derive their wellbeing. There isn't much here about community or collective engagement - there is an individual focus 76 Separate mental health. Jan 23, 2012 11:05 AM 77 'What we do' must include consultation from DCMS and their CASE study as well as Arts Council's 'Taking Part' surveys. Leisure Activities as a catch all phrase does not give focus to the 'participatory' and shared experience that participation and sharing of cultural/arts activities provides. 'Where we Live' must seek input from RSPH, WHO and The KIing's Fund about findings relating to environment and its' impact on health and well-being. Jan 23, 2012 10:36 AM 78 The proposed measures appear too work focused and we feel that there should be some measures on leisure (arts, cultural activites and sports) activities. The proposal to capture all data on work and leisure within a single domain doesn't appear to be adequate. We would propose that there are 2 separate domains a) work and b) what we do in our leisure time. Jan 23, 2012 10:23 AM 79 Relationships. especially when it comes to accessibility. Jan 23, 2012 9:52 AM 80 As I said previously, it is not just the individual that is to blame. However, I cannot see the interested parties wanting to research their own faults - that would be too real. But just in case you really are interested in why people are unhappy - I would say that rather than starting with a prescribed set of goals, the research should look at the underlying problems with the structure and direction of society at large and how this affect people's chances. For example, why should I pay 8000% interest to borrow money on the street when I have none but Casino capitalists who have squandered the futures of every single working class person in this and other EU countries get to borrow money at less than 0% so they can gamble away our futures and drive up the price of commodities around the world? Or maybe how mass media brainwashing has confused the minds of the young and made them believe they can all be famous and never have to work or learn a skill. Neglect of the individual's true needs is the real problem, along with a succession of greedy, neo-liberal facists-in-the-making has stripped away our national identity and left us with mush for brains and no hope of achieving a level of self-esteem high enough to follow our true interests. Jan 23, 2012 9:47 AM 81 I think that Individual well-being and Education and skills should have art and creativity included. Jan 23, 2012 9:16 AM 82 But see response to question 2 Jan 23, 2012 8:53 AM 83 Instead of “natural environment” include access to open space, green areas in the “Where we live” domain. Jan 23, 2012 8:51 AM 84 see previous response Jan 23, 2012 8:31 AM 85 Our relationships is an area that could also cover a recognition of what social networks we inhabit. Good relationships benefit from strong social networks. Christakis and Fowler set this out in their book Connected. http://connectedthebook.com/ Whilst most people have good social networks, the research seems to indicate that a minority are likely to in effect have 'toxic' ones from a health and well-being perspective. It is therefore disappointing that your three domains do not make reference to this. There are now translatable interventions that can map and address social networks that are being pioneered by the RSA and collaborators in their Connected Jan 22, 2012 10:15 PM 145 Page 9, Q6. Communities Project: http://www.thersa.org/projects/connected-communities 86 Arts should be included Jan 22, 2012 10:14 PM 87 Please see previous answer - I would argue that art and culture are not conflated with leisure and sport in any further separation due to the qualitative differences between these areas especially in their contribution and ability to nurture imagination, innovation and creativity which are the for runners of innovation and invention. Moreover, and more specifically I believe that the arts provide a opportunities to encourage an appreciation of the world in richer and more diverse ways leading to an improved sense of perspective about self and others. Jan 22, 2012 9:50 PM 88 They need to take account of the influence that creativity, and access to arts and culture, have on personal and community well-being Jan 22, 2012 9:42 PM 89 I would include a question related to the the arts and creativity Jan 22, 2012 9:30 PM 90 As explained before, I would explicitly feature creativity and spirituality in these domains. Jan 22, 2012 8:16 PM 91 As mentioned above - around What we do/where we do it as opposed to where we live. Education and skills, is not the real issue, it is where are the jobs for graduates and those with high skills when there are no jobs or opportunities. Jan 22, 2012 6:16 PM 92 Natural Environement could be subdivided into: - Local environment (to cover green spaces, local pollutants, local biodiversity) - Global environment (to cover our impact overseas, ecological footprint and greenhouse gas emissions) Jan 22, 2012 4:52 PM 93 To add a separate domain for 'Cultural Activities' Jan 22, 2012 12:28 PM 94 A section on Arts to be included Jan 22, 2012 10:03 AM 95 If you're looking for a nice round 10, please find a way to merge the financial domains to make way for a cultural measure! Jan 21, 2012 6:51 PM 96 I would merge the following domains: - Individual wellbeing + Health [I believe our physical health cannot be properly understood in isolation from our psychological wellbeing] - Where we live + The natural environment [these are local and global aspects of the same thing] - Personal finance + The economy [again, micro and macro should be considered in relationship] I would consider dividing the Education and Skills domain into two or three areas: - Scientific and abstract reasoning capability - Technical and practical capability - Artistic, cultural and creative capability Jan 21, 2012 6:33 PM 97 i think 'where we live' needs to be subdivided into overall satisfaction with the area where we live, and the scope for informal or formal community involvement that it offers Jan 21, 2012 6:28 PM 98 The 'where we live' section must include parks and public green space generally. Jan 21, 2012 4:56 PM 99 every domain that is mentioned can be oinked with creativity, though the domain of what we do' most obviously invites the addition of 'creatively' to become 'what we do creatively' Jan 21, 2012 4:08 PM 146 Page 9, Q6. 100 see previous Jan 21, 2012 12:22 PM 101 What we do needs scope to capture the Arts, Heritage, Creativity + dialogue/relationship between domains important too Jan 21, 2012 12:14 AM 102 It is naive and outdated to assume that our environment today is only natural. Our environment is both natural and man-made, and this is called culture. Culture involves creativity, entertainment, the arts, but also things such as equality, tolerance and understanding of otherness. Thus the environment should be divided into a) Natural and b) Culture & Creativity. Alternatively, Creativity can be a separate category - but the environment still must be natural and man-made/acquired. Jan 20, 2012 11:55 PM 103 Arts and creativity should have subdivisions about participating in activities and listening/watching/reading Physical environment should include the natural environment, local environment, and outside leisure and parks spaces Jan 20, 2012 8:38 PM 104 Arts and culture should be added as another domain Jan 20, 2012 8:36 PM 105 see previous comment Jan 20, 2012 6:10 PM 106 What We Do Leisure activities should be separated from Work activities and, whilst there is value in considering work-life balance, considerable knowledge could also be gained from more in depth analysis of paricipation levels in the different types of leisure activities. Jan 20, 2012 4:46 PM 107 Whilst the structure and rationale for the proposed domains seems generally well-thought out, the proposal to capture all data on work and leisure within a single domain does not appear adequate. The measures currently are very biased towards work rather than leisure and focus on time spent rather than quality of experience or perceived outcomes of leisure activities. We believe the model would be improved if there were two separate domains for what we do at work and what we do in our free time. Jan 20, 2012 4:43 PM 108 ork and leisure time are different yet What We Do conflates them. This I think is problematic. Jan 20, 2012 4:20 PM 109 Capturing all data on work and leisure within a single domain does not appear adequate. The proposed measures are weighted towards work. The measures proposed are solely on time spent and do not reflect the quality of the experience or engagement. Jan 20, 2012 4:20 PM 110 The What we do domain should be divided into work and lesiure time, with measure to indicate the quality of leisure time and how individuals spend their leisure time. Jan 20, 2012 4:02 PM 111 Whilst the structure and rationale for the proposed domains seems generally well-thought out, the proposal to capture all data on work and leisure within a single domain does not appear adequate. The measures currently are very biased towards work rather than leisure and focus on time spent rather than quality of experience or perceived outcomes of leisure activities. We believe the model would be improved if there were two separate domains for what we do at work and what we do in our free time. Jan 20, 2012 3:37 PM 112 Merge governence and the economy, wht we do seperated into work and leisure activities. Jan 20, 2012 3:10 PM 147 Page 9, Q6. 113 As said earlier I would add the domains "Culture" and "Sport". These are partly included in the leisure component of "What we do", as well as in "Relationships" Jan 20, 2012 11:34 AM 114 Some division or reorganisation to balance the possible importance of individual/communal well being to people, especially at local level. Recognition that leisure can be productive or creative (ie make a contribution to local/personal well being) not only through volunteering (included) but also through participation in e.g. local amateur arts productions (theatre, dance, music). These may generate more wellbeing than that 'consumed' by the direct participants using their 'leisure' time - e.g. for audiences, venues etc. Jan 20, 2012 10:47 AM 115 Health needs to divided into physical, mental and emotional domains. What we do and Education and Skills also need to be sub-divided. Jan 20, 2012 10:31 AM 116 The 'What we do' domain needs to have more emphasis on leisure activities, not just how satisfied people are with the amount of time people spend on leisure but what type of activities they are involved in and the arts and culture need to be included within this breakdown of activity type. Jan 20, 2012 10:27 AM 117 'What we do' needs to divided. Suggest 'Culture & Sport', 'Family', 'Holidays & Travel' Jan 20, 2012 8:36 AM 118 The arts - singing, dancing, theatre, cinema, painting, craft etc... Jan 20, 2012 7:03 AM 119 Combining work and leisure in "what we do" is likely to give a very bland response. Jan 19, 2012 9:43 PM 120 Whilst the structure and rationale for the proposed domains seems generally well-thought out, the proposal to capture all data on work and leisure within a single domain does not appear adequate. The measures currently are very biased towards work rather than leisure and focus on time spent rather than quality of experience or perceived outcomes of leisure activities. Studies (such as DCMS’s Taking Part Survey) show that whilst lack of available time (30%) is cited as one of the major barriers to arts attendance by infrequent attenders, a stronger local offer (19%), more attractive pricing (18%) and more events about subjects of interest (10%) are also significant factors (all figures quoted from Arts Council England’s analysis of Taking Part data published in Informing Change (2007))[7]. We believe the model would be improved if there were two separate domains for what we do at work and what we do in our free time. Jan 19, 2012 8:23 PM 121 "what we do" should be replaced or enlarged with specific elements, including sport, arts and cultural acitivities. Jan 19, 2012 6:11 PM 122 See previous answer Jan 19, 2012 6:00 PM 123 Culture for all ages should be flagged up as important and effecting wellbeing Jan 19, 2012 5:59 PM 124 No , bu Culture needs to be included. Jan 19, 2012 5:26 PM 125 Would rather see a matrix of domains, connecting themes with scales of experience, eg the individual, the family, the community, the twon/district/borough, county, region through to a national view. Jan 19, 2012 3:21 PM 126 The "What We Do" section should not only contain the work:life balance ratio, but also examine what kinds of activities are undertaken during leisure Jan 19, 2012 3:05 PM 148 Page 9, Q6. time, so that time spent on activities such as culture and sport is captured (as opposed to time spent alone / on routine daily activities). 127 Whilst the structure and rationale for the proposed domains seems generally well-thought out, the proposal to capture all data on work and leisure within a single domain does not appear adequate. The measures currently are very biased towards work rather than leisure and focus on time spent rather than quality of experience or perceived outcomes of leisure activities. Studies (such as DCMS’s Taking Part Survey) show that whilst lack of available time (30%) is cited as one of the major barriers to arts attendance by infrequent attenders, a stronger local offer (19%), more attractive pricing (18%) and more events about subjects of interest (10%) are also significant factors (all figures quoted from Arts Council England’s analysis of Taking Part data published in Informing Change (2007)). We believe the model would be improved if there were two separate domains for what we do at work and what we do in our free time. Jan 19, 2012 2:14 PM 128 The answer is the same again - sort out 'what we do' into categories. I can't see how 'education' differs as a category, getting its own domain, from, say, 'employment', which is crammed in with leisure, entertainment, cultural practice community involvement. Jan 19, 2012 2:11 PM 129 We recommend that the Where we Live section requires some analysis of social infrastructure and cultural/leisure opportunities Jan 19, 2012 12:50 PM 130 See previous. I suggest 'What we do' is too large as a domain and should be divided, to include Work, Leisure, Culture. Jan 19, 2012 12:42 PM 131 See previous answers. Jan 19, 2012 11:38 AM 132 'What we do' might profitably be split between a work/leisure domain and work-life balance domain (i.e., division of work in the family, unpaid work, looking after sick/old relatives and neigbours etc). If this became a seperate domain about ones family life, the quality of the dwelling might be added. Of the contextual domains, there is very little about the percieved fairness of society. I would add an additional contextual domain here. Jan 19, 2012 11:31 AM 133 You could merge cultural and natural environment into a sense of place Jan 19, 2012 10:25 AM 134 'Education' needs to be divided between schooling and then life long learning - two very different realms. A further domain should be developed for the arts content of a person's life. Jan 19, 2012 10:11 AM 135 There should be a cultural section. Jan 19, 2012 9:56 AM 136 'Relationships' are key to a persons wellbeing yet the term is very broad and needs to be broken down: family, friends, parent-child, support networks, partner, personal social skills, social life, hobbies etc Jan 19, 2012 9:04 AM 137 I would hope that 'personal finance' - and the economy will be very much linked and not separated as often happens. A move towards more equality and fairness in society can only be achieved when we start 'putting together' the demands of economic output for society and the individual postions/hierarchies within that economy - so that poverty is seen in the context of the way our economic system drives people and not as some people's inability to achieve financial success. Jan 19, 2012 6:49 AM 138 No - just added to Jan 19, 2012 12:11 AM 149 Page 9, Q6. 139 As previously stated. There should also be a question about social status and how well you feel society supports you Jan 18, 2012 10:55 PM 140 Culture and creativity needs to have its own section, otherwise it merely sits within 'What We Do' along with shopping and going to the pub. This situation devalues it to a point where culturer and creativity might be seen as expendable 'icing on the cake' rather than a fundamental reason for existing. Jan 18, 2012 10:27 PM 141 Please see my answers to the previous two questions. I strongly feel that there should be a separate category to cover artistic and cultural activity and heritage. Jan 18, 2012 9:16 PM 142 Yes, individual well-being should be the sum of all the other individualrelated factors, with the inclusion of an additional factor, previous noted, for cultural well being. You will ten clealy differentiate between individual factors and national factors such as the economy and democracy. Jan 18, 2012 8:07 PM 143 Please see previous answers, about additional areas to be included. Jan 18, 2012 6:27 PM 144 What we do is too general and should be divided into work, recreation, general living activities etc. A thorough analysis of each area is vital in our well being. Although an understanding of work - life - recreation balance is vital. Jan 18, 2012 6:24 PM 145 Specific area needed for "Engagement in Arts and Cultural Activity" Jan 18, 2012 6:04 PM 146 Individual wellbeing should be expanded to include psychological as well as subjective wellbeing. Need a new question on relationships along the lines of Number of mutually satisfying/ emotionally supportive relationships; Jan 18, 2012 5:13 PM 147 Personal finance and the economy could be merged. By dividing them, one does feel perhaps that there is a disconnect in the way that the Govt. is thinking about personal wealth and national wealth, as well as the impact individually and on a community level of the management (or mismanagement) of economical issues. Jan 18, 2012 5:08 PM 148 WHERE WE LIVE DOMAIN SHOULD INCLUDE ACCESS TO GREEN SPACES WITH TREES Jan 18, 2012 5:08 PM 149 See note on the issues of control, personal agency and capability. These are important to individual wellbeing. Jan 18, 2012 4:52 PM 150 there would apear to be a great deal of scope for overlap between many of the domains Jan 18, 2012 4:49 PM 151 I am sure, but until the data is collected and that becomes more obvious, I would move forward with it. Jan 18, 2012 4:05 PM 152 Subdivide 'What we do' into Work and Leisure Maybe merge 'Governance' and 'The Economy' - from an individual viewpoint these are very similar concepts Jan 18, 2012 4:01 PM 153 Yes, as detailed in the previous section - I also think more emphasis should be put on arts, culutre and heritage -as well as sport and recreation - as a factor to significantly enhace wellbeing. Jan 18, 2012 2:51 PM 154 Again, with reference to the arts - perhaps an additional domain should be created - or either the Education and Skills section, or the Health domain, Jan 18, 2012 2:12 PM 150 Page 9, Q6. could be elaborated upon to focus on the importance of creativity 155 I think 'health' could be divided further to address mental and physical health Jan 18, 2012 2:05 PM 156 The Arts are not explored and valued Jan 18, 2012 1:27 PM 157 Possibly 'Health' could be divided to create a new domain of 'Food & Nutrition' Jan 18, 2012 1:07 PM 158 dividing well-being into spiritual, creative, physical well being Jan 18, 2012 1:02 PM 159 Relationships should be divided into family and friendships and romantic/marriage as these are totally different. WHAT WE DO: This should be career AND hobbies. WHERE WE LIVE: Should be split into our house and our local area. Jan 18, 2012 1:01 PM 160 The measures currently appear to be very biased towards work rather than leisure and focus on time spent rather than quality of experience or perceived outcomes of leisure activities. I believe the model would be improved if there were two separate domains for what we do at work and what we do in our free time. Jan 18, 2012 12:29 PM 161 The arts, including participation and audience attendence in art, music, theatre, especially where there is personal contact and engagement, needs recognition as evidence demonstrates arts participation contribution to health & well being Jan 18, 2012 12:25 PM 162 see previous answer Jan 18, 2012 12:23 PM 163 The measures currently are very biased towards work rather than leisure/culture/sport and focus on time spent rather than quality of experience or perceived outcomes of these activities. Jan 18, 2012 12:03 PM 164 The 'what we do' domain should have a section separate from leisure activities for involvement in and appreciation of the Arts and celebration of the nation's culture. Jan 18, 2012 11:37 AM 165 What we do, should separate out work from cultural and leisure activities. Jan 18, 2012 11:06 AM 166 Identify the Arts as a domain Jan 18, 2012 11:03 AM 167 Yes specifically name and involve art galleries, museums, places of culture, and not just mainstream allow for wider cultural and religious areas for involvement, eg paris islamic arts centre. Jan 18, 2012 10:58 AM 168 There should be an area which includes media. This could be within what we do or education and skills Jan 18, 2012 10:31 AM 169 Personal finance could be subsumed under The Economy - as 'The nation's economy and how it affects me'. Likewise 'Where we live' could be merged with the 'Natural Environment'. This would free some space for arts and religion. Individual well-being is a catch-all, rather aimless domain with no clear direction. So how do you feel today? OK . . . Jan 18, 2012 10:18 AM 170 As with previous questions, a specific criteria should be added for the arts and the contribution they make to well-being. Jan 18, 2012 9:49 AM 171 What We Do - work and leisure activities should be separated into two areas. Jan 18, 2012 9:48 AM 151 Page 9, Q6. 172 Please be more specific about green spaces, parks, national parks, woods and forests, and common land. Jan 18, 2012 9:35 AM 173 'Where we live' and 'what we do' strikes me as a bit 'lazy'; representing 'the bits left over' when all other domains had been identified. Cultural offer, arts and creative interventions,museums and heritage, access to gardens and green space, access to media and the web, access to work, access to transport (etc etc) all need prominent profiles. Jan 18, 2012 9:26 AM 174 the what we do domain needs to be divided further and to include measures of engagement in community arts and cultural endeavour and be able to capture the wellbeing contribution of such participation both for individuals and groups and the potential sense of purpose, meaning and relational improvements therein Jan 18, 2012 6:34 AM 175 Not sure. Jan 17, 2012 8:27 PM 176 Make reference to the spiritual aspects of well being Jan 17, 2012 8:15 PM 177 As previous page. The impact of cultrual (arts/creative) activity should not be underestimated. Jan 17, 2012 5:09 PM 178 Health is probably the clearest domain in which to place participation in arts and culture, which are proven to be crucial to wellbeing ie mental, emotional and, indeed, physical health. Jan 17, 2012 4:30 PM 179 Yes, work and leisure in 'What we do' as outlined in my answer to the previous question. Jan 17, 2012 1:15 PM 180 In What we do - measure culture and sport Jan 17, 2012 1:09 PM 181 Arts, Culture and Heritage should be upgraded and defined by its own domain with sub-definitions of participation and taking part as measures, Jan 17, 2012 10:55 AM 182 There should be a provision fro Cultural activities and the arts in health Jan 17, 2012 10:33 AM 183 There is nothing that speaks about emotional well-being. Some people have a great sense of well-being and the proposed domains do not contribute towards it but their satisfaction level will show highly because they already have well-being. It's all about cause and effect. Jan 17, 2012 8:38 AM 184 'what we do' needs to have extracted from it the domain 'culture' which needs to be stand alone Jan 17, 2012 12:16 AM 185 If possible i would merge on a very personal level rather than a sytemic view of society overall Jan 16, 2012 11:40 PM 186 The 'Education and Skills' domain as currently proposed is very narrow indeed and barely merits being a domain on its own. One option would be to merge 'Education and Skills' under 'What we do'. The 'human capital' terms in which is is described would fit better under the contextual domain 'The Economy'. However, I would argue that the best solution would be to broaden the 'Education and Skills' domain into something more rounded and more accurately reflective of wellbeing 'drivers'. See later answers. Jan 16, 2012 7:47 PM 187 individual well-being Jan 16, 2012 7:43 PM 188 In What We Do, there should be reference to creativity and participation in Jan 16, 2012 4:59 PM 152 Page 9, Q6. arts and culture. This would also allow for cross-reference to the Taking Part survey. 189 To tie onto my earlier point, the arts should have their own domain, and not included in a wider group Jan 16, 2012 4:01 PM 190 As given in response to previous question. Cultural activity needs better definition Jan 16, 2012 3:17 PM 191 Include culture in what we do, health and where we live Jan 16, 2012 2:56 PM 192 see previous response - points raised might mean merging or subdividing domains Jan 16, 2012 2:32 PM 193 Personal finance - household income is not a relevant factor for a large number of people aged 18-30years who live in shared properties. The income in these instances is not combined and personal finances are entirely separate. 'Household incomes' can be highly misleading in respect to these individuals. They are often also unknown as individuals do not necessarily know what their housemates; this will give inaccurate results. Where we live - should include, if possible, how many employment opportunities exist. This can then be compared to the employment figures. Jan 16, 2012 2:15 PM 194 See previous comment. Jan 16, 2012 2:11 PM 195 What You Do should be divided into work and leisure Jan 16, 2012 2:06 PM 196 "What we do" need to includes the arts and creativity. Jan 16, 2012 1:42 PM 197 what we do- work and leisure both deserve categories, as both form a huge part of a person's sense of identity, and therefore their wellbeing Jan 16, 2012 11:50 AM 198 Health and wellbeing are so closely linked it is difficult to see how they can be divided. There is a clear relationship between physical, mental and emotional health which could be overlooked if we do not take an holistic approach. Wellbeing is not all about just being well; it is about understanding how the different facets of our lives interact, and the relationships between them. Small changes in one area (say, diet or activity) can influence mental ability and emotional stability, and vice versa. Jan 16, 2012 11:41 AM 199 What we Do - Arts and Cultural activities Jan 16, 2012 11:22 AM 200 The creative influence is completley ignored Jan 16, 2012 10:51 AM 201 I think there proposed domains are suitable but feel the detail of content for each is weak and needs furthe work / expansion to reflect more clearly the way that people live their lives. Jan 16, 2012 9:33 AM 202 Leisure time Jan 16, 2012 9:32 AM 203 See previous answers Jan 15, 2012 8:04 PM 204 Arts and culture could become a separate domain Jan 15, 2012 5:31 PM 205 personal finance should be further divided in personal income and how that affects people, and have poverty and inequality as a separate domain. Jan 15, 2012 12:19 PM 206 The relationships area should take a more detailed account fo social capital Jan 14, 2012 4:43 PM 153 Page 9, Q6. in ita various forms 207 Within the measures, there is no mention of accountability or accessibility, nor are the views of senior citizens discernible. Jan 13, 2012 11:40 PM 208 Highlighted in Q 1 & 2 more needs to be considered... outcome measurement may be more challenging, but this is not a basis not to include, or aspire to capture what really affects individual/ community or national wellbeing Jan 13, 2012 10:28 PM 209 It could be appropriate to divide the what we do into main forms of activity relating to sports, arts and crafts, audio, visual and IT. domestic tasks, etc Jan 13, 2012 3:57 PM 210 What we do. I feel that there should be a domain specifically looking at our participation in arts and culture as a measure of our well being. Jan 13, 2012 12:22 PM 211 Too much focus on the economy - not enough focus on more holistic factors Jan 13, 2012 11:44 AM 212 all need subdividing Jan 13, 2012 10:49 AM 213 see my previous amswer Jan 13, 2012 10:30 AM 214 Individual well-being. See answer to first question. Jan 13, 2012 10:15 AM 215 Just needs more rather then expansion on what is already there, there are complete areas which are not covered. Jan 13, 2012 1:13 AM 216 'What we do' does not sufficiently cover the cultural aspects of peoples wellbeing, and therefore a very important area is being 'boxed' into a broader category that it will ultimately, be forgotten about when considered against other aspects of this category Jan 13, 2012 12:20 AM 217 What we do - working life should be separated from other aspects of life. Within the latter some distinction should be made between leisure and unpaid labour, domestic work, volunteering or caring of any sort. Jan 12, 2012 10:26 PM 218 It is very hard to remember, at this stage, what your proposed domains are. Jan 12, 2012 4:51 PM 219 Please see previous comments Jan 12, 2012 4:22 PM 220 It may be worthwhile consulting with the architects of the Equality Measurement Framework on some of these details. Jan 12, 2012 1:45 PM 221 Education: divided into subsections of specific 'learning experiences'; 'teaching methods'; 'curriculum' What we do: a subsection on cultural and heritage experiences and access (including museums, galleries, film, art, dance, theatre etc) An extra category for computer, internet and 'new technology' useage and experience. Jan 12, 2012 12:19 PM 222 include taking part in creative activities Jan 12, 2012 10:45 AM 223 What we do - I feel there should be sub categories to this. In particular relation to the arts as and area for active participation/leisure in this country, but also how this links to our mental health and wellbeing. Jan 12, 2012 9:09 AM 224 So yes 'What we do' should be further divided as I have suggested in the above Jan 11, 2012 7:58 PM 154 Page 9, Q6. 225 Economy need subsuming under environment to have any significance. Community, essential to security, belonging and identity is totally missing! Jan 11, 2012 4:16 PM 226 Public facilities shd also be added Jan 11, 2012 4:14 PM 227 what we do - what addtional acitivities make our lives worth living! Jan 11, 2012 2:51 PM 228 Participation in the Arts and Sport need their own categories Jan 11, 2012 1:53 PM 229 As before: "What we do" needs to be divided further. Jan 11, 2012 11:46 AM 230 "What we do" is much too vague, and could usefully be combined, as suggested above, under an overall heading of human endeavour, taking in education, the arts and where we live. (Education is falsely assessed, in my view, just from the viewpoint of current marketable skills.) Jan 11, 2012 11:30 AM 231 following my previous comments, 'what we do' needs to be borken down into distinct areas Jan 11, 2012 11:16 AM 232 'what we do' is extraordinarily broad and, in many ways defines so much of who we are. While the measures need to be high level, further consideration eeds to be given to breaking this into smaller parts. Jan 10, 2012 5:28 PM 233 As the whole exercise seems to be centred on material things the concept of well being is so flawed that the outcome will be also badly flawed. There is a need to scrap it and start again with an acknowledgement that there are other values than material which often are stronger indicators of well being than the physical environment or the material wealth of the person. Jan 10, 2012 4:49 PM 234 In the education / skills domain could it be divided in to practical skills and cultural? I mention this because often a person who is materially poor may have a high level of well being because of their appreciation of art (in its broadest sense) whereas a materially well off person may feel dissatisfied because they have a shallow appreciation of value. Jan 10, 2012 2:39 PM 235 All the proposed domains deal with our physical needs, but not neccesarily our mental health well being. Jan 10, 2012 1:13 PM 236 As previously mentioned. Jan 10, 2012 12:21 PM 237 Not within these previous categories. The Arts/Course for enjoyment should be separate headings because they are so crucial. Jan 10, 2012 11:15 AM 238 Work and leisure could be separated to reflect the importance of each. Natural environment should include people's access to nature/natural environment. Jan 10, 2012 11:11 AM 239 Yes, see my answer to question one. Jan 9, 2012 9:04 PM 240 Re education and skills- could be expanded to include learning for pleasure and interest not just in relation to labour market. Jan 9, 2012 8:56 PM 241 As in previous comment - link the issues of the natural environment in to all other domains AND have it as a seperate domain to underline the importance of this and the dependence we all have on the physical and biological ecosystems that support this planet. Also the duty upon people living now to ensure that future well-being and the well-being of others on the planet are not compromised by the percieved requirements of people in the Jan 9, 2012 8:20 PM 155 Page 9, Q6. UK 242 Some division to allow for art and creation. This is essential and I would also say addressing mental health is important and don'T know whether this is included in health as it is sometimes separate. Mindfulness and being taught how to use this for our well being is something I wish was in our education system. Jan 9, 2012 4:56 PM 243 Individual creativity should be included in "individual well-being" and relationship with cultural activities should be included in "what we do", "where we live" and "education and training". Jan 9, 2012 4:19 PM 244 All measures of national wellbeing are spurious and should be regarded as pseudo-science on a par with psychometrics and Tarot reading. They waste public money and distract the media, public debate and political action away from real and serious issues. Engaging with this pseudo-science plays into the hands of political parties who would rather discuss nonsense than make any real decisions. Jan 9, 2012 4:03 PM 245 Wellbeing in Sexual Health and Mental Health issue Jan 9, 2012 3:15 PM 246 Inclusion of a cultural indicator is needed. Jan 9, 2012 2:04 PM 247 I think each domain should explicitly respond to the cultural aspect. So for example the economy section should explicitly include the cultural [or creative] economy as a specific. Jan 9, 2012 1:12 PM 248 ... by making education and skills part of what we do (since children go to school and developing skills through training is employment based); by considering personal finance and economy together and enviroment and where we live together. Jan 9, 2012 11:26 AM 249 'The natural environment' MUST be subdivided to reflect each type of habitat- urban, wetland, upland, farmland, woodland, etc. To lump all wild places under one category is ridiculous. Jan 9, 2012 11:04 AM 250 Not divided, but a separate heading that encompasses culture would be helpful - asking about creativity, different sectors (eg media, music, performance, community creativity, crafts, theatre, film) and levels of appreciation/involvement and influence on wellbeing Jan 9, 2012 10:50 AM 251 what we do - there should be an arts an culture section divided from this time spent engaging with the arts, theatre, cinena, art, museums and galleries etc, the cost, the importance of free public museums and galleries etc etc Jan 9, 2012 9:26 AM 252 Some aspect of the arts could and should be incorporated into all the proposed domains, but particularly in the 'what we do' section which is woefully vague and needs subdividing into music, theatre, visual arts, etc. Jan 8, 2012 7:10 PM 253 What we do split by work related and non work related, Jan 8, 2012 4:34 PM 254 Individual well-being is too woolly in this context. Finding the point of contentment is important and is a mix of external and internal factors. What is it that provides solace, stimulation, consolation, challenge? Jan 8, 2012 4:33 PM 255 divided further - too broad brushed with topics Jan 8, 2012 3:50 PM 156 Page 9, Q6. 256 Culture and the ARTS must be included! Jan 8, 2012 11:58 AM 257 It would be good to visually show that they are interdependent and that approaches to well-being are diverse. Does 'Individual Well-being' cover the ability to bring about sustainable change for oneself, for others, groups and organisations? (see example http://www.futureconversations.com/sustainability-intelligence) Jan 8, 2012 10:47 AM 258 Possibly, but it depends on the operationalisation of individual responses within each area and whether or not they can be aggregates Jan 7, 2012 11:03 AM 259 As mentioned earlier I think 'What we do' needs to be split to allow for separate domains for Sport and Artistic enjoyment. I also think Education and Skills should be split as too much emphasis has been put on Education in the last 15 - 20 years and not enough on Skills, thus employers are getting applications from Graduates who know everything about a job except how to do it. Jan 6, 2012 7:02 PM 260 Clearly acknowledgement of the arts is essential, but neither in a 'merged' or 'divided' category Jan 6, 2012 6:04 PM 261 Except as indicated previously Jan 6, 2012 5:43 PM 262 What We Do to be divided into Leisure (Consumption/Watching); Artistic Creation; Participating in sport; Spiritual activities. Jan 6, 2012 5:42 PM 263 Yes! What we do probably needs to be split into 'work' and 'recreation' Jan 6, 2012 5:23 PM 264 What we do should be divided in two: 1. Work 2. Leisure Jan 4, 2012 3:00 PM 265 All of them....everything is interlocked, for example you cannot study 'personal finance' without including 'governence'....... Jan 3, 2012 4:08 PM 266 See 1 above. Dec 29, 2011 10:03 AM 267 what we do Dec 22, 2011 1:06 PM 268 Raise the profile of Heritage within the 'Where we live' and 'What we do' domains. This is an increasingly important aspect of measuring wellbeing as the average age of the population increases and as the profile of the community becomes more racially diverse. As people get older, their interest in their past tends to increase as it gives them a sense of 'grounding' in a world that changes at an ever increasing rate. As such, it will become an increasing measure of individual wellbeing in the future and needs to be adequately incorporated now. Dec 21, 2011 4:32 PM 269 As before - what we do should be divided into work and leisure activities Dec 20, 2011 11:07 AM 270 The governance domain feels redundant. What we do should be divided further - clear distinction needs to be made between work and leisure. Dec 20, 2011 10:44 AM 271 Possibly, to achieve the clarity of the importance of the wider view of the environment. Dec 19, 2011 10:15 AM 272 Natural environment is divided into natural environment and cultural environment as separate domains preferably Dec 16, 2011 9:23 PM 273 See answer to previous question - if a separate cultural/recreational domain Dec 16, 2011 6:02 PM 157 Page 9, Q6. is not created, the others need to be sub-divided to ensure representation of these areas of activity. 274 Culture should be a component of well being, where we live, what we do, education and skills and natural environment. Dec 16, 2011 11:05 AM 275 In work-life balance the questions need to be asked as to whether people can afford it and how much do they depend on credit for leisure time Dec 15, 2011 12:35 PM 276 The natural environment and where you live could be merged. Taking into account the distance and accessibility natural environments are to where an individual lives. Dec 14, 2011 11:36 AM 277 As above, by analysing the effect of owning a dog, cat or other pet on wellbein. Dec 9, 2011 10:51 AM 278 See previous comments. Dec 8, 2011 6:44 PM 279 as above, work and leisure should be divided. Dec 7, 2011 10:41 AM 280 Too few domains in the first place. People are far more complex and interesting than this. Please, please add in stuff on creativity, arts, dance, music, theatre, local history, cultural events, participating, being in the audience and so on. Dec 6, 2011 4:36 PM 281 'What we do' is too broad to encompass participatory arts activities. Dec 6, 2011 3:21 PM 282 As said I think certain areas on what we do should be separated to highlight the special nature of Sport and Arts Dec 6, 2011 12:15 PM 283 Given the points I have made above, I believe a review of the whole basis on which this has been put together needs a rethink. Where is the baseline evidence, for example? What assumptions are being made about social interaction and the social capital this generates? In terms of well-being, social interaction is everything. Every time a library closes or a youth club or a day-care centre, there is a new threat to well-being. How will the Office of National Statistics address this? Dec 6, 2011 11:01 AM 284 The natural environment should be divided into two sections, a local component and a global component (I elaborated on that in response to the previous question). Dec 5, 2011 9:52 PM 285 Volunteering - see previous comments about faith based activity Nov 30, 2011 2:52 PM 286 Health. Physical and Mental Health should be divided Nov 30, 2011 1:33 PM 287 As stated in my first answer Nov 26, 2011 2:07 PM 288 Individual wellbeing should offer an opportunity to comment on working hours/stress Nov 21, 2011 10:18 PM 289 SDee my previous point. Nov 20, 2011 7:51 PM 290 The less boxes to complete the better - letting the individual define what wellbeing is...Maslow heirarchy and other theory can provide foundation however if we really want to collect what people think....as an open question and let them tell you without labels/boxes to fit into. "What is Wellbeing to you?" How is your Wellbeing currently? What is good? What would you Nov 18, 2011 9:40 AM 158 Page 9, Q6. improve? Much more time consuming - though will develop a more accurate reflection. 291 Perhaps 'relationships' could be split into 'family' and 'others' Nov 17, 2011 10:23 AM 292 Include a validated measurement for subjective well-being - this will enable closer monitroing and alignment with outcome measures for evaluating wellbeing interventions Nov 16, 2011 10:58 AM 293 i think it shoould include how optimistic people are at any given time Nov 13, 2011 4:03 PM 294 To include how much power we feel we have to influence each of these domains. Nov 13, 2011 1:54 PM 295 see previous answer Nov 11, 2011 12:11 PM 296 sub-sets and use of neutral examples could aid understanding and conceptualiation around the issue Nov 10, 2011 10:19 AM 297 not sure Nov 9, 2011 9:58 PM 298 It may be that the answer to the problem mentioned in the answer to the previous question is to subdivide the domain between adults and children. Nov 9, 2011 5:22 PM 299 What we do? 1. for financial necessity 2. for pleasure/leisure 3. to help others etc Nov 9, 2011 4:16 PM 300 need to look in more detail and poverty, inequality of weelath and health inequalities. No point in just finding things out - it is the government's duty to tackle these difficulties. Nov 9, 2011 4:11 PM 301 as outlined above, spirituality and faith communities do need to be taken into account. This could be done under the scope of community, but may be better done as a seperate one. Nov 9, 2011 1:08 PM 302 as previously stated looking at an individuals well being and breaking this down to health, relationships, hobbies/ activities/ social time, exercise, belief inself. Nov 9, 2011 12:53 PM 303 Health should look at physical and mental health. As a HR professional I believe that sick days especially those caused by stress can be an indicator of how well we are coping at work. Nov 9, 2011 12:43 PM 304 Only in that I think under What We Do should include something about purpose and meaning, as well as just activity. Volunteering doesn't quite cover that. Nov 9, 2011 12:33 PM 305 Relationships would be a good place to ask about faith communities which would also reveal interesting new data. (Try reading "The happiest people on earth" by Demos Shekarion.) Nov 9, 2011 11:25 AM 306 see previous comments Nov 9, 2011 11:02 AM 307 There needs to be some division that takes account of spiritual well-being. Nov 8, 2011 10:54 PM 308 I think where you are in live - age and experience, will have a bearing on how the domains will record the individual's sense of well-being and this has to be taken into account. Satisfaction, or dissatisfaction tends to peak in the Nov 8, 2011 9:05 PM 159 Page 9, Q6. early/mid years and then taper off. 309 I would like to see sub-divisions of some the domains to give voters a more in depth say, rather than just bland wide areas. Nov 8, 2011 7:20 PM 310 Health should be sub divided into physical, mental and older persons and children Nov 8, 2011 6:30 PM 311 Perhaps The economy could be sub-divided into a Local Economy too; as the Euro- and Global economies collapse and economies evolve into local versions Nov 8, 2011 5:48 PM 312 A separate domain needs to be created for Equality as stated in answer to Question 1. Nov 8, 2011 5:35 PM 313 Not sure about this. I think this will become more evident later on in the exercise Nov 8, 2011 4:19 PM 314 maybe attitudes, etc could be in individual wellbeing Nov 8, 2011 3:31 PM 315 Where does food come into it? Eg access to locally grown affordable seasonal food? Very important for health, well being, environmental, access to nature etc Also fuel for heating, cooking, hot water. Impacts on economics but also environment.... Nov 8, 2011 3:20 PM 316 I'm assuming that you've looked at any correlations between domains (granny and egg sucking time, I suppose!)? Nov 8, 2011 1:53 PM 317 Local accountability should be included in Local relationship Nov 8, 2011 1:10 PM 318 See previous comment Nov 8, 2011 12:47 PM 319 environment into local, national and global Nov 8, 2011 12:36 PM 320 this question needs more time than just a quick answere Nov 8, 2011 11:50 AM 321 In relationships I do not believe that many peoples primary relationships are with their neighbourhood any more, although this may be important to some, but rather that people are part of 'communities' of interest which are often not geographically bound but are focussed around a hobby or belief. I would think peoples involvement in and satisfaction with relationships within these groups is much more important to them than their local neighbourhood. Nov 8, 2011 11:43 AM 322 Yes. What we Do could be broken down further, perhaps by recording a sample of daily activity in different age groups. Nov 8, 2011 11:30 AM 323 Religious belief can not just be subsumed under the heading of 'individuakl well-being' as a subjective impression, as Faith also operates in the work-aday life of individuals, groups & organisations in Society providing Community cohesion & welfare services. Nov 8, 2011 11:18 AM 324 I wonder whether health and individual well being should be one domain Nov 8, 2011 11:06 AM 325 Yes, as mentioned earlier. Nov 8, 2011 11:01 AM 326 see first answer Nov 8, 2011 10:58 AM 327 Individual well-being should note spiritual well-being Nov 8, 2011 10:51 AM 160 Page , Q6. 328 Perhaps employment and spirituality require separate domains? Nov 7, 2011 1:19 PM 329 other than considerations of the spiritaul aspect previously mentioned Nov 7, 2011 7:16 AM 330 They seem a bit generic, but on the other hand they are comprehensive in defining the role of several components of well being. Nov 2, 2011 10:34 PM 331 You haven't measured work life balance Nov 1, 2011 6:36 PM 332 Environment Nov 1, 2011 12:44 PM 161 Page 10, Q8. 1 The names chosen are easy to understand, but, as outlined above, lack the subtlety required to capture the essence of well-being which, it can be argued, involves a greater range and diversity of activities than is acknowledged within the domains as defined and presented Feb 1, 2012 10:48 AM 2 Where we live’ sounds too much like ‘home’ and not enough like ‘work’ and ‘play’ Feb 1, 2012 9:54 AM 3 Generally yes, but with two exceptions. ‘What we do’ is misleading since it basically does not address the circumstances of children, students, older people or full-time carers/parents – which together account for a significant proportion of the population. ‘Personal finance’ also gives the wrong impression – it’s not personal (it’s household), and it’s not about bank accounts and insurance. ‘Standard of living’ or ‘Poverty’ would be better descriptors. Feb 1, 2012 9:41 AM 4 As explained above, we recommend that the Natural environment domain name is changed to Environmental limits and treated as a meta-domain (the outer oval in the framework diagram). Natural environment fails to capture the fact that these are limited resources, and they should be described as such. In addition, changing this name makes the distinction between how the environment can affect current well-being (e.g. through air pollutants) and how it can affect future well-being (i.e. captured via the proposed domains (e.g. emissions, consumption, biodiversity that are included within the Environmental limits oval) much clearer. Feb 1, 2012 8:37 AM 5 ‘Governance’ as a title is not that clear. Confidence and trust in local and national government may be better? The relationship between well-being and Governance is not clear cut. For example higher voter turnout does not necessarily mean people are satisfied or happy, people are perhaps more likely to participate if they are unhappy about a particular proposal rather than champion something that they strongly believe in? As noted, the Citizenship survey has been cancelled so how do you intend to measure % who trust in their local council? Jan 31, 2012 2:14 PM 6 They are easy to understand. Jan 31, 2012 2:00 PM 7 Yes, but the subtext is too simplistic. Jan 31, 2012 1:54 PM 8 Apart from individual wellbeing, the domain names are not very clear. As discussed in our response to question 1, the domain names are very broad and poorly defined. Jan 31, 2012 1:36 PM 9 They are easy to understand. Jan 31, 2012 1:34 PM 10 They are easy to understand. Jan 31, 2012 1:19 PM 11 We especially welcome the question in “Where we live” on whether people from different backgrounds get on well together. Jan 31, 2012 1:10 PM 12 Yes (though ‘Governance’ may not be intuitive to more general users). Given our response to questions 2 and 3 we would suggest that, if amended in the way we propose, the ‘our relationships’ domain be re-named ‘social and community life’. Jan 31, 2012 1:00 PM 13 They are easy to understand. Jan 31, 2012 12:49 PM 14 The names do not sound as if they have equal weight as some are more Jan 31, 2012 12:47 PM 162 Page 10, Q8. corporate names e.g. governance and some are descriptive but more vague – e.g. what we do 15 The domain ‘what we do’ could have two different meanings. It could refer to employment/ other work or social role we have. It could also refer to our choices we make (behaviours). What we do/how we act in light of the state of our various domains. The discussion and measures clearly focus on employment so the domain name may be better articulated as ‘work and occupation’ Jan 31, 2012 12:38 PM 16 I think the language of “What We Do” and “Where we Live” is if anything too easy, in the sense that it makes the titles sound so all encompassing and maybe vague. Jan 31, 2012 11:44 AM 17 See answer to question 1 Jan 31, 2012 11:41 AM 18 A mixture of populist (What we do) and sophisticated (Governance) names are used. Since both need to be defined and explained, it may be more appropriate to use depersonalised descriptors: Living standards, Personal relationships, Neighbourhood and so on. Jan 31, 2012 11:26 AM 19 ‘More contextual domains’ is not especially clear –‘more’ could mean additional (to what?) and could safely be omitted. Or call it ‘the bigger picture’ – equally vague, but widely understood instinctually. Jan 31, 2012 11:18 AM 20 The Theatres Trust considers that the proposed domains are easy to understand. Jan 31, 2012 9:40 AM 21 In the main, the names are easy to understand. ‘What we do’ is too generic currently encompassing a huge range of activity from paid work, volunteering and leisure activity – our suggested changes would address that. ‘The natural environment’ doesn’t fully describe the impacts of climate change and resource scarcity on our wellbeing which might affect us in myriad ways beyond the impact on our immediate natural environment. For example scarcity of food or other resources might arise globally but impact locally. This domain should better reflect the importance of the relationship between our activities as individuals and society and the natural environment. ‘Our relationship with the natural environment’ would better sum this up. Jan 31, 2012 9:14 AM 22 The “What we do" domain might more helpfully be entitled "Work and leisure” Jan 31, 2012 8:13 AM 23 A.The suggested names are all easy to understand subject to addressing some issues about scope Jan 31, 2012 7:58 AM 24 Yes, they seem straightforward Jan 30, 2012 2:21 PM 25 Yes. However, as noted above when dealing with environmental concerns, we believe it would be necessary to name the domain that deals with the sustainability of our current activities as “distance from environmental limits”, or “sustainability and environmental limits”. Jan 30, 2012 1:58 PM 26 Yes, subject to the above caveats. Jan 30, 2012 11:52 AM 27 The descriptions of the domains are needed to unpick their meaning. They do this well and the measures being used bring this to life further. Jan 30, 2012 11:42 AM 28 Our interactions with consumers suggest that the term ‘finance’ suggests Jan 30, 2012 10:58 AM 163 Page 10, Q8. something removed from their everyday life compared to the notion of ‘money’ which is intrinsic. Given this and the research cited in point 2 we would suggest that ‘Personal Finance’ is renamed along the lines of ‘Our Money’. 29 Although we working in Local and Central Government would readily understand “Governance” as a concept, perhaps “democratic engagement” or “public engagement” may be more meaningful to a wider audience. Jan 30, 2012 10:40 AM 30 We recommend renaming ‘Natural Environment’ by creating a new overarching domain called ‘environmental sustainability of wellbeing’, or similar. Otherwise the domain names are fine. Jan 30, 2012 10:21 AM 31 Yes, they are easy to understand Jan 30, 2012 9:41 AM 32 Governance might be a bit difficult to understand for the general public. Suggest ‘democracy’ or ‘Having a voice’ as an alternative. Jan 27, 2012 5:05 PM 33 The names are easily understood by those involved in this area, but might need modification if they are to gain more traction with the general public. However, as it is the headline 'national well-being' indicator that is likely to be more widely reported, the domain names are of less consequence. Jan 27, 2012 4:07 PM 34 The domain names are mostly clear. The only name we are concerned about is ‘governance’ which we believe would be clearer and more appropriately named as ‘democracy’. Jan 27, 2012 2:56 PM 35 Where we live’ sounds too much like ‘home’ and not enough like ‘work’ and ‘play’ Jan 27, 2012 2:10 PM 36 The names chosen for the proposed domains are possibly easy to comprehend. However, some concepts within the contexts need to be clarified and defined properly for the wider public. For example, ‘poverty’, ‘work-life balance’ and other concepts. Jan 23, 2012 11:22 PM 37 They seem clear enough to me. Jan 23, 2012 10:53 PM 38 By using the headings from from the wider determinants model (Friedli, 2009) this would provide evidence based headings, which are more comprehensive. 'The natural environment' in the context domains, ignores the evidence of access to green spaces / public spaces on individual and community level. Jan 23, 2012 10:32 PM 39 Some are personalised - what we do, where we live - and some are very impersonal - governance and education and skills for example. I think the most coherent way for people to understand them would be to personalise them all to an individual - so "where I live" "my education and skills" "my views about the environment" Jan 23, 2012 7:41 PM 40 They lack consistency of style. No specific need to change but the domains could possibly be styled as either ‘Our relationships, Our health, Our work and leisure…’ or ‘Who we see, How we feel, What we do, Where we live…’ Jan 23, 2012 5:56 PM 41 but again more thought about where the matters that concern me should be highlighted Jan 23, 2012 4:22 PM 42 Generally, yes however "What we do" and "where we live" are misleading and are far too general. This should really be divided into specific areas of Jan 23, 2012 3:57 PM 164 Page 10, Q8. activity etc. 43 The names of the proposed domains are descriptive of what they cover and are easy to understand. Perhaps using a term other than governance might make it more accessible for people, i.e. ‘The political environment’. Jan 23, 2012 3:35 PM 44 I think Governance means very different things in different contexts Jan 23, 2012 3:28 PM 45 The plain English terms and phrases suggested are generally good - the only one we would query is Governance. Given the measures, could it be called something like "trust in democratic process " Jan 23, 2012 12:15 PM 46 Governance seems very strong, but politics is probably too emotive, so a rethink here might be in order Jan 23, 2012 12:14 PM 47 What we do, might be better as How we spend our time. Health - suggests medical health rather than being inclusive of diet and exercise, metal well being, alternative routes to health and well being. Healthy living or Holistic Health might be better. Jan 23, 2012 12:10 PM 48 Few people understand the word Governance. What We Do is too broad. Jan 23, 2012 12:06 PM 49 I wonder what "Individual Well-Being" domain means to people. Maybe there is a subjective understanding of this for every individual. Jan 23, 2012 11:55 AM 50 I think both Governance and The Natural Environment don't adequately explain their intentions, plus Health is a very broad category so should perhaps be extended - as it is it seems like it will be translated to relate to medical care rather than wider subjective measures of mental and physical well being. Jan 23, 2012 11:11 AM 51 Governance may not be a familiar term/concept for lay people. I wonder also where the negative impact of stigma and discrimination on basis of race, gender, physical and mental disability and mental health sits within these categories. Jan 23, 2012 10:41 AM 52 Vague, misleading and reductionist. Jan 23, 2012 9:47 AM 53 Similar to the point made earlier, it is felt that the terms Governance, Economy and Natural Envirnment needs better explanation. For example could Economy be confused with Personal Finance by respondents. Jan 23, 2012 9:42 AM 54 With regard to the contextual domains – the natural environment may not be understood or be a concern for respondents, especially those whose “natural environment” i.e. Where they live is not ideal, desirable or deprived. Clarity needed when defining Where we live - community Jan 23, 2012 8:53 AM 55 Firstly all the headings are personal until the last three - so difficult transition; I am not sure what Governance means and it has no context. Well being needs a definition especially since it is separate from health. Jan 23, 2012 8:33 AM 56 The names perhaps underplay the 'social' elements of well-being that I describe in earlier answers. Jan 22, 2012 10:15 PM 57 I dont understand how they relate to ordinary people Jan 22, 2012 10:15 PM 58 Yes, but I believe that further differentiation is required. see previous answers. Jan 22, 2012 9:50 PM 165 Page 10, Q8. 59 I am not sure that a large percentage of the population would understand the word "Governance", I tried it out on some youths on the train last week and they thought it meant "The Government" Jan 22, 2012 6:19 PM 60 BUT it does depend who is being required to understand them. Jan 22, 2012 12:29 PM 61 Names of the domains themselves are fine but the use of the term 'domain' may be confusing to those not versed in statistical methods Jan 21, 2012 5:50 PM 62 "where we live" may be clearer if divided into home & neighbourhood. Jan 21, 2012 4:57 PM 63 not all of them will be understandable to the majority of people Governance, The economy, and The natural environment, will pose issues of understanding and interpretation for many of whom i am aware Jan 21, 2012 4:10 PM 64 'What we do' instinctively suggests your job, so perhaps sets up a distinction between employment and unemployment, with default connotations that one is better than another. Perhaps naming it 'How we spend our time' would step away from this reflex response and show well-being as distinct from 'doing' anything employment-wise. Jan 21, 2012 3:41 PM 65 would be better as phrases... Jan 21, 2012 12:25 PM 66 It doens't include arts... what we do is not sufficient... Jan 21, 2012 9:01 AM 67 They reflect governmental departmental thinking not the way we live. The emphasis is therefore wrong, not paying enough attention to what we do with our time Jan 20, 2012 8:39 PM 68 Our relationships is ambiguous - are these personal, commercial, governmental etc? Jan 20, 2012 6:36 PM 69 eg what we do does this mean work, leisure and what about people who want to work or take part in activities but cannot because the resources are not available? Jan 20, 2012 6:11 PM 70 They are easy to understand. Jan 20, 2012 3:37 PM 71 What we do need clarifying, leisure activities or work related? Jan 20, 2012 3:11 PM 72 'Individual wellbeing' sounds like health at the moment - a better title would be 'Individual Happiness' Jan 20, 2012 2:33 PM 73 'What we do' is too vague. What does 'Governance' mean? 'The economy' is too wide. 'The Natural Environment' is not a term that is commonly understood. Jan 20, 2012 8:38 AM 74 I'm not sure about the 'individual wellbeing' one, and how this is separate from the other domains. Jan 19, 2012 9:33 PM 75 They are easy to understand. Jan 19, 2012 8:23 PM 76 too generalised Jan 19, 2012 6:11 PM 77 They are actually but it might be useful to give ideas of what is included (like an alternative title to a play or book) so that people don't skip over a catergory in which they might find something of value. Like - the arts, heritage etc. Jan 19, 2012 6:03 PM 166 Page 10, Q8. 78 Mixed - 'Individual well-being', 'Our realtionships, 'What we do' - seem at odds with 'Health', 'personal finance', 'The economy' etc. Jan 19, 2012 3:23 PM 79 Although no doubt there will be debate about whether "where we live" is that which you can walk to, drive to etc. Jan 19, 2012 12:50 PM 80 Since how we spend our time has a huge impact on the rest of the domains, I suggest 'What we do' is far too generic. Jan 19, 2012 12:44 PM 81 No because they do not give adiquate indication of all they contain Jan 19, 2012 10:12 AM 82 They are too limited and limiting in concept - so hard to understand how the entirety of what enduces well-being. What about spirituality, for example? Jan 19, 2012 12:13 AM 83 Some suggest things affecting the individual, while others suggest categories affecting communities or the nation, while not being easy to decide the logic for the difference. Jan 18, 2012 9:18 PM 84 Given the described intent of the "What we do" category, it might be better titled "Work-life balance". That is surely a very understandable and potent factor for well being Jan 18, 2012 8:09 PM 85 'The economy' and 'Governance' are very oblique, when compared to 'where we live' etc. I also feel 'Education and skills' is misleading, and very narrow. Jan 18, 2012 6:28 PM 86 the names are easy to understand but some do not reflect the questions - eg individual wellbeing, relationships and some are only peripherally relevant to wellbeing (ie the economic indicators) and are very well monitored and measured already Jan 18, 2012 5:13 PM 87 ACCESS TO AND QUALITY OF THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED FURTHER TO INCLUDE ACCESS TO LOCAL GREEN AREAS WITH TREES Jan 18, 2012 5:11 PM 88 'Where we live' and 'What we do' are quite ambiguous. For instance, I would expect to find reference to the importance of the build environment (safeguarding heritage, etc.) within this umbrella and I do not, and I do not see protecting intangible heritage in 'What we do'. Jan 18, 2012 5:09 PM 89 Some seem to be more specific than others - giving some headlines a broader and more ambiguous scope. Jan 18, 2012 2:05 PM 90 I think that more information is required to be clear whether other elements are included e.g. pets-would they come under natural environment or relationships? Jan 18, 2012 1:03 PM 91 No, is it global economy or just national economy. Jan 18, 2012 1:02 PM 92 What we do could be confused with just 'what we do for a living'. It needs to be more about who we are in our peronsal lives and how we forge community. I think two separate domains may be required. Jan 18, 2012 11:39 AM 93 "What we do" to vague and to open to different interpretations. "Governance," probably language not common with people of less educated background. I had to check this one myself, its not a phrase I would use in everyday speech. Jan 18, 2012 11:09 AM 94 With the exception of the vague 'Individual well-being' element. Jan 18, 2012 10:19 AM 167 Page 10, Q8. 95 See earlier comment on 'What We Do' - patronising language of the infant class, then 'Governance' - lthis is language on a different level. Jan 18, 2012 9:49 AM 96 Use layman's terms. Keep to plain English or the whole proposal won't 'speak' to the people you're trying to communicate with. Jan 18, 2012 9:35 AM 97 The language is easy to understand, but so much is lost within ambiguity of 'What we do' and 'Where we live' etc. Jan 18, 2012 9:28 AM 98 the what we do is easy to mis-understand in that it is entirely functional in its 'naming; and therefore tends to exclude attention paid to cultural and cretive wellbeing by delimiting this to a focus upon 'leisure' and 'volunteering' Jan 18, 2012 6:36 AM 99 As previous page Jan 17, 2012 5:10 PM 100 In general the domain names are easy to understand but I would question 'governance' which is not a commonly used term across the population as a whole. Might 'rights, freedoms and values' be better? The area covering 'the UK's interaction with other countries' could then figure under the 'National pride' category suggested earlier. Jan 17, 2012 2:29 PM 101 Governance is a bit vague and potentially complicated for people with several layers of government eg Westminster, Scotland, local authority, etc. Surely the economy and personal finance are inter-related? Similary there is crossover between activities and health. Jan 17, 2012 1:11 PM 102 You have over-simplified them so they have become meaningless. Jan 17, 2012 10:55 AM 103 We need a new domain or a sub division with Arts/ culture Jan 17, 2012 10:34 AM 104 The term governancesuggest more to do woith the structures of government than the impact on well-being which has more to do with people feeling some sense of control i.e. that they can influence the decisions that affect their lives. A measure that is more framed around do you feel you have opportunities to influence decisions would be preferable for example the old PSA target "% of people who feel they can influence decisions in their locality" would be useful. Jan 17, 2012 10:23 AM 105 'what we do' Jan 17, 2012 12:17 AM 106 They need further explanation and details as guides Jan 16, 2012 11:41 PM 107 'What we do' is misleading as a domain title. As currently proposed (ie. looking at the measures proposed under it), this domain is concerned with how our time is divided between work, life and leisure - not the content or nature of each of these activities as 'What we do' would suggest. A more accurate title would be 'How our time is spent' Jan 16, 2012 7:47 PM 108 They each need ashort sentence describing their parameters. Jan 16, 2012 3:46 PM 109 Unclear, as some are similar - giving examples of each may help. Jan 16, 2012 3:03 PM 110 they are all very open titles which is good but I feel they need to be presented alongside sub-headings outline what is meant in this context by each title. Jan 16, 2012 9:34 AM 111 Within the domain 'The Natural Environment' the connection between local and global environment is unclear. Jan 13, 2012 11:44 PM 168 Page 10, Q8. 112 Personal finance seems a bit too akin to banking terminology. Might it be better renamed Living standards and inequality or something along these lines. I am not clear whether 'Governance' is going to be easy to understand. How about "Democracy and Government"? Jan 13, 2012 3:12 PM 113 Yes, although the last three feel more abstract in their connection to wellbeing. The survey gives very limited opportunities for people to vocalise (and prioritise) the things they actually feel impact upon their well-being. Jan 13, 2012 11:44 AM 114 Most are but what does 'governance' mean to people. Most will think of 'the government' and not other institutions like the NHS or local government especially as there is no explicit mention of these in this domain. How people think and feel about their local health service and council is important to wellbeing, whether they perceive that they have any influence on these for example. I would expect variables showing low levels of well-being to have at least a geographical correlation with low voting levels in local elections. In fact I'll eat this keyboard if anyone finds convincing evidence to the contrary. Jan 13, 2012 11:22 AM 115 yes, but without subdivision means different things to different people Jan 13, 2012 10:49 AM 116 ditto Jan 13, 2012 10:30 AM 117 Individual well-being: See previous answers. Jan 13, 2012 10:16 AM 118 to a point Jan 13, 2012 9:03 AM 119 They are a bit vague in some cases - makes answering the previous questions without having sight of all of the questions in this survey in advance. Jan 12, 2012 10:27 PM 120 "The scope of this domain is the stock of human capital in the labour market" is this a way to discuss your fellow human beings? Until those in power stop these attempts dehumanise us as citizens with such reductive language of 19th Century industrialisation, you will never ever reach the very people with whom you wish to engage. Jan 12, 2012 4:27 PM 121 taking part in creative activities still not included Jan 12, 2012 10:46 AM 122 But still stuck in v limited modernist valuing NOT holistic or ecological as is urgently needed to reflect personal realities Jan 11, 2012 4:17 PM 123 As per answer above Jan 11, 2012 4:14 PM 124 Need clarification Jan 11, 2012 2:51 PM 125 More specific descriptions are required. Jan 11, 2012 11:47 AM 126 Not by someone who has a less materialistic perspective on life than the people who have devised the domains and the definitions. Jan 10, 2012 4:51 PM 127 Governance may not be for some Jan 10, 2012 1:59 PM 128 Depends on what you are trying to achieve, as people are not robots. Jan 10, 2012 1:14 PM 129 Yes, as far as they go. Jan 10, 2012 12:21 PM 130 Not really, no. 'What I do' doesn't sound as if it includes recreation. Jan 9, 2012 9:04 PM 169 Page 10, Q8. 131 All measures of national wellbeing are spurious and should be regarded as pseudo-science on a par with psychometrics and Tarot reading. They waste public money and distract the media, public debate and political action away from real and serious issues. Engaging with this pseudo-science plays into the hands of political parties who would rather discuss nonsense than make any real decisions. Jan 9, 2012 4:04 PM 132 Although I am not sure if I understand ' Governance ' Jan 9, 2012 3:17 PM 133 Some of the names are personal - others are not e.g. what we do v Governance. Could they all be made personal so the connection when read is more likely to be made between 'me and my actions/concerns' rather than the impersonal / another report.... Governance is particularly 'distant' and not a word used much in regular conversation. Maybe 'Our democracy' would be better and give proper prominence to one of the defining tenets of our society.....it would still 'fit well with the scope of the domain as you define it. Jan 9, 2012 1:21 PM 134 the names are bland, generic and non- specific. Jan 9, 2012 11:05 AM 135 Some are clear and others are more vague Jan 8, 2012 4:33 PM 136 Our Relationships - I would say that trusting Governance / institutions could also come into this ...as suggested by Occupy London and the London Riots Jan 8, 2012 10:50 AM 137 For the main part, yes, but please see my answers to earlier questions Jan 6, 2012 5:23 PM 138 although there is not enough emphasis on 'nature' or being near nature in the 'environment' section Jan 6, 2012 5:07 PM 139 ""what we do" domain should be "what we do in our daily lives" Jan 3, 2012 10:40 PM 140 Not sure about "Governance", although it is accurate it is not widely understood. Also "where we live" has a national geographical connotation rather than the local environment connotation that is intended. Howabout something like "Our neighbourhoods"? Dec 22, 2011 12:11 PM 141 governance is a strange term Dec 20, 2011 11:27 AM 142 Governance is a rather technical term and could be simplified; I'm never very sure what it means and I've got a post grad degree Dec 20, 2011 11:07 AM 143 governance Dec 20, 2011 10:45 AM 144 "What We Do" is too broad and means very little. "Our Work and Our Leisure" or something of that sort might be clearer. Dec 16, 2011 6:04 PM 145 People may struggle with the title of governance Dec 15, 2011 12:35 PM 146 Almost insultingly so. No polysyllables here! Dec 8, 2011 6:44 PM 147 Mainly, apart from the one described above Dec 7, 2011 10:42 AM 148 No. What does what we do mean? What work we do, what we do at home, what occupies us if we are not in work? Its wafty. Dec 6, 2011 4:37 PM 149 'What we do' could mean work. Dec 6, 2011 3:21 PM 150 Better if they stated the area of well-being that is under scrutiny. These Dec 6, 2011 11:04 AM 170 Page 10, Q8. headings seem likely to appeal to a bureaucratic mind-set; not one that will address solutions 151 please refer to answer to the first question Dec 2, 2011 11:02 PM 152 'what we do' is a bit woolly and people may be confused by that name. 'Work life balance' or similar would perhaps be a clearer title. The same goes for 'governance', a name that would not be understood by a proportion of the public. It could be mistaken for government or another similar name. Dec 2, 2011 11:22 AM 153 Not keen on "governance". Especially because I think it has a wider political context. Nov 13, 2011 1:55 PM 154 Change the word 'governance' to a better one! Nov 11, 2011 3:45 PM 155 Relationships is too broad. Very individualistic frame to the whole document Health as a term although easy to understand carries with it the label of illness. Nov 11, 2011 12:12 PM 156 Governance not clear to me personally Nov 11, 2011 9:36 AM 157 Governance is not a term used in everyday speech by the general public Nov 9, 2011 4:18 PM 158 no one will knwo what governamnce means Nov 9, 2011 4:11 PM 159 What does governance mean in the context of well-being? I don't see the obvious link between natural environment as an indicator. Is this quality and availability of green space for leisure and areas of outstanding natural beauty etc.. This could be a little clearer. Nov 9, 2011 12:45 PM 160 but see previous comments Nov 9, 2011 11:02 AM 161 "Governance" is the only that might seem a little difficult / nebulous Nov 8, 2011 10:55 PM 162 'Governance' is a slightly esoteric term and might be explained more simoply as 'power & accountability' Nov 8, 2011 5:46 PM 163 there is nothing about perception, fear and worry Nov 8, 2011 2:11 PM 164 Governance is not very clear. My initial thought was that you were talking about how I governed myself. A simple use of something like the state of the Governement might be better. Nov 8, 2011 1:33 PM 165 As long as you read the descriptions. I suggest that "Work/Life balance" feature more prominently. Nov 8, 2011 12:47 PM 166 Not sure exactly what governance is. Is it how goverment run or how agencies support us? Nov 8, 2011 12:34 PM 167 more time is needed to answere question Nov 8, 2011 11:51 AM 168 Governance may present some difficulties in deciding between Government and Governance Nov 8, 2011 11:51 AM 169 Governance is to me a little vague. Does "where we live" cover our homes as well as the community and town where we live? Nov 8, 2011 11:08 AM 170 see first answer Nov 8, 2011 10:59 AM 171 Page 10, Q8. 171 Governance Nov 1, 2011 12:44 PM 172 Page 11, Q11. 1 Satisfaction with mental well-being is tautological and conceptually unclear, and should therefore be removed completely. The other measures of individual well-being (worthwhile activities, positive and negative feelings) that have been included in the IHS should be included in the Individual wellbeing domain alongside the life satisfaction measure. All four measures should be equally weighted. Otherwise, in effect, the other three measures are rendered obsolete. As our dynamic model of well-being shows, it is important to reflect emotional well-being and eudaimonic well-being as well as overall satisfaction with life in conceptualising and measuring well-being. Satisfaction with your spouse/partner should be removed as satisfaction with one’s partner seems to fall outside the remit of government intervention and is therefore of little use to policy-makers. In addition it may be argued that the use of the word ‘satisfaction’ is not appropriate in this context. Individual well-being: This should be a composite, based on all four questions, weighted equally. On the question of a composite indicator of individual wellbeing, we note that a) a single measure will be essential for cost-benefit analysis and for use by politicians and that therefore b) the decision not to have a composite measure is in effect a decision to weight the results 100% life satisfaction and 0% the other three; given that there are considerable misgivings about using the life satisfaction measure on its own , this is the least controversial solution. We are aware that the four questions do not measure a single 'construct' (unlike the SWEMWBS seven) but do not see that for practical as opposed to conceptual and academic purposes this is decisive. Feb 1, 2012 8:52 AM 2 The four experimental questions do not fully capture the well-being state. Well-being will have a trait component, but the questions on 'happiness' and 'anxiety' may not be the best ones to use. It would be appropriate to add more (perhaps replacing if necessary) on individual needs and wants because (as we know from the recent literature) these are critical in the context of goal attainment. Unless this is properly measured correlations between expressed 'well-being' state and proposed determinants will be meaningless. Jan 31, 2012 3:20 PM 3 Some of the measures used take too long for results to be published and so do not fit well in terms of timescales forward planning and setting of budgets e.g. for the proposed local authority health and wellbeing boards Jan 31, 2012 12:52 PM 4 Individual domain: add one about social isolation as stated in q 2. If only one/two measures should be used - Individual domain: satisfaction with life + one about social isolation as stated in q 2. Jan 31, 2012 12:15 PM 5 I think there should be a measure added to reflect engagement with culture and satisfaction with local cultural provision within each domain. Jan 31, 2012 8:22 AM 6 More attention should be given to using suitably detailed and new measures of individual well-being as this is surely central to this whole exercise? Shouldn’t this be given more priority over and above the factors that are thought to ‘directly affect well-being?’ There is a sense in which the quality of our relationships is what constitutes our ‘social wellbeing’, rather than it being a determinant of our overall ‘individual well-being.’ It is quite possible to imagine an individual having very supportive family relationships and friendships, good housing, a good job etc., but still have difficulties with their ‘mental well-being.’ As noted above, other publications from the ONS refer to measures of ‘meaning and purpose’ and ‘positive and negative’ emotions. This is an area that should be addressed, but a clear justification is needed for the specific measures used. Data have been reported for example on Jan 30, 2012 2:24 PM 173 Page 11, Q11. how ‘happy’ and ‘anxious’ individuals felt ‘yesterday.’ Such data could be of value – but why ‘happy’ and ‘anxious’ as opposed to any of a large number of other positive and negative emotions that could be enquired about? 7 In their own response to this consultation, the Campaign to End Loneliness is calling for a distinct older people’s reference group on well being and as a founder member of the Campaign, we support this position. We agree that the MNW programme would benefit from recognising different life stages and should have a distinct reference group that focuses on children’s and young people’s wellbeing. We strongly believe, however, that the domains and measures need to better represent the needs of older people as more people in the UK are aged 60 and above than are under 18 . An older person’s wellbeing reference group should be established as well to ensure the views of this largest cohort of the population are fully included. This could involve: •Appropriate and full representation by older people on the reference group •Consulting older people directly through older people’s forums to determine what measures and domains best reflect wellbeing after retirement •Future feedback to recognise and acknowledge changes made as a result of the consultation. Jan 30, 2012 10:53 AM 8 Crafts Council research indicates the distinctive contribution of craft to individual wellbeing – providing opportunities for satisfying work and a balanced approach to life; creating routes into employment for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds; alleviating the symptoms of physical and mental disorders and stress, and helping people to build strong relationships. Below we indicate how participation in cultural and creative activities, specifically craft, can contribute to well-being and where these factors might be better integrated under selected domains through additional measures in the survey: Jan 30, 2012 10:30 AM 9 7.Are there any measures which should be added? If yes, please give details. If an alternative measure is suggested, which measure might be removed, to keep the total number the same? Under the new domain called ‘Environmental sustainability of wellbeing’, we recommend inclusion of the following indicators: Greenhouse gas emissions – as per the ONS proposal, but from a consumption as well as a territorial perspective. Data for the UK’s Carbon Footprint (of consumption) are already monitored by Defra, see: http://www.defra.gov.uk/statistics/environment/green-economy/scptb01ems/. It is important to monitor the two perspectives in parallel, to get a comprehensive picture of the contribution of the UK economy to global climate change. For example, territorial emissions have declined by around 20% since 1990, while our carbon footprint has risen by 20% over the same period, due mainly to the emissions embedded in imports, upon which we increasingly depend. Biodiversity – as a proxy indicator for overall UK ecosystem health, and viewing conservation of biodiversity as an insurance measure to bolster ecosystem resilience, we would recommend monitoring priority species and habitats, indicators 3 and 4 on the UK Biodiversity indicators list: http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-4233. Land footprint – this measures the area of land required to produce the agricultural and forestry products consumed in the UK. This is an important indicator of the extent of the UK’s demand on global ecosystems. Data and methodology have been developed by Sustainable Europe Research Institute, and comparisons between nations and regions are possible: http://www.foeeurope.org/publications/2011/Europe_Global_Land_Demand _Oct11.pdf % electricity generation by renewable means – as per the ONS proposal, though it is essential that strong sustainability criteria is applied to biomass sources. Water footprint – freshwater is a critical resource. Jan 30, 2012 10:22 AM 174 Page 11, Q11. Although the impact of water consumption depends on local scarcity issues, a headline indicator of UK’s demand on freshwater supplies would highlight the importance of minimising our impact in this area. Water footprints can be compared within and between nations and robust data and methodology are available, see: http://www.waterfootprint.org/downloads/TheWaterFootprintAssessmentMa nual.pdf Alignment with EC’s resource efficiency roadmap In September 2011, the European Commission published a Resource Efficiency Roadmap, which will inform policy making at EU level. The roadmap includes a set of indicators similar to those listed above. In particular, indicators for carbon, land and water are proposed from both a territorial and consumption perspective. See: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/resource_efficiency/pdf/working_paper_part 2.pdf By adopting the above indicators, the UK approach will align with and support this important EU agenda. The Roadmap includes a headline indicator of Resource Productivity, which measures material intensity of economic output. WWF believes this is an inadequate headline indicator because it only measures relative decoupling of resource use and economic growth. Given that current levels of resource use in the UK and more widely across the EU are unsustainable, we need to achieve significant reductions in resource use in absolute terms. Which measures might be removed? As per our response to questions 6 and 11, we feel the number of subjective measures is too high, and some could be removed to make way for the additional environment/sustainability measures we propose (carbon footprint, land footprint, water footprint). 10 We believe that there should be measures added for access to cultural activities, participation and engagement with culture and satisfaction with cultural provisions. The Taking Part survey provides an extensive set of data on these issues and would provide an objective measure of wellbeing. Quality of experience is also important, aas we know that significant research exists which demonstrates that engaging in the arts can improve wellbeing. Jan 30, 2012 9:42 AM 11 Various measures from the Citizenship Survey are suggested in the consultation, but the survey was discontinued in 2011. As discussed above, we believe that some culture measures would be essential to give a complete and more in depth understanding and assessment of wellbeing. We would welcome further discussion between ourselves and the DCMS with ONS to explore the options of using cultural measures of wellbeing. Some of the questions that used to be asked in the Citizenship Survey now feature in the Taking Part survey– such as those around volunteering, trust etc. Specific examples include questions about belonging (Taking Part asks people how strongly they belong to their local area, and to Britain) and volunteering (Taking Part asks people if they have undertaken any voluntary work in the last year). Taking Part is therefore an obvious replacement for the Citizenship Survey in a number of places, and the existing presence of a standard wellbeing question (how happy would you say you are?) suggests that a number of measures within the survey could then be correlated against each other. Jan 30, 2012 9:35 AM 12 8.Are there any variants on the measures suggested which would be more appropriate? If yes, please give details. There are two areas that are in need of further development: Access to and quality of, the local environment The measure on 'access to and quality of, the local environment' needs to be developed further. Firstly to reflect the emphasis placed on green spaces close to where they live by the public in the initial consultation and secondly, Jan 30, 2012 9:16 AM 175 Page 11, Q11. to reflect the types of green spaces which are most popular and which evidence shows are likely to deliver the most benefits. We believe that the best way government can do this is through the development of a specific indicator on 'access to green spaces with trees.' This is consistent with the Public Health White Paper, Healthy Lives, Healthy People which highlights the Government's campaign to increase tree planting being driven by the fact that 'increased tree cover would help to improve residents' quality of life and reduce the negative effects of deprivation, including health inequalities'. Enhancing public health is one of the biggest challenges facing modern society. Easily accessible woods close to where people live provide measurable benefits in terms of: •Encouraging people to take exercise • Helping reduce the mental stresses of modern society •Improving air quality •Reducing respiratory diseases Each of the above makes a positive contribution to people's quality of life and therefore happiness. Action on this measure can also be guided by existing work on measuring woodland access in the form of the Woodland Trust's Woodland Access Standard. The Standard, which is based on wide ranging research and surveys of public opinion, aspires: •That no person should live more than 500m from at least one area of accessible woodland of no less than 2ha in size. •That there should be at least one area of accessible woodland of no less than 20ha within 4km (8km roundtrip) of people's homes Given the popularity of walking - as shown in other recent surveys of well-being such as that carried out by PruHealth - and the popularity of walking in an attractive environment in particular, the case is further strengthened. Increasing the number of accessible green spaces with trees will also deliver a wide range of other benefits to society such as increased biodiversity and the creation of more attractive places within which to live, work and spend leisure time. Evidence also clearly shows that trees play an important role in a number of other key areas impacting on future community well-being such as mitigation of the 'urban heat island effect' through providing shade from direct solar radiation and reducing ambient air temperature through evaporative cooling. Another example is surface water flooding where preliminary results from Manchester University indicate that tree canopies can reduce surface water runoff by as much as 60% compared with asphalt. As the Government has noted in promoting its own 'Big Tree Plant' project, the role of trees in improving the quality of life in communities encompasses: 'attracting wildlife, changing colours throughout the seasons, and creating shade and shelter. They shield houses from traffic noise, can help save energy, and reduce the risk of flooding.' Whilst a range of different types of greenspace is valuable, treed green spaces are of particular value. In addition to the health benefits, in urban areas their visual prominence can create a balance between the built and natural environment. They cost little to maintain, can absorb large numbers of visitors and offer visitors an inspiring experience of contact with nature which reflects the wishes expressed in the initial consultation responses. Indeed, research carried out for the Woodland Trust last year, Trees or Turf, found that various types of wooded green space can be considerably cheaper to maintain than all types of grassland. Extent of Protected Areas There is a need to elaborate further on the 'extent of protected areas' measure in the natural environment section. At present this lacks detail and if only confined to those areas which currently enjoy national designations it is unlikely to properly reflect either the breadth of key habitats (for example 85% of our ancient woodland heritage lacks a national designation) or therefore their importance to communities . It would be more effective and consistent with the Government's 'Biodiversity 2020' strategy if the measure adopted was instead 'extent of semi natural habitat'. This would sit well with the Government's ongoing work on the condition of priority habitats and take account of the failings of present designations to truly 176 Page 11, Q11. represent our natural heritage. 13 Household wealth/income (under Finance and Economy) should be adjusted for household size and composition. Jan 30, 2012 9:00 AM 14 GreenSpace is particularly interested in the measures around local environment, quality and access to local green spaces. We would emphasise that it is the combination of these factors (access and quality) together with diversity of green space types and the opportunities they provide (e.g. interaction with nature, food growing, sport, landscape beauty) that makes the real difference to peoples’ lives. It is also the combination of these factors that tends to be the discernable difference between advantaged and disadvantaged communities. We are unable to comment further on this specific aspect of the approach until the indicators have been specified. Jan 30, 2012 8:24 AM 15 We feel that there is scope to develop and bring together a number of the measures which are contained within the governance and what we do domains. The first of which focuses on the subjective views of individuals on the governance of other people rather than their own civic participation through measures such as percentage of people who are: registered to vote; trust Parliament and trust their local council. The latter focuses on the percentage of people who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year. Bringing together some of these measures could usefully result in a single measure which would reflect levels of civic engagement in the UK either through volunteering, through civic engagement through local democratic structures such as parish councils or through broader community groups. This would also provide a more broader measure of civic engagement along the lines of the Government’s policy theme of the Big Society. Jan 30, 2012 7:44 AM 16 Life satisfaction measures could be supplemented, or replaced, with more relevant measures of well-being, such as the Cantril “ladder of life” scale or aggregate life evaluation measures. Measure to be added: - In terms of “Individual well-being” life satisfaction measures could be supplemented (or replaced) by more relevant measures of well-being, such as the Cantril “ladder of life” scale or aggregate life evaluation measures - Measures of the subjective importance of each domain to overall well-being could be added to each domain. This would have to be for all domains. For instance, a subject may rate “What we do” as being very important to her overall wellbeing (8/10, say) and “Education and skills” as being not very important to her overall well-being (3/10, say). Such ratings would enable domains to be (subjectively) weighted in order to produce an overall (subjective) well-being score. The problem with life satisfaction is that it consists not just in people’s judgements of how well they are doing, but also in their judgements of whether they are satisfied or not with how well they are doing. Thus, I could judge that I am doing badly, for example, yet judge to be satisfied with doing badly nonetheless (perhaps because I have done worse in the past, say, or know others who are doing worse than myself). In short, rather than being a measure of how good our lives are, life satisfaction is a measure of whether our lives are “good enough”. Judgements about what is “good enough” are conditioned by norms and expectations, and by other factors not relevant to well-being. In contrast, measures such as the Cantril “ladder of life” scale or aggregate life evaluation measures drop the satisfaction judgement. The Cantril “ladder of life” scale asks people to rate their lives from the worst or best possible life for them. Even better, aggregate life evaluation measures ask people about the most important values in their lives and how strongly they would like to see them improved. Jan 27, 2012 5:33 PM 177 Page 11, Q11. 17 Individual well-being: uses life satisfaction scale that is not the 0-10 scale used in other surveys. Suggest amending so that it is comparable with national survey data eg. data from DEFRA. Similarly, the satisfaction with people’s own health is a different question asked to that which is in the Health Survey for England. Would be good to use this opportunity to agree a standard question asked for these measures so that there is some consistency across surveys. Jan 27, 2012 5:13 PM 18 They appear to, yes. It will be important to derive measures around equality from the final datasets. Jan 27, 2012 3:48 PM 19 Individual wellbeing- add a measure of lack of wellbeing (for example number of people sectioned under the Mental Health Act in one year). Economy- add a measure of economic equality, to reflect the role of economic equality in supporting inclusion, participation, cohesion and, ultimately, national wellbeing. Governance- add a measure of the representativeness of national governance structures such as number of women MPs, number of ethnic minority MPs, number of disabled MPs etc which would indicate the inclusiveness and representativeness of governance structures Where we live- add a measure of people’s access to supportive local services. This will indicate the extent of safety nets in place for people when their wellbeing is threatened. Jan 27, 2012 2:57 PM 20 The measures for ‘where we live’ suggests we all live and work and conduct our leisure activities in the same place. Measures should be changed so that there is a better balance between which places are taked about (or averages taken for workplaces, homes, and places of leisure. Satisfaction with your job should be expanded to include unpaid (volunteering) work and home-making Measure of access to and quality of the local environment should also be developed with advice from English Heritage and comparable national bodies Extent of protected areas should be expanded to include historic areas (e.g. conservation areas, historic buildings, ancient monuments, parks and gardens, and ‘locally listed’ historic assets). Jan 27, 2012 2:11 PM 21 Warrick and Edinburgh Mental Well-being Score (WEMWBS) 7 item validated tool as used in the North West Well-being Survey 2009. Accept that Life Satisfaction is also a suitable validated tool. Jan 23, 2012 10:36 PM 22 Too vague Jan 23, 2012 10:25 PM 23 There are important links between health and opportunties to see/use open space. These should be incorporated. Why is it just % undertaking volunteering and not about satisfaction of volunteering? Support open space criteria in the where we live category - must include a qualitative approach and not just use proximity data. Natural environment is very important at a neighburhood level, so SBIs and local designations are as important as e.g. SACs and SSSIs. It is not just protected areas. Jan 23, 2012 7:50 PM 24 In What we do there are no measures in relation to people's satisfaction with how they spend their leisure time. For example there is evidence that involvement in arts activity can substantially raise wellbeing of an individual, this is not going to be captured anywhere. Also where does the research from the New Economic Foundation about the 5 steps to wellbeing fit in? Again this should be in this domain. Jan 23, 2012 7:47 PM 25 Again, arts and culture need to be included somehow Jan 23, 2012 7:04 PM 26 the word satisfaction is unsatisfying as a keyword Jan 23, 2012 5:50 PM 178 Page 11, Q11. 27 We welcome that 'Where we live' includes the measure of access to and quality of environment. However It's difficult to answer this question in a way that improves the measure with a fully informed answer when the ONS & Defra are still working to develop this measure. But we welcome the fact that the measure will be developed. Jan 23, 2012 5:39 PM 28 Engagement with the arts and culture Jan 23, 2012 5:24 PM 29 I think that the way in which they are measured should in general be more specific Jan 23, 2012 4:27 PM 30 It's got to be multi-valued than this if it is to mean anything. The measure of 'Satisfaction about life overall' seems only to allow responses on an absurd linear scale from Completely satisfied to Completely dissatisfied. Such pigeon holes seem to have nothing to do with lives. Life can have moments of great happiness in a general humdrum existence and the greatest happiness could be simultaneously associated with the greatest sadness the growing up of a child, the realisation in joy that joy has an end - 'Margaret are you grieving, over golden grove unleaving?' It's multi-valued, contradictory, perverse, dreadful and splendid this life thing - who could possibly think it could be put on a line from good to bad? Jan 23, 2012 4:26 PM 31 This seems too broad to be informative. Jan 23, 2012 3:59 PM 32 Good health and quality of life Jan 23, 2012 3:41 PM 33 What we do: The measures regqarding leisure time, asks people if they are satisfied with the proportion of leisure time that they have, but doesn't ask if they find leisure time satisfying. Could sources be found to identify: How satisfying local cultural facilites e.g libraries, art galleries, etc are? How easy is it to access this type of facility? If they use these facilities? Satisfaction with neighbourhood facilities. The survey seems to miss out the artisitic and spiritual/religious elements of life where satisfaction from reading and personal inspiration might come in - facilities such as libraries, leisure centres, museums and galleries would contribute to this. Jan 23, 2012 3:41 PM 34 The grant and pursuit of regard (a source of well-being) Jan 23, 2012 1:39 PM 35 This doesn't seem distinguished enough from the rest of the domains - does not seem to be much point to it. Maybe a measure of happiness - day to day and overall. Do you see your life getting better or worse? Jan 23, 2012 12:41 PM 36 It needs a time element - e g satisfaction with life 5 years ago, now and what does the respondent expect in 5 years' time? - in other words do they subjectively feel things are getting better or worse for them? Jan 23, 2012 12:08 PM 37 1. Life fulfilment. 2. Sense of wholeness. 3. The discrepancy between What one wants to be/do with What they actually are/do. 4. Freedom and supportive opportunities for one to express oneself and be creative. Jan 23, 2012 12:02 PM 38 I don't feel that asking people to give a number from one to ten in an effective way of measuring satisfaction Jan 23, 2012 11:50 AM 39 I'm not sure there is enough break down of areas here Jan 23, 2012 11:16 AM 40 Can't open the wider measures document, so can't comment. Jan 23, 2012 11:14 AM 41 Measure: How many arts activities do you take part in or see? Jan 23, 2012 9:54 AM 179 Page 11, Q11. 42 Accessibility and individual well being will have a finance factor! Jan 23, 2012 9:53 AM 43 Domain: Individual well-being needs to take into account the fact that we live in an interdependent society and therefore cannot be reduced to a quantitative, textual analysis. Life Satisfaction: cannot be quantified. We can only measure satisfaction by what it produces - i.e. less crime. Someone might say they are satisfied and then cut their wrists the next day when they are made redundant and realise that their consumer-economy schooling was useless, for example. Too reductionist and totally the wrong angle. Jan 23, 2012 9:52 AM 44 The DCMS’s robust research on arts attendance and participation gathered through its ‘Taking Part’ survey. Although DCMS contributed to the debate, and organisations including the Museums Assocation and Arts Council England proposed the use of Taking Part data as a measure for arts participation, there is no mention of this in the consultation. Jan 23, 2012 9:21 AM 45 Individual well-being: uses life satisfaction scale that is not the 0-10 scale used in other surveys. Suggest amending so that it is comparable with national survey data e.g. data from DEFRA. Similarly, the satisfaction with people’s own health is a different question asked to that which is in the Health Survey for England. Would be good to use this opportunity to agree a standard question asked for these measures so that there is some consistency across surveys. We are unsure has to how green energies links to mental wellbeing. There is some evidence to suggest a link relating to flood risk, but we are not aware of any evidence to link wellbeing with protected areas etc. The evidence (eg. Department of Health ‘Confident Communities, Brighter Futures’ 2010) suggests access to green space and whether it is used by those groups at risk of low wellbeing is more relevant here. Individual wellbeing: life satisfaction, WEMWEBS Jan 23, 2012 9:10 AM 46 Satisfaction with one's life is a very passive response - it indicates inertia and possibly a feeling that this is what I have to put up with. Measure: Do you find your life exciting and fulfilling in i.every way ii. some ways iii. few ways iv not at all - then find out why people feel like this. Jan 23, 2012 8:42 AM 47 I would have preferred the format in the following sections to comment on this. Instead we will cover this and other domains in more detail in the next section. Elements of that will be relevant to other domains too. Jan 22, 2012 10:33 PM 48 Do you have access to a full range of cultural and arts services and opportunities? Do you consider that the arts contribute to the satisfaction you have in your life? Jan 22, 2012 9:52 PM 49 They need to take account of the influence that creativity, and access to arts and culture, have on personal and community well-being Jan 22, 2012 9:43 PM 50 Sense of purpose Sense of control over one's life Jan 22, 2012 8:19 PM 51 Seems very woolly, easy to manipulate and difficult to tie down. Jan 22, 2012 5:18 PM 52 Health and happiness of family, friends and community Jan 22, 2012 4:39 PM 53 Can I highlight the 'National Statistician’s Reflections on the National Debate on Measuring National Well-being' which clearly showed that access to "good quality local green spaces" was one of the most important factors in determining how happy people feel about where they live. Additionally, the Government's public health white paper ‘healthy lives, healthy people’ (2010) recognised the importance of the quality of the environment within which Jan 22, 2012 11:02 AM 180 Page 11, Q11. people live to their physical and mental health. 54 See my previous comment re assessing a person's idea of hope for the future Jan 21, 2012 7:58 PM 55 The (one) measure doesn't appear to do justice to the proposed scope of the domain. Lacks rigour. Data 'may' be used...; and why just 10-15 year olds? the arts and culture have a major impact on life satisfaction... Jan 21, 2012 7:08 PM 56 'National Statistician’s Reflections on the National Debate on Measuring National Well-being' clearly showed that access to "good quality local green spaces" was one of the most important factors in determining how happy people feel about where they live. So this should be included. Additionally, the Government's public health white paper ‘healthy lives, healthy people’ (2010) recognised the importance of the quality of the environment within which people live to their physical and mental health. Jan 21, 2012 4:59 PM 57 What gives meaning and purpose to your life? Jan 21, 2012 4:13 PM 58 'Satisfaction' has a consumerist connotation and implies a meeting of expectations. 'Self-contentedness' is more self-contained so perhaps a less loaded question about what someone has/has not and whether this is a disappointment. Jan 21, 2012 3:53 PM 59 I feel there should be another measure perhaps called “lifelong personal and spiritual development” that takes into account the inner wellbeing of the individual. Jan 21, 2012 2:46 PM 60 this is technocratic jargon referring to further technocratic jargon, so it is difficult to intervene on this question - even for highly literate people. Life Satisfaciton measures should include how confident and poweful people feel about being able to express themselves through cultural activities Jan 21, 2012 12:31 PM 61 Balance rounded personality, able to deal with a range of issues Jan 21, 2012 12:19 AM 62 The domain Individual well-being is too generic to measure, and must be broken down into elements. Jan 20, 2012 11:57 PM 63 The measure is an interim one. In the longer term a measure that encompasses our satisfaction with the quality of our active life, our home life, and our work life should be developed. Jan 20, 2012 8:46 PM 64 Participation in the arts have long been proven as a factor in mental wellbeing, extensive work by the Dept of Health has shown evidence of this . A variant which considers how local cultural/leisure provision impacts upon wellbeing may be appropriate here. Jan 20, 2012 5:09 PM 65 In the Where We Live domain the questions are pretty negative. There should be questions that ask if the places give delight, a sense of well-being, a sense of calm etc. Similarly in the Natural Environment domain the questions should also ask if they provide places for socialising, delight, a sense of well-being, a sense of rest etc. Jan 20, 2012 3:31 PM 66 assess, evaluate, reflect upon. Jan 20, 2012 3:13 PM 67 Again, no mention of creativity - this needs to be included somehow Jan 20, 2012 2:34 PM 68 Not sure any single measure will do justice to a human life. But what about Jan 20, 2012 10:50 AM 181 Page 11, Q11. the value, rather than satisfaction of life, or the fact that our own satisfaction depends crucially on how we are valued by others? No answers, only questions. 69 In comparison it seems poorly thought out, but that could be because the others are over complex. International comparators should be used to more global sense for this domain. Jan 20, 2012 10:38 AM 70 A question of each participant as to what they consider the income ratio in the UK should be. (I have used this social-determination of income as a route to discovering attitudes to well-ness.) Jan 20, 2012 10:24 AM 71 The natural environment domain should surely include a measure of people's access to green spaces and the countryside. Education needs a measure of cultural engagement. Jan 20, 2012 8:58 AM 72 Quality should be added - you can be satisfied with your lot because you are not depressed or suffering but really you want more than satisfaction. Jan 20, 2012 7:05 AM 73 I don't understand the question. Jan 19, 2012 9:45 PM 74 Eg: Life Satisfaction including intrinsic and intangible matters such as what we do in/with our free time and the effects these activities have on us. Jan 19, 2012 6:05 PM 75 Include children Jan 19, 2012 6:00 PM 76 Lack of inclusion ofcultural statistics on participationa , provision and enjoyment Jan 19, 2012 5:28 PM 77 How is this measured? 'Are you happy?' - Yes / no / sometimes / never /always. Not very empirical ... Jan 19, 2012 4:00 PM 78 This measure could usefully include questions relating to the individual's own childhood and to the well-being of children in their household and/or community. Jan 19, 2012 2:28 PM 79 This is presumably self-assessed? How happy are you? Jan 19, 2012 2:13 PM 80 There should be an indication of a person's opportunity to express their own personality through arts activities Jan 19, 2012 11:07 AM 81 % of people very or fairly satisfied with their local area: this is quite meaningless and will produce feel good data which does not accurately reflect healthy and cohesive commnities. neither can volunteering as this is not accessible to all dependend on circumstance. % of people engaged in or visiting local museum visits, art gallery community centres, sports events, theatre would give a measure of how involved the community is and whether it has adequate local facilities. Jan 19, 2012 10:48 AM 82 I think happiness is diffeent to satsfaction and I would rate my happiness higher than my life satisfaction, therefore this may be antoher element to include Jan 19, 2012 9:06 AM 83 "What we do" should give people a chance to say whether they are satisfied with their level of access to leisure pursuits. For deaf and hard of hearing people who need captioning in order to access arts and culture, lack of provision means that they feel excluded from cultural pursuits which are available to everyone else. Jan 19, 2012 8:44 AM 182 Page 11, Q11. 84 The arts and health - as mentioned previously ... and as an essential part of our culture and wellbeing ... both spiritually and physically IMPORTANT TO OUR WELL BEING AND THERE IS NO MENTION OF THEM IN YOUR DOMAINS... MUSIC, DRAMA, ART, CRAFTS... all have a major impact on the wellbeing of the nation ... particularly ACTIVE involvement in local arts groups dedicated to wellbeing matters e.g. the 'Silver Singers' or 'Music4Wellbeing'... Jan 19, 2012 6:53 AM 85 Life expereinces Jan 19, 2012 1:16 AM 86 Participation in the arts Jan 19, 2012 12:37 AM 87 A life worth living Jan 19, 2012 12:14 AM 88 What about life skills and abilities that are learnt through life experiences that cannot be quantified in a 'qualification'. People have value even if they are 'uneducated'. Jan 18, 2012 11:49 PM 89 All of the measures that I can see based on a 'tabloid' approach to wellbeing - i.e. do you have enough money; what is the crime like in your area, do you work long hours... These miss out completely questions about how satisfied one might be in terms of intellectual, vocational and spiritual development Jan 18, 2012 10:34 PM 90 This is difficult for me to answer, as I don't know where to look for other measures. The New Economics Foundation has interesting ideas. Jan 18, 2012 6:36 PM 91 Life satisfaction is not an adequate measure of wellbeing because it does not address psychological wellbeing. There are a number of potential candidate questions which could capture this, Since this is the new interest area and the one that sparked off the whole initiative, to adopt a highly debatable measure siimply because there is plenty of data about is a bad idea. This is the area where a recognisably new measure is needed to signify that this initiative really is different Jan 18, 2012 5:13 PM 92 Perhaps additional data could be incorporated to ensure that this is a fair measure. I have concerns, thinking about the suggested data that marginalised citizens (such as new citizens) will be further excluded as they are not included representatively within this dataset. Jan 18, 2012 5:12 PM 93 Again would this include work on control, agency and capability? Jan 18, 2012 4:54 PM 94 Drop the "Policy Relevant " requirement. That is like trying to force the square peg in the round hole. Jan 18, 2012 4:21 PM 95 live links not working so can't give an opinion on measures Jan 18, 2012 4:03 PM 96 Self confidence or the belief that one can achieve anything one wants to. Jan 18, 2012 2:09 PM 97 The arts. It adds to an individuals well being and should be specifically stated Jan 18, 2012 1:28 PM 98 'Relationships' could include relationships at work with colleagues. 'Health' could include Exercise and Keep fit opportunities/access. 'Where we Live' could include access to the natural environment - parks, rivers etc. Jan 18, 2012 1:20 PM 99 self esteem confidence creativity Jan 18, 2012 1:05 PM 100 Mutliple measuring tools should be used and aggregated as none are infallible whether deemed rigorous or not. Jan 18, 2012 12:28 PM 183 Page 11, Q11. 101 Happiness or contentment? I know these are a bit fluffy. In our western consumer society we are very rarely satisfied, and always hungry for more! Jan 18, 2012 11:14 AM 102 Why are the measures so economically focussed? What about feeling good about life and the measure is - creative activity I have engaged in. Jan 18, 2012 11:06 AM 103 Life satisfaction only allows us to see the hedonic component of wb. The eudaimonic component is missing, leaving this domain only half-measured. I suggest you include measures of personal growth, life meaning and selfactualization in the individual wb component. Jan 18, 2012 11:06 AM 104 I dont know. As opposed to giving overall statistical answer maybe a regional breakdown may help. Jan 18, 2012 11:00 AM 105 This is a hugely subjective domain, focused on people's perception of themselves, presumably over time. The precise wording of questions asked would be critical. Some people have measurable achievements (awards, money, security) but are strangely unhappy, whereas other people have less 'outward' success but are more cheerful. Could be a really vacuous domain. Jan 18, 2012 10:53 AM 106 The Environment suggestions are wholly leading and seem to be based on percived public understanding of environmental issues rather than on recent scientific study. Following these measres wont give an accurate measure of understanding or actual data. There definitely needs to be a media section to give an accurate understaning of where people gain knowledge. Jan 18, 2012 10:41 AM 107 Add various criteria that reflect what gives epople pleasure - their personal pursuits, again including the arts. Jan 18, 2012 9:51 AM 108 again these very narrow and 'woolly' terms, they mean very little but are mere soundbites, they do not allow people to articulate real feelings or responses to a very complex range of experiences Jan 17, 2012 10:37 PM 109 don't really know. Jan 17, 2012 8:30 PM 110 Introduce an element which relates to prospects for the future Jan 17, 2012 8:17 PM 111 life staisfaction may be comparttmentalised thus life may be good at work but not good at home or visa versa Life satisfaction may be contingent on certain things and thus changing from day to day Jan 17, 2012 2:45 PM 112 Personal resilience Jan 17, 2012 2:21 PM 113 Need to be careful of language as it will be largely new to people and they may not understand what you are trying to capture. Jan 17, 2012 1:13 PM 114 Sense of belonging to a community Jan 17, 2012 1:01 PM 115 I think the term 'measurement' is already problematic here. Life satisfaction is something elusive, qualitative and holistic. Also, it constantly changes. What was luxury 40 years ago (e.g. meat) is a 'right' nowadays. I guess social scientist, philosophers and qualitative research are needed here. This domain is about interpretation and whether things matter, not measurement. Jan 17, 2012 12:00 PM 116 The absence of any measure that assesses public engagement with the arts and culture as part of a more general index on personal wellbeing needs to be addresses in the measures either on its own or as part of a subdivision on Health Jan 17, 2012 10:36 AM 184 Page 11, Q11. 117 Individual well-being: uses life satisfaction scale that is not the 0-10 scale used in other surveys. Suggest amending so that it is comparable with national survey data eg. data from DEFRA. Similarly, the satisfaction with people’s own health is a different question asked to that which is in the Health Survey for England. Would be good to use this opportunity to agree a standard question asked for these measures so that there is some consistency across surveys. Jan 17, 2012 10:26 AM 118 Sense of own personal power to directly affect individual well-being Jan 17, 2012 8:40 AM 119 life dissatisfaction Jan 17, 2012 12:20 AM 120 Maybe on seperate domain or measure such as happiness/ contentment/ Jan 16, 2012 11:43 PM 121 self expression and creativity activity Jan 16, 2012 7:44 PM 122 Feeling valued and of value Jan 16, 2012 3:47 PM 123 For those where data is available for England but not other parts of the UK, it sometimes unclear whether you will be collecting data for those other parts. Without doing so it seems as though there is little to compare under some headings. Jan 16, 2012 3:20 PM 124 Life expectancy? Jan 16, 2012 3:18 PM 125 Experience of - good or bad Increased life satisfaction. Jan 16, 2012 3:06 PM 126 Include cultural activity Jan 16, 2012 2:57 PM 127 See previous response about hope for the future Jan 16, 2012 2:34 PM 128 Flourishing and resilience should be added Jan 16, 2012 2:07 PM 129 personal achievement Jan 16, 2012 1:56 PM 130 Some people might argue that dissatisfaction with their lives is what drives them to seek improvement! Perhaps a better description might be "Confidence in one's own ability to manage one's life"; this takes account of the fact that none of us remains unaffected by adversity, but that we have the tools and techniques to find solutions. Jan 16, 2012 11:44 AM 131 Arts and Cultural Activities Jan 16, 2012 11:23 AM 132 More measures specific to volunteering, and a measure for % of people not registered to vote Jan 16, 2012 11:08 AM 133 intrinsically linked to your life satisfaciton will be the influence of culture time sepnt in lesuire or recreation, visiting new places, traveling etc. Jan 16, 2012 10:53 AM 134 How do you propose the quanitifcation of "life satisfaction"? What does "life satisfaction" actually mean in real terms? Jan 16, 2012 9:41 AM 135 Include the effects of cultural participation, with special attention toward active participation Jan 14, 2012 4:44 PM 136 % who feel they have time, resources and networks to develop their personal talents Jan 14, 2012 10:59 AM 185 Page 11, Q11. 137 happiness, good health Jan 13, 2012 9:20 PM 138 Relationships - focus should not just be on neighbourhood but on sense of community and should look more at isolation Individual well-being should have more focus on psychological well-being (such as Carol Ryff's measure USA) - individuals fears/anxieties/confidence What we do - no mention of cultural activities/hobbies/interests where we live - too much focus on crime rates not enough focus on perception - what it looks like/feels like - isolation, local parks etc. Household income - just seems to be based on actual economic income. What about carers/responsibilities etc. Also income compared to peers/perception of income Education skills - focussed on formal education what about informal groups/learning Economy - what about pressure to spend/perception of what we need to be happy Govenance degree to which we feel we can imapct our local community? Trust in national corporations? Natural Environment - too focussed on global issues what about local environment too? Up-keep of local areas? Jan 13, 2012 11:45 AM 139 I can't see what it's for as it doesn't say any more than 'individual well-being'. Jan 13, 2012 11:24 AM 140 Individual well being is far more than and different from life satisfaction - in fact life satisfaction is a whole category in itself. wellbeing covers health, wealth, emotional wellbeing, etc Jan 13, 2012 10:52 AM 141 I don't understand this question, so how can I respond? Jan 13, 2012 10:31 AM 142 I think I put it all in my answer to the very first question. This domain should be split between "satisfaction" measures and "experiential" measures. With only the life satisfaction measure in place the domain should be called life satisfaction! Jan 13, 2012 10:18 AM 143 Maybe life satisfaction and feelings of belonging to society (described in a less clumsy way) Jan 13, 2012 9:36 AM 144 plain English in the above question would have been useful - variants on the measure suggested.... ??? i looked at the attachment and again the 'description' given against 'life satisfaction' was totally useless, full of meaningless words Jan 13, 2012 9:07 AM 145 It needs more to be explained, life satisfaction is too vague a statement and there are too many parts left to be guessed, eg if one person had not been able to find what they wanted to wear in the Topshop sale but another person could have found themselves in a dead end job and having spent £50K on their degree courses, were unable to find themselves work, may feel despairing about this and have low self esteem, feel gutted and even close to suicide after a few years, they may both select the same degree of "No" for the question of are you satisfied with your lot, yet I'd place bets on the first person being able to say they were more then OK after a day or so or talking with their friend, the second person I'd doubt this would be the case for. It needs to be broken down into areas such as being able to create, being able to express, feeling valued, feeling loved, feeling able to connect to people, feeling able to grow and develop as a person across different levels etc. Jan 13, 2012 1:19 AM 146 Those with dependents (children or others) should be able to give some account of the actual and perceived well-being of those people. Jan 12, 2012 10:29 PM 147 Too vague Jan 12, 2012 4:52 PM 186 Page 11, Q11. 148 I am sceptical how a national 'survey' of this kind can measure something which is so subjective. Also, I don't think it will offer and honest or accurate picture as not everyone feels able to 'admit' to unhappiness (whatever that may mean). Jan 12, 2012 12:21 PM 149 measure the savings in anti-depressants used by those taking part in creative activities. Jan 12, 2012 10:49 AM 150 Add in cultural pursuits such as musical and dramatic activities Jan 11, 2012 3:12 PM 151 Involvement in art /culture and how that actively influences well being Jan 11, 2012 2:54 PM 152 Well-being should include a measure of enjoyment. See 'What we do' Jan 11, 2012 12:05 PM 153 "No man is an island." Attempting to measure individuals as non-social is doomed to failure. Jan 11, 2012 11:32 AM 154 The ability and freedom to exercise one's religious faith is essential for many people when they consider their well-being. The purely materialistic content denies the identity of the human being as both a spiritual and material whole. Jan 10, 2012 4:56 PM 155 life satisfaction should include the Arts as a whole. Jan 10, 2012 1:15 PM 156 I suppose they do as far as they go. I do not think that this is at all satisfactory. It's all based on the past. No way of knowing where people are at NOW. Things are shifting in our society, but no where is this reflected. Jan 10, 2012 12:25 PM 157 not sure what but what if you are happy with only certain bits of your life - will that be catered for in the questions? Jan 10, 2012 11:26 AM 158 well-being takes into account so many different things. Jan 10, 2012 11:22 AM 159 There is a negativity about many of the domains ie fear of crime and the assumption that someone with a long-term disability or illness automatically has a poorer quality of life. That should not be a given. Measuring quality of life in terms of household income says it all really about how self-indulgent and smug our society has become. Jan 10, 2012 11:19 AM 160 As it stands, the measure seems to be more of an aggregate / average of all the other domains. In which case, it might be clearer to have "overall life satisfaction". Jan 9, 2012 10:07 PM 161 I don't know what the questions on the BHP Survey were so am unable to answer the question. Jan 9, 2012 9:07 PM 162 Access to wildlife, green spaces, woodlands and other natural areas Jan 9, 2012 8:24 PM 163 Life satisfaction and happiness are outcome measures. A key driver of wellbeing, linking personal and situational factors is enjoyment. A question on this could be included in the Domain 'What we do' see later Ref Haworth, J.T. (1997) Work, Leisure and Well-Being. Rouitledge. Jan 9, 2012 7:28 PM 164 Possibly, you may only end up measuring dissatisfaction with this measure which is only an attitude and will not give a whole picture of well being. A lot of people may say they are dissatisfied with their life but there is a big difference to a day to day annoyance and a deep depression, where sometimes there is nothing you can actually see to be dissatisfied with. I would measure how engaged do you feel in your life and to the world around Jan 9, 2012 5:01 PM 187 Page 11, Q11. you. Well being is being engaged. 165 I think personal fulfillment (eg. life satisfaction) is vital in order to be self assured and content in life. Jan 9, 2012 4:50 PM 166 All measures of national wellbeing are spurious and should be regarded as pseudo-science on a par with psychometrics and Tarot reading. They waste public money and distract the media, public debate and political action away from real and serious issues. Engaging with this pseudo-science plays into the hands of political parties who would rather discuss nonsense than make any real decisions. Jan 9, 2012 4:04 PM 167 Sexuality should be part of wellbeing and health Jan 9, 2012 3:22 PM 168 Provided the other aspects of subjective and psychological well-being are covered in more detailed analyses, this headline measure is suitable. Jan 9, 2012 1:00 PM 169 life satisfaction is different for each individual, surely we need to know what this means for the individual to understand their answer? Jan 9, 2012 9:28 AM 170 You have to do better with Individual Well-Being! What makes us happy and contented must surely be useful in this context. I understand the difficulty of gathering statistical evidence but copping out is not good enough! Jan 8, 2012 4:37 PM 171 Little about what you do with your leisure time and the opportunities you have to access interests. e.g. theatres, cultural events and sporting pursuits. Jan 8, 2012 4:36 PM 172 the above example is bizarre again to b road brushed Jan 8, 2012 3:51 PM 173 CULTURE AND THE ARTS NEED TO BE INCLUDED Jan 8, 2012 11:59 AM 174 so long is this covers finding and having a socially positive purpose in life and feeling as if i have a voice in society Jan 8, 2012 11:03 AM 175 The 'measure' won't open on a blackberry, so I cannot read it Jan 7, 2012 12:36 PM 176 More clarification on the value of the arts Jan 6, 2012 6:30 PM 177 See previous comments Jan 6, 2012 5:44 PM 178 Measure:physical and mental health.An individual may feel fairly satisfied with life in general, but if they are on medication for severe depression or are terminally ill from smoking related cancer, then their answer is not realistic.....or relevant Jan 3, 2012 4:11 PM 179 The 'Measure of access to and quality of the local environment' needs to be assessed by data from a wider source than just Defra as it is unlikely to include any aspect of Heritage involvement/influence, which is an oversight. Dec 21, 2011 4:42 PM 180 New economics foundation have a simple but effective survey around well being. It encompasses lots of things that make us human and feel good. Dec 20, 2011 10:47 AM 181 Wider family life rather than just spouse/partner Dec 19, 2011 2:33 PM 182 Freedom from hardship and poverty could be included as a measure. Dec 19, 2011 10:16 AM 183 Although I think using the measure of the British Household Panel Survey is a good one, I'm less keen on the question asked, which won't elicit a lot of Dec 16, 2011 9:23 PM 188 Page 11, Q11. information. If there was scope to conduct further qualitative research with this I think it'll work. 184 Time spent in creating, making, participating in cultural activities Dec 16, 2011 11:08 AM 185 Should include opportunities to engage with culture and the arts Dec 15, 2011 5:57 PM 186 Asking the question differently - what makes your life satisfactory + why Dec 15, 2011 3:20 PM 187 You have to bear in mind that people prefer to be seen as positive rather than negative because it is seen as a nicer trait just as it's better to be seen as an extrovert than it is an introvert. The measure has to take into account that individuals will want to portray themselves in the best light. Status syndrome Dec 15, 2011 12:35 PM 188 I think it would be good to include pet ownership - there are many scientific studies looking at the benefits of pet ownership human health and it would be good to see the influence (by cat, by dog, by other) on well-being Dec 9, 2011 10:51 AM 189 Page 29 of the consultation document does actually contain a reference to the arts, culture and heritage, as well as spirituality etc, as it's included in the Key responses under Time Use and Individual Activities. This needs to be incorporated fully in the domains and measures. Dec 8, 2011 6:48 PM 190 Is this life over all, or happy with family and personal pursuits but unhappy at work/college? Again, this is all too simplistic for the complexity that is being human. Makes me feel like I am reading about robots or people produced on a production line. Dec 6, 2011 4:40 PM 191 How much do you get out? How often do you meet friends and family? How often do you visit a museum, science centre, art gallery or visitor destination? How often do you spend time learning - other than watching television? How often do you take part in a community project? How well do you relate to your neighbours? Dec 6, 2011 11:33 AM 192 Expectations of future wellbeing as these affect perceptions on current wellbeing. This is where to add a measure of expectation of fulfilment. Dec 4, 2011 6:59 PM 193 please refer to answer for the first question Dec 2, 2011 11:03 PM 194 see previous comments on what we do Nov 30, 2011 2:53 PM 195 sense of belonging Nov 27, 2011 4:14 PM 196 It's impossible to say, considering the relevant lifestyle questions that are referred to on several occasions are never actually given in the paper. Nov 20, 2011 6:26 PM 197 I strongly feel that these domains will dove-tail people and that a more appropiate data set would be qualititative with open questions. The data analysis including domain merging rather than at the initial stage of asking questions. This response applies throughout. Nov 18, 2011 9:42 AM 198 WHO quality of life measure - this would mean that UK could easily be compared with other countries Nov 16, 2011 9:27 PM 199 Use Warwick-edinburgh Mental well-beng Scale Nov 16, 2011 10:59 AM 200 I don't know the details of the Life Satisfaction survey. It might be a good Nov 12, 2011 9:50 PM 189 Page 11, Q11. measure but I wonder if it suffers from the same deficiencies as I mentioned earlier in this survey. 201 Let's have the word contentment. Are people generally content with their overall situation. Satisfaction sounds more like how you feel about some item you have just purchased. Happy would not be right as no-one is happy all the time. Contentment indicates not always wanting MORE !!! Nov 11, 2011 6:26 PM 202 They are fairly comprehensive though I think there could be something to do with perception of others in the community and how they interact, and fairness in it's broader sense. Working with the public there is often a sense of recentment that some in society are favoured more than others or visa versa giving feelings of injustice or deliverbate segregation or discrimination by society as a whole. Nov 11, 2011 1:22 PM 203 There should be more emphasis on values people hold - especially spiritual values rather than behavioural outcomes. There needs to be a more qualitative approach. There needs to be a less 'ego - centric' styling of the survey. Nov 11, 2011 12:16 PM 204 see earlier reponsse Nov 11, 2011 11:05 AM 205 individual well-being consists of more than life satisfaction Nov 9, 2011 9:59 PM 206 pysical health, mental health, satisfaction/happiness Nov 9, 2011 12:55 PM 207 No information given, so difficult to respond meaningfully. Nov 9, 2011 11:36 AM 208 not sure if these will capture significant differences in health or work-life balance. two factors whic occur are self employment not being captured differently and chronic conditions which may add to the individuals sense of well being rather than detract from it. During a recent GP interview i was asked a set question in relation to my Diabetes (which is an asset for a good lifestyle in my opinion) but he could not accept another answer on my presenting problem, a back injury which was making life miserable. Just an example of how specific questions can fail to capture the real data. Nov 9, 2011 11:33 AM 209 Opportunities to develop well-being Nov 9, 2011 11:22 AM 210 For the Where We Live category I would like to see a further measure called 'Respect'. I.e. this would cover people and property and could be worded: Do you feel the people where you live respect each other and other's property? Nov 8, 2011 9:27 PM 211 The question on health - asking "how satisfied are you with your health" sounds odd. As though it's a commodity you can purchase, and over which you have little control. People in poor health may have contributed not inconsiderably to their own poor health - while others may have been blighted by genetic or other factors which are indeed beyond their control. Nov 8, 2011 9:09 PM 212 Would it not be better to do somethign like the mass observation and let peole tell ther own accounts Nov 8, 2011 7:27 PM 213 how about altrism as giving happiness ( not simply voluteering, which is covered). Nov 8, 2011 7:22 PM 214 life purpose satisfaction Nov 8, 2011 5:22 PM 215 Here again the spiritual/religious element should be involved in some way. Nov 8, 2011 4:21 PM 190 Page 11, Q11. 216 Too much about money! Money is not the main agenda that makes us happy! What about local food or ability to grow your own? Access to Trees and natural places?! Good to see renewable energy in there but not sure what that means in terms of the survey - looks like the government just want to know how much renewable energy is being generated not why it makes us happy!? Nov 8, 2011 3:30 PM 217 Maybe it depends on the sample size of the survey and how the participants are chosen. It needs to be a large and representative sample. Nov 8, 2011 1:40 PM 218 Individual well-being for me addresses the why question, whereas other domains are more about the what, how, who, where and when. Why does x satisfy y depends on motivators, aspirations and fulfilment. Some motivators are internal and some are external planted. Many questions could be asked about how people feel about having to conform to social standards, consumption standards. Not only would this kind of analysis measure wellbeing, it would indicate where policy could intervene to say regulate/deregulate marketing. Nov 8, 2011 1:37 PM 219 Need to consider issues of Identity, Value and Purpose. These have the following vital inter-relationships: sense of identity affects sense of security; sense of value affects happiness; sense of purpose affects personal motivation Nov 8, 2011 1:11 PM 220 happiness Nov 8, 2011 12:37 PM 221 Where do children and young people fit in? Nov 8, 2011 12:03 PM 222 you need to understand these variants are not always answerable with just a quick respnse Nov 8, 2011 11:53 AM 223 Community well-being Nov 8, 2011 11:23 AM 224 Under relationships - is there recognition of the needs/perceptions of Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender people - both in partnerships & feelings of exclusion from wider Society ? Equally other groups may feel unsupported/isolated such as Travellers or Asylum Seekers. Nov 8, 2011 11:22 AM 225 I think people in some areas are suffering from increased stress, cultural change and pressure within areas where there has been the greatest influx of immigration where there has been immigration among peoples which do not want to integrate into broader society. I think the impact of this is very specific as the pace of cultural change is almost unique in history to this particular decade. Young people in particular seem to be struggling to find any sort of identity, let alone a positive one. Nov 8, 2011 11:21 AM 226 Life satisfaction - should this be as much about happiness than satisfaction? I might be well-educated, rich, etc etc but not very happy. Nov 8, 2011 11:19 AM 227 Questions should be asked about access to health and social care provision, the quality and cost of it Nov 8, 2011 11:13 AM 228 with reservation about perceived distinction bewtween this and 'health' Nov 8, 2011 11:00 AM 229 You mention health in relation to an individual - however I think there are a lot of carers out there, who's well being is affected by looking after someone... Nov 8, 2011 10:50 AM 191 Page 11, Q11. 230 Contentment and sense of fulfilment might be a better expression Nov 7, 2011 1:22 PM 231 Fitness, measured in terms of strength, stamina and suplleness related to physical, mental and spiritual Nov 7, 2011 9:54 AM 232 previous comments accepted Nov 7, 2011 7:26 AM 233 Something more about family and the new form of coabitazione Nov 1, 2011 6:40 PM 192 Page 11, Q13. 1 The balance between subjective and objective measures is too strongly weighted towards subjective measures in our view. Given the wellestablished problems of ‘conditioned expectations’ in many areas, this is likely to produce an under-estimation of disadvantage and hardship in the overall results. Among those which could be considered for removal, if indicators need to be dropped are: Satisfaction with spouse/partner Satisfaction with social life Trust other people in neighbourhood Feb 1, 2012 9:46 AM 2 There appears to be a fairly heavy reliance on measures from the Citizenship Survey which has now been discontinued. Given that there is so much evidence of the importance of social relationships for well-being (and for other positive life outcomes) it is absolutely imperative that these questions are included in alternative surveys, or replacement measures are found. We would recommend that the ONS looks for alternative sources as soon as possible, otherwise this is likely to become a serious problem. Feb 1, 2012 8:52 AM 3 We agree there needs a measure of home life but we don’t agree the “satisfaction with your spouse/partner” necessarily captures this especially given the growing trend in single person households. Jan 31, 2012 2:30 PM 4 No. The many dimensions of human wellbeing has to be preserved despite the pressures for practicality or from the economic tradition of producing a single metric. This is an important opportunity to capture the multidimensional aspect of wellbeing and the constraints that individuals in different social groups experience in different dimensions. Jan 31, 2012 12:42 PM 5 No. However, the weighting between the domains needs further consideration. The relative absence of an operational definition (and theoretical definition) of well being makes such weighting problematic. Jan 31, 2012 9:09 AM 6 C.Measures proposed under ‘Our Relationships’, ‘What we do’, ‘Where we live’ and ‘Governance’ domains from the Citizenship Survey were cited as very useful in informing this debate. Respondents were interested in how ONS might collect data like this in the future given the Citizenship Survey has been discontinued. Jan 31, 2012 8:08 AM 7 It is not so much a matter of removing measures as understanding how the wide range of subjective and objective measures will relate to one another and how they will be used to provide a picture of national well-being. Selfassessed well-being and health provides individual level data, but a measure such as ‘life expectancy’ operates on a population level. The measures of ‘trust’ appear problematic and too general to be meaningful. Does the concept of a ‘neighbourhood’ mean very much to people, as opposed to ‘your immediate neighbours?’ Jan 30, 2012 2:25 PM 8 It is not clear what value there is in asking about Satisfaction with spouse in the Relationships domain especially given the very high proportion responding mostly or completely satisfied. Jan 30, 2012 9:03 AM 9 Similar issues apply to satisfaction measures within individual domains – again, judgements about what is “good enough” are conditioned by expectations and other factors. Again, measures which ask individuals to rate their experience by reference to relatively fixed points would be preferable. Jan 27, 2012 5:33 PM 10 Maybe the "Satisfaction with your social life" could be phrased differently as "non-work life" to be clear that it contained more than just "socialising". For example, certain sporting and musical activities are in fact rather solitary! Jan 23, 2012 7:09 PM 193 Page 11, Q13. 11 but please change the word satisfaction Jan 23, 2012 5:51 PM 12 The first two measures have the same problem as the question on individual satisfaction - these relationships are multivalued - I wouldn't know how to answer them menaingfully. Jan 23, 2012 4:40 PM 13 Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Jan 23, 2012 3:44 PM 14 Spouse/partner. Jan 23, 2012 3:40 PM 15 Trus other people - surely part of belonging measure? Very emotive question... Jan 23, 2012 12:16 PM 16 Satisfaction with your spouse/partner should at least be considered for removal - a tricky one. Whilst it would clearly have an impact on individual wellbeing there is not a great deal Government or indeed society can do about it. Jan 23, 2012 10:48 AM 17 Measure: Satisfaction with your spouse/partner Jan 23, 2012 10:24 AM 18 All. Who can ever say they are satisfied? What does that term even mean? Everyone has a different perception of satisfaction. Some might see it as merely contentment whereas others may see it as sacrifice. People's notions about their neighborhood are totally unrealistic and based on their own fears and what they read or don't read, their mental health, experiences etc. This statistic is totally meaningless. Jan 23, 2012 9:58 AM 19 Individual well-being: uses life satisfaction scale that is not the 0-10 scale used in other surveys. Suggest amending so that it is comparable with national survey data e.g. data from DEFRA. Similarly, the satisfaction with people’s own health is a different question asked to that which is in the Health Survey for England. Would be good to use this opportunity to agree a standard question asked for these measures so that there is some consistency across surveys. We are unsure has to how green energies links to mental wellbeing. There is some evidence to suggest a link relating to flood risk, but we are not aware of any evidence to link wellbeing with protected areas etc. The evidence (eg. Department of Health ‘Confident Communities, Brighter Futures’ 2010) suggests access to green space and whether it is used by those groups at risk of low well-being is more relevant here. Jan 23, 2012 9:10 AM 20 Belonging strongly to the neighbourhood Jan 23, 2012 8:50 AM 21 Not specifically. The number of indicators should not be restricted by an arbitrary limit. The measurement of that should in the end be usefulness to public policy. However see answer to Question 7. Jan 22, 2012 10:34 PM 22 Percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood. This measure is not meaningful to everyone in the day and age of online communication. More important than local communities (or equally important) are communities of interest which can consist of individuals located anywhere around the world. Jan 22, 2012 8:23 PM 23 Drop both 'Percentage of people' measures Jan 22, 2012 4:48 PM 24 Satisfaction with spouse/partner Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Jan 22, 2012 12:41 PM 194 Page 11, Q13. 25 "Trust other people in your neighbourhood" sounds too vague. Respondents could only give a meaningful answer if the question specifies which people and in what circumstances you would trust them to do what. Jan 21, 2012 6:50 PM 26 All of them should be reworded so as not to be so black and white Jan 21, 2012 4:16 PM 27 Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood - invites a divisive attitude, and would think responses to 'belong strongly to the neighbourhood' measure could show how an individual feels in their broader community and reflect the 'trust'/'safety' element sufficiently Jan 21, 2012 4:12 PM 28 At a time of glabal citizenship and transient populations the intense focus on 'the neighbourhood' is absurd. Jan 21, 2012 12:01 AM 29 ...belong strongly to the neighbourhood, should be replaced with ....belong strongly in a community.. to reflect the way we live, which is not geodemographically determined Jan 20, 2012 8:51 PM 30 not sure Jan 20, 2012 6:30 PM 31 satisfaction with your spouse/partner Jan 20, 2012 1:56 PM 32 What if you are single? - a lot of people become happier after becoming single. Jan 19, 2012 9:35 PM 33 satisfaction with your spouse - it's meaningless Jan 19, 2012 6:06 PM 34 'Satisfaction with your spouse/partner' leaves the way open to much misinformation ... Also, could perhaps combine 'spouse/partner' and 'social life' into a 'family & friends' measure? Don't really like 4th suggestion, either the wording or it appearing within this domain - should be in 'Where we live'? Jan 19, 2012 4:01 PM 35 Satisfacton with your spouse/partner Jan 19, 2012 12:54 PM 36 percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood Jan 19, 2012 11:07 AM 37 % of people who trust other people in the neighbourhood. This will not answer the question whether a community is healthy Jan 19, 2012 10:48 AM 38 I am not sure how people can comment for others. Asking people to guess a percentage of people who trust others or who feel they belong strongly to a community, is asking for peoples assumptoins rather than analysis of their wellbeing. Coudl ask: do you trust other people in your neighbourhood and do you feel you belong strongly to the neighbourhood Jan 19, 2012 9:18 AM 39 Putting neighbourhood into relationship section is confusing. It should be separate. Jan 19, 2012 12:24 AM 40 'Trust'. How about adding, 'Do you think people trust you in your own neighbourhood'? Relationships are a two way thing. Spouse or partner: some people are happy to live on their own. Don't make this a specific question. Perhaps are you happy living in company or on your own. Jan 18, 2012 11:54 PM 41 Why are there yes, no measures about relationships with neighbours but not the satisfaction measures? Jan 18, 2012 9:21 PM 42 Could remove "percentage of people who feel that they belong to the Jan 18, 2012 5:54 PM 195 Page 11, Q13. neigghbourhood" as it is very similar to the one above 43 Can't see how information about satisfaction with spouse/partner is likely to be useful, and it seems intrusive. Jan 18, 2012 5:22 PM 44 Satisfaction with spouse/partner does not address the relationship quality and excludes a high % of the population. The other questions are more general social capital questions which are valid as such but should appear in the 'where we live domain'. Jan 18, 2012 5:13 PM 45 Just social life satisfaction? Jan 18, 2012 4:56 PM 46 Merge the last 2 measures on identifying with neighbourhood Jan 18, 2012 4:06 PM 47 Satisfaction with social life - too vague, general. How does this reflect on the gvt's responsibilities? Many people I suspect will think this a personal area that is not gvt's responsibility. However, if this measure is expanded into Cultural activities, there is more scope to encompass areas where gvt intervention can make a difference. Jan 18, 2012 11:58 AM 48 Percentage of people who trsut other people in their neighbourhood Jan 18, 2012 11:42 AM 49 Good set of questions, universally applicable. The 'trust' and 'belong strongly' to the neighbourhood are quite similar questions, nearly overlapping. I think actual membership of any sub-group in your community is a definite indicator of participation, rather than the nebulous word 'belonging'. See below Jan 18, 2012 11:06 AM 50 I dont know why the satisfaction with spouse/partner is included here. That is personal choice and not an area the state should be directly involved with. Jan 18, 2012 11:02 AM 51 however trusting relationships are based on reality as well as perception and therefore there should be a measure that also looks at whether ones trust is reciprocated by the people in ones neighbourhood (you can say hello to your neighbour and feel trusting toward them but if they feel mistrust, prejudice and hatred toward you, it is going to have a direct impact upojn your wellbeing whether or not you would like to belong strongly to that neighbourhood Jan 18, 2012 6:42 AM 52 But satisfaction seems such a meagre response. What about using the word "happiness"? Jan 17, 2012 11:00 AM 53 The neighbourhood measures because not everyone needs these for their well-being and people who are happy alone need to have their voices heard too. Jan 17, 2012 8:44 AM 54 Remove: Satisfaction with your spouse/partner. It is difficult to see how this measure can be policy-relevant. Therefore it's not a useful measure to include within a limited set. Also, how would a single person or widow/er or divorcee answer? Jan 16, 2012 7:47 PM 55 The third suggestion about trust implies a lack a social coherence, which may indeed be present in some areas but to use the word trust, brings the idea of mistrust and suspicion to the forefront of the mind. The issue should be about strengthening communities and neighbourhoods, not dividing them by mixed identities. Jan 16, 2012 4:04 PM 56 Not sure of the point of satisfaction with spouse partner - so what? what could be done to improve this other than personal initiatives (nothing to do Jan 16, 2012 2:37 PM 196 Page 11, Q13. with government, unless we get a clearer picture of e.g. domestic abuse, infidelity, whatever) 57 satisfaction with spouse/ partner Jan 16, 2012 12:58 PM 58 Not everyone feels that belonging strongly to their neighbourhood is a prerequisite for wellbeing! It might be better to say "...belong strongly to a group with common interests or goals." Jan 16, 2012 11:49 AM 59 Social Life - thats enjoying your leisrue and cultural time out of work isnt it? Jan 16, 2012 10:55 AM 60 Measure: Percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood - this could just be amalgamated with Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Jan 16, 2012 10:12 AM 61 I would remove "satisfaction with spouse / partner" Jan 16, 2012 9:44 AM 62 % of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood. This would not necessarily affect an individual's sense of wellbeing - some people are more social than others Jan 15, 2012 8:10 PM 63 feeling you belong to the neighbourhood implies that you trust other people in the neighbourhood - is there some duplication here? Jan 14, 2012 11:02 AM 64 The neighbourhood ones seem a bit misplaced here, and sit better in the where we live section in my opinion. Jan 13, 2012 3:17 PM 65 neighbourhood implies local neighbours what about a sense of community found in local organisations/groups/culbs? Feel this would be more approapriate. Jan 13, 2012 11:45 AM 66 how do you propose to measure satisfaction? Jan 13, 2012 10:33 AM 67 Satisfaction with your spouse/partner & Satisfaction with your social life Jan 13, 2012 10:33 AM 68 will there be clarification of the term 'satisfaction'? Jan 13, 2012 9:12 AM 69 n/a Jan 13, 2012 1:25 AM 70 Huge assumption that people have a spouse/partner. Surely important or significant people in one's everyday life can have an equally valid role. For some that might be their sister? Jan 12, 2012 1:59 PM 71 Satisfaction with your spouse or partner may not be the phrase used to respondents but if it is it shouldn't be. It's a difficult one to phrase but currently it's a deterrent to giving an accurate answer 'A satisfying relationship with a spouse or intimate partner' might be an improvement. Jan 12, 2012 1:57 PM 72 but also measure the percentage of people taking part in creative activities both alone and as part of a group. Jan 12, 2012 10:51 AM 73 Satisfaction with your spouse/partner. Merely asking the question will interfere with the returns: it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, causing dissatisfaction where none existed before. Jan 11, 2012 11:37 AM 74 there is a huge assumption in the fourth measure. Many people--especially if they do not have children or an extended family in the immediate area-may not need to feel they belong strongly to a neighbourhood--especially if Jan 11, 2012 11:22 AM 197 Page 11, Q13. they commute to work, and undertake much of their leisure activity close to their work, and not their home location. This could give a very misleading picture. 75 Percentage of people who trust each other in a neighbourhood. This is so subjective that any measure it produces will be spurious. Jan 10, 2012 5:00 PM 76 Trusting other people - again a negative. Jan 10, 2012 11:23 AM 77 All measures of national wellbeing are spurious and should be regarded as pseudo-science on a par with psychometrics and Tarot reading. They waste public money and distract the media, public debate and political action away from real and serious issues. Engaging with this pseudo-science plays into the hands of political parties who would rather discuss nonsense than make any real decisions. Jan 9, 2012 4:04 PM 78 This is a comment on your assumptions. It seems fundamental to me to measure somewhere our wok relationships. These are a very dominant part of many people's daily experience and have a huge impact on well being overall. I also don't understand how you can ask about the spouse/partner but not the wider family. This too seems absolutely fundamental. it does not look from the summary of the scope of the domain as if the economy measure will include this..... though I can't read the measures under economy until I've filled in these earlier parts of the form!! Jan 9, 2012 1:32 PM 79 Combine spouse/partner and social life into a single measure of satisfaction with personal relationships since for some relationships with children/parents are critical and others are single. Jan 9, 2012 1:04 PM 80 Focus on spouse/partner is exclusive. Add 'other significant relationships' to encompass imtimate friendships/family? Assumptions that partner=only intimate relationship and/or 'social life' is adequate for others is problematic when many have alternative/single/communcal lifestyles but significant relationships that don't come under such a naroow definition Jan 9, 2012 10:55 AM 81 'people who trust other people in their neighbourhood'. Everyone trusts some people; everyone distrusts others. You can't generalise like this. It's meaningless. Jan 8, 2012 7:16 PM 82 perhaps the local relationships and personal relationships should be viewed as differently Jan 8, 2012 3:53 PM 83 I think in should be about the community which is a broader perspective because of today's mobility and not just the neighbourhood. Jan 8, 2012 12:04 PM 84 Trusting neighbours is a variable fraught with complexity. The answers may well have far more to with the area (strong link with deprivation), bad experiences or individual personalities, and tell us nothing at all about the quality of the relationships in our lives. Jan 8, 2012 11:45 AM 85 i would suggest that the trust and belonging are a product of our abilities to communicate openly, honestly and compassionately. When there is change in a neighbourhood we might not feel like we belong and yet it can bring diversity, creativity and new growth. Belonging supports well-being on many levels, not just belonging to a neighbourhood but also family, friends, education, national, global...it is therefore a dynamic and changing characteristic. In conclusion the word 'neighbourhood' feels restrictive Jan 8, 2012 11:03 AM 198 Page 11, Q13. 86 Belonging strongly to the neighbourhood is not an issue for millions of people. Many of us positively choose to live in places in which one does not know one's neighbours, etc. We like it that way. We see our friends when we want to, without being bothered by strangers who just happen to live near us. Jan 7, 2012 12:40 PM 87 None of your business re personal relationships. Also, many people lie on this type of questionnaire purely because they feel any government survey/census is either a waste of time, a waste of money or they just want to 'screw' up the outcomes for the sheer pleasure of being able to. Jan 3, 2012 4:15 PM 88 Not removed but modified - social live would need some clarification - people may not feel they have much of a social life, but do have friends they talk to and are part of their community. Dec 28, 2011 3:50 PM 89 I wonder about "satisfaction" with relationships. Some evidence that just having relationships is good for well-being, and could be a more objective measure. Could one of first 2 questions be about extent of relationships, the other about satisfaction? Dec 22, 2011 12:51 PM 90 There needs to be a measure that includes parent/child relationships Dec 21, 2011 4:42 PM 91 I think the first two are much more important than the last two Dec 20, 2011 11:30 AM 92 I think the word 'satisifcation' should be removed Dec 20, 2011 10:49 AM 93 The last two. It's not an issue of trust and this can mislead. Dec 15, 2011 3:32 PM 94 But you need to add more and give it more flexibility Dec 6, 2011 4:41 PM 95 Satisfaction with spouse/partner is highly dependent on personal decisions and should not affect any national statistics. The fact that some people make poor choices in their personal life cannot be used as an indicator of national well-being. Dec 5, 2011 9:56 PM 96 I am not able to respond to each specific subquestion as I believe the overall structure is flawed and thus each measure would need to be analysed against a different structure, please refer to answer for question one of the survey Dec 2, 2011 11:05 PM 97 My only comment here is what if you don't have a spouse or partner? Presumably part of this measure is people who have no close relationship. Will there be a measure of the number of people you live with on a constant basis? Dec 2, 2011 11:54 AM 98 As before - open questions.... Nov 18, 2011 9:44 AM 99 but they are not comprehensive enough Nov 16, 2011 11:00 AM 100 Satisfaction with spouse / partner is framed like a commodity - not a relationship. There is no space for contribution and giving but it feels like a product survey. 'Social life' is interpreted quite narrowly by people especially young people. Nov 11, 2011 12:20 PM 101 The one on spouse/partner will not be useful because I am not sure many will answer it and the repsonse will vary a lot from one day to another. Nov 10, 2011 12:14 PM 102 % of people who trust other people in the neighbourhood Nov 9, 2011 4:28 PM 199 Page 11, Q13. 103 People will not be able to quantify these areas. Nov 9, 2011 4:12 PM 104 satisfaction with your spouse/ partner Nov 9, 2011 1:12 PM 105 Query satisfaction with spouse, it opens up a whole other area in my opinion. Nov 9, 2011 8:38 AM 106 I think Trust is a very strong and personal concept. I personally trust very few people in the local community. Nov 8, 2011 9:37 PM 107 The "satisfaction with sociial life and with partner" invites a selfish way of thinking, , which needs to be reworded. Nov 8, 2011 7:28 PM 108 All ok Nov 8, 2011 6:34 PM 109 number 4 Nov 8, 2011 5:24 PM 110 Trust people in their neighbourhood. Feeling that you belong shows you trust your neighbourhood i'd say. Why not call it community rather than neighbourhood? (Sounds American to me to call it neighbourhood!) Nov 8, 2011 3:35 PM 111 Measures 3 and 4 can be combined so as not to put too much emphasis on the local community. Nov 8, 2011 1:50 PM 112 This presumes a relationship with a partner. There is no provision for the increasing number of single people. Given the very fluid nature of modern society I would expect the last two to be consitently low. Nov 8, 2011 1:41 PM 113 A lot of people feel satisfied but a majority feel they don't belong strongly to their community and are not involved. Nov 8, 2011 1:15 PM 114 Well you are entering the area of sensitivity, I feel you are entering the field of psychology, Nov 8, 2011 11:57 AM 115 Belong strongly to their neighbourhood. Nov 8, 2011 11:48 AM 116 Satisfaction with spouse/partner, really how can this be influenced Nov 8, 2011 11:40 AM 117 No, but, for example, I live in London and feel happy with my relationships but don't need to feel that i belong strongly to my neighbourhood. Nov 8, 2011 11:22 AM 118 Measure: Satisfaction with your spouse/partner very personal and why would the gov need to know? Measure: Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Far to watery, most people don,t know the majority of people in their neighborhood and would be making an inaccurate estimate. Nov 8, 2011 11:19 AM 119 satisfaction with spouse and social life, I feel this is intrusive Nov 8, 2011 11:09 AM 200 Page 12, Q15. 1 Add some measures included in the Equality Measurement Framework (see references / attachments and qus 1 and 2 above). Also, give consideration to coverage of the non-household population, many of whom may be at risk of much lower well-being, eg prisoners, in hospitals and psychiatric institutions, care homes, hostels. Measures that do not cover the nonhousehold population need to have ‘health warnings’ attached. Suggestions for measures that could be removed have been given in qu 6 above. Feb 1, 2012 9:46 AM 2 As stated above, the reliance on measures from the Citizenship Survey could undermine any National Well-being measure unless replacement measures are found. We therefore recommend that the ONS looks for alternative sources for measures of social relationships as soon as possible. Feb 1, 2012 8:52 AM 3 7.Are there any measures which should be added? If yes, please give details. If an alternative measure is suggested, which measure might be removed, to keep the total number the same? In the year of the Olympics (and with a view to the Olympic legacy and Cultural Olympiad) we strongly recommend adding measures from the outset that will specifically capture the wellbeing associated with engaging in culture and sport. Taking Part provides an ideal vehicle for doing this. Taking Part captures individuals’ levels of participation in culture and sport and the benefits they derive from it, along with rich data on barriers and enablers (economic, physical, social and psychological) to participation. As well as covering ‘what we do’, Taking Part also collects data which applies to some of the other suggested domains. Namely: Our relationships - who we do things with Health - levels of sports participation and associated health effects Where we live •Where we engage with culture and sport (see also the CASE local profiles tools which provide data on ‘facilities’ by local area). •Views on local arts, heritage, library, museum and sporting provision. •Community cohesion/belonging, volunteering, public participation, social networks, trust Taking Part is a rolling cross-sectional face-to-face survey of 10,000 (including both adults and children) interviews per annum, now in its seventh year. It provides an ideal vehicle for developing indicators relating to culture and sport for the purposes of measuring wellbeing. We are also currently developing questions and a sample to deliver longitudinal findings. We would be happy to continue to liaise with ONS on how we can deliver data on wellbeing and greatly welcome your suggestion of a workshop with DCMS in late January. Jan 31, 2012 2:08 PM 4 there is some value for adding a domain (and therefore measures) concerning household and personal relationship issues. Some of these could be taken from the current domains (e.g., the ‘satisfaction with spouse/partner’ in the ‘our relationships’ domain’). Jan 31, 2012 1:03 PM 5 Relationships: remove % of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood. Jan 31, 2012 12:15 PM 6 1.Include work in the “our relationships”. Relationships at work are crucial for well-being as a source of feedback, support and friendship. Increasingly work is done in teams and thus good or bad team morale will affect individual well-being. There are also the issues of bullying, discrimination and other forms of workplace aggression which research has shown conclusively negative effect well-being with consequences for absence, performance and other behaviours. Relationships with clients and Measures should differentiate relationships with senior managers, immediate manager, coworkers, customers and other outsiders e.g. patients, suppliers, visitors in hospitals. Jan 31, 2012 11:50 AM 201 Page 12, Q15. 7 In addition to widening the scope of the ‘relationships’ and ‘what we do’ measures to reflect a wider and less self-focussed definition of wellbeing. Jan 31, 2012 10:43 AM 8 Measures should be added around engagement with the arts and satisfaction with local and wider cultural provision - people engage with and enjoy the arts both locally and nationally and via digital and broadcast media. ‘Objective’ data is already being collected on levels of attendance and participation across the UK, and further work needs to be developed to capture ‘subjective’ data that record individuals’ perceptions and quality of experience. Jan 31, 2012 10:05 AM 9 The Theatres Trust considers that the proposed domains are easy to understand. Jan 31, 2012 9:44 AM 10 As indicated in the responses above, measures on cultural engagement and the cultural environment should be added. No measures should be removed. Jan 31, 2012 8:49 AM 11 Our Relationships We strongly agree with the suggested inclusion of a question on loneliness in the Our Relationships domain, to be taken from the ONS Opinions Survey as loneliness poses a serious threat to our physical, mental and emotional health. The effect of loneliness on mortality exceeds the impact of well-known risk factors for mortality such as physical inactivity and obesity, and is similar to the effect of cigarette smoking. Loneliness has a negative impact on physical health. Lonely individuals are at higher risk of hypertension , poor sleep , the onset of disability and poor self-rated physical health . Loneliness is also detrimental to mental health. Lonely individuals are more prone to depression , cognitive decline and dementia. Socially isolated and lonely adults are more likely to undergo early admission into residential or nursing care. We welcome the decision to keep the 2 trial questions on loneliness in the ONS Opinions Survey subjective as loneliness is an emotional response to the perception of a gap between quality and quantity of relationships an individual has, and those that they want. However if there can only be one question on loneliness, we would support the ONS using “how lonely do you feel in your daily life?” than “overall, how lonely did you feel yesterday?” as although loneliness can be temporary, situational or chronic, it is the more persistent – rather than transitional – feelings of loneliness that have the biggest impact on our wellbeing, and the Question 7 in Table 6 captures this better. Jan 30, 2012 2:36 PM 12 More attention should be given to using suitably detailed and new measures of individual well-being as this is surely central to this whole exercise? Shouldn’t this be given more priority over and above the factors that are thought to ‘directly affect well-being?’ There is a sense in which the quality of our relationships is what constitutes our ‘social wellbeing’, rather than it being a determinant of our overall ‘individual well-being.’ It is quite possible to imagine an individual having very supportive family relationships and friendships, good housing, a good job etc., but still have difficulties with their ‘mental well-being.’ As noted above, other publications from the ONS refer to measures of ‘meaning and purpose’ and ‘positive and negative’ emotions. This is an area that should be addressed, but a clear justification is needed for the specific measures used. Data have been reported for example on how ‘happy’ and ‘anxious’ individuals felt ‘yesterday.’ Such data could be of value – but why ‘happy’ and ‘anxious’ as opposed to any of a large number of other positive and negative emotions that could be enquired about? Jan 30, 2012 2:25 PM 13 There could be a measure relating to participation or access to culture. This has been measured in the recent past as part of the Taking Part survey Jan 30, 2012 11:37 AM 202 Page 12, Q15. nationally, contributing to the now abolished Government National Indicator 11. 14 We strongly agree with the suggested inclusion of a measure on loneliness in the Our Relationships domain, to be taken from the ONS Opinions Survey as loneliness poses a serious threat to our physical, mental and emotional health. Loneliness makes it harder to regulate behaviour and adversely affects the immune and cardiovascular systems. Researchers rate loneliness and social isolation as comparable to lifelong smoking when seeking risk factors that indicate early mortality. A number of studies have found links between loneliness and poor mental health, such as Burholt’s research that found living alone and suffering from depression are strongly related to loneliness for both men and women. Finally, chronic loneliness may double the risk of suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. We welcome the decision to keep the 2 trial questions on loneliness in the ONS Opinions Survey subjective as loneliness is an emotional response to the perception of a gap between quality and quantity of relationships an individual has, and those that they want. Jan 30, 2012 10:53 AM 15 Our Relationships – a question on those who have friends/family that they can rely on for support. Removing the question of satisfaction with spouse and/or % who feel they belong strongly in a neighbourhood as the trust question captures some aspects of this. Jan 30, 2012 9:03 AM 16 ‘Our Relationships’ (1) In addition to ‘satisfaction with your spouse/partner, we would like to see the addition of a measure around ‘relationships with your children’. Many homes are single parent based and the current question set perhaps discriminates against such households. Even where there are two parents it is perhaps the quality of relationships with the children that most impacts on the household. If only one question can be used to address this issue then it should perhaps be worded ‘satisfaction with immediate family members’. ‘Our Relationships’ (2) Should there be a measure (either here or in ‘what we do’) addressing time spent socialising with immediate family? Jan 30, 2012 8:26 AM 17 There could perhaps be more objective measures. There should be a measure of people’s access to, participation in and/or quality of local culture, arts, heritage, and possible sport and physical activity. This might derive from Taking Part or Active People data. It could be as valuable in assessing wellbeing as the measure being developed as a ‘measure of access to and quality of the local environment’ within Where we live. However, people do not participate in arts, culture, heritage and sport only locally so it may be more appropriate to consider the measure within What we do, where it would adding an objective quality dimension to the proposed ‘satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have’ measure. It also seems unfortunate that there is no measure proposed of lifelong or informal learning, nor of charitable giving. We do not feel it appropriate to propose removing a measure. It is surely more important to present a full picture of wellbeing than artificially restrict the number of measures. Jan 27, 2012 5:40 PM 18 WEMWBS 7 item tool. Jan 23, 2012 10:45 PM 19 Organizations belonged to Jan 23, 2012 10:29 PM 20 Maybe you could add "Satisfaction with sporting/creative/cultural life" (or similar) as a measure. Then maybe wrap the "trust other people" measure into "belong strongly to the neighbourhood" ...perhaps using the term "feeling Jan 23, 2012 7:09 PM 203 Page 12, Q15. a sense of community" which could cover both 21 Our relationships: it is inferred that a question about ‘having someone to confide in or ask for help’ is being tested and will contribute to this domain but I would support adding it (and possibly removing ‘Satisfaction with your social life’). We would like to add a measure about wider family relationships and not just spouse/partner. Household composition is varied and many people rely on family relationships beyond that with a partner. Jan 23, 2012 5:59 PM 22 Engagement with ats and culture Jan 23, 2012 5:26 PM 23 Colleagues / work relationships could replace one of the neighbourhood measures. Jan 23, 2012 5:15 PM 24 Although there is a section on job satisfaction, a major relationship in most people's lives is that between a person and those he works with and for. Jan 23, 2012 4:40 PM 25 Satisfaction with Children? Parents? What do you consider to be your family? Percentage of people who know other people in their neighbourhood Jan 23, 2012 4:13 PM 26 There needs to be a measure related to people's engagement in and access to arts and culture both locally, nationally and internationally. Life-long learning, professional development, participation in volunteering and the well-being benefits of charitable giving might also be usefully measured. Jan 23, 2012 4:08 PM 27 Satisfaction with family life Satisfaction with work relationships Jan 23, 2012 3:44 PM 28 should focus on 'close relationships' Jan 23, 2012 3:40 PM 29 The relationship measures proposed are important but don’t include one very key relationship: the parent-child relationship. A wealth of evidence shows the positive impact to a child of a good parent-child relationship. Parent-child relationship quality is associated with positive behaviour, self-esteem and identity, cognitive development and educational outcome, social competence and peer relationship, and general health. These benefits are likely to directly affect children’s well-being as they give them helpful life skills and a better quality of life. A poor parent-child relationship on the other hand, is more likely to result in poor parenting, and this has a negative impact on the child. For example, mental health problems are increasing among children, and poor parenting has been cited as a significant contributing factor. It is important for children to have a good relationship with their parents if their parents separate as it is usually a difficult time of uncertainty and sadness. “What matters for children’s well-being [after parental separation] is the quality of the relationships they can maintain with both parents and the quality of the relationships within the family.” The recent Good Child Report 2012 by the Children’s Society used the quality of family relationships as a measure of children’s well-being. Children valued safety, security, and stability within the family, for example “a stable family with parents or carers who love and care for you”. A child is more likely to feel safe and secure in a family if they have a good relationship with their parents. Parents have the potential to teach their child unconditional love, feelings of safety, and to give them good companionship, as well as helping them develop as people. Therefore, when assessing the well-being of the nation through relationships, this important relationship should not be ignored. The measure that might be removed should be ‘percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood’ as it is similar to the measure ‘percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood’. 1 Philippa, Parenting Jan 23, 2012 3:27 PM 204 Page 12, Q15. Programmes Research Paper Produced on behalf of Care for the Family, 2009 2 2009 Good Childhood Inquiry report, cited in The Centre for Social Justice, Mental Health: Poverty, Ethnicity and Family Breakdown, 2011 3 Walker, Berrett, Wilson, Yan-Shing Chang, Relationships Matter: Understanding the Needs of Adults (Particularly Parents) Regarding Relationship Support, Institute for Health and Society, Newcastle University, 2010 30 Satisfaction with cultural life Jan 23, 2012 2:28 PM 31 Community relationships (broader than just the people you know and trust in a neighbourhood). Remove one of the latter two Jan 23, 2012 1:42 PM 32 Satisfaction with partner and wider family; rather than just partner. Satisfaction with work colleagues. Beyond neighbourhood I think many people belong to communities who might not be their immediate neighbours but who they feel they belong to, trust, etc. Such as religious communities; wider family network; work colleagues; sports groups. So these measures might be limiting. Jan 23, 2012 12:41 PM 33 a measure to include the impact and importance of having a range of good friends in your life. Friends who often play a key role and act as family for many people. Jan 23, 2012 12:14 PM 34 Satisfaction with other family relationships - could be included in first measure, with spouse/partner. Some people's lives are dominated by difficult relationships with their children or other relations. Jan 23, 2012 12:11 PM 35 Satisfaction with your home life - distinct from spouse/partner. Jan 23, 2012 11:18 AM 36 Wider family relationships are not covered - siblings, parents, children etc Jan 23, 2012 11:16 AM 37 A measure that relates to experience of stigma and/or discrimmination on grounds of race,religion,physical and mental health Jan 23, 2012 10:45 AM 38 How about some qualitative research. Not everything can be explained by numbers and usually numbers are just interpreted to mean anything the interpretor wants. Qualitative data would balance this out - though I doubt that's a concern for the government who only want to mislead everyone and find a way to fool the public into thinking they actually give a damn about working people's happiness. Jan 23, 2012 9:58 AM 39 Satisafcation with the wider comminuty Satisfaction with being accepted by the wider community. - Based on gender, race, disability, etc..... Jan 23, 2012 9:55 AM 40 In relation to Satisfaction with spouse/partner - many individuals are outside relationships an additional measure could include satisfaction with community peer support/friendships. This may be covered in satisfaction with your social life but thisis not explicit. Jan 23, 2012 9:52 AM 41 Not clear how personal finance will be used given the variation across the board. Level of debt could be added if thinking about income and wealth. If used should it be Personal finance and level of debt? Satisfaction with level of income/ debt is surely a more subjective measure that could be used. Jan 23, 2012 9:10 AM 42 In the UK, work and personal social lives are often very distinct. I think a work life is important to capture. As before, "spiritual and volunteer life". And Jan 23, 2012 8:56 AM 205 Page 12, Q15. of course besides spouse /partner we have children and other relations... 43 Do you feel strongly involved in your neighbourhood? (to replace the 4th) Jan 23, 2012 8:50 AM 44 something about wider family relationships rather than just spouse. The two measure son trust and belonging in the local community are similar and might be combined. Jan 23, 2012 8:32 AM 45 Number of close friends / friends / aquantances Confidence to speak to a stranger / to a small group / to a large group Jan 22, 2012 11:52 PM 46 In terms of additions within the Individual Well-being domain: a) A measure of optimism b) Measures of motivation The current recession and the decline in economic opportunities is having an impact on people's optimism. For those with low optimism, levels of motivation may also decline. If the National Well-being Indicators are to be useful in terms of identifying the factors that can contribute to public policy in getting the UK out a prolonged stagnating recession over the next decade, measurement of optimism is arguably important to track against economic indicators to see whether confidence is returning to the economy in order for more people to take entrepreneurial risk to create the jobs and sustainable growth needed in the coming years. Optimism and the motivation to act on it is also important from a public health perspective. Even if a better future is often an illusion, optimism has clear benefits in the present. Hope keeps our minds at ease, lowers stress and improves physical health. Researchers studying heartdisease patients found that optimists were more likely than non-optimistic patients to take vitamins, eat low-fat diets and exercise, thereby reducing their overall coronary risk. A study of cancer patients revealed that pessimistic patients under 60 were more likely to die within eight months than non-pessimistic patients of the same initial health, status and age. More on this agenda is addressed in Tali Sharot's book, The Optimism Bias: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Optimism-Bias-were-wiredbright/dp/1780332637/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1327080946&sr=8-1 The big opportunity for those working in public policy is therefore not to promote the objective of 'happiness', which in every person, will always be impacted by personal challenges such as divorce, redundancy and death through the life cycle, but instead to utilise these measurements referred to above to promote ways to achieve more 'optimism' (and thus motivation) in people as an alternative approach to creating fleeting moments of 'happiness'. That is what these indicators would really help us working in this field with. If one did need to remove items to make way for the suggested items above, the following are suggested: a) Long hours. The survey assumes this is a bad thing for well-being, however for some people this is a motivator. b) Crime per capita. This is an external challenge which differently affects people. Indeed fear of crime (which is definitely worth keeping) does not go up with crime and often is higher in low crime areas. However the number of indicators should not be restricted by an arbitrary limit. The measurement of that should in the end be usefulness to public policy. Jan 22, 2012 10:34 PM 47 Percentage of people who feel they have had a fulfilling life experience, such as arts or sports. This reflects our relationship with our selves Jan 22, 2012 10:19 PM 48 Satisfaction with access to a full and imaginative range of arts and cultural services and opportunities. Why can the model not be expanded upon - it risks becoming oversimplified and constrained by limiting the number of measure so tightly Jan 22, 2012 9:53 PM 206 Page 12, Q15. 49 Relationship with the world at large (sense of a deeper connection). Remove 'percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood' Jan 22, 2012 8:23 PM 50 Close friendships Jan 22, 2012 7:34 PM 51 Satisfaction with family and their circumstances. There seems to be no references to family in this paper. It must be a strong influence to an individual's well being to feel that their family are are receiving all they need in education, health care, income, housing and security. Most of the reason that individuals do certain jobs and struggle at times is to support their families. This is far more important than neighbours (unless they are hard to live with). Jan 22, 2012 6:33 PM 52 Degree of integration into neightbourhood, frequency of contact with neighbours, level of contact (from waving as pass to social event) number of neighbours have contact with. Jan 22, 2012 5:24 PM 53 Health and happiness of friends and family Health and happiness of community Jan 22, 2012 4:48 PM 54 Percentage of people who contribute to the cultural life of their neighbourhood Jan 22, 2012 12:41 PM 55 I would suggest that 'Where we live' domain includes access to green spaces with trees. Jan 22, 2012 11:09 AM 56 Broaden satisfaction with spouse to the family as a whole, ie, including relationships with children and parents and wider family. Relationships with work colleagues play an important role. Jan 22, 2012 10:06 AM 57 Satisfaction with your family life and intimate relationships [this could include spouse / partner, so that could be removed] Satisfaction with your community [this could include, but not be limited to, your social circle, so the social life question could be removed] Jan 21, 2012 6:50 PM 58 relationship with children and other family members Jan 21, 2012 6:32 PM 59 Business/work interactions. Jan 21, 2012 5:00 PM 60 Taking responsibility Jan 21, 2012 4:16 PM 61 Add 'Contentedness with immediate and extended family relationships' and remove 'trust other people in neighbourhood' measure Jan 21, 2012 4:12 PM 62 But opportunity to anaylse satisfaction with social life with what leisure opportunties are available. ie overlaps with what do and where live Jan 21, 2012 1:19 PM 63 Arts and how participating and going to arts events greatly enhance our lives.... we still remember the Greeks and Romans for their arts! Jan 21, 2012 9:02 AM 64 % of people who engage/belong to their neighbourhood Jan 21, 2012 12:23 AM 65 Satisfaction with your spouse/partner should be replaced with Satisfaction with your family. This includes single parents and single people might also feel they belong to a family structure. Jan 21, 2012 12:01 AM 207 Page 12, Q15. 66 ...belong strongly to the neighbourhood, should be replaced with ....belong strongly in a community.. to reflect the way we live, which is not geodemographically determined Jan 20, 2012 8:51 PM 67 not sure Jan 20, 2012 6:30 PM 68 We believe there should be measures added around engagement with culture and satisfaction with local cultural provision. Data is already being collected in a robust way in Scotland around levels of attendance and participation in culture and the Scottish Government recently added a new Indicator for Cultural Engagement to their National Performance Framework. Jan 20, 2012 4:49 PM 69 We believe there should be measures added around engagement with culture and satisfaction with local cultural provision. Data is already being collected in a robust way in Scotland around levels of attendance and participation in culture and the Scottish Government recently added a new Indicator for Cultural Engagement to their National Performance Framework Jan 20, 2012 3:40 PM 70 Relationships at work, relationships with siblings, relationship with nation (national identity). Jan 20, 2012 3:19 PM 71 Concrete measure of how many close friends someone has Jan 20, 2012 2:35 PM 72 measurement of effect of involvement and access to arts, creative activities, the cultural and heritage infrastructure has on individual wellbeing Jan 20, 2012 1:56 PM 73 Percentage of people who feel they can influence how their neighbourhood is run (at local and national levels). Omit 'trust other people' Jan 20, 2012 10:55 AM 74 Family relationships beyond spouse are often more important and many people may not or may never have been in a long term spousal relationship. Belong strongly to the neighbourhood can equally be covered by trust others in their neighbourhood. If you do not trust your neighbours you will probably not feel a strong sense of belonging. Jan 20, 2012 10:44 AM 75 Remove spousal satisfaction (having a spouse is not a universal experience). Add satisfaction with national decision formers and makers (media, education system, politicians, religious leaders). Jan 20, 2012 10:29 AM 76 You have not made mention of family and friends, particularly friends who, sadly, often provide more comfort and communication in this world today. Add it with spouse/partner - you are making assumptions that everyone has a spouse or partner - with today's high divorce rates, particularly among older people, this is not the case. Jan 20, 2012 7:12 AM 77 satisfaction with work life Jan 19, 2012 10:13 PM 78 Satisfaction with our working life Jan 19, 2012 9:47 PM 79 Our relationships with ourselves and how we manage ourselves to maintain equilibrium. Merge measures 3 and 4 Jan 19, 2012 6:10 PM 80 Where are children and young people - the unhappiest in Europe? Shouldn't their well-being be included? Delete trust other people in their neighbourhood. It is divisive Jan 19, 2012 6:06 PM 81 Something about family?; remove 4th measure. Jan 19, 2012 4:01 PM 208 Page 12, Q15. 82 How about other Family, not just spouse. Jan 19, 2012 3:36 PM 83 Satisfaction with the world in which their children or grand-children are growing up. Jan 19, 2012 2:28 PM 84 What about children and parents? Jan 19, 2012 2:18 PM 85 I would bring in the question about volunteering here as it suggests a more active form of support for ones local community. Percentage meeting friends/relatives once a week from BHPS might help illuminate satisfaction with social life and provide data on loneliness. The satisfaction with spouse/partner question makes the assumption that you have one. Occassional feeling that this is a little limited in georgaphical scope. Ease of contact with friends/relatives living away from the immediate community might be helpful. Jan 19, 2012 11:46 AM 86 Satisfaction with work or voluntary colleagues should be measured.'Percentage of people who feel they belong strongly to the neighbourhood' can go. Its too difficlt to define 'stongly' anyway. Plus, there are different definitions far a person's 'neighbourhood'. Jan 19, 2012 11:07 AM 87 % of people who know about the history of the neighbourhood Jan 19, 2012 10:48 AM 88 satisfaction with your relationships with your family satisfaction with your friendships satisfaction with your role as parent/child Jan 19, 2012 9:18 AM 89 Satisfaction with a wider range of relationships - for family/parent/child/friend etc. What about the rising percentage of society who are single? Whose relationships that induce well-being maybe in other areas of life? Better to have wider section and scope for relationships and a separate section for community and neighbours Jan 19, 2012 12:24 AM 90 There should be a measure about friends family and support networks. The neighbourhood wording should be taken out as it sounds more about where you live than who is important to you. Jan 18, 2012 11:05 PM 91 Satisfaction with children's environment 3 Jan 18, 2012 7:58 PM 92 Measures of other familial relationships beyond spouse/partner - very important. I don't believe you should cut others out. Jan 18, 2012 7:09 PM 93 Satisfaction of parental relationships. " sibling relationships " extended family relationships " working relationships " close personal friendships " some form of measure of 'social networking relationships' and their importance to individuals measured against actual relationships with people. Jan 18, 2012 6:31 PM 94 Feelings of ownership and trust levels within the broader environment could be considered. For instance, the neighborhood within which I live is very different to the wider city, and yet this still has a significant impact on my daily life, and is an important measure to be included. Trust in people in neighborhood could be removed/merged with feeling strongly about neighborhood in order to incorporate the wider environment. Jan 18, 2012 5:18 PM 95 It is important to have a measure which addresses the extent to which individuals experience mutally satisfying/ emotionally supportive personal relationships. There are questions in the Whitehall Cohort Study which could be used Jan 18, 2012 5:13 PM 209 Page 12, Q15. 96 Something about cooperation / ability to cooperate / examples of cooperation (working together, contributing to something meaningful) Jan 18, 2012 4:56 PM 97 Feeling of connection with aquaintences or associates during an average day. Jan 18, 2012 4:31 PM 98 What about intergenerational family relations? with parents/ children? Jan 18, 2012 4:06 PM 99 The measures don't include the wider family life of an individual. I would remove the meaasure about trusting other people in their neighbourhood. Jan 18, 2012 2:55 PM 100 family rather than just spouse Jan 18, 2012 2:42 PM 101 Family relationships. These often have a very strong baring on wellbeing Jan 18, 2012 2:12 PM 102 Satisfaction with relationships at work Jan 18, 2012 1:22 PM 103 satisfaction with family members - instead of satisfaction with spouse/partner Jan 18, 2012 1:09 PM 104 satisfaction with relatives Jan 18, 2012 1:04 PM 105 Opportunities available to join groups Jan 18, 2012 12:36 PM 106 We believe there should be measures added around engagement with culture and satisfaction with local cultural provision. ‘Objective’ data is already being collected in a robust way in all four of the UK nations around levels of attendance and participation. It may be preferable to gather more ‘subjective’ data for a measure that will also track perceived quality of experience. Jan 18, 2012 12:32 PM 107 Explicite measures on non-partner friendships & relationships and degree of engagement with them Jan 18, 2012 12:30 PM 108 I think there should be measures added around cultural engagement and satisfaction with local cultural provision. ‘Objective’ data is already being collected in a robust way in all four of the UK nations around levels of attendance and participation. It may be preferable to gather more ‘subjective’ data for a measure that will also track perceived quality of experience. Jan 18, 2012 12:24 PM 109 Sense of safety and support within the local community Jan 18, 2012 11:42 AM 110 Satisfaction with Family life? Jan 18, 2012 11:17 AM 111 Membership of any social group at all - from sports, arts, religion, hobby, housing association, women's group, anything at all that indicates commitment to the wider society Jan 18, 2012 11:06 AM 112 Satisfaction with our children/parents Jan 18, 2012 10:03 AM 113 The important contribution that friends make to a sense of well-being. Jan 18, 2012 9:53 AM 114 What about asking whether children have a good social life, such as outdoor play, friends nearby or attendance at hobby clubs and extra-curricular activities? Jan 18, 2012 9:37 AM 115 satisfaction with work colleagues, wider family, services (such as GP)...etc. Jan 18, 2012 9:33 AM 210 Page 12, Q15. 116 however trusting relationships are based on reality as well as perception and therefore there should be a measure that also looks at whether ones trust is reciprocated by the people in ones neighbourhood (you can say hello to your neighbour and feel trusting toward them but if they feel mistrust, prejudice and hatred toward you, it is going to have a direct impact upojn your wellbeing whether or not you would like to belong strongly to that neighbourhood Jan 18, 2012 6:42 AM 117 satisfaction at work. measure 3, ''trust'' duplicates 4 to a degree Jan 18, 2012 12:03 AM 118 our relationship without our society as a whole, Jan 17, 2012 10:40 PM 119 Don't know Jan 17, 2012 8:44 PM 120 Satisfaction with your family relationships. Delete the question about trusting people in the neighbourhood Jan 17, 2012 8:20 PM 121 How does a single person answer the first question? How does an older person whose spouse has died answer it? Jan 17, 2012 6:08 PM 122 Engagement in community activities, particularly arts Jan 17, 2012 4:32 PM 123 satisfaction with family life. Lose 'Trust others in neighbour hood - strong sense of beloinging could presume this Jan 17, 2012 3:59 PM 124 As previously mentioned on this survey. Jan 17, 2012 3:05 PM 125 membership of a community Jan 17, 2012 2:46 PM 126 I feel that people's relationships with their children are just as important as that with their spouse/partner and their social life. This relationship also becomes increasingly important as people age, especially for those who separate from or lose their partners. Jan 17, 2012 2:29 PM 127 Family in general and friends. Social life suggests going out, not specifically if you have supportive friends Jan 17, 2012 1:16 PM 128 Satisfaction with your family relationships (could replace spouse/partner) focussing on one person undermines the importance of the wider family. Satisfaction with your working relationships. I can't see what this could replace but given how much of our lives is about work, this is vital. It is also a key part of economic success. Jan 17, 2012 1:04 PM 129 Relationship with co-operations Relationship with the media Relationship with the government Jan 17, 2012 12:02 PM 130 Friendships transcend "social life". In some cases, friends are the primary relationships. It appears that you are defining all people by being in spousal relationships with a few parties that they go to. It is not meaningful if you are not in a spousal relationship. Jan 17, 2012 11:00 AM 131 Relationship with your children and parents. Both of these can be huge stressors at differing points in a person's life, dramatically changing their sense of well-being. Jan 17, 2012 8:44 AM 132 percentage of people who feel they are listened to; percentage of people who look forward to their day Jan 17, 2012 12:24 AM 211 Page 12, Q15. 133 Relationships in work I would also use community rather thann neighbourhood Jan 16, 2012 11:44 PM 134 Measure: Satisfaction with your colleagues at work Jan 16, 2012 10:01 PM 135 Trust or satisfaction with local political leaders. Remove satisfaction with partner - not much anyone else can do about that! Jan 16, 2012 5:46 PM 136 % of our relationships with those in government % of our relationships with banks Jan 16, 2012 3:57 PM 137 Satisfied that ones children and their children have the fullest opportunity to realise their happiness and wellbeing Jan 16, 2012 3:50 PM 138 Other relationships - extended family? Work colleagues? Jan 16, 2012 3:07 PM 139 Participation with cultural activity & groups Jan 16, 2012 2:58 PM 140 Satisfaction with other family members Jan 16, 2012 2:14 PM 141 quality of meaningful 'work' with others / social interaction for the benefit of others Jan 16, 2012 1:59 PM 142 Relationship to wider family/children Jan 16, 2012 1:45 PM 143 Percentage of people who participate in a non-work related activity, i.e. culture and sport Jan 16, 2012 12:58 PM 144 satisfaction with children or parents. Remove strong sense of belonging in a neighbourhood- many people in the 21st century don't feel their community to be geographical. Jan 16, 2012 11:55 AM 145 We could add "Satisfaction with services provided by statutory bodies such as the Police, Health Service, Councils etc." Jan 16, 2012 11:49 AM 146 Satisfaction with your family Jan 16, 2012 10:12 AM 147 Satisfaction with other close family members. Remove the final measure as argued above. Jan 15, 2012 8:10 PM 148 Realtionship with family Jan 15, 2012 5:35 PM 149 relationships with family and work colleagues Jan 14, 2012 8:58 PM 150 More detailed reference to the facilities, resources and networks needed to provide a sense of personal fulfillment Jan 14, 2012 11:02 AM 151 Satisfaction with your family life (balance of children/home/work) Satisfaction with keeping up with friends Jan 13, 2012 10:03 PM 152 I do think there should be a question regarding involvement in their local community as this provides a wealth of well-being. Jan 13, 2012 2:10 PM 153 Percentage of people who trust the immediate authorities. An extra measure, not to replace one that is there. Jan 13, 2012 12:34 PM 154 Finding out about wider family relations - parents, granparents. Finding out Jan 13, 2012 11:45 AM 212 Page 12, Q15. 155 about responsibility as carers. Feeling we have supportive friends? Satisfaction with relationships with other family members eg children, parents, siblings and wider family. This can be far more than 'social', can include financial support for eg. Jan 13, 2012 11:31 AM 156 add satisfaction with relationships with other family members; add people who feel connected to others in their neighbourhood, add relationships with local officials Jan 13, 2012 10:57 AM 157 pay me for consultancy and I'll tell you. Jan 13, 2012 10:33 AM 158 Direct questions about what people would like. Instead of "how satisfied are you with your partner" ask "How much would you like to separate from your partner?". Instead of "how satisfied with your social life" ask "How much would you like to make new friends or change the friends you have" Jan 13, 2012 10:33 AM 159 Presence of good relationships within families should be added If one had to be removed for me it would be 'belonging strongly to the neighbourhood'. Jan 13, 2012 9:42 AM 160 what about so many other relationships parents/children/friends/colleagues/pets - all important. why remove some why not add more as they are of equal importance in affecting our general happiness Jan 13, 2012 9:12 AM 161 Measures on feeling appreciated by others- eg the community not just the neighbourhood (such as commuters on a train, people on buses etc) not feeling threatened by others (eg people on buses for example). I'd suggest adding the ability to create and express oneself and be heard. Also the ability to feel they have control on bettering their life and feeling things can improve- hopefulness. The feeling of loneliness- this matters a great deal. The feeling of being a part of a community- not always the one they live in (eg orchestras, art school/colleges etc) and so on. The opportunity to be heard and listened to and accepted. I am sure there are many more to add. Jan 13, 2012 1:25 AM 162 Percentage of people who feel they have enough support Why the arbitrary number limit on measures? Surely the quality and reliability of information is more important? Jan 12, 2012 10:35 PM 163 Trust in workmates. Trust in employers Jan 12, 2012 4:54 PM 164 Trusting people in a neighbourhood seems far removed from something which involves 'relationships'. Neighbourhood affiliations are covered in the 'belonging' question. Is there scope for people to inform the ONS which relationships THEY think are important as opposed to those being presumed? Jan 12, 2012 1:59 PM 165 as above but why kep them the same total number. If a question is worth asking then ask it. Jan 12, 2012 10:51 AM 166 One of the questions about neighbourhood could be re-worded to ask is people feel they interact with enough people in one day. You may find people trust their neighbourhood, but feel isolated within it and don't actively speak to anyone in their day to day life. Jan 12, 2012 9:13 AM 167 Relationships with local authorities, police and other public bodies Jan 11, 2012 4:16 PM 213 Page 12, Q15. 168 Membership of musical or dramatic organisations Jan 11, 2012 3:14 PM 169 The concept of "neighbourhood" is a difficult one, since it will always be interpreted as geographic, related to people's homes, but they may have more contact with others online or may work (and live) away from home most of the time. This needs a rethink. Jan 11, 2012 11:37 AM 170 something along the lines of: 'percentage of people who feel they are part of a lively and supportive network' (which, these days, may well be virtual, not physical) Jan 11, 2012 11:22 AM 171 Are your free to practise your faith and have the oportunity to do so easily? Jan 10, 2012 5:00 PM 172 Satisfaction with your living standards? Jan 10, 2012 2:00 PM 173 The arts bring about a feeling of self and belonging to a certain area/culture/neighbourhood. Jan 10, 2012 1:22 PM 174 Satisfaction with family - children, siblings, relatives remove: Trust other people in the neighbourhood Jan 10, 2012 11:29 AM 175 satisfaction with family, children Jan 10, 2012 11:23 AM 176 Engagement in the arts Broaden the social life heading which is vague and too broad/meaningless Jan 10, 2012 11:23 AM 177 Relationships with our children/ wider family. Jan 10, 2012 11:16 AM 178 Satisfaction in your closest relationships Satisfaction with your colleagues at work Satisfaction with your family Percentage of people who trust their colleagues at work Jan 9, 2012 9:14 PM 179 I don't think satisfaction with social life in any way covers the depth of our relationships or the importance of having a network of people around you to our well being. Remove the partner question since that is irrelevant to so many people now. I'm not even sure that trust one should be in actually since that is not related to relationships. It is important to feel secure in your basic needs to achieve well being which included food, shelter and security but that should be in a section like that. Asking things like do you feel your relationships are a source of strength or Meaningful would be more relevant to well being,or even do you feel that you have the right number of relationships in your life? The number of people we need is actually quite low if the relationships are strong and open. Do you feel accepted in your relationships is a big indicator of how deep this 'social life' goes. Jan 9, 2012 5:10 PM 180 Satisfaction of your self. Jan 9, 2012 4:51 PM 181 Something about family relationships, as these can have a huge impact Jan 9, 2012 4:49 PM 182 All measures of national wellbeing are spurious and should be regarded as pseudo-science on a par with psychometrics and Tarot reading. They waste public money and distract the media, public debate and political action away from real and serious issues. Engaging with this pseudo-science plays into the hands of political parties who would rather discuss nonsense than make any real decisions. Jan 9, 2012 4:04 PM 183 Sexuality and well being in health Jan 9, 2012 3:25 PM 214 Page 12, Q15. 184 This is a comment on your assumptions. It seems fundamental to me to measure somewhere our wok relationships. These are a very dominant part of many people's daily experience and have a huge impact on well being overall. I also don't understand how you can ask about the spouse/partner but not the wider family. This too seems absolutely fundamental. it does not look from the summary of the scope of the domain as if the economy measure will include this..... though I can't read the measures until I've filled in these earlier parts of the form!! I would adjust the spouse question to include immediate family. I would merge the neighbourhood questions to form a single measure in order to include the work relationships question. Jan 9, 2012 1:32 PM 185 Objective measures of marriage and divorce rates. Number of children & satisfaction with their well-being for parents. Jan 9, 2012 1:04 PM 186 % of people who trust other people - replace with percentage of people who feel part of the community Jan 9, 2012 11:54 AM 187 work relationships, relationships related to non-geographical communities such as mental health, disability, Jan 9, 2012 11:08 AM 188 relationships with work colleagues, relationships with colleagues from outside interests (voluntary groups) Jan 9, 2012 11:07 AM 189 See above - add to apouse/partner - maybe 'other significant/intimate relationships' or similar to be more inclusive Jan 9, 2012 10:55 AM 190 the first measure should also include family - what about all the single people? Jan 9, 2012 9:32 AM 191 Many people have online relationships which are very important to them, probably more so than relationships with for example half the people in their street. I think this should be added, and the one about trusting people in their neighbourhood, which is really asking 'Are you a bigot?' should be removed. Jan 8, 2012 7:16 PM 192 Satisfaction with self. Without this, you're unlikely to be satisfied with anyone else! The relationship you have with yourself effects every other relationship you have. If you want to remove one, remove social life. Jan 8, 2012 5:51 PM 193 Please see previous note in relation to satisfaction with social life Jan 8, 2012 4:39 PM 194 Satisfaction with working relationships Jan 8, 2012 4:38 PM 195 regarding the seperation of local and presonal differences. Jan 8, 2012 3:53 PM 196 A question about how community. Jan 8, 2012 12:04 PM 197 Some measure of social support may also be illuminating in this section e.g. someone to rely on in difficult times/ someone to discuss your problems with. This more fully captures an important aspect of interpersonal relationships than for e.g. belonging to neighbourhood which is dependent to some extent on length of time living in the area Jan 8, 2012 11:45 AM 198 Our ability to communicate openly, honestly and compassionately - i suggest that this ability continuously improves are well-being Jan 8, 2012 11:03 AM 199 For single people, do they wish they had a spouse or partner, or are they happy being single? Jan 7, 2012 12:40 PM 215 Page 12, Q15. 200 Level and kind of engagement within communities Jan 7, 2012 11:11 AM 201 Satisfaction with family life; importance of pets and children Jan 6, 2012 6:45 PM 202 Availabilty of, and participation in the arts -from reading to listening and seeing. Jan 6, 2012 5:45 PM 203 Satisfaction with family Jan 6, 2012 5:12 PM 204 Relationships with those with whom one comes into official contact (E.g. Health Workers) Jan 4, 2012 3:05 PM 205 Satisfaction with adults in household - to cover eg siblings or other relatives, friends, flat sharers Could replace the spouse/partner question to be more wide ranging Jan 3, 2012 10:45 PM 206 I think that it would be good to measure how important a persons religion is to their relationships. Some people belong to a religious community which may cover a large area of a town but the strong bonds created by the religious social interaction may make life feel better for many people. Jan 3, 2012 9:12 AM 207 Something around satisfaction with relationships with other people (friends, family etc). Part of emotional well being is about this wider circle. Dec 28, 2011 3:50 PM 208 There needs to be a measure that includes parent/child relationships. If a measure had to be removed, the measure of belonging to the neighbourhood should be removed. Dec 21, 2011 4:42 PM 209 Satisfaction with family and friends - Dec 20, 2011 11:30 AM 210 relationships at work should be added Dec 20, 2011 11:11 AM 211 relationships in work wider network of relationships not necessarily tied to a geographical area Dec 20, 2011 10:49 AM 212 Family Dec 19, 2011 2:34 PM 213 Percentage of poeple who feel that they belong to a strong and helpful community. Dec 19, 2011 10:19 AM 214 Include - Satisfaction with family relations. Possible % feel they belong strongly to the neighbourhood Dec 15, 2011 4:33 PM 215 Whom do you most respond to, what groups do you belong to/involved in; what's your relationship with your community; it would make more sense to ask about peoples' relationship with their community rather than about whom one trusts Dec 15, 2011 3:32 PM 216 satisfaction with neighbours satisfaction with work colleagues Non should be removed Dec 15, 2011 12:35 PM 217 Participation in society & participation in cultural and educational activities Dec 14, 2011 1:44 PM 218 Satisfaction with family members (not including spouse / partner). Could combine last two proposed measures above. Dec 12, 2011 9:29 PM 219 Satisfaction with family/relatives (not just spouse/partner) Dec 12, 2011 11:02 AM 216 Page 12, Q15. 220 Family relationships and degree of support Dec 10, 2011 10:52 AM 221 Pets could be included here if not as a separate category - # of pets in the household, dog, cat or other Dec 9, 2011 10:51 AM 222 Satisfaction with your place in society - a measure of social engagement. Much more revealing than just looking at people's relationship with their immediate neighbourhood. Dec 8, 2011 6:51 PM 223 Possibly something about conflict relationships - there can be a huge negative impact on wellbeing from being in conflict with close family or neighbours, which wouldn't be reflected in these measures. Maybe merge the 2 neighbourhood measures, which would probably correlate very closely anyway. Dec 7, 2011 10:55 AM 224 There is nothing about being connected to people outside of your "neighbourhood". Some people have, indeed I do, have strong connections with people throughout the uk through various networks and activities. Dec 6, 2011 12:21 PM 225 Engagement with other parts of the community Dec 6, 2011 11:36 AM 226 Measure of comfort with sense of identity. Here Stiglitz had suggested reference to religion, but this might include cultural, racial, gender, age and national identities. This is of critical importance to all in society and one which affects both individual and national wellbeing. It could be subdivided into these different layers of identity as comfort over one identity might not be equalled in another. It reflects social acceptance of diversity. Dec 4, 2011 7:07 PM 227 Satisfaction with your children Dec 3, 2011 12:22 PM 228 I am not able to respond to each specific subquestion as I believe the overall structure is flawed and thus each measure would need to be analysed against a different structure, please refer to answer for question one of the survey Dec 2, 2011 11:05 PM 229 Relatoonship with a spiritual being - e.g Spiritual Relationship with God Dec 1, 2011 3:12 PM 230 Perhaps a spiritual relationship with one's god Dec 1, 2011 12:06 PM 231 Perhaps relationships in the work place. Nov 30, 2011 5:12 PM 232 Family relationships other than spouse. Support/satisfaction from parents, siblings, children Nov 30, 2011 4:41 PM 233 Something about wider family relationships Nov 30, 2011 2:55 PM 234 Satisfaction at work place Nov 24, 2011 9:30 AM 235 What about people relationships with their children, friends children, and other children in local area? Nov 22, 2011 10:25 PM 236 Should request information re friendships Nov 21, 2011 10:21 PM 237 Satisfaction with the absence of a spouse or partner, for those to whom it applies. Nov 20, 2011 6:28 PM 238 Percentage with one or more children Percentage with defined faith / belief Nov 18, 2011 6:24 PM 217 Page 12, Q15. 239 system Remove one of the neighbourhood measures It will be much more "messy", though a truer picture if we are able to ask people to self define and then to bring the responses together... Nov 18, 2011 9:44 AM 240 Cases of domestic violence in the neighbourhood instead of satisfaction with spouse/partner Nov 16, 2011 9:29 PM 241 WEMWBS Nov 16, 2011 11:00 AM 242 Whatever happened to children or parents - both of which have been highly significant in our lives Nov 14, 2011 5:59 PM 243 how safe people feel in their neighbourhood Nov 13, 2011 4:04 PM 244 I think there is something wider than our neighbourhood - something about how, and where, we feel we fit in the wider world. About how satusfied we are tha we have found that place. I'd remove "Trust in neighbourhood" because it can be subsumed in a wider context. Nov 13, 2011 2:01 PM 245 More value based measures about quality of relationships More emphasis on giving and taking not using Broader measure about community contribution and belonging 'not just volunteering. Something about relationship with the wider picture ' God' or existence. Nov 11, 2011 12:20 PM 246 see earlier response Nov 11, 2011 11:06 AM 247 Percentage of people who have regular dealings with at least five other households in one's neigbourhood. Nov 10, 2011 12:14 PM 248 Related to wider family contact Nov 10, 2011 10:22 AM 249 Add relationships at work? Relationships with animals? Nov 9, 2011 10:01 PM 250 Religious affiliation and and active involvement Nov 9, 2011 5:46 PM 251 For children and young people, existing evidence suggests that a question specifically about friendships would be a much better indicator of wellbeing than one about social life. If the domain were to be split between adults and children, the children's section could replace the "social life" question with a friendship question. For children, there also needs to be a question about satisfaction with family life, rather than satisfaction with partner. Nov 9, 2011 5:38 PM 252 Satisfaction with immediate family members Nov 9, 2011 4:28 PM 253 Measure: Degree to which you relate to a higher being such as God, Allah, Buddha etc, or none Nov 9, 2011 1:26 PM 254 Rephrase satisfaction with partner/ spouse to satisfaction with household members Nov 9, 2011 1:12 PM 255 working relationships, contact with family Nov 9, 2011 12:59 PM 256 Satisfaction with your family life (outside of your partner) - this is so important - you might have a really good / bad relationship with your kids, or very supportive / demanding parents, and that has a huige bearing on how happy you feel. I would include this instead of whether you trust people in your Nov 9, 2011 12:36 PM 218 Page 12, Q15. neighbourhood, as the 'belonging' question covers that sphere of life. 257 A measure relating to social cohesion, where people feel part of their community (wider than neighbourhood), part of the decision--making process relating to local government, where they know that their voice is heard and not just hearing meaningless 'yes, we hear you', but with no sunstance. Being able to influence change locally, where local decisions are not overridden by Bureaucrats who do not know or understand the local voice/culture; especially in Planning, where Planning Inspectors have disregarded local views, including local Councillors - Town and District and have foised on us developemtns which are an absolute eye-sore. Personally, I have been very tempted to break the law and break some windows, in protest! Too much lip service to having a local voice that is ignored by those in authority! Nov 9, 2011 11:43 AM 258 Percentage of people who belong to a faith community (could combine the third and fourth) Nov 9, 2011 11:42 AM 259 Satisfaction with support available if anyone you love is in need of support Nov 9, 2011 10:03 AM 260 satisfaction with self - sense of self esteem / confidence in self to achieve Nov 9, 2011 8:38 AM 261 Surely there should be other family relationships added - Siblings / Parents / children Nov 8, 2011 10:59 PM 262 I would remove the trust measure and instead ask if you believe people in your community respect other people and property. In my view if you respect others you would be more tolerant and helpful; you would not leave litter, damage property or drive so aggressively! Nov 8, 2011 9:37 PM 263 Religious committement needs to be added. There are precidents for surveying this, as you will know. You could combine the two neighbourhood questions. Nov 8, 2011 7:28 PM 264 Satisfaction with family members remove percentage of people who feel they belong strongly to the neighbourhood Nov 8, 2011 7:03 PM 265 a measure reflecting the degree that individuals feel socially included and safe in their area, this measure would include any aspects of diverse ability, sexuality or race, etc... and might replace 'percentage of people who feel they belong strongly to the neighbourhood' Nov 8, 2011 6:07 PM 266 Satisfaction with your close friends Nov 8, 2011 5:52 PM 267 satisfaction with your family Nov 8, 2011 5:24 PM 268 Satisfaction with working relationships Nov 8, 2011 4:51 PM 269 Relationship with the earth itself, not in a way-out hyper-green way, but just the way one feels as a small entity on a spinning planet in space. How often do people think of themselves in this context when making decisions or getting anxious or angry? Maybe combine the 'neighbourhood' measures. Nov 8, 2011 4:27 PM 270 Do you know your neighbours? Nov 8, 2011 3:35 PM 271 Your children important considering the daily temptations they have to pass through between home and school tome. Nov 8, 2011 3:34 PM 219 Page 12, Q15. 272 wider family relations Nov 8, 2011 2:13 PM 273 Satisfaction with other family members/extended family perhaps? Nov 8, 2011 1:58 PM 274 Satisfaction with our wider family. This could be included in measure 1 without adding a measure to the list, or could be an additional measure if measures 3 and 4 are combined. Nov 8, 2011 1:50 PM 275 Cross cutting. Say I am not satisfied with my partner, but when further questioned say I dedicate 0% of my time to them. Could ask how much we invest in each of the domains, giving a investment return measure. Nov 8, 2011 1:44 PM 276 Satsifaction with your neighbourhood. Remove people who feel belong strongly Nov 8, 2011 1:41 PM 277 Satisfaction with local accountability. Remove satisfaction with your spouse/partner. Job satisfaction. Remove Percentage of people who trust....... Nov 8, 2011 1:22 PM 278 Our community relationships Nov 8, 2011 1:15 PM 279 Sense of belonging and security in relationships Nov 8, 2011 1:12 PM 280 Working people spend a lot of time at work, so relationships at work will be very important to them Nov 8, 2011 12:51 PM 281 The idea of a support network is an important one. Do you have a strong support network of friends/family? In fact, the issue of friends and family needs to feature more strongly. Removal of one of the neighbourhood measures would seem wise, and combining them somehow, e.g.: Percentage of people who are happy and confident with their neighbourhood. Nov 8, 2011 12:50 PM 282 neighbours i.e. houses within site about 6-10 Family instead of spouse Nov 8, 2011 12:39 PM 283 How we relate to government/support agencies Nov 8, 2011 12:38 PM 284 If belonging to a community (such as a church) has such a significant impact on individuals and communities, it must be given space. Nov 8, 2011 12:07 PM 285 many , you seem to have left out the real questions, Nov 8, 2011 11:57 AM 286 I would put in a measure about relationships with wider family as their is no acknowledgment of parents, siblings, etc. I would also replace neighbourhood measurements with communities of interest. Nov 8, 2011 11:48 AM 287 Perhaps within the spouse/partner measure some refernce to other family members could be made. Nov 8, 2011 11:33 AM 288 How people feel about living in their own neighbourhood Nov 8, 2011 11:31 AM 289 is sexuality included Nov 8, 2011 11:31 AM 290 Satisfaction with family/children Nov 8, 2011 11:27 AM 291 As per my previous question. I think you can be clearer to try and understand the affects of immigration in terms of the people ability to adapt to extremely Nov 8, 2011 11:23 AM 220 Page 12, Q15. rapid cultural change within the context of a much wider range of values within the same community. 292 I think working relationships are important (outside of satisfaction with work) as well as relationships with a wider familal circle (children, siblings, grandparents). I think you could move the neighbourhood measures Nov 8, 2011 11:22 AM 293 Satisfaction with employment. satisfaction with local government Nov 8, 2011 11:19 AM 294 A neighbourhood, family or local friends are not the only relationship measures; there are now communities that span the online and physical domains - in my case CouchSurfing is a great enrichment to my life and brings me into contact with new friends from all over the world on a regular basis. Nov 8, 2011 11:10 AM 295 Something about satisfaction with friends and about satisfaction if that is the right word with other family members? Nov 8, 2011 11:06 AM 296 Feeling of integration with a community, or faith group, where applicable Nov 8, 2011 10:54 AM 297 Satisfaction with yourself could be added. Perhaps take out one of the references to neighbourhood? Nov 7, 2011 1:25 PM 298 the neighbourhood focus is inappropriate in a network society such as we are today.. it will only produce obvious findings such as areas of urban deprivation will look worse than leafy suburbs. Nov 7, 2011 10:06 AM 299 Plants, wildlife, planet Nov 7, 2011 9:54 AM 300 needs to say satisfaction with family as people without spouse or partner would feel alienated. Remove one of the neighbourhood ones as we are a networked society also and neighbourhood is not a relevant term to many Nov 7, 2011 8:20 AM 221 Page 13, Q17. 1 We recommend a different measure of trust in the Our relationships domain. A generalised trust measure (instead of neighbourhood trust measure) is more internationally comparable (for example it is also included in the European Social Survey) and is included in Understanding Society, so that there is no need to rely on the (discontinued) Citizenship Survey. The question we recommend is ‘Generally speaking would you say that most people can be trusted or that you can’t be too careful in dealing with people?’ We also recommend a more generalised measure of belongingness in the Our relationships domain for many of the same reasons as the generalised trust measure and also because it is able to capture a broader concept (i.e. it recognises that belongingness is often associated with a broader ‘community’ than a geographically defined one e.g. a neighbourhood). Satisfaction-based questions do not fully capture the important elements of social relationships. We would recommend the questions listed above (Compared to other people of your age, how often would you say you take part in social activities?’ or ‘How often do you meet socially with friends, relatives or work colleagues?’ or ‘Do you have anyone with whom you can discuss intimate and personal matters?’ from ESS). Feb 1, 2012 8:52 AM 2 Some of the measures used take too long for results to be published and so do not fit well in terms of timescales forward planning and setting of budgets e.g. for the proposed local authority health and wellbeing boards. Jan 31, 2012 12:52 PM 3 - In the ‘Relationships’, the measure from British Household Panel Survey about ‘do you have someone to confide in and turn to in times of trouble?’ would be better than trust or belonging to neighbourhood (what is a ‘neighbourhood’? One’s street? One’s country? One’s planet?) -Some measures should be disaggregated by region to account for distribution. Jan 31, 2012 9:52 AM 4 ‘Our relationships’ contains a question about how satisfied people are with their social life, but this has limitations as more about whether people have good social networks. They could be highly satisfied but drinking cider with their mates on the streets every night. Jan 27, 2012 5:13 PM 5 'Time to do things you enjoy doing' - used in North West Well-being Survey. 'have a positive relationship with a significant other' - maybe be child/parent/carer relationship Jan 23, 2012 10:45 PM 6 Which activities help with relationships Are you happy when on your own? Jan 23, 2012 10:29 PM 7 Is it social life or social networks that we should be looking at? The term belong is hard to quantify, a difficult term especially in cities where communities are more transient and potentially v hard for some groups - for example asylum seekers. Is it more about being comfortable in your own neighbourhood than belonging? Jan 23, 2012 7:51 PM 8 AS above ynder earlier question. Jan 23, 2012 7:51 PM 9 Other than what is suggest in previous box. Jan 23, 2012 7:09 PM 10 change word satisfaction Jan 23, 2012 5:51 PM 11 I think the phrase 'social life' needs explaining. What does it consist of? Some people would think they have no social life because they never go to parties. My social life mostly depends on a weekly orchestral rehearsal where I see most of my friends. I also think there's an online aspect to this - I keep up with a lot of pals thorugh social networking sites. I think this needs to be further explained. Jan 23, 2012 4:44 PM 222 Page 13, Q17. 12 satisfaction with your family (spouse/partner/children/parents)? Jan 23, 2012 4:13 PM 13 as above Jan 23, 2012 4:08 PM 14 Spouse/partner relationship should be measured as an indicator of national wellbeing, but ‘satisfaction of your spouse/partner’ might not be the most appropriate question. What is more important is the quality of the relationship between the person asked and their partner or spouse. A person might not be satisfied with their partner or spouse all the time as they may see flaws in them, but still have a good relationship with them. Therefore, satisfaction with the quality of relationship between your spouse/partner would be a more appropriate question. Jan 23, 2012 3:27 PM 15 Maybe replacing the work 'neighbourhood' with something more general. Do you feel you belong strongly to a community/ To what extent do you trust the people around you. Jan 23, 2012 12:41 PM 16 Importance of friends. Jan 23, 2012 12:14 PM 17 'Social life' needs defining. Some people would think it just means going out for specific social events whereas the measure should be broader than that Jan 23, 2012 12:11 PM 18 Satisfaction with your spouse/partner seems to aim to measure the quality of the most intimate relationship for one. Shouldn't it also contain the option that this is their children or parents? Jan 23, 2012 12:09 PM 19 It depends on the intention of "trust other people" - would it be better to ask if "trust most people" - there will always be people in neighbourhoods who locals aren't happy with! Jan 23, 2012 11:18 AM 20 Wider family relationships are not covered - siblings, parents, children etc Jan 23, 2012 11:16 AM 21 Satisfaction with number and quality of close relationships (family,friends,partner) Jan 23, 2012 10:45 AM 22 Qualitative data. Jan 23, 2012 9:58 AM 23 Remove GHQ12 and replace with WEMWBS or use along with GHQ12 (This is now in the Health Survey for England and potentially in the forthcoming Public Health Outcomes Framework due to be published in January Jan 23, 2012 9:10 AM 24 second one should read: Satisfaction with your cultural, artistic and social life Jan 23, 2012 8:50 AM 25 Values based segmentation as academic recorded across many countries in the World Values Survey (WVS): http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/ This is a global research project that explores people’s values and beliefs, how they change over time and what social and political impact they have. It is carried out by a worldwide network of social scientists led by Shalom Schwarz and Ronald Inglehart, who, since 1981, have conducted representative national surveys in almost 100 countries. The WVS is the only source of empirical data on attitudes covering a majority of the world’s population (nearly 90%) and thus the National Well-being Index would then contribute to that. Most significantly the WVS records, as part of it survey, questions on optimism and motivation in view of the impact they have on values that people then hold. UK based data, dating back nearly 40 years, which is readily available, could be used to record the two elements I refer to in answer to Question 7. Jan 22, 2012 10:34 PM 26 As above Jan 22, 2012 10:19 PM 223 Page 13, Q17. 27 See comment above) Jan 22, 2012 6:33 PM 28 Percentage of people who feel strongly enough that they belong to their neighbourhood to make positive contributions to it Jan 22, 2012 12:41 PM 29 I would like to state that the current measure on "access to and quality of the local environment" needs to be developed further. The best way Government can do this is by developing a specific indicator around access to green spaces with trees. The Government's public health white paper ‘healthy lives, healthy people’ (2010) recognised the importance of the quality of the environment within which people live to their physical and mental health. Jan 22, 2012 11:09 AM 30 satisfaction with your spouse/partner. Excludes significant proportion of the population who are single, either through choice or circumstance. this measure makes us seem ignored and unvalued. shouldn't the measure be about satisfaction with our status, whether it's married, partnered, singled, bereaved...? Jan 21, 2012 7:08 PM 31 'Satisfaction with spouse/partner' only applies to those with such a partner, so perhaps 'closest relationships' a fairer and more inclusive way to set out this measure Jan 21, 2012 4:12 PM 32 I feel that one measure should be replaced, perhaps with 'Lifelong personal and spiritual development’. This would take into account the inner wellbeing of the individual. Measure: Percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood to be changed to: “Sense of Community” being measured by giving as well as receiving in terms of your social life and your social responsibility. Jan 21, 2012 2:47 PM 33 how strongly they feel the neighbourhood supports each other Jan 21, 2012 12:34 PM 34 As above Jan 21, 2012 12:01 AM 35 Satisfaction with partner/spouse. Wellbeing is linked to meaningful positive supportive relationships with a range of others so just focusing on spouse/partner will not give a true picture. Jan 20, 2012 6:30 PM 36 Satisfaction with your family & friends as opposed to social life - this seems too general Jan 20, 2012 4:06 PM 37 I would like to see the word "family" in these measures - perhaps measure 2 should be named "Satisfaction with your family and social life" Jan 20, 2012 12:26 PM 38 Satisfaction with your household life and relationships (to include single occupants, shared housing, partners and families). Jan 20, 2012 10:55 AM 39 Think for yourselves on this one. Jan 20, 2012 10:44 AM 40 Given the ordiante nature of the income ratio in society (as illuminated by the social epidemiological data in 'The Spirit Level'), what do you think should be the per-person, after-tax, income ratio in UK society? Jan 20, 2012 10:29 AM 41 'Satisfaction with Family Life' would be better than 'Spouse/Partner' Jan 20, 2012 8:41 AM 42 It would be more appropriate to ask about the percentage of people who trust their neighbours rather than people in their neighbourhood - I trust my neighbours but certainly not everyone in my neighbourhood. Jan 20, 2012 7:12 AM 224 Page 13, Q17. 43 You need to make sure you don't assume that everyone is in a relationship. Jan 19, 2012 9:35 PM 44 Not just spouse/partner; family/friends as well Jan 19, 2012 6:10 PM 45 Talk to young people and find out how they fit in Jan 19, 2012 6:06 PM 46 'Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood' perhaps should be, 'Percentage of people trusted in their local neighbourhood'? Also, can you use 'satisfaction' as a measure? What's the unit of measurement? Jan 19, 2012 4:01 PM 47 'Feel that they belong' could be rethought as 'are involved with their local community' or something of the kind. Jan 19, 2012 2:18 PM 48 I would suggest altering 'spouse/partner/ to 'immediate family' to accommodate single people whose 'next of kin' relationships may not be with a partner. 'Social life' might be altered to 'network of friends' i.e. one may attend many parties, but always feel alone. Friendship seems to be a better measure of well-being. Jan 19, 2012 11:51 AM 49 satisfaction with family rather than just spouse. Jan 19, 2012 11:07 AM 50 satisfaction with your relationships with your family satisfaction with your friendships satisfaction with your role as parent/child Jan 19, 2012 9:18 AM 51 I don't understand variants Jan 19, 2012 12:24 AM 52 See above Jan 18, 2012 11:05 PM 53 Don't know Jan 18, 2012 7:09 PM 54 Satisfaction with your spouse/partner should be changed to satisfaction with your immediate family/friends/other with which you live. Many people have to live with people who are not spouses or partners because of financial considerations (i.e. grown-up children remaining living with aging parents who become more of an emotional burden; young professionals who are forced to live in shared accommodation because of difficulty in achieving mortgages; married couples who have to continue living together despite being 'separated' because of financial restrictions of their homes). Jan 18, 2012 5:18 PM 55 Identify the number of years a spouse is in a relationship, and how their satisfaction measures at different stages Jan 18, 2012 4:31 PM 56 As a lot of people commute to work or split their lives between two homes, how would that be reflected in the survey? Jan 18, 2012 2:55 PM 57 We fell very mush rooted in our community and neighbourhood - through community voluntary art and gardening projects, we have met, trust, and socialise with many of the people who live nearby to us, However, I don't think this is largely the norm, and I worry that a percentage would not give accurate specific details. Jan 18, 2012 2:18 PM 58 The last measure should be changed to: Percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to a community. Someone might feel that they don't 'belong' to their local neighbourhood whilst still experiencing a sense of belonging to a community, for example, a local choir or dance class. Jan 18, 2012 2:12 PM 59 Satisfaction with spouse/partner. This is a very specific and limited measure Jan 18, 2012 2:01 PM 225 Page 13, Q17. - would seem more appropriate to be satisfaction with personal/family life, so that it does not include single people, or single parent families. 60 An understanding of the external influences which improve our well being. ie. The arts and creativity. Jan 18, 2012 1:30 PM 61 see above Jan 18, 2012 1:09 PM 62 Have a separate measure for cultural activities which would include social activities, art, culture, heritage and sport. These areas generate millions in income, employment etc and having some measurement of the impact here is more specific, targetable and measurable than 'Social Life' as a categoy. Jan 18, 2012 11:58 AM 63 how do you measure communities who work together crossing cultural and physical boudaries? This is happening but you have nothing to record it happening Jan 18, 2012 11:09 AM 64 I don't like the use of the word 'Percentage' of people who trust etc. Too dull and mathematical. Just 'High\Low level of trust in others etc. Jan 18, 2012 11:06 AM 65 Satisfaction with spouse/ partner could be changed to satisfaction with close personal relationships Jan 18, 2012 10:44 AM 66 the measures proposed by the North West Analyst Tom Hennell on the relational aspects of neighbourhood trust and inclusion and on 'being ill better' Jan 18, 2012 6:42 AM 67 satisfaction with personal relationships (ie more general than spouse/partner, which i think then becomes a misleading answer if people say 'no' because theyre single, for example, but they are actually happy and content that way) Jan 17, 2012 10:40 PM 68 Don't know Jan 17, 2012 8:44 PM 69 Satisfaction with your social and cultural life Jan 17, 2012 2:23 PM 70 Friends rather than social life Jan 17, 2012 1:16 PM 71 Including friendships or other emotional/intimate relationships. Jan 17, 2012 11:00 AM 72 see above Jan 16, 2012 11:44 PM 73 The first measure ("satisfaction with your spouse/partner" assumes that everyone will have a spouse/partner. This is not the case, and should be rephrased to account for that. Jan 16, 2012 10:01 PM 74 The term partner needs to be clearly defined and in line with the other data being collated from other surveys. There doesn't appear to be a uniform definition. Jan 16, 2012 3:24 PM 75 Will they be Yes/No answers or sliding scales? I would think scales would be needed for greater subtlety For the trust and belonging questions- maybe ask exactly how many people they know in their neighborhood- on a first name basis or otherwise. Jan 16, 2012 3:21 PM 76 Looking at other relationships. Jan 16, 2012 3:07 PM 77 Culture Jan 16, 2012 2:58 PM 226 Page 13, Q17. 78 Satisfaction with inter-generational relationships Jan 16, 2012 2:09 PM 79 3: feeling secure and accepted in their neighbourhood 4: feeling part of a community (not geographically specific) Jan 16, 2012 11:55 AM 80 Satisfaciton with your leisure, cultural and recreational time Jan 16, 2012 10:55 AM 81 Measure: Satisfaction with your social life could be be changed to include 'friends and social life' Jan 16, 2012 10:12 AM 82 I would change satisfaction with spouse / partner to "satisfaction with family / friend relationships" - to assume everyone is in this type of long term relationship is a very old fashioned perspective of social relationships Jan 16, 2012 9:44 AM 83 rather than spouse/partner i would suggest family. that includes spouse/partner, and it allows people who are not in such relationship to answer the question too Jan 15, 2012 12:23 PM 84 Percentage of people who know or talk on a regular basis (maybe once a month or once a week or daily) with people in their immediate neighbourhood. People with social networks beyond their families. For eg a gay man might feel more need to relate to other gay men than to anyone in his immediate neighbourhood. The measures are based on an oldfashioned conception of relationships which probably applies more to people over 50. Jan 13, 2012 11:31 AM 85 you go from 'your' to 'their' - confusing Jan 13, 2012 10:57 AM 86 ditto Jan 13, 2012 10:33 AM 87 Satisfaction means "Fulfillment of one's wishes" so measuring satisfaction is measuring people's ability to wish as much as it is measuring their ability to fulfill those wishes. The measure could be improved by clamping down on imagination and ambition. Drop all mention of "satisfaction" - because you just can't get it! Jan 13, 2012 10:33 AM 88 Instead of percentage of people who 'trust' other people in their neighbourhood - I would prefer Percentage of people who have good relationships with other people in their neighbourhood Jan 13, 2012 9:42 AM 89 Belonging to online communities? Jan 13, 2012 8:57 AM 90 As explained above. Jan 13, 2012 1:25 AM 91 The 'trust' one should be more precise to be meaningful - if I trust 2 people in my neighbourhood, would that mean my well-being was significantly different to a situation where I trusted none, or 30? Jan 12, 2012 10:35 PM 92 Don't know Jan 12, 2012 4:54 PM 93 see answers above. Jan 12, 2012 1:59 PM 94 These topics are, again, quite generalised and I'm not sure how people might respond to them. Jan 12, 2012 12:23 PM 95 yes as above measure the percentage of people taking part in creative activities both alone and as part of a group. Jan 12, 2012 10:51 AM 227 Page 13, Q17. 96 last measure might read - '...belong strongly to the neighbourhood and country.' Jan 12, 2012 9:36 AM 97 Involvement in positive community activities Jan 11, 2012 2:55 PM 98 Social contacts other than those in a "neighbourhood" need to brought in. Jan 11, 2012 11:37 AM 99 Availability of places of worship within a reasonable distance from one's home. Jan 10, 2012 5:00 PM 100 Satisfaction with your friends Jan 10, 2012 3:02 PM 101 I feel that the first two measures listed above shoeld be seperated, into different categories. Jan 10, 2012 1:22 PM 102 Take out the negatives. Don't assume that people with life-long illness/disability have a worse quality of life. They will do once the cuts bite but it's not a given. Jan 10, 2012 11:23 AM 103 Satisfaction in your closest relationships would be better than 'Satisfaction with your spouse/partner'. But this is making huge assumptions - you're assuming that everyone has a spouse or partner, which is not the case. The first question discriminates against single people and, in fact, leaves them no way to respond. 'Happiness' might be more appropriate than 'satisfaction'. Jan 9, 2012 9:14 PM 104 See above Jan 9, 2012 5:10 PM 105 All measures of national wellbeing are spurious and should be regarded as pseudo-science on a par with psychometrics and Tarot reading. They waste public money and distract the media, public debate and political action away from real and serious issues. Engaging with this pseudo-science plays into the hands of political parties who would rather discuss nonsense than make any real decisions. Jan 9, 2012 4:04 PM 106 Sexuality and Mental Health issue and pulbic understanding of the issue Jan 9, 2012 3:25 PM 107 Please see above comments. Jan 9, 2012 1:32 PM 108 Combine spouse/partner and social life into a single measure of satisfaction with personal relationships since for some relationships with children/parents are critical and others are single. Jan 9, 2012 1:04 PM 109 Something relating to the size of social groups along with satisfaction of social life Jan 9, 2012 11:08 AM 110 see above Jan 9, 2012 9:32 AM 111 'Satisfaction with spouse/partner' should include satisfaction with the children of that relationship. Jan 8, 2012 7:16 PM 112 as above Jan 8, 2012 3:53 PM 113 Once again it is about community. Jan 8, 2012 12:04 PM 114 If a trust measure is desired then generalised trust would be better (e.g. 'overall, do you think most people can be trusted' or similar asked in BHPS, Citizenship survey plus many more). Generalised trust is less sensitive to deprivation/ crime in the local area and is the variable more often linked to Jan 8, 2012 11:45 AM 228 Page 13, Q17. positive outcomes such as effective democracy in academic research. There is also a body of evidence that points to generalised trust as being a 'value' in the sense that it is acquired early in life and remains relatively stable throughout life. 115 Satisfaction with Spouse/Partner could be changed to Family, still covers original but includes more of true importance. Jan 6, 2012 7:07 PM 116 Spuse/partner - should this be expanded to include immediate family? Jan 6, 2012 5:23 PM 117 Satisfaction with social and cultural life Jan 6, 2012 5:12 PM 118 suggest 'community' as well as 'neighbourhood' Jan 6, 2012 5:08 PM 119 See above re household adults Jan 3, 2012 10:45 PM 120 I do not have time or energy to tell that this exercies as it stands is a complete waste of time and energy. It's got 'failure' written all over it......you cannot hope to cover all of these areas with simplified, non-specific statements.... Jan 3, 2012 4:15 PM 121 "Percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood" perhaps should be "Local community" or even just "a community" rather than "neighbourhood". This sounds more inclusive of e.g. religious affiliations, social clubs/acitivites (leisure groups/sports groups etc.). It taps the "Connect" of 5 ways to well-being slightly better. Dec 22, 2011 12:51 PM 122 I would replace neighbourhood with community Dec 20, 2011 11:30 AM 123 Again, I would say the statistical analysis will go so far. As long as there is scope for more in depth qualitative research that would be good. Dec 16, 2011 9:23 PM 124 yes extend scope of second measure to be social and cultural life Dec 15, 2011 5:58 PM 125 Why are people passionate about their communities; what makes them special; how have they contrinuted to it Dec 15, 2011 3:32 PM 126 As above. Dec 8, 2011 6:51 PM 127 As above Dec 7, 2011 10:55 AM 128 see previously stated comments Dec 6, 2011 4:41 PM 129 Be more helpful/specific in 'social life' - could be supporting the school, involvement in ecological issues, going to the pub.. far too great a spectrum not to be explored Dec 6, 2011 11:36 AM 130 Satisfaction with family relationships. i.e. broader than spouse/partner, allowing for answers from single persons of all ages. Dec 4, 2011 7:07 PM 131 Satisfaction with living alone Dec 3, 2011 7:09 AM 132 I am not able to respond to each specific subquestion as I believe the overall structure is flawed and thus each measure would need to be analysed against a different structure, please refer to answer for question one of the survey Dec 2, 2011 11:05 PM 133 Following on from my comment about those people who do not have a Dec 2, 2011 11:54 AM 229 Page 13, Q17. partner or spouse should this measure be altered to 'satisfaction with close family members'? 134 1 satisfaction with your family- spouse/partner-children Nov 27, 2011 4:16 PM 135 I suggest that the first box should be satisfaction with spouse/partner and family. Nov 20, 2011 7:54 PM 136 Proportion of looked after children/at risk children or known to social services rather than people who belong strongly to their neighbourhood. Being in the care system tends to reduce life chances Nov 16, 2011 9:29 PM 137 WEMWBS Nov 16, 2011 11:00 AM 138 Many people are completely content in a life where they have no spouse or partner but have other types of relationships. I think this wording is unhelpful and limiting. I don't like "social life" either as I think people may mean it just means those with whom we socialise - it should embrace all the poeple who are part of our lives in whatever context. Relationships generally. Nov 13, 2011 2:01 PM 139 Control over relationships and ability or constraints over options or pressures to remain in relationships. Ability to seek assistance to improve relationships or feel safer within them. Why might people not be happy with their social life, skills, isolation, finances, confidence, health, access? Nov 11, 2011 1:46 PM 140 see above Nov 11, 2011 12:20 PM 141 see earlier suggested question Nov 11, 2011 11:06 AM 142 amount of contact / ease in terms of access / travel and expenditure Nov 10, 2011 10:22 AM 143 satisfaction with spouse/ partner - would be better if it was rephrased to include people no living in a long-term relationships, but are sharing houses/ flats with friends. Something more general such as "satisfaction with people in your household" would cover that, including single parents/ widows etc and would be more inclusive Nov 9, 2011 1:12 PM 144 instead of neighbourhood maybe community?? - a neighbourhood is too restricting. Nov 9, 2011 12:59 PM 145 Yes, see above. Nov 9, 2011 11:43 AM 146 The sense of belonging should ask if this is the neighbourhood to which they belong most strongly as many people live somewhere other than the place they think of as "home". Also commuters feel differently. Nov 9, 2011 11:42 AM 147 it depends on whether to ask if people feel they belong to a neighbourhood or belong strongly: what is the benefit of measuring the subjectivity of the stength? Nov 9, 2011 11:07 AM 148 Please see response to previous question. Nov 8, 2011 9:37 PM 149 Questions on other family members - eg children of the marriage. Family dependents, including elderly relatives and their care. Nov 8, 2011 9:11 PM 150 As above Nov 8, 2011 7:28 PM 151 The two percentage ones Nov 8, 2011 7:03 PM 230 Page 13, Q17. 152 'satisfaction with spouse or partner' entirely excludes people who are single and needs altering to include all individuals' satisfaction on all levels to avoid being discriminatory Nov 8, 2011 6:07 PM 153 Satisfaction with family life Nov 8, 2011 5:52 PM 154 There may be other people you live with that will impact on your life, and satisfaction with that life, not just a partner/spouse. The remit may have to be widened to include other family members or, or even friends, living with you. Nov 8, 2011 5:39 PM 155 Measure 1 could inlcude satisfaction with wider family members. Nov 8, 2011 1:50 PM 156 For anyone with kids, they are important. Could be a challenging and ask whether number of children alters anything. Nov 8, 2011 1:44 PM 157 Our links with voluntary organisations ie. about others and not just about me Nov 8, 2011 1:15 PM 158 family Nov 8, 2011 12:39 PM 159 See above. Nov 8, 2011 12:07 PM 160 Quite a few Nov 8, 2011 11:57 AM 161 Include wider family. Also, I assume relationships with friends are included under social life but I would make this clearer. Nov 8, 2011 11:48 AM 162 See above Nov 8, 2011 11:33 AM 163 Please define "Neighbourhood" + does this include online/Facebook/Skype & dispersed Communities ? Nov 8, 2011 11:25 AM 164 I would suggest a section that specifically deals with cultural diversity and adapting to change. Nov 8, 2011 11:23 AM 165 Satisfaction with life in general. Nov 8, 2011 11:19 AM 166 Wroding will need to be handled sensitively: how will most people respond to being asked if they are 'satisfied' with their spouses? Nov 8, 2011 11:06 AM 167 Belong strongly to a specific group rather than neighbourhood - could add some examples Nov 7, 2011 8:20 AM 168 Satisfaction with your social life Nov 1, 2011 12:47 PM 231 Page 13, Q18. 1 Satisfaction with social life Feb 1, 2012 10:01 AM 2 We think it is unlikely that the evidence base in each domain can be accurately captured / reflected using only two summary measures per domain. Feb 1, 2012 9:46 AM 3 Our relationships: It is essential to have both a measure of personal relationships (not just with partners) e.g. ‘Do you have anyone with whom you can discuss intimate and personal matters?’ or ‘I’ve been feeling close to other people’ and of social relationships e.g. the generalised trust question (referred to in our response to question 8 above). Feb 1, 2012 8:52 AM 4 Our relationship: 3 and 4 Jan 31, 2012 1:55 PM 5 We feel that it is more important to ensure that the indicator set clearly reflects all major factors that impact on human wellbeing and the scale at which they operate, rather than to focus on including a particular number of measures. Jan 31, 2012 1:44 PM 6 Measuring wellbeing is complex , using one or two measures only would grossly distort the results Jan 31, 2012 12:52 PM 7 In each of the domains, we would be more supportive of measures which externally evaluate the domain rather than those measures which ask for the individual’s satisfaction about the domain. For example, in the health domain, self-evaluation of health or their satisfaction with their health can be at great variance with an epidemiological or medical evaluation. Individual preferences or satisfaction is greatly malleable and function of available information and experience. So measures which capture non-subjective aspects are preferable, in the first instance, to those that rely exclusively on subjective evaluations. Jan 31, 2012 12:42 PM 8 Relationships: satisfaction with personal relationships (being tested in the ONS Opinions survey) + % of people who feel they belong to their neighbourhood Jan 31, 2012 12:15 PM 9 See previous answer s – reducing the numbers to this extent risks them being so broad as to be meaningless. Jan 31, 2012 11:20 AM 10 •Relationships: 1) Satisfaction with your social life; 2) Having someone to confide in and ask for help. Jan 31, 2012 9:52 AM 11 Satisfaction with spouse % of people who trust others (proxy for social and belonging measures) Jan 31, 2012 9:18 AM 12 No comment Jan 31, 2012 9:09 AM 13 Reducing the number of measures further would risk the model losing its value Jan 31, 2012 8:49 AM 14 % of people who trust others in their neighbourhood (Citizenship Survey), % of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood (Citizenship Survey). Jan 31, 2012 8:08 AM 15 -“How lonely do you feel in your daily life?” (TBC) – as satisfaction with a Jan 30, 2012 2:36 PM 232 Page 13, Q18. partner and social life are encompassed by this question -“% of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood” – the ILC-UK found that living in a neighbourly and safe area was emphasised strongly by respondents to their research on Quality of Life in older age 16 Better to concentrate on measuring ‘well-being’ effectively with all of its different domains – physical, mental, social, environmental and spiritual, than attempting to assess a range of supposed determinants and contextual factors. Hasn’t the World Health Organisation through its Quality of Life project already developed a model and a set of instruments that could be used? Jan 30, 2012 2:25 PM 17 This largely depends on the overall aim. If we are just interested in individual well-being and individual subjective assessments of the components of wellbeing, then questions on satisfaction with life and satisfaction with the various factors would be sufficient. However, if we also want to assess how different objective factors contribute to well-being then other measures need to be included and a single measure of may not capture what would be important. Relationships – satisfaction with social life and % people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Jan 30, 2012 9:03 AM 18 no view Jan 27, 2012 5:40 PM 19 •In general, each domain should include: -One objective measure of performance in that domain -One subjective measure of performance in that domain -One subjective measure of the importance of that domain to overall well-being. Jan 27, 2012 5:33 PM 20 Our relationships: % of people who trust other people, % of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood Individual wellbeing: life satisfaction Jan 27, 2012 5:13 PM 21 1.Life satisfaction 2.Satisfaction with social life 3.Satisfaction with your health, 4.Satisfaction with mental wellbeing 5.Satisfaction with your job (including volunteering positions) 6.Satisfaction with leisure provision 7. Measure of access to and quality of the local environment (including historic environment) 8.Satisfaction with the income of your household 9. Percentage of the population with different levels of qualification 10.GDHI 11.% who trust in parliament 12.The extent of protected areas (natural and historic) Jan 27, 2012 2:13 PM 22 'have a positive relationship with a significant other' OR 'Satisfaction with your spouse/partner' Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Jan 23, 2012 10:45 PM 23 The last two Jan 23, 2012 10:29 PM 24 Social networks and feeling comfortable in your own neighbourhood Jan 23, 2012 7:51 PM 25 1. Where we live 2. Health Jan 23, 2012 7:51 PM 26 One which combined "non-work life" (which also could include spouse/partner) and one on "sense of community" again combining the two neighbourhood questions Jan 23, 2012 7:09 PM 233 Page 13, Q18. 27 ‘Satisfaction with your spouse/partner’ Jan 23, 2012 5:59 PM 28 1 about partner / social life combined, one about neighbourhood combined. Jan 23, 2012 5:15 PM 29 Satisfaction with your spouse/partner Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Jan 23, 2012 5:04 PM 30 The third and fourth, not because those relationships are necessarily the most important, but because they can be more readily assessed in a meaningful way. Jan 23, 2012 4:40 PM 31 Satisfaction with your spouse/partner? Satisfaction with your social life? Jan 23, 2012 4:13 PM 32 n/a Jan 23, 2012 4:08 PM 33 Measure: Satisfaction with your spouse/partner Measure: Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Jan 23, 2012 3:44 PM 34 Close relationships belonging to neighbourhood Jan 23, 2012 3:40 PM 35 Care for the Family is a registered national charity that has been working to strengthen family life for more than twenty years. One of our focuses is to seek to work in a preventative way to strengthen couple relationship, particularly marriage, because we understand the value of strong relationships to the couple, and the benefits it brings to society and their children, should they have any. Therefore, if only one or two measures should be used, the quality of the couple relationship should be one of them. Stable relationships offer people unconditional love, support and stability, and this affects their happiness and well-being. A weak couple relationship and couple break down lowers the wellbeing of the couple and any children they have. Coleman and Glenn found unequivocal evidence highlighting the detrimental impact of adult relationship conflict and distress on children. Conflict between parents has been associated with adjustment problems in children including: poor peer interaction, ill health, anxiety, low self-esteem, and substance misuse. The second measure that should be used is the quality of the parent-child relationship for the reasons outlined above. 4 Coleman and Glenn, 2009, cited in Walker, Berrett, Wilson, Yan-Shing Chang, Relationships Matter: Understanding the Needs of Adults (Particularly Parents) Regarding Relationship Support, Institute for Health and Society, Newcastle University, 2010 5 Cummings & Davis, Children and Marital Conflict: The Impact of Family Dispute and Resolution, 2004, cited in The Centre for Social Justice, Mental Health: Poverty, Ethnicity and Family Breakdown, 2011 Jan 23, 2012 3:27 PM 36 Satisfaction with spouse/partner and percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Jan 23, 2012 3:07 PM 37 Community and neighbourhood Jan 23, 2012 1:42 PM 38 Satisfaction with family relationships (including partner) Satisfaction with your place within a community of people. Jan 23, 2012 12:41 PM 39 satisfaction with social life trsut other people in neighbourhood Jan 23, 2012 12:18 PM 40 satisfaction with spouse or partner, satisfaction with social life/friendships Jan 23, 2012 12:14 PM 234 Page 13, Q18. 41 One measure about family relationships and one about relationships outside the family. Jan 23, 2012 12:11 PM 42 Measure: Satisfaction with your spouse/partner Measure: Satisfaction with your social life Jan 23, 2012 12:09 PM 43 Social life and sense of belonging to the neighbourhood Jan 23, 2012 11:51 AM 44 Satisfaction with your social life % people who feel they belong strongly to the neighbourhood Jan 23, 2012 11:42 AM 45 Satisfaction with home life Belonging to neighbourhood Jan 23, 2012 11:18 AM 46 Don't think two measures would cover this - I think you are missing stuff (see above) Jan 23, 2012 11:16 AM 47 Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Satisfaction with your social life Jan 23, 2012 11:09 AM 48 Close relationship Connection and trust of neighbourhood Jan 23, 2012 10:45 AM 49 Qualitative data. Open-source forum's. Jan 23, 2012 9:58 AM 50 Satisfaction with social life and percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood. Jan 23, 2012 9:52 AM 51 Measure: Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Measure: Percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood Jan 23, 2012 9:25 AM 52 Our relationships: % of people who trust other people, % of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood What we do: satisfaction with your job, satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Where we live: % agreeing that their local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together, % who are very or fairly satisfied with local area Personal finance: % of individuals in household below 60% of median income, satisfaction with the income of your household Education and skills: % of the population with different levels of qualification The economy: Not sure this is relevant and needs to be included Governance: % of registered voters who voted, % who trust in their local council a lot or a fair amount The natural environment: should be more about communities and where people live - green space, open spaces Jan 23, 2012 9:10 AM 53 Sat with your relationships. Jan 23, 2012 8:56 AM 54 To remove any would be a very ineffective measure; the second two measures have been depersonalised - they should address the person themselves as in the first two. Jan 23, 2012 8:50 AM 55 one of family relationshils and one on belonging to local community Jan 23, 2012 8:32 AM 56 Measure: Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Measure: Percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood Jan 22, 2012 11:52 PM 235 Page 13, Q18. 57 The number of indicators should not be restricted by an arbitrary limit. The measurement of that should in the end be usefulness to public policy. Jan 22, 2012 10:34 PM 58 I think all of them create a reaasonable picture. But there are plenty of isolates who are well but choose not to relate to others, but do have a good relationship with themselves Jan 22, 2012 10:19 PM 59 Social life - including more detail breakdown in questions Trust in people in their neighbourhood (the "strongly belong" question seems to me redundant and repetitive) Jan 22, 2012 9:53 PM 60 Satisfaction with the world at large (sense of a deeper connection). Satisfaction with your family & friends. Jan 22, 2012 8:23 PM 61 Social Life and Family Jan 22, 2012 6:33 PM 62 Can't do it with two responses. Unlikely to get honest answers for most of these measures. Jan 22, 2012 5:24 PM 63 Health and happiness of friends and family Health and happiness of community Jan 22, 2012 4:48 PM 64 Measure: Satisfaction with your spouse/partner Measure: Percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood Jan 22, 2012 3:25 PM 65 Percentage of people who contribute to the cultural life of their neighbourhood Percentage of people who feel strongly enough that they belong to their neighbourhood to make positive contributions to it Jan 22, 2012 12:41 PM 66 Measure: Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Measure: Percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood Jan 22, 2012 11:09 AM 67 Relationship with family Role in community Jan 22, 2012 10:06 AM 68 Satisfaction with spouse % who feel they belong strongly to the neighbourhood Jan 21, 2012 8:01 PM 69 you could merge the 2 about neighbourhood, but the others should stay. Jan 21, 2012 7:08 PM 70 Satisfaction with your family life and intimate relationships Satisfaction with your community Jan 21, 2012 6:50 PM 71 Those relating to neighbourhood relationships Jan 21, 2012 5:00 PM 72 All Jan 21, 2012 4:52 PM 73 Satisfaction with spouse/partner/closest relationships and belong strongly to neighbourhood Jan 21, 2012 4:12 PM 74 Measure: Satisfaction with your spouse/partner Measure: Lifelong personal and spiritual development Jan 21, 2012 2:47 PM 75 satisfaction with social life;percentage of people who feel they belong strongly to neighbourhood Jan 21, 2012 1:19 PM 236 Page 13, Q18. 76 one and four Jan 21, 2012 12:34 PM 77 satisfaction with home life Engage/belong to neighbourhood Jan 21, 2012 12:23 AM 78 The first two with changs as suggested above Jan 21, 2012 12:01 AM 79 a. social life b. belonging to a community Jan 20, 2012 8:51 PM 80 The first two Jan 20, 2012 6:38 PM 81 Belonging and Trust Jan 20, 2012 6:30 PM 82 2, 4 Jan 20, 2012 6:13 PM 83 The model risks becoming overly simplistic by reducing the numbers of measures further. Jan 20, 2012 4:49 PM 84 I think this would over simplify or get responses of less utility Jan 20, 2012 4:24 PM 85 Partner & family & friends Jan 20, 2012 4:06 PM 86 The model risks becoming overly simplistic by reducing the numbers of measures further. Jan 20, 2012 3:40 PM 87 relationships with people, relationship with the community. Jan 20, 2012 3:19 PM 88 satisfaction with your social life percentage of people who trust others in their neighourhood Jan 20, 2012 1:56 PM 89 Satisfaction with partner and satisfaction with social life Jan 20, 2012 12:26 PM 90 Household life (above) Belonging to neighbourhood/local community Jan 20, 2012 10:55 AM 91 Family and neighbourhood. Jan 20, 2012 10:44 AM 92 The income ratio measure. Jan 20, 2012 10:29 AM 93 1 and 2 Jan 20, 2012 8:41 AM 94 Satisfaction with spouse/partner Percentage of peope who trust other people in their neighbourhood Jan 20, 2012 8:05 AM 95 Relationship with spouse/partner/family/friends and who feel they belong stongly to a neighbourhood Jan 20, 2012 7:12 AM 96 Satisfaction with social life Satisfaction with working life Jan 19, 2012 9:47 PM 97 Spouse/partner; family/friends Ourselves and managing ourselves Jan 19, 2012 6:10 PM 98 Are young people happy within society Are young peolple happy within their communities Jan 19, 2012 6:06 PM 99 'Family', & new one - 'Trust' Jan 19, 2012 4:01 PM 100 Measure: Satisfaction with your spouse/partner Measure: Satisfaction with Jan 19, 2012 3:05 PM Percentage of people 237 Page 13, Q18. your social life 101 Satisfaction with your social life and % of people who feel that they belong to their neighbourhood Jan 19, 2012 2:18 PM 102 You can't reduce people's lives to such simplistic measures, and the fewer you use the less satisfactory the whole thing becomes. For eample, I live alone and do not have a strong sense of 'belonging' - I do not live where I grew up - but I am very involved in local activities and have an active social life localy and with a broader network of friends, so it would depend very much on the criteria chosen what result you would get from my answers. Jan 19, 2012 2:18 PM 103 The second and the fourth, with the latter the more important as it really embraces all of the measures if the respondent answers honestly and thinks laterally about all the aspects implicit. Jan 19, 2012 1:49 PM 104 Satisfaction with social life and percentage of people who trust others in their neighbourhood Jan 19, 2012 12:30 PM 105 Satisfaction with your immediate family/spouse/partner, and Satisfaction with your network of friends. Jan 19, 2012 11:51 AM 106 Satisfaction with social life. Trust. Spouse/partner question presumes one exists. Belonging strongly to the neigbourhood may be too strong (I like my neigbourhood and trust those who live there, but don't feel a strong connection to it nor know more than a small handful of those who live there). Jan 19, 2012 11:46 AM 107 satisfaction with family satisfaction with social/work life Jan 19, 2012 11:07 AM 108 social life and partner Jan 19, 2012 9:18 AM 109 More general relationships section More general community/neighbourhood section Jan 19, 2012 12:24 AM 110 Satisfaction with family Inc partner Satisfaction with friends and wider social connections Jan 18, 2012 11:05 PM 111 Disagree with this idea Jan 18, 2012 7:09 PM 112 Family and Social Jan 18, 2012 6:31 PM 113 Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Jan 18, 2012 6:06 PM 114 Spose/partner and social life Jan 18, 2012 5:54 PM 115 2nd & 4th Jan 18, 2012 5:22 PM 116 Measure: Satisfaction with your spouse/partner Measure: Satisfaction with your social life With the previously mentioned amendment of 'spouse/partner' to incorporate more variation of living arrangements. Jan 18, 2012 5:18 PM 117 SPOUCE & PARTNER BELONGING TO NEIGHBOURHOOD Jan 18, 2012 5:14 PM 118 Spouse/Partner and Social Life Jan 18, 2012 4:31 PM 238 Page 13, Q18. 119 Family and wider social milieu Jan 18, 2012 4:06 PM 120 Satisfaction with your spouse / partner / family life and social life Jan 18, 2012 2:55 PM 121 satisfaction with social life and belonging strongly to your neighbourhood Jan 18, 2012 2:18 PM 122 spouse/partner and belonging to a community Jan 18, 2012 2:12 PM 123 1 and 2 Jan 18, 2012 1:47 PM 124 Measure: Satisfaction with your social life Measure: Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Jan 18, 2012 1:26 PM 125 Satisfaction with spouse/partner Percentage of those who feel they belong in their neighbourhood Jan 18, 2012 1:22 PM 126 satisfaction with family members satisfaction with social life Jan 18, 2012 1:09 PM 127 Shouldn't be limited. Jan 18, 2012 1:04 PM 128 first and last Jan 18, 2012 12:53 PM 129 The model risks becoming overly simplistic by reducing the numbers of measures further. Jan 18, 2012 12:32 PM 130 Spouse/partner and social life Jan 18, 2012 12:30 PM 131 danger of becoming over simplified if reduced (therefore less useful/accurate) Jan 18, 2012 12:24 PM 132 Trust & nieghbourhood Spouse & partner. Jan 18, 2012 11:58 AM 133 Not sure, all seem appropriate. Jan 18, 2012 11:17 AM 134 The first two. Jan 18, 2012 11:07 AM 135 Social life and neighbourhood questions should remain. Your spouse/partner question is an intimate question that may not apply or be answered universally. Jan 18, 2012 11:06 AM 136 I don't feel that the issue is one that can be measured with only one or two questions Jan 18, 2012 10:44 AM 137 community identity, engagement and integration Jan 18, 2012 9:37 AM 138 Satisfaction with your social life Percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood Jan 18, 2012 9:33 AM 139 should use more than 4 measures Jan 18, 2012 12:03 AM 140 1 and 4 Jan 17, 2012 8:20 PM 141 Satisfaction with your social life Percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood Jan 17, 2012 3:05 PM 239 Page 13, Q18. 142 needs all and more Jan 17, 2012 2:46 PM 143 If the number of measures is to be reduced, I would see the two dealing with neighbourhood as of lesser importance, though I would like to keep at least one of these (in particular the one about feeling that they belong to a neighbourhood). Jan 17, 2012 2:29 PM 144 Family and friends as one, belong to neighbourhood Jan 17, 2012 1:16 PM 145 Family Community (neighbourhood) Please don't just measure two! Jan 17, 2012 1:04 PM 146 Trust and intimate relationships including partners and friends. Jan 17, 2012 11:00 AM 147 Spouse/partner Children/parents Jan 17, 2012 8:44 AM 148 percentage of people who feel they are listened to; percentage of people who look forward to their day Jan 17, 2012 12:24 AM 149 One is not satisfactory Jan 16, 2012 11:44 PM 150 Satisfaction with your social life Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Jan 16, 2012 10:01 PM 151 Satisfaction with your social life Percentage of people who feel they belong strongly to the neighbourhood Jan 16, 2012 7:47 PM 152 Satisfaction with your social life Percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood Jan 16, 2012 4:04 PM 153 Spouse/partner Children/their children Jan 16, 2012 3:50 PM 154 I would remove social life and trust Jan 16, 2012 3:24 PM 155 Measure: Satisfaction with your spouse/partner Measure: Satisfaction with your social life Jan 16, 2012 3:07 PM 156 Culture Arts Jan 16, 2012 2:58 PM 157 Trust and belonging Jan 16, 2012 2:37 PM 158 Satisfaction with your home/family life. Satisfaction with other people in your neighbourhood. Jan 16, 2012 2:14 PM 159 satisfaction with close partnerships and social life Jan 16, 2012 1:59 PM 160 satisfaction with social life and belonging strongly to the neighbourhood Jan 16, 2012 1:21 PM 161 satisfaction with your social life % of ppl who belong to the neighbourhood Jan 16, 2012 12:58 PM 162 Family Social life Jan 16, 2012 11:55 AM 163 2&3 Jan 16, 2012 10:55 AM 164 Family and friends Jan 16, 2012 10:12 AM 240 Page 13, Q18. 165 Percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood satisfaction with family / friend relationships Jan 16, 2012 9:44 AM 166 1 and 2 Jan 15, 2012 8:10 PM 167 2 and 3 Jan 15, 2012 12:23 PM 168 Percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood; Satisfaction with your social life Jan 14, 2012 8:58 PM 169 Satisfaction with your social life Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Jan 14, 2012 8:38 PM 170 The last two ones Jan 14, 2012 4:46 PM 171 Assuming this question relates to all domains, I would include the following: OUR RELATIONSHIPS; 1/ Satisfaction with your spouse/partner. 2/ % of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood. HEALTH; 1/ People not reporting a long-term limiting illness or disability. 2/ Assessment of mental well-being. WHAT WE DO; Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity.2/ Satisfaction with your job (if employed) WHERE WE LIVE; 1/ Crime rate per capita. 2/ Percentage agreeing that their local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together. INDIVIDUAL/PERSONAL FINANCE; 1/ Percentage of individuals in households below 60% of median income. 2/ Percentage of households which are entirely workless. EDUCATION & SKILLS; 1/ Percentage of the population with different levels of qualification. 2/ Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) THE ECONOMY; 1/ Net national income 2/ Total net worth of all sectors of the economy. GOVERNANCE; 1/ Percentage who trust in Parliament a lot or a fair amount. 2/ Percentage who trust in their local council a lot or a fair amount, THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; 1/ Green house gas emissions. 2/ air pollutants. Jan 14, 2012 12:15 AM 172 one on neighbourhood Jan 13, 2012 10:03 PM 173 spouse and partner, and sociallife Jan 13, 2012 9:21 PM 174 1 and 2 Jan 13, 2012 4:00 PM 175 Possibly remove the neighbourhood questions, which seem a bit misplaced here. Jan 13, 2012 3:17 PM 176 Measure 2 & 4 Jan 13, 2012 2:10 PM 177 Measure: Satisfaction with your spouse/partner Measure: Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Jan 13, 2012 12:34 PM 178 Social life How many people do you interact with regularly who understand you or share your interests. Jan 13, 2012 11:31 AM 179 all important - eg if someone has no family, they need to be able to guage their community relationships. you'll miss key info by deleting any. in fact more need adding Jan 13, 2012 10:57 AM 241 Page 13, Q18. 180 ditto Jan 13, 2012 10:33 AM 181 Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood. Jan 13, 2012 10:33 AM 182 Satisfaction with your spouse/partner Satisfaction with your social life Jan 13, 2012 9:42 AM 183 ??? why only one or two? this has surely got to be one of the most important areas for personal happiness - the interconnection with people around us on a regular basis Jan 13, 2012 9:12 AM 184 Expression: the ability to and the chance to be heard when someone does express themselves. Weather this is via creative formats such as art, music etc or via more fundamental formats such as talking to someone. You can have a room full of 'friends' but still feel isolated if you don't feel your connecting with anyone. The feeling you are growing and developing on a personal level. Not just through work but in terms of relationships and friendships. Jan 13, 2012 1:25 AM 185 Measure: Percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood Measure: Satisfaction with your social life Jan 13, 2012 12:23 AM 186 See comment above on arbitrary decisions about the number of measures. Jan 12, 2012 10:35 PM 187 Trust Jan 12, 2012 4:54 PM 188 Something which gives breadth to 'relationships' rather than one or two terms. Still not sure that 'neighbourhoods' are in the right domain Jan 12, 2012 1:59 PM 189 why reduce the measures If a question is worth asking then ask it. Jan 12, 2012 10:51 AM 190 numbers 3 & 4 Jan 12, 2012 9:36 AM 191 Measure: Satisfaction with your social life Measure: Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Jan 11, 2012 8:01 PM 192 partner satisfaction and trusting people in the neighbourhood Jan 11, 2012 1:34 PM 193 The first two. The others are implied in the term, "social life". Jan 11, 2012 11:50 AM 194 Satisfaction with your social life. Jan 11, 2012 11:37 AM 195 The first two Jan 11, 2012 11:22 AM 196 Satisfaction with your spouse/partner Percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood Jan 10, 2012 5:32 PM 197 Satisfaction with social life. Freedom of religious practise. Jan 10, 2012 5:00 PM 198 Satisfaction with your social life. Percentage of people who feel they belong to their neighbourhood Jan 10, 2012 3:02 PM 199 Spouse; trust in neighbourhood Jan 10, 2012 2:43 PM 200 It would depend on what your criteria would reflect or change. Jan 10, 2012 1:22 PM 242 Page 13, Q18. 201 partner neighbourhood Jan 10, 2012 11:23 AM 202 This wouldn't give a very broad picture. Jan 10, 2012 11:23 AM 203 The first two. If only one, then the first, but only amended as suggested above. Jan 9, 2012 9:14 PM 204 Social life Trust Jan 9, 2012 9:05 PM 205 Satisfaction with spouse/partner and social life. Jan 9, 2012 7:38 PM 206 One about the meaningfulness of the relationships and one about belonging (this should not be place specific as a question) Jan 9, 2012 5:10 PM 207 Measure: Satisfaction with your spouse/partner Measure: Satisfaction with your social life Jan 9, 2012 5:09 PM 208 Satisfaction with your social life. Trust in other people. Jan 9, 2012 4:51 PM 209 Measure: Satisfaction with your spouse/partner Measure: Satisfaction with your social life Jan 9, 2012 4:45 PM 210 All measures of national wellbeing are spurious and should be regarded as pseudo-science on a par with psychometrics and Tarot reading. They waste public money and distract the media, public debate and political action away from real and serious issues. Engaging with this pseudo-science plays into the hands of political parties who would rather discuss nonsense than make any real decisions. Jan 9, 2012 4:04 PM 211 Neighbourhood Jan 9, 2012 3:25 PM 212 I would remove the questions relating to the spouse and immediate family as the essence of the overall exercise for me at least is how we live together collectively - societal relationships. Jan 9, 2012 1:32 PM 213 Rate of marriage. Jan 9, 2012 1:04 PM 214 This would over simplify this domain Jan 9, 2012 11:08 AM 215 Significant relationships Sense of neighbourhood belonging Jan 9, 2012 10:55 AM 216 there should be as many as possible to gain a greater understanding, I would have gone for more Jan 9, 2012 9:32 AM 217 Keep the first two, ditch the others. Jan 8, 2012 7:16 PM 218 Satisfaction with self if only one. The two neighbourhood ones if only two. Jan 8, 2012 5:51 PM 219 2nd and 4th Jan 8, 2012 4:39 PM 220 top two are relevant to personal relationships in a more specific sense Jan 8, 2012 3:53 PM 221 Satisfaction with social life Percentage of people who feel they belong to their community. Jan 8, 2012 12:04 PM 243 Page 13, Q18. 222 Spouse/partner and social life Jan 7, 2012 12:40 PM 223 A and B and C and D could be merged Jan 7, 2012 11:11 AM 224 Satisfaction with Family, and Percentage of people who feel they belong to a neighbourhood. Jan 6, 2012 7:07 PM 225 Measure: Satisfaction with your spouse/partner Measure: Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Jan 6, 2012 6:45 PM 226 Measure: Satisfaction with your spouse/partner Measure: Satisfaction with your social life Jan 6, 2012 5:43 PM 227 Spouse/Partner Relationships with neighbourhood Jan 6, 2012 5:23 PM 228 1 and 2 Jan 6, 2012 5:12 PM 229 Measure: Satisfaction with your spouse/partner Measure: Satisfaction with your social life Jan 4, 2012 3:05 PM 230 satisfaction with social life satisfaction with household adults Jan 3, 2012 10:45 PM 231 In the order they are above. Dec 29, 2011 6:08 PM 232 they all are valid Dec 22, 2011 1:08 PM 233 one around personal relationships, one around "belonging" Dec 22, 2011 12:51 PM 234 Partner and social life Dec 21, 2011 4:42 PM 235 First 2 Dec 20, 2011 11:30 AM 236 The last 2 Dec 20, 2011 11:11 AM 237 social life family, friends relationships Dec 20, 2011 10:49 AM 238 2 and 4 Dec 19, 2011 10:19 AM 239 Satisfaction with social life; feeling of belonging to a neighbourhood. Dec 16, 2011 9:23 PM 240 Difficult to get it down so low, but possibly the third meansure could be removed as it is perhaps implicit in the fourth Dec 16, 2011 6:11 PM 241 Two measures is not enough Dec 16, 2011 11:09 AM 242 social and cultural life Dec 15, 2011 5:58 PM 243 Satisfaction with spouse/partner and satisfaction with family relations Dec 15, 2011 4:33 PM 244 What makes people happy with their spouse/partner & the same about their social lives Dec 15, 2011 3:32 PM 245 None all those questions are important Dec 15, 2011 12:35 PM 246 No 2 & 3 Dec 14, 2011 1:44 PM 244 Page 13, Q18. 247 Satisfaction with your social life Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Dec 14, 2011 11:46 AM 248 Satisfaction with spouse/partner and family Satisfaction with friends and neighbours/community Dec 12, 2011 9:29 PM 249 SPOUSE relationship and neighbours Dec 10, 2011 10:52 AM 250 1. Satisfaction with family or most immediate personal relationships 2. Satisfaction/engagement with wider society (not just immediate neighbourhood). Dec 8, 2011 6:51 PM 251 Trust and belonging could be combined Dec 8, 2011 12:28 PM 252 Definately not just one - as there is no one pattern of relationships = happiness. The first 2 seem strongest, neighbourhood is more like 'the icing on the cake'. But conflict is also important. Dec 7, 2011 10:55 AM 253 More not less please. Dec 6, 2011 4:41 PM 254 satisfaction with social life trusting others in their neighbourhood Dec 6, 2011 3:24 PM 255 Spouse and Partner, Social - but make sure that people realise that that can include community strength not just going out with friends. Dec 6, 2011 12:21 PM 256 Measure 2 and 4 Dec 6, 2011 12:06 PM 257 1: Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood 2: Satisfaction with your social life Dec 5, 2011 9:56 PM 258 Priority order: 1. Family relationships. 2. Identity comfort. 3. Trust. Dec 4, 2011 7:07 PM 259 Measure: Satisfaction with your social life Measure: Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Dec 3, 2011 12:22 PM 260 I am not able to respond to each specific subquestion as I believe the overall structure is flawed and thus each measure would need to be analysed against a different structure, please refer to answer for question one of the survey Dec 2, 2011 11:05 PM 261 trust and belonging to neighbourhood Dec 2, 2011 11:54 AM 262 1 - satisfaction with spouse/partner 2 - trust in neighbourhood Nov 30, 2011 4:41 PM 263 Spouse/Partner Family Nov 30, 2011 2:55 PM 264 Satisfaction with social life (as can include spouse) Percentage feeling they belong strongly to neighbourhood (as this would include neighbourliness) Nov 25, 2011 4:30 PM 265 The last two Nov 25, 2011 8:52 AM 266 Satisfaction with spouse/partner Percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood Nov 23, 2011 10:00 AM 267 "Satisfaction with your social life" and "% of people who feel that they belong Nov 22, 2011 10:25 PM 245 Page 13, Q18. strongly to the neighbourhood". 268 The 1st 2 Nov 21, 2011 10:21 PM 269 The first one or two. Nov 20, 2011 7:54 PM 270 The second and then the first, in that order. Nov 20, 2011 6:28 PM 271 What is Wellbeing to you? On a scale of 1-10 where are you now? If you were to increase one more step - what would you do? Nov 18, 2011 9:44 AM 272 Satisfaction with your spouse /partner - but only if this can be answered without spouse/partner seeing % trust others in neighbourhood Nov 16, 2011 9:29 PM 273 Trust in neighbourhood Satisfaction with partner/family life Nov 16, 2011 1:16 PM 274 WEMWBS Nov 16, 2011 11:00 AM 275 Why reduce them - that would seriously narrow the scope of the research. Nov 14, 2011 5:59 PM 276 Relationships and belonging. Nov 13, 2011 2:01 PM 277 Satisfaction with spouse / Partner and "belonging to the neighbourhood" Nov 12, 2011 9:51 PM 278 Satisfaction with social life Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Nov 12, 2011 2:57 PM 279 Measure: Percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood Measure: Satisfaction with your social life Nov 11, 2011 1:46 PM 280 If only one or two are used it will provide a very distorted frame Nov 11, 2011 12:20 PM 281 Percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood Satisfaction with your social life Nov 11, 2011 9:40 AM 282 Trust other people People who feel they belong Nov 10, 2011 6:28 PM 283 social life belong to neighbourhood Nov 10, 2011 12:14 PM 284 1st and 2nd Nov 10, 2011 10:45 AM 285 Trust other people in their neighbourhood Belong strongly to their neighbourhood Nov 9, 2011 7:48 PM 286 i. Satisfaction with your spouse ii. Percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood Nov 9, 2011 5:46 PM 287 For adults, the questions about satisfaction with partner and trust in people in the neighbourhood are key. For children, the two key questions should be satisfaction with family and satisfaction with friendships. Nov 9, 2011 5:38 PM 288 Satisfaction with spouse/partner Satisfaction with social life Nov 9, 2011 4:28 PM 289 all measures should be used to obtain a more informed piece of research Nov 9, 2011 3:46 PM 246 Page 13, Q18. 290 Satisfaction with your spouse/partner and Degree to which you relate to a higher being such as God, Allah, Buddha etc, or none Nov 9, 2011 1:26 PM 291 social life, belong to the community Nov 9, 2011 1:12 PM 292 Satisfaction with your social life Percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood - change to community Nov 9, 2011 12:59 PM 293 Spouse and social life. But I think family and neighbourhood should be used too. Nov 9, 2011 12:36 PM 294 Social cohesion - being part of a community Spiritual welfare/well-being. Nov 9, 2011 11:43 AM 295 social life Nov 9, 2011 11:42 AM 296 most important: measure 4 without strongly second importance: measure 2 Nov 9, 2011 11:07 AM 297 Don't know Nov 9, 2011 10:03 AM 298 3+4 Nov 9, 2011 8:38 AM 299 Satisfaction with family relationships Nov 8, 2011 10:59 PM 300 1: trust and 2: belong strongly to neighbourhood Nov 8, 2011 9:37 PM 301 all should be chosen Nov 8, 2011 9:21 PM 302 life partner/family set up. Community & neighbourhood satisfaction Nov 8, 2011 9:11 PM 303 Satisfaction with social life percentage feeling they belong to a neighbourhood Nov 8, 2011 8:30 PM 304 Measure: Satisfaction with your spouse/partner Measure: Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Nov 8, 2011 7:48 PM 305 the boader ones about neighbourhoos and belongiong should stay the ones about family are to volatile Nov 8, 2011 7:29 PM 306 religious committement & stability of relationships. Nov 8, 2011 7:28 PM 307 Governance, and Quality of life. Nov 8, 2011 7:25 PM 308 the smaller number of measures the less information is gathered untill it becomes useless Nov 8, 2011 7:03 PM 309 'satisfaction with social life' & 'percentage of people who trust others in their neighbourhood' Nov 8, 2011 6:07 PM 310 Satisfaction with social life Trust of others in neighbourhood Nov 8, 2011 5:52 PM 311 Spouse/partner and merge the last 2 Nov 8, 2011 5:52 PM 312 Satisfaction with your spouse/partner (with the proviso of my comment above). Percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to their neighbourhood. Nov 8, 2011 5:39 PM 247 Page 13, Q18. 313 satisfaction with family satisfaction with life in the community Nov 8, 2011 5:24 PM 314 Satisfaction with your spouse Satisfaction with your social life Nov 8, 2011 4:51 PM 315 Spouse/partner and social setting. Nov 8, 2011 4:27 PM 316 Social life and belonging to community Nov 8, 2011 3:35 PM 317 satisfaction with family life; satrisfaction with social life Nov 8, 2011 3:34 PM 318 Satisfaction with spouse/partner and belonging to neighbourhood Nov 8, 2011 1:58 PM 319 1. Family and 2. Friends, but local neighbourhood should also be included. Nov 8, 2011 1:50 PM 320 Neighbourhood is less fundamental. Nov 8, 2011 1:44 PM 321 satsifaction with your neighbourhood satisfaction with your social life Nov 8, 2011 1:41 PM 322 1&3 Nov 8, 2011 1:25 PM 323 Satisfaction with Social life. percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood. Nov 8, 2011 1:22 PM 324 Links with voluntary organisations Nov 8, 2011 1:15 PM 325 Measure: Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Measure: Percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood Nov 8, 2011 1:12 PM 326 The first two Nov 8, 2011 12:51 PM 327 Satisfaction with family and friend. Existence of a strong support network in case of crisis. Nov 8, 2011 12:50 PM 328 Trust in neighbourhood Nov 8, 2011 12:44 PM 329 Family Social Nov 8, 2011 12:39 PM 330 The second and third Nov 8, 2011 12:38 PM 331 Need more time to ponder the question Nov 8, 2011 11:57 AM 332 Relationships and education Nov 8, 2011 11:55 AM 333 The last two on the list Nov 8, 2011 11:40 AM 334 The second measure is the most important. Also there should be something about one's community. Nov 8, 2011 11:33 AM 335 satisfaction with spouse/partner satisfaction with social life Nov 8, 2011 11:27 AM 336 Last two - following definition of "Neighbourhood" Nov 8, 2011 11:25 AM 337 Community well-being Nov 8, 2011 11:24 AM 248 Page 13, Q18. 338 Social life Spouse/partner Nov 8, 2011 11:22 AM 339 Satisfaction with life satisfaction with employment. Nov 8, 2011 11:19 AM 340 Measure: Satisfaction with your spouse/partner Measure: Percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood Nov 8, 2011 11:15 AM 341 1. family life and 2. trust in others in the community Nov 8, 2011 11:15 AM 342 the "belonging" ones - Satisfaction with partner, and satisfaction with community. Nov 8, 2011 11:15 AM 343 whichever would help most people Nov 8, 2011 11:13 AM 344 Take them all. Nov 8, 2011 11:10 AM 345 Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood Nov 8, 2011 11:09 AM 346 under this heading 'satisfaction (with reservation above) with spouse/partner' and 'satisfaction with social life' Nov 8, 2011 11:06 AM 347 Satisfaction with their lives and where they live. Satisfaction with their social lives. Nov 8, 2011 11:04 AM 348 Measure: Satisfaction with your spouse/partner Measure: Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Nov 8, 2011 10:54 AM 349 Measure: Satisfaction with your social life Measure: Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Nov 7, 2011 1:25 PM 350 Satisfaction with connectedness to others Nov 7, 2011 8:20 AM 351 a and b Nov 7, 2011 7:27 AM 352 Trust and belonging to the neighbourhood Nov 4, 2011 11:04 AM 353 satisfaction in social life percentage of people who feel that they belong strongly to a neighbourhood Nov 3, 2011 11:54 PM 354 Satisfaction with tour social life Nov 1, 2011 6:42 PM 355 Measure: Satisfaction with your social life Measure: Percentage of people who trust other people in their neighbourhood Nov 1, 2011 2:57 PM 356 Satisfaction with your social life and Satisfaction with your spouse/partner Nov 1, 2011 12:47 PM 249 Page 14, Q20. 1 Satisfaction with health Satisfaction with mental health (some common mental illnesses include as a symptom an inability to recognise that you are unwell - eg some types of depression, schizophrenia, some forms of dementia - so this seems a particularly questionable measure Feb 1, 2012 9:46 AM 2 Satisfaction with mental well-being is tautological and conceptually unclear, and should therefore be removed completely. Satisfaction with your spouse/partner should be removed as satisfaction with one’s partner seems to fall outside the remit of government intervention and is therefore of little use to policy-makers. In addition it may be argued that the use of the word ‘satisfaction’ is not appropriate in this context. Feb 1, 2012 8:52 AM 3 Health: The proposed measure, people not reporting a long term limited illness or disability could be removed because self-reported health is included in healthy life expectancy. In addition, the measure only considers people of working age, thereby excluding minors and pensioners and creating a bias towards working age adults. Exclude particular groups of people in a wellbeing indicator is unwise, because without information about all groups, policy measures cannot be properly targeted. Jan 31, 2012 1:44 PM 4 No. The many dimensions of human wellbeing has to be preserved despite the pressures for practicality or from the economic tradition of producing a single metric. This is an important opportunity to capture the multidimensional aspect of wellbeing and the constraints that individuals in different social groups experience in different dimensions. Jan 31, 2012 12:42 PM 5 Remove How satisfied are you with your mental well-being - a strange question? Jan 31, 2012 12:18 PM 6 No. However, the weighting between the domains needs further consideration. The relative absence of an operational definition (and theoretical definition) of well being makes such weighting problematic. Jan 31, 2012 9:09 AM 7 Re phase question: 'How satisfied are you with your mental well-being?' to 'how would you rate your level of wellbeing - above average, average, below average, poor. Jan 23, 2012 10:53 PM 8 When I look at spreadsheet the 5th measure (common mental disorder) does not map to the one above - 'how satisfied are you with your mental wellbeing?'. I think the latter is more difficult than the former (which is technical). I expect the near catatonic might be satisfied with their mental well-being, whilst the inspired genius might not - which is better? Jan 23, 2012 4:58 PM 9 What is "GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being"? Jan 23, 2012 4:13 PM 10 GHQ Self reports on satisfaction with mental and physical health - do not take account of beliefs around ageing and low expectations. Jan 23, 2012 3:44 PM 11 GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being - what is that? I can't believe the general public will know. Jan 23, 2012 3:09 PM 12 satisfaction with your health is really vague, what does it mean? Jan 23, 2012 12:19 PM 13 Don't know what GHQ12 assessment is Jan 23, 2012 11:18 AM 14 How satisfied are you with your mental well-being? This is a difficult concept to get one's head around. Someone could be depressed, but accepting of it and hence satisfied. Jan 23, 2012 10:51 AM 250 Page 14, Q20. 15 I have no idea what a GHQ12 assessment of mental well being is. Jan 23, 2012 10:22 AM 16 Health is related to confidence and self esteem so why not focus on the cause rather than the symptoms. This survey is about Happiness. Of course someone is not entirely happy if they are ill. Bogus research alert! Jan 23, 2012 10:00 AM 17 But there is jargon with the GHQ12 and definitions should be in plain english! Jan 23, 2012 9:56 AM 18 items 2 - 5 should be removed and replaced with the 4 items listed below. Jan 23, 2012 9:00 AM 19 See previous answers Jan 22, 2012 9:53 PM 20 Mental Well-being? Is this asking if someone is depressed or with dementia? Jan 22, 2012 6:54 PM 21 Both mental well-being measures Jan 22, 2012 4:53 PM 22 people not reporting long term illness Jan 20, 2012 8:53 PM 23 GHQ12 Jan 20, 2012 6:39 PM 24 People not reporting a long term illness or disability. You can have a high level of wellbeing with a long term illness or disability. Jan 20, 2012 6:30 PM 25 The model risks becoming overly simplistic by reducing the numbers of measures further. Jan 20, 2012 3:42 PM 26 I doubt that self-analysis of mental health is as reliable as, perhaps, the GHQ12 regime (which are used, for example, in the Netherlands?). Jan 20, 2012 10:34 AM 27 Whatever is GHQ12? Unless this can be clearly stated it should be removed. Jan 20, 2012 8:44 AM 28 GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being - what on earth is that? Jan 20, 2012 7:18 AM 29 4 - it's hard to be objective about mental health; sometimes ticking boxes just doesn't do it. Jan 19, 2012 6:12 PM 30 GHQ212 assessment of mental well-being - don't know what it means Jan 19, 2012 6:08 PM 31 'Healthy Life Expectancy' - would like to think 'yes'; in practice too many variables outside own control? 'GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being' don;t know what this is, but seems very close to 'How satisfied are you with your mental well-being?' - duplication? Jan 19, 2012 4:11 PM 32 But GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being should be explained more. What is it? Jan 19, 2012 11:07 AM 33 The fourth line Jan 18, 2012 10:38 PM 34 Satisfaction with mental wellbeing. Has this question been adequately validated. It would be much better asked as 'satisfaction with mental emotional or psychological health' - terms that are understand and cover the positive and the negative end of the spectrum. As it stands it should be removed Jan 18, 2012 5:14 PM 35 How are people supposed to be asked about their own healthy life expectancy? Jan 18, 2012 4:34 PM 36 Merge satisfaction with health and life expectancy Merge both mental Jan 18, 2012 4:09 PM 251 Page 14, Q20. wellbeing questions 37 I don't know what the GHQ12 assessment is (presumably some professional or objective report on a person) - and mental well-being should be wellrepresented among the questions asked. But that question looks rather similar to to the 'satisfied with your own mental well-being' question. Jan 18, 2012 11:13 AM 38 Don't know Jan 17, 2012 8:44 PM 39 All of them - none of them makes any sense as they are all relative, but don't say to what. e.g. I'm not satisfied with my mental well-being compared to when I was 21, but compared to others my age I am. Jan 17, 2012 6:15 PM 40 how satisfied are you with your mental well-being? very vague Jan 17, 2012 1:19 PM 41 People not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability - why only long term illness or disability? These are actually the things that people learn to live with and in some cases even improve their quality of life (mental). Jan 17, 2012 12:06 PM 42 satisfaction with mental well-being - not aware that this is a validated measure of any kind. Jan 17, 2012 10:28 AM 43 GHQ12 assessment People not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability Jan 17, 2012 8:47 AM 44 Healthy life expectancy is surely measured as part of other statistical exercises. Healthy life expectancy does not in and of itself create wellbeing. Very elderly people may suffer with disability, poor health and social isolation. These things should be the concern of a survey into wellbeing, rather than life expectancy per se. Jan 16, 2012 7:47 PM 45 GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being - would people know what this means? Jan 14, 2012 9:00 PM 46 There's probably been more work on this than many of the domains and I think this represents health adequately. Jan 13, 2012 11:32 AM 47 Satisfaction with your health How satisfied are you with your mental wellbeing? Jan 13, 2012 10:36 AM 48 probably but you need professional advice. Jan 13, 2012 10:35 AM 49 people not reporting...... reporting to whom? what is the relevance of this one? Jan 13, 2012 9:16 AM 50 GHQ12 assessment - people won't know what it means Jan 13, 2012 8:58 AM 51 What is GHQ12 assessment? This is too complex and time consuming for little expected outcome. What evidence you will value input or respond? Jan 11, 2012 4:22 PM 52 Completeing the GHQ 12 could cause stress Jan 11, 2012 12:13 PM 53 GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being, unless further explanation is given. Jan 11, 2012 11:54 AM 54 Any self-reporting on physical health is influenced by the existence of illness, and skews the response. There is little point in surveying those people of working age that don't report illness: this gives a skewed view of the overall Jan 11, 2012 11:43 AM 252 Page 14, Q20. population. 55 Need a question on the quality of life enjoted. This is not necessarily determined by stae of health; but with the facilities available to live a fulfilled life. Jan 10, 2012 5:14 PM 56 GHQ12 assessment or merge with mental wellbeing Jan 10, 2012 2:01 PM 57 As stated previously - don't put limits in. Let individuals decide if it is their illness/disability that is affecting their quality of life (perhaps it is society's response to it that really impacts negatively as shown in this measure!!). Jan 10, 2012 11:30 AM 58 The second, purely because how on earth can you know how many people are not reporting a long-term limiting illness or disability? By its nature it must be a flawed/under-reported statistic. Also, is measure 5 reliable? Someone with schizophrenia is probably satisfied with his/her mental well-being even during an episode. Jan 9, 2012 9:18 PM 59 GHQ 12. This measure may cause distress Jan 9, 2012 7:30 PM 60 All measures of national wellbeing are spurious and should be regarded as pseudo-science on a par with psychometrics and Tarot reading. They waste public money and distract the media, public debate and political action away from real and serious issues. Engaging with this pseudo-science plays into the hands of political parties who would rather discuss nonsense than make any real decisions. Jan 9, 2012 4:05 PM 61 Isn't life expectancy already measured elsewhere. As an individual what am I supposed to answer to this - yes I'd like a long life?? I don't know what the GHQ12 assessment of well being is but perhaps the same comment applies.... Jan 9, 2012 1:42 PM 62 Healthy life expectancy, GHQ-12. Jan 9, 2012 1:04 PM 63 GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being. External assessments (even by 'experts' are meaningless). Jan 8, 2012 5:54 PM 64 GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being Jan 6, 2012 6:49 PM 65 not sure what GHQ12 refers to? Jan 6, 2012 5:08 PM 66 All of them, use NHS data to capture the real state of the nation's mental health.Most people with mental health issues will not do these questionnaires, that's what depression does to you.....so to ask someone who is a paranoid schizo how satisfied they are with their mental well-being is pointless. Jan 3, 2012 4:21 PM 67 Life expectancy - this is a subject most individuals are not aware of, so how can it be an indicator of well being? We use it to identify inequality, but well being? Using disability in this context gives a negative impression of disability. People have disabilities - fact, but this is not necessarily linked to their quality of life or well being. Dec 28, 2011 3:54 PM 68 I would strongly recommend WEMWBS in place of GHQ12. The former is truly a measure of well-being, addressing what we know of the psychological components of WB, the latter measures morbidity (or absence of). I appreciate that there is no national time series available for WEMWBS, but you are attempting to measure something new - perhaps a new measure is Dec 22, 2011 12:51 PM 253 Page 14, Q20. required. 69 I don't understand the significance of the measure of satisfaction with your mental well-being Dec 21, 2011 4:46 PM 70 Satisfaction with mental well being Dec 20, 2011 11:12 AM 71 not necessarily removed but wording changed - how satisfied are you with your mental health? - it appears insensitive and makes it sound like a product. Dec 20, 2011 10:56 AM 72 Could measures 2 & 3 be combined since it is possible to report satisfaction with one's health despite a long term limiting illness or disability. The question of "limiting" may be socially defined by society rather than the individual i.e. a function of societal limitations imposed on the person. Dec 4, 2011 7:17 PM 73 I am not able to respond to each specific subquestion as I believe the overall structure is flawed and thus each measure would need to be analysed against a different structure, please refer to answer for question one of the survey Dec 2, 2011 11:05 PM 74 People not reporting a long term illness - this information can be obtained elswhere (NHS?) Nov 21, 2011 10:24 PM 75 As before Nov 18, 2011 9:45 AM 76 How satisfied are you with your mental well-being? Nov 16, 2011 9:29 PM 77 GHQ12 measures illness not wellness - should categorically not be included Nov 16, 2011 11:01 AM 78 People not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability ? how will you measure this? Nov 11, 2011 9:43 AM 79 whatever GHQ assessment of mental health is should be removed. It might be best if the measure ' satisfaction with your health' have a bit added 'not including your mental health'. Nov 10, 2011 12:17 PM 80 Mental health assessment, because for many their mental health is affected by the quality of local health care provision and response of health care providers in dealing with problems, issues and concerns. Do patients and health care providers have a voice on their PERSONAL care? No, HealthWatch, as under present DoH guidance will NOT address those issues! Nov 9, 2011 11:47 AM 81 Everyone at some point has a long-term illness or disability as we are mortal! The thing we need is to be adequately supported at this time. Nov 9, 2011 10:05 AM 82 People not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability Nov 8, 2011 11:01 PM 83 numbers 1, 2 and 4 Nov 8, 2011 5:27 PM 84 Expectancy - whats that got to do with happiness? Maybe I don't want to be 100 with dementia! If you don't report an illness does that make you less happy? I don't understand. Nov 8, 2011 3:39 PM 85 How do people know they have a long term disability? Mental well being needs defining before you start asking people how satisfied they are with their own mental well being Nov 8, 2011 1:44 PM 254 Page 14, Q20. 86 How satisfied are you with your mental well-being? Nov 8, 2011 1:29 PM 87 I'm not clear as to how the data from the two mental health questions will differ Nov 8, 2011 12:54 PM 88 life expectancy Nov 8, 2011 12:47 PM 89 you cannot just think that a person is prepared to bear all on a computer Nov 8, 2011 12:02 PM 90 Life expectancy. Just living longer is not a good measure of quality of life or value achieved. Nov 8, 2011 11:57 AM 91 But I don't understand what GHQ12 is Nov 8, 2011 11:24 AM 92 Measure: Healthy life expectancy Guesswork! Measure: GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being What on earth is GHQ12 would be the question? Measure: How satisfied are you with your mental well-being? If you had problems! would you know, stupid question! Nov 8, 2011 11:24 AM 93 Measure: GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being Nov 7, 2011 1:26 PM 94 GHQ12 one as unclear Nov 7, 2011 8:21 AM 95 People not reporting a long term illness or disability Nov 4, 2011 11:07 AM 96 life expectancy seems a strange measure. no-one knows for sure and everyone assumes they will live longer than they do! what value does the measure have? Nov 1, 2011 7:51 PM 97 Measure: GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being Nov 1, 2011 2:58 PM 255 Page 14, Q22. 1 The other measures of individual well-being (worthwhile activities, positive and negative feelings) that have been included in the IHS should be included in the Individual well-being domain alongside the life satisfaction measure. All four measures should be equally weighted. Otherwise, in effect, the other three measures are rendered obsolete. As our dynamic model of well-being shows, it is important to reflect emotional well-being and eudaimonic wellbeing as well as overall satisfaction with life in conceptualising and measuring well-being. Feb 1, 2012 8:52 AM 2 For the domain "health" we would suggest to look also to 'access to health care' and for "education" an indicator on 'early-school leavers could be added. Jan 31, 2012 3:12 PM 3 7.Are there any measures which should be added? If yes, please give details. If an alternative measure is suggested, which measure might be removed, to keep the total number the same? In the year of the Olympics (and with a view to the Olympic legacy and Cultural Olympiad) we strongly recommend adding measures from the outset that will specifically capture the wellbeing associated with engaging in culture and sport. Taking Part provides an ideal vehicle for doing this. Taking Part captures individuals’ levels of participation in culture and sport and the benefits they derive from it, along with rich data on barriers and enablers (economic, physical, social and psychological) to participation. As well as covering ‘what we do’, Taking Part also collects data which applies to some of the other suggested domains. Namely: Our relationships - who we do things with Health - levels of sports participation and associated health effects Where we live •Where we engage with culture and sport (see also the CASE local profiles tools which provide data on ‘facilities’ by local area). •Views on local arts, heritage, library, museum and sporting provision. •Community cohesion/belonging, volunteering, public participation, social networks, trust Taking Part is a rolling cross-sectional face-to-face survey of 10,000 (including both adults and children) interviews per annum, now in its seventh year. It provides an ideal vehicle for developing indicators relating to culture and sport for the purposes of measuring wellbeing. We are also currently developing questions and a sample to deliver longitudinal findings. We would be happy to continue to liaise with ONS on how we can deliver data on wellbeing and greatly welcome your suggestion of a workshop with DCMS in late January. Jan 31, 2012 2:08 PM 4 Health: most of the proposed measures are subjective and it would be good to maintain a balance by including some more objective measures. The Scottish Public Health Observatory publishes Health and Wellbeing Profiles for Scotland and there are measures included in this report that could be considered and should be easily available for the UK, such as alcoholrelated and alcohol attributable disease, heart disease hospital patients and patients prescribed statins. The Health and Wellbeing Profiles consider a number of domains that are relevant to the national wellbeing indicator and demonstrate an approach that could be taken to compare indicators and show trends over time. Jan 31, 2012 1:44 PM 5 Include a measure for wellbeing based on the WEMWBs ( Warwick Edinburgh mental Health and wellbeing Scale) for which there is a baseline survey in the NW. ( i.e. there is a baseline measure for each district as to what wellbeing) Include measures linked to public health which will reflect improvements of declines e.g. length of life, consultation of alcohol, weight management, stress in the workplace, mental ill health Jan 31, 2012 12:52 PM 256 Page 14, Q22. 6 Health: •Access to good quality food and water are essential to health and well –being. This issue is not directly covered. There needs to be some recognition of this, even if simply to explain why it is not included. Jan 31, 2012 8:15 AM 7 The GHQ12 is proposed. Why this scale as opposed to others which give a more positive picture of ‘well-being’ – such as the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale – rather than a focus on difficulties with health and wellbeing? Jan 30, 2012 2:25 PM 8 Health As mentioned above, the Health domain does not recognise the importance of social care to many people’s lives. To this end, the inclusion of a measure on the care and support of the vulnerable in society which can capture both health and social care experiences is important. Measures to monitor access to state and privately funded home care, the quality and the costs of such care should be included in this domain, for example, in 200910, 557,000 older people received home care services in England . In 78% of councils, a person has to have substantial or critical needs before they can access publically funded care and support . In addition, monitoring how much unpaid care is provided: for example, six million people provide unpaid care in the UK each year and 2.8 million people aged 50 and over provide unpaid care. Jan 30, 2012 10:53 AM 9 The ‘constructive addictiveness’ characteristic of many craft activities has been proven to raise levels of the mood-enhancing chemical serotonin, whilst inducing the relaxation and ‘mindfulness’ more often associated with meditation. Recent Crafts Council research profiles Dr Jayne Wallace’s pioneering work with dementia patients and their families, which uses materials and making to trigger and connect memories and provides just one example of the potential of cultural activities in health contexts. An additional measure could be included to indicate the factors perceived to contribute to health and mental well-being. Jan 30, 2012 10:31 AM 10 ‘Health’ (1) Should there be a measure addressing the percentage of the population with long term dependency on medication? Of particular relevance to us, because of the know benefits of access to green space in relation to mental wellbeing, is the percentage of the population using antidepressants. Health (2) Should there be measures addressing physical activity and healthy lifestyles, e.g. regularity of exercise and good diets? This is again of particular interest to GreenSpace because of the known relationships between these and access to good quality green spaces. If inappropriate to include these measures here then they should be in ‘what we do’. Jan 30, 2012 8:27 AM 11 For the domain ‘Where you live’, the proposed measure of ‘access to and quality of the local environment’ is important. We are pleased to be working with Defra on this and we are proposing ways to provide a suite of measures relating to quantity and proximity to the Accessible Natural Environment including local green space, and levels of use by sectors of the population. Natural England is creating maps of Accessible Natural Environment (including urban greenspace) to provide a mechanism for estimating the percentage of the population with access to green space. Our Monitoring of Engagement with the Natural Environment survey (2011) shows the number of people visiting natural environment (including all green space) and demonstrates that the majority of people (66%) regularly visit local greenspace within 2 miles of home. We are working to combine the maps and survey data to provide a composite measure. Jan 30, 2012 8:15 AM 257 Page 14, Q22. 12 With regard to the ‘health’ domain, there is currently no measure of people’s physical fitness, i.e. level of engagement in sports or outdoor leisure activities. A measure of “the proportion of adults making one or more visits to the outdoors per week” (as in the Scottish Recreation Survey) could be added, for example. However, it is not clear which measure this would be represent. Jan 27, 2012 4:24 PM 13 WEMWBS 7 item Jan 23, 2012 10:53 PM 14 Ways of managing illness Jan 23, 2012 10:32 PM 15 Exercising outside Jan 23, 2012 7:56 PM 16 assessment of physical health Jan 23, 2012 5:05 PM 17 I think there sholud be something about carers - whether permanent or temporary (e.g. looking after someone with an illness or injury). There are so many people out there who are caring for family members, and many child carers. Jan 23, 2012 4:47 PM 18 Arts and culture can have a profound effect on health and well-being and are used extensively in this area Jan 23, 2012 4:10 PM 19 CASP-12 from English Longitudinal Study on Ageing. Jan 23, 2012 3:44 PM 20 Healthy environment/health of nature. Remove the second measure Jan 23, 2012 1:44 PM 21 Satisfaction with service provision Jan 23, 2012 1:08 PM 22 Do people feel that they get the support they need in living a healthy lifestyle, Does the NHS satisfy a Holistic approach to healthy lifestyle? Or just deal with effects rather than cause. Where do affordable alternative health treatments for all fit like massage etc for paint. Jan 23, 2012 12:19 PM 23 Participation in sport/other physical activity Participation in the Arts/other cultural activity Social life - links to health Jan 23, 2012 11:18 AM 24 Satisfaction with health care services Jan 23, 2012 11:11 AM 25 GAD 7 & PHQ 9 measures of depression and anxiety as indicators of underlying 'lower' level mental health issues within society. Jan 23, 2012 10:52 AM 26 The outside influences on a healthy life expectancy such as eathing healthy Jan 23, 2012 9:56 AM 27 Arts and Health Jan 23, 2012 9:55 AM 28 Are you satisfied with your physical and mental well-being? What contributes to your physical well-being (include any physical activities such as dance and sport) What contributes to your mental well-being (include positive relationships, hobbies and interests, arts and cultural activities) What factors contribute to your unwell being, for example: financial worries, lack of artistic facilities, troubled social life... Jan 23, 2012 9:00 AM 29 Ability to live a healthy life style i.e. take exercise as part of daily life / eat healthy foods People not reporting.......... Jan 22, 2012 11:58 PM 30 Access to and Quality of health service offered if the individual should need Jan 22, 2012 6:54 PM 258 Page 14, Q22. it. It is not so much about an individual's health, as to how confident that an individual is in having that sicknesses or health problem treated. This also is as relevant to the area of old age care. No mention of this for either those receiving care nor the perception and anxiety of those approaching old age. 31 Contribution of Cultural Activities to health Contribution of Cultural Activities to mental well-being Jan 22, 2012 12:46 PM 32 Measures for Creativity in peoples lives and access to the arts more generally Jan 21, 2012 4:19 PM 33 active participation eg sport etc Jan 21, 2012 1:22 PM 34 how confident do you feel that you can get help and support when you want it - instead of 3 Jan 21, 2012 12:36 PM 35 Fulfilment in your own life & those close to you Jan 21, 2012 12:27 AM 36 do people have a healthy way of life in terms of amount of exercise and diet Jan 20, 2012 8:53 PM 37 Health of children Jan 20, 2012 6:39 PM 38 We believe there should be measures added around engagement with culture and satisfaction with local cultural provision. Data is already being collected in a robust way in Scotland around levels of attendance and participation in culture and the Scottish Government recently added a new Indicator for Cultural Engagement to their National Performance Framework. Jan 20, 2012 3:42 PM 39 Creativity Jan 20, 2012 2:35 PM 40 Sport and Exercise Jan 20, 2012 12:26 PM 41 Does your experience of the atmosphere in public places enhance or diminish your well-being? Please indicate examples. Jan 20, 2012 10:34 AM 42 A measure regarding nutrition and malnutrition - particularly important regarding older people. Remove the one referred to above. Jan 20, 2012 7:18 AM 43 Health which significantly limits yoru satisfaction with life Jan 19, 2012 9:50 PM 44 Something around sport, exercise or physical actiivty Jan 19, 2012 8:48 PM 45 involvement in sporting activity Jan 19, 2012 6:14 PM 46 Are there enouigh places and people to talk to about our health Jan 19, 2012 6:08 PM 47 'Do you enjoy regular physical exercise'? lose 'GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being' as this seems to be about some else's perception of the individual. Jan 19, 2012 4:11 PM 48 Do you feel that participation in sports, heritage, arts and culture increases your sence of well-being? Jan 19, 2012 2:22 PM 49 Opportunities to exercise (space, time) Jan 19, 2012 12:55 PM 50 We are reporting 'healthy life expectancy' but not overall life expectancy. The difference is, presumably, periods of ill health (especially in old age). Jan 19, 2012 11:52 AM 259 Page 14, Q22. Perhaps the difference between these two measures could be reported instead of simply reporting the former alone. Overall life expectancies might better be added as a contextual issue towards the end. Might not the two mental health questions cover rather similar ground. Surely the main issue is how people feel about their mental health, not some objective measure (although differences between these two measures could be very illuminating. 51 Opportunity for self expression and to make human connections. Mental assessment should include your wn satisfaction with it. Jan 19, 2012 11:07 AM 52 Exercise and fitness Food health-healthy eating Jan 19, 2012 9:20 AM 53 What sporting or cultural activities do you take part in that improve your health? Jan 18, 2012 11:56 PM 54 Satisfaction with health service provision Jan 18, 2012 11:08 PM 55 As above Jan 18, 2012 10:38 PM 56 Unknown Jan 18, 2012 7:09 PM 57 Understanding of good health (introducing understanding of balance, awareness of mental health impacts on physical health, issues such as diet and exercise) - Healthy life expectancy Jan 18, 2012 6:37 PM 58 THe WHO-5 is a good measure of overall wellbeing which could substiitute for 2 and 3 Jan 18, 2012 5:14 PM 59 Do you feel as though you have control over your health situation? i.e., are you satisfied with the amount of time you can contribute or dedicate to health issues? Jan 18, 2012 4:36 PM 60 People living with long-term illness: this can be a positive or a negativer thing for an individual, affecting well-being Jan 18, 2012 2:44 PM 61 A measure of the clients views on what helps them. Jan 18, 2012 1:32 PM 62 Satisfaction of knowledge and understanding of Food and Nutrition and how this effects health Access and affordability of appropriate Food and Nutrition. Jan 18, 2012 1:27 PM 63 whether you are affected by health of close family members. Remove healthy life expectancy Jan 18, 2012 1:13 PM 64 Opputumites to improve mental health Jan 18, 2012 12:36 PM 65 Yes, but the model would not be devalued if there was an increase in the number of measures. Jan 18, 2012 12:33 PM 66 Impact of caring for others positive/negative? Jan 18, 2012 11:21 AM 67 Mental wb seems to be defined as the absence of mental illness. I am not sure it exists but I suggest adding some sort of measure of mental well-being that is not some illness scanning test. Jan 18, 2012 11:10 AM 68 Coping with long term illness Jan 18, 2012 11:02 AM 260 Page 14, Q22. 69 How satisfied are you with local health services? Important for feelings of security to know that there is good service in case of illness. Jan 18, 2012 10:06 AM 70 Satisfaction with health care/support from health care professionals Jan 18, 2012 10:04 AM 71 Don't know Jan 17, 2012 8:44 PM 72 Qualitative measures tell far more of the whole story. I would urge breaking with the tradition of quanitifying people's health and wellbeing Jan 17, 2012 5:13 PM 73 Perhaps a suggestion, of what would enable mental health and well being culture... Jan 17, 2012 3:07 PM 74 social health - measured through friendships and confidence among strangers intellectual health - measured through attitudes to own learning and ability to learn Jan 17, 2012 2:48 PM 75 how satisfied are you with your mental well-being? very vague Jan 17, 2012 1:19 PM 76 Quality of life. I think you will find interesting paradoxical results between individual well-being and health well-being which both say different things about quality of life. Jan 17, 2012 12:06 PM 77 Arts and cultural activities effecting healthy living and well being Jan 17, 2012 10:39 AM 78 Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale Jan 17, 2012 10:28 AM 79 Feel healthy if you have to remove life expectancy Jan 16, 2012 11:46 PM 80 How satisfied are you with the income you receive?. Life extenctancy - its covered in other statistical sets Jan 16, 2012 5:48 PM 81 measure of mental health illnesses - not just focus on serious mental health conditions, but to also measure mental health conditions like depression, stress, anxiousness and conditions relating to OCD - this may be covered by GHQ12 ? if it is then the conditions above should be may clear in this measure. Jan 16, 2012 4:06 PM 82 Ability to manage and have a sustaining life despite illness and/or disability Jan 16, 2012 3:52 PM 83 The impact of culture on wellbeing Jan 16, 2012 3:00 PM 84 A lot of us are affected by others' health e.g. by having caring responsibilities, would be useful to include data on this Jan 16, 2012 2:41 PM 85 Satisfaction that you actively engage in activities that promote your wellbeing. Jan 16, 2012 2:15 PM 86 alternative creative therapy Jan 16, 2012 2:02 PM 87 something about healthy eating perhaps? Jan 16, 2012 12:58 PM 88 Satisfaction with provision of health advice and treatment. Jan 16, 2012 11:53 AM 89 satisfaction in energy levels and eating healthy daily Jan 13, 2012 10:06 PM 90 regular health assesments Jan 13, 2012 9:23 PM 261 Page 14, Q22. 91 Regarding active lifestyles and sport. Jan 13, 2012 2:10 PM 92 Perhaps the health of those around us - this can impact greatly on our own feeling of health Jan 13, 2012 11:45 AM 93 1. Emotional Health; 2. Satisfaction with support from health agencies including info and advice - eg many doctors do not give adequate advice and information re COPD; women's heart problems are alerted by the body differently to men's; 3. Satisfaction with support for family members health needs - eg carers need help - can be very stressful and affect carer's health too Jan 13, 2012 11:03 AM 94 ditto Jan 13, 2012 10:35 AM 95 satisfaction with access to cultural/therapeutic activities for health and wellbeing (it is a well known fact that taking part in social creative/cultural activities is very beneficial for stress reduction/mental well being/relaxation etc) - remove the 'not reporting long term illness' one Jan 13, 2012 9:16 AM 96 as explained before- depression is not covered completely here: the chance to connect with others plays a big part in this. Jan 13, 2012 1:27 AM 97 Confidence in being able to access the right kind of help should a health issue or mental health issue arise Jan 12, 2012 10:37 PM 98 suicide, mental illnesses, sleep patterns Jan 12, 2012 4:57 PM 99 "Government and media representation of those with ill-health" ..... representations can be very negative and misleading, thus affecting wellbeing. Jan 12, 2012 12:25 PM 100 measure the percentage of people taking part in creative activities both alone and as part of a group and the effects on thier health ans well being. Jan 12, 2012 10:53 AM 101 number 3 should be ' satisfaction with the health service in your local area Jan 12, 2012 9:42 AM 102 A question about particular activities which create improvement to your mental health, therefore providing an indicator into where future funding could be better used. Jan 12, 2012 9:15 AM 103 participation in activity Jan 11, 2012 8:21 PM 104 Could add Peter Warr's measure of Affective Well-being. See Haworth, J.T. Work, Leisure and Well-being (1997) Routledge Jan 11, 2012 12:13 PM 105 The impact of physical or mental health on one's ability to engage in social and working life. Jan 11, 2012 11:54 AM 106 The whole population tht doesn't report long-term limiting illness or disability is more useful than a measure restricted to those of working age, particularly as we have an ageing population. Jan 11, 2012 11:43 AM 107 Remove persons not reporting longterm illness; this by its very nature is not measurable simply because it is unreported; once reported the person steps outside the proposed measure! The incidence of accidental harm and visits to outpatient department is a good indicator of general health, both physical and mental, as those who are less healthy / less content will be more prone Jan 10, 2012 5:14 PM 262 Page 14, Q22. to accidents and incidents requiring outpatient treatment. 108 Why are people not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability? Jan 10, 2012 1:31 PM 109 access to doctors, ability of doctors etc Jan 10, 2012 11:31 AM 110 Physical Health question is essential too!! Jan 10, 2012 11:30 AM 111 Ask what people enjoy doing that might improve/stabilise their health. Perhaps if they have an illness ask if they feel their treatment helps improve their quality of life (or not). Jan 10, 2012 11:30 AM 112 Satisfaction with support / resources to maintain one's own health. Jan 10, 2012 11:17 AM 113 Ability to think independently and research alternative education/health options. Jan 9, 2012 4:52 PM 114 Depends, does this include a diagnosis of long term conditions? I think that should be added. Also participation in sport/excercise. Jan 9, 2012 4:45 PM 115 All measures of national wellbeing are spurious and should be regarded as pseudo-science on a par with psychometrics and Tarot reading. They waste public money and distract the media, public debate and political action away from real and serious issues. Engaging with this pseudo-science plays into the hands of political parties who would rather discuss nonsense than make any real decisions. Jan 9, 2012 4:05 PM 116 Sexual Wellbeing and good Mental health Jan 9, 2012 3:28 PM 117 These measures seem less 'user friendly' than the previous categories. Shouldn't there be a question like 'How healthy do I feel: in mind? In body?' Remove the How satisfied are you with your mental well-being and the Satisfaction with your health as both ask the question in a format very divorced from the ways people in my experience think and speak. Jan 9, 2012 1:42 PM 118 Objective measures of mortality and illness rates. Prevalence of a common mental disorder (CMD) in past week was also in the datafile. Jan 9, 2012 1:04 PM 119 Level of perceived support for mental well-being is a vital measure for assessing how our healthcare system is contributing. Mental Health perceptions will be very important here Jan 9, 2012 11:14 AM 120 Healthy eating/exercise uptake. Remove GHQ12 assessment. Jan 8, 2012 5:54 PM 121 Are you doing all you can to maintain good health and if not, why not? Jan 8, 2012 4:40 PM 122 confidence of people to approach someone about health issues? Jan 8, 2012 3:54 PM 123 1. Are ability to play (as this is defined as the opposite of depression). 2. Whether I feel I live in a healthy community. Jan 8, 2012 11:03 AM 124 The health of your partner and relatives. Not sure what the value of the satisfaction questions is (C and E) Jan 7, 2012 11:15 AM 125 Connection with community and culture Remove how satisfied are you with your mental well-being Jan 6, 2012 5:15 PM 263 Page 14, Q22. 126 Access to appropriate health care. Jan 4, 2012 3:07 PM 127 Ask how accessable medical care is...such as quick n easy access to doctors;counsellors;physios and hospital specialists. Ask how convenient treatment is-how far it is to the 'local' hospital, access to A and E depts....these are the questions that will tell you what most of the health related problems are. Jan 3, 2012 4:21 PM 128 include access to green spaces with trees. Jan 3, 2012 9:48 AM 129 Fitness, a subsection of health. Dec 29, 2011 6:09 PM 130 Local Access to Health Care Dec 28, 2011 10:09 AM 131 disability Dec 22, 2011 1:14 PM 132 see above Dec 22, 2011 12:51 PM 133 satisfaction with level of activity Dec 20, 2011 9:43 AM 134 Freedom from poor environmental conditions, such as inferior housing and exposure to environmental pollution Dec 19, 2011 10:21 AM 135 Include Access to fresh fruit and vegetables. Possibly remove satisfaction with mental well-being Dec 15, 2011 4:34 PM 136 Satisfaction with access to help and advice (including informal social ties) Dec 14, 2011 1:45 PM 137 Number of visits to doctor/year or prescriptions Dec 12, 2011 9:31 PM 138 How much exercise do you get Dec 10, 2011 10:57 AM 139 Again, not flexible enough and putting people into a narrow set of boxes. Dec 6, 2011 4:43 PM 140 Include a measure of satisfaction with health services and institutions provided. A large amount of dissatisfaction results from extremely poor health care (e.g. the national disaster called 'NHS'), which is the direct responsibility of the government and therefore an extremely important indicator. The following measure could be removed: Measure: How satisfied are you with your mental well-being? Dec 5, 2011 10:02 PM 141 I am not able to respond to each specific subquestion as I believe the overall structure is flawed and thus each measure would need to be analysed against a different structure, please refer to answer for question one of the survey Dec 2, 2011 11:05 PM 142 Who do people seek for health problems/advice? Professional, family member, senior community member Nov 30, 2011 4:43 PM 143 sense of isolation due to ill health/age replaces health life expectancy Nov 27, 2011 4:17 PM 144 I wonder about emotional well-being (eg how often a day do you feel/act on empathy/altruism/aggression) Nov 25, 2011 8:54 AM 145 Satisfaction with access to good health care facilities Nov 23, 2011 10:02 AM 146 Questions about what people do to maintain their health e.g exercise, Nov 21, 2011 10:24 PM 264 Page 14, Q22. moderate food intake etc 147 Satisfaction with heath care services / providers Nov 18, 2011 6:24 PM 148 Add: do you feel that you get enough opportunities for physical activity? Remove: GHQ12.. Nov 16, 2011 1:20 PM 149 WEMWBS Nov 16, 2011 11:01 AM 150 how happy people are with teh qality of health care that is available such as GP, local hospital Nov 13, 2011 4:05 PM 151 Do you think you live in a healthy environment People not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability Nov 11, 2011 9:43 AM 152 Nutrition Nov 10, 2011 8:57 AM 153 How easy is it to follow a healthy life-style? Are healthy foods affordable? easily available in your neighbourhood? How easy is it to get advice/support on healthy lifestyles? Are there healthy activities available locally, e.g. clubs/safe walks? Nov 9, 2011 10:04 PM 154 understanding of what being healthy is. Nov 9, 2011 1:00 PM 155 Personal voice in personal care. Nov 9, 2011 11:47 AM 156 satisfaction with availability of help with health matters Nov 9, 2011 11:44 AM 157 Emotional wellness Nov 9, 2011 10:05 AM 158 Remove how satisfied you are with mental health and replace with 'does your job\lifestyle prevent you from regular excercise due to lack of time'? Nov 8, 2011 9:41 PM 159 overall rates and causes of death in the area should be measured to add this the assesment and satisfaction of mental well being could be merged Nov 8, 2011 9:21 PM 160 Ability to access services competently. Combine mental health and health satisfaction questions Nov 8, 2011 7:32 PM 161 Carers input to healthy outcomes Nov 8, 2011 6:35 PM 162 Satisfaction with health service in addressing any problems. None should be removed. Nov 8, 2011 5:55 PM 163 Rather than 'satisfaction with your health' a measure of the extent to which people take responsibility for their own health might be helpful. After all 'health' in general depends on what attributes you were born with. The secondary thing is how well you have looked after and enhanced them during your life. Nov 8, 2011 4:32 PM 164 How many times a year would you say you suffer from a virus/illness eg cold, flue, headaches, other pains, digestive issues etc etc. This could be a more specific question to satisfaction of your health? Nov 8, 2011 3:39 PM 165 should we be able to choose when to die? Nov 8, 2011 2:14 PM 166 Quality of health care, perhaps? Nov 8, 2011 2:01 PM 265 Page 14, Q22. 167 How satisfied are you with health provision in your locality? Nov 8, 2011 1:29 PM 168 spiritual well-being/health is key to peace of mind Nov 8, 2011 1:16 PM 169 Perhaps something relative, like ability to undertake the majority of activities that one would wish to undertake Nov 8, 2011 12:54 PM 170 Are you getting the help you need Nov 8, 2011 12:47 PM 171 spiritual well-being Nov 8, 2011 12:40 PM 172 Whether adequate help is given in health matters. Nov 8, 2011 12:39 PM 173 yes a again , understand this is not as simple as filling in an application form Nov 8, 2011 12:02 PM 174 Second and third measure could be amalgamated. Nov 8, 2011 11:34 AM 175 How satisfied are you with your local hospital Nov 8, 2011 11:26 AM 176 Satisfaction with health provision - NHS waiting lists etc. Nov 8, 2011 11:26 AM 177 I think the question about mental well-being is a good one but I wonder whether (having experienced depression myself) people might feel that they don't have any problems with mental health whilst being in the depths of depression. A question that just asks how happy people are might expose this. Nov 8, 2011 11:24 AM 178 do you feel that you have mental health issues? Nov 8, 2011 11:24 AM 179 Health care provision and social care provision Nov 8, 2011 11:17 AM 180 Satisfaction with their health care. Satisfaction with their access to health care in their own environment. Access to an open and easily contacted complaints procedure. Nov 8, 2011 11:08 AM 181 Spiritual well-being Nov 8, 2011 10:56 AM 182 satisfaction with healthcare - take out healthy life expectancy Nov 7, 2011 8:21 AM 183 People who ARE reporting a long term limiting illness/disability remove people not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability Nov 3, 2011 11:57 PM 184 How satisfied are you that your health needs are catered for. How confident are you that your future health needs will be catered for. Nov 1, 2011 7:51 PM 185 Level of fitness, active life, weight Nov 1, 2011 12:48 PM 266 Page 15, Q24. 1 ‘Satisfaction with mental health’ is a curious item. We are very pleased about the inclusion of the GHQ12 and feel that this should take precedence over the satisfaction measure. Satisfaction: Methodological point, but how ‘satisfied’ you feel depends on your expectations. People who are wealthier/ younger expect more. Using satisfaction measures, therefore, can underestimate inequality. Using measures based on experience is preferable (e.g. rather than ‘how satisfied are you with your social life’, ask ‘are there people among your families and friends who give you support and encouragement?’ or ’make you feel an important part of their lives?’). Feb 1, 2012 9:33 AM 2 People not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability – although we are not suggesting that this is removed, we would like to draw attention to the tension that may be produced within this measure. For example, if people who would otherwise die are kept alive but have long-term illnesses, this would bring this measure down, however, many may feel that this actually signals an improvement. Feb 1, 2012 8:52 AM 3 The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) was used in the Understanding Society survey and the WHO study on Mental Health, Resilience and Inequalities (Firedli, 2009). Additionally, HSE are currently looking at how we might exploit existing data from the Whitehall 2 study that has collected raw scores on the GHQ -30 (giving a potentially powerful measure of well-being). We will share any findings with you as these may add to the debate. Jan 31, 2012 3:21 PM 4 Some of the measures used take too long for results to be published and so do not fit well in terms of timescales forward planning and setting of budgets e.g. for the proposed local authority health and wellbeing boards. Jan 31, 2012 12:52 PM 5 We have used the SF36v2 measure for mental health well-being for an extensive local health & well-being survey. Jan 31, 2012 12:18 PM 6 The rationale behind the measures describes a desire for measures to be disaggregated to a regional or sub-regional level. However, the proposed measures are not shown at that level of granularity. It would be useful at a local level to have a more detailed understanding of these measures in order to allow local services to be tailored to meet aspects which are underperforming compared with the national picture. Jan 31, 2012 8:15 AM 7 Remove GHQ12 and replace with WEMWBS (This is now in the Health Survey for England and potentially in the forthcoming Public Health Outcomes Framework due to be published in January). Jan 27, 2012 5:13 PM 8 Re phase question: 'How satisfied are you with your mental well-being?' to 'how satisfied are you with your wellbeing?' Remove word 'mental' as has a stigma attached. Or ask: how would you rate your level of wellbeing - above average, average, below average, poor.' Jan 23, 2012 10:53 PM 9 I'm not an expert in this field so I'm not sure Jan 23, 2012 7:52 PM 10 There is a mistake in Measure 3 - it's individuals not individual’s. Sorry to be pedantic, but you are the government, for heaven's sake. Jan 23, 2012 4:47 PM 11 Perhaps people not reporting long term illness should be why have you not reported it. How satisfied are you with the services and help you receive? Jan 23, 2012 4:13 PM 12 it may be semantics but the phrase emotional well being is being more frequently used than good mental health which may elicit a different Jan 23, 2012 12:21 PM 267 Page 15, Q24. 13 response Full measure of how people access alternative health care. Jan 23, 2012 12:19 PM 14 Measure: How satisfied are you with your mental well-being? Keeping the same form seems more appropriate. Alternative form: Satisfaction with your mental well-being Jan 23, 2012 12:13 PM 15 Depression and Anxierty scales GAD 7 & PHQ9 may give a clearer picture of the lower level incidences of mental ill health and relate to social prescribing schemes that aim to address these before they develop into more serious mental health issues. Jan 23, 2012 10:52 AM 16 People not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability - why is this one expressed as "not". It is not clear. Jan 23, 2012 10:51 AM 17 How does creative activity impact on general well-being? Jan 23, 2012 9:29 AM 18 the measures vary in their personal attitude - people need to feel they are being addresses Jan 23, 2012 9:00 AM 19 More objective: like number of illness related doctor visits per year. Jan 23, 2012 8:57 AM 20 Ensure that access to arts and cultural services and opportunities are recognised as contributing and instrumental factors which significantly affect and positively impact the health of individuals and communities Jan 22, 2012 9:53 PM 21 (See above) Jan 22, 2012 6:54 PM 22 the role of the arts in measuring mental well-being. Jan 21, 2012 7:09 PM 23 Measure: How satisfied are you with your mental well-being? changed to: Measure: How satisfied are you with your mental and spiritual well-being? Jan 21, 2012 2:49 PM 24 Income equality - see data and correlations of the relevant epidimiology in 'The Spirit Level'. Jan 20, 2012 10:34 AM 25 Combine satisfaction with physical health and mental well-being - why separate? - one impacts on the other. Jan 20, 2012 7:18 AM 26 'People not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability' - meaningless unless you know why, surely? Jan 19, 2012 4:11 PM 27 I have kind of answered this in the previous box. Jan 19, 2012 11:52 AM 28 the measure of mental health should be more openly explained Jan 19, 2012 11:07 AM 29 satisfaction of health needs to be broken down further Jan 19, 2012 9:20 AM 30 Do you feel that your emplowment situation undermines your health or benefits it? Jan 18, 2012 10:38 PM 31 Unknown Jan 18, 2012 7:09 PM 32 Change of name of Healthy life expectancy to reflect more of what the category details. Emphasis should give the impression of focussing on quality of life not longevity. Jan 18, 2012 6:37 PM 268 Page 15, Q24. 33 Satisfaction with health and with any treatment received or health-related issues. As opposed to 'Satisfaction with health'. Jan 18, 2012 5:20 PM 34 GHQ12 is not a measure of mental wellbeing. It is a screening instrument for mental illness. There are valid measures of mental wellbeing which are now widely available at population level (eg WEMWBS) which should be used instead Jan 18, 2012 5:14 PM 35 Question would be, "How long would you like to live?" or, "What does a reasonably long life look like?" Jan 18, 2012 4:36 PM 36 differentiate physical and mental health more clearly Jan 18, 2012 4:34 PM 37 reporting a disability doesn't mean that you don't have a sense of well being. Jan 18, 2012 1:13 PM 38 Long term illness/disability in itself is irrelevent, it is what people do about it that matters: -do they work -do they participate socially Mental well being could be better measured by: -number of contacts with menatl health services (from GP to more specialist contacts) over fixed periods and over lifetimes -engagements in quality of life activities including the arts, travel etc Jan 18, 2012 12:35 PM 39 Don't know Jan 17, 2012 8:44 PM 40 As above Jan 17, 2012 5:13 PM 41 People not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability (leave out disability) (Disability does not necessarily equate with lack of well-being) Jan 17, 2012 4:02 PM 42 see above Jan 17, 2012 3:07 PM 43 regular exercise/activity as a measure of mental well being Jan 17, 2012 1:19 PM 44 Short time illness and long term illness. Jan 17, 2012 12:06 PM 45 GHQ12 needs a sub- assessment on what makes a person feel well this includes Cultural and arts activities , volunteering. Jan 17, 2012 10:39 AM 46 Sense of personal effectiveness in managing health Jan 17, 2012 8:47 AM 47 "Healthy life expectancy" is silly phrasing. I assume this refers to a strong performance against an average, in which case it should say so. Jan 16, 2012 10:01 PM 48 Effect of cultural activity on wellbeing Jan 16, 2012 3:00 PM 49 People are living longer, but the question about long term limiting health issues only applies to the working age population. Having such a condition affects perceptions of one's quality of life, so should include the whole population. Jan 16, 2012 2:41 PM 50 satisfaction of mental wellbeing is unclear and relatively inneffective Jan 16, 2012 2:02 PM 51 Mental wellbeing can be a widely-fluctuating condition. It may be simplistic to expect a meaningful answer for the two measures that cover this. The ability to understand, control and recover are perhaps better indicators. Jan 16, 2012 11:53 AM 52 cut'n'paste from last question: Satisfaction means "Fulfillment of one's wishes" so measuring satisfaction is measuring people's ability to wish as much as it is measuring their ability to fulfill those wishes. The measure Jan 13, 2012 10:36 AM 269 Page 15, Q24. could be improved by clamping down on imagination and ambition. Drop all mention of "satisfaction" - because you just can't get it! 53 ditto Jan 13, 2012 10:35 AM 54 as explained above. Jan 13, 2012 1:27 AM 55 see above Jan 12, 2012 4:57 PM 56 measure the percentage of people taking part in creative activities both alone and as part of a group Jan 12, 2012 10:53 AM 57 What affects your mental well being - negatively or positively Jan 11, 2012 2:56 PM 58 See above Jan 11, 2012 12:13 PM 59 Please see above. Jan 11, 2012 11:43 AM 60 The GHQ12 indicator is quick and easy but totally unreliable. Jan 10, 2012 5:14 PM 61 How would you assess you mental health capacity? People with Mental Health quite often will not admit they have a problem, or may not even think that they even have aproblem in the first place. Jan 10, 2012 1:31 PM 62 See above - take out assumptions about disability/illness. Jan 10, 2012 11:30 AM 63 Variant to illustrate links between mental well-being and access to natural areas Jan 9, 2012 8:26 PM 64 All measures of national wellbeing are spurious and should be regarded as pseudo-science on a par with psychometrics and Tarot reading. They waste public money and distract the media, public debate and political action away from real and serious issues. Engaging with this pseudo-science plays into the hands of political parties who would rather discuss nonsense than make any real decisions. Jan 9, 2012 4:05 PM 65 See last answer Jan 9, 2012 1:42 PM 66 If a physchological measure is to be chosen then the WHO MHI-5 is preferable as a shorter, better tool - it's also very similar to 2 of the questions already being asked. Alternative is EQ-5D which includes pain. Jan 9, 2012 1:04 PM 67 There seems to be an assumption that a long term limiting illness or disability must be a cause of dissatisfaction with health. It's not that simple, and not necessarily the case. This probably needs a re-think. Also, I don't know why satisfaction with mental well-being isn't part of satisfaction with health, as mental well-being is surely mental health Jan 8, 2012 7:19 PM 68 There is the potential for confusion in people not reporting long term illness. What's wrong with People reporting long term illness. Jan 6, 2012 5:25 PM 69 as above Jan 3, 2012 4:21 PM 70 What impact does your employer have upon your health? Some people come to work when ill even though they infect others because they are frightened to be away from work. Jan 3, 2012 9:13 AM 71 As above Dec 28, 2011 3:54 PM 270 Page 15, Q24. 72 physical, attitudinal barriers that disable Dec 22, 2011 1:14 PM 73 The two assessment of mental well-being should be combined so that one is a sub-set of the other. Dec 21, 2011 4:46 PM 74 How is your mental wellbeing, not how satisfied Dec 20, 2011 11:31 AM 75 visits to GP Receiving medication Dec 20, 2011 10:56 AM 76 "People not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability" should be ANY illness or disability. Dec 19, 2011 10:21 AM 77 Again, I would say the statistical analysis will go so far. As long as there is scope for more in depth qualitative research that would be good. Dec 16, 2011 9:23 PM 78 Define mental health Dec 15, 2011 12:35 PM 79 'Healthy' life expectancy is very vague and open to interpretation. 'Satisfactory' life expectancy might be more realistic. Dec 8, 2011 12:28 PM 80 It looks like more consultation is needed with psychologists, psychiatrists, health workers and so on to make these sections more appropriate. Dec 6, 2011 4:43 PM 81 On Satisfaction with your health, short term illnesses and frequency should be included. Only looking at long term does not accurately measure a person's health level. Dec 6, 2011 12:24 PM 82 Not sure if any of these really relate to perceptions of well-being... Health or ill-health is a 'given' for most people; reaction to good, bad or chronic illhealth is where we can assess perceptions of well-being. Not sure if these measures would capture that. Dec 6, 2011 11:40 AM 83 Measure: People not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability This measure seems backwards - the number of people WITH long-term illness or disability should be taken as a measure, obviously the higher the measure the poorer the quality of health of the population. Dec 5, 2011 10:02 PM 84 See comment above. e.g. Measure of satisfaction in light of current health, including long-term illness and disability. Dec 4, 2011 7:17 PM 85 People treating themselves, i.e. non-NHS treatments Dec 3, 2011 12:24 PM 86 I am not able to respond to each specific subquestion as I believe the overall structure is flawed and thus each measure would need to be analysed against a different structure, please refer to answer for question one of the survey Dec 2, 2011 11:05 PM 87 'satisfaction with your health' should make sure it incorporates spiritual health measurements Dec 2, 2011 11:54 AM 88 Who would know what GHQ12 means! Nov 30, 2011 2:56 PM 89 mental well being sense of well-being Nov 27, 2011 4:17 PM 90 The third heading should explicitly relate only to physical health so as to emphasise the distinction between physical and mental health. You should refer to fitness as well as physical health. Nov 20, 2011 8:00 PM 271 Page 15, Q24. 91 HADS score instead of GHQ12 LIMITING long term illness or disability Nov 16, 2011 9:29 PM 92 WEMWBS Nov 16, 2011 11:01 AM 93 Control over own health and treatment choices, access to information on own health and that of those in close relationships with, end of life options, I think this is particularly important. Nov 11, 2011 1:47 PM 94 Satisfaction with mental health well being - is far too clinical and illness based. Nov 11, 2011 12:21 PM 95 People not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability ? how will you measure this? Do you know anyone in your neighbourhood who you think should have more help? Nov 11, 2011 9:43 AM 96 These are different in their priority and need to be weighted in their significance Nov 9, 2011 7:50 PM 97 Yes, see above. Nov 9, 2011 11:47 AM 98 asking for self-assessment on mental well being may provide some misleading answers! Nov 8, 2011 9:14 PM 99 as above Nov 8, 2011 7:32 PM 100 satisfaction with care givers/health workers Nov 8, 2011 5:27 PM 101 As above Nov 8, 2011 3:39 PM 102 Depends on the sample size and selection criteria for the surveys used. They need to be large and representative. Nov 8, 2011 1:56 PM 103 Might want to rethink mental well-being and whether this comes under domain 1. If stress is what you are after say so. Nov 8, 2011 1:48 PM 104 Explain GHQ12?!! Nov 8, 2011 1:29 PM 105 Inner/spiritual sense of well-being Nov 8, 2011 1:16 PM 106 Yes I seem to be repeating myself, Nov 8, 2011 12:02 PM 107 do people in your immediate family have mental health issues? Nov 8, 2011 11:24 AM 108 As mentioned something that enables a understanding of how the well being of carers is affected by looking after someone with illness/disability Nov 8, 2011 10:51 AM 272 Page 15, Q25. 1 Satisfaction with your health, Satisfaction with mental wellbeing Feb 1, 2012 10:01 AM 2 Health: Healthy life expectancy (for physical health) and GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being (for mental health). Feb 1, 2012 8:52 AM 3 Health: 4 and 5 Jan 31, 2012 1:56 PM 4 We feel that it is more important to ensure that the indicator set clearly reflects all major factors that impact on human wellbeing and the scale at which they operate, rather than to focus on including a particular number of measures. Jan 31, 2012 1:44 PM 5 there is some value for adding a domain (and therefore measures) concerning household and personal relationship issues. Some of these could be taken from the current domains (e.g., the ‘satisfaction with spouse/partner’ in the ‘our relationships’ domain’). Jan 31, 2012 1:03 PM 6 Measuring wellbeing is complex , using one or two measures only would grossly distort the results Jan 31, 2012 12:52 PM 7 In each of the domains, we would be more supportive of measures which externally evaluate the domain rather than those measures which ask for the individual’s satisfaction about the domain. For example, in the health domain, self-evaluation of health or their satisfaction with their health can be at great variance with an epidemiological or medical evaluation. Individual preferences or satisfaction is greatly malleable and function of available information and experience. So measures which capture non-subjective aspects are preferable, in the first instance, to those that rely exclusively on subjective evaluations. Jan 31, 2012 12:42 PM 8 Heath: Disability free life expectancy + mental health measure Jan 31, 2012 12:18 PM 9 See previous answer s – reducing the numbers to this extent risks them being so broad as to be meaningless. Jan 31, 2012 11:20 AM 10 •Health: 1) Assessment of mental wellbeing; 2) Satisfaction with access to health care Jan 31, 2012 9:52 AM 11 Satisfaction with health Jan 31, 2012 9:18 AM 12 No comment Jan 31, 2012 9:09 AM 13 Healthy life expectancy (ONS, Stats Bulletin), GHQ12 assessment of mental wellbeing (BHPS/US). Jan 31, 2012 8:08 AM 14 -“Satisfaction with your health” -“GHQ12 Assessment of Mental Well-Being” Jan 30, 2012 2:36 PM 15 That would be very difficult to boil down the measures to that extent – you would have to restrict the survey to a question on ‘individual satisfaction’ with each area of life represented by each domain. Jan 30, 2012 11:38 AM 16 Health – satisfaction with health and healthy life expectancy Jan 30, 2012 9:03 AM 17 For the ‘Where you live’ domain it is important to retain the measure ‘access to and quality of the local environment’. Jan 30, 2012 8:15 AM 273 Page 15, Q25. 18 •In general, each domain should include: -One objective measure of performance in that domain -One subjective measure of performance in that domain -One subjective measure of the importance of that domain to overall well-being. Jan 27, 2012 5:33 PM 19 Health: satisfaction with health, healthy life expectancy Jan 27, 2012 5:13 PM 20 GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being Satisfaction with your health Jan 23, 2012 10:53 PM 21 3 and 5 Jan 23, 2012 10:32 PM 22 Life expectancy assessment of mential well-being Jan 23, 2012 7:56 PM 23 Healthy life expectancy and satisfaction with mental well-being Jan 23, 2012 7:52 PM 24 "Satisfaction with health" and "how satisfied are you with your mental wellbeing" Jan 23, 2012 7:10 PM 25 GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being Jan 23, 2012 6:00 PM 26 2&5 Jan 23, 2012 5:16 PM 27 People not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability Jan 23, 2012 5:05 PM 28 1 and 2 (3 for example, which is a measure of disease, can be included in 2) Jan 23, 2012 4:58 PM 29 Measure: Satisfaction with your health Measure: GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being Jan 23, 2012 3:45 PM 30 No LLI GHQ Jan 23, 2012 3:44 PM 31 Satisfaction with your health and How satisfied are you with your mental well-being Jan 23, 2012 3:09 PM 32 satisfaction with your health. Healthy environment Jan 23, 2012 1:44 PM 33 Satisfaction with your health How satisfied are you with your mental wellbeing? Jan 23, 2012 1:08 PM 34 A measure of satisfaction with health and one of mental wellbeing Jan 23, 2012 12:41 PM 35 unreported longterm illness/ disability would be the most importnat one to retain. Jan 23, 2012 12:21 PM 36 The first two. Jan 23, 2012 12:19 PM 37 People not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability GHQ12 Jan 23, 2012 12:15 PM 38 Measure: Satisfaction with your health Measure: How satisfied are you with your mental well-being? Jan 23, 2012 12:13 PM 39 GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being & Satisfaction with your health Jan 23, 2012 11:52 AM 40 People not reporting long term illness or disability How satisfied are you with your mental wellbeing Jan 23, 2012 11:47 AM 274 Page 15, Q25. 41 Satisfaction with your health How satisfied are you with your mental wellbeing? Jan 23, 2012 11:11 AM 42 Mental Health levels & satisfaction with Healthy Life Expectancy Jan 23, 2012 10:52 AM 43 Satisfaction with your health GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being Jan 23, 2012 10:51 AM 44 Healthy life expectancy and GHQ12 Assessment. Jan 23, 2012 9:55 AM 45 Measure: Satisfaction with your health Measure: How satisfied are you with your mental well-being? Jan 23, 2012 9:29 AM 46 Health: satisfaction with health, healthy life expectancy, WEMWEBS Jan 23, 2012 9:10 AM 47 the first 2 in my new list Jan 23, 2012 9:00 AM 48 Life expectancy & assessment of mental health Jan 22, 2012 11:58 PM 49 Current health Prospects of health care. Jan 22, 2012 6:54 PM 50 Measures 2 and 3 Jan 22, 2012 4:53 PM 51 Measure: Healthy life expectancy Measure: Satisfaction with your health Jan 22, 2012 3:27 PM 52 Contribution of Cultural Activities to health Contribution of Cultural Activities to mental well-being Jan 22, 2012 12:46 PM 53 Satisfaction with health GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being Jan 21, 2012 8:02 PM 54 Satisfaction with health & GhQ12 measurement of mental health. Jan 21, 2012 5:02 PM 55 All Jan 21, 2012 4:53 PM 56 Satisfaction with health and how satisfied with mental well-being Jan 21, 2012 4:13 PM 57 Measure: Healthy life expectancy Measure: How satisfied are you with your mental and spiritual well-being? Jan 21, 2012 2:49 PM 58 Healthy life expectancy; mental well-being satisfaction Jan 21, 2012 1:22 PM 59 1 and 5 Jan 21, 2012 12:36 PM 60 Satisfaction with your health Mental well-being Jan 21, 2012 12:27 AM 61 a. life expectancy b. healthy way of life Jan 20, 2012 8:53 PM 62 Satisfaction with health and mental health Jan 20, 2012 6:39 PM 63 Satisfaction with your health Jan 20, 2012 6:30 PM 64 1 and 3 Jan 20, 2012 12:26 PM 65 Satisfaction with your health Satisfaction with mental well-being Jan 20, 2012 10:56 AM 66 GHQ12 Jan 20, 2012 10:34 AM 275 Page 15, Q25. 67 1 and 3 Jan 20, 2012 8:44 AM 68 Healthy life expectancy Satisfaction with your health Jan 20, 2012 8:06 AM 69 Satisfaction with physical health and mental well-being and people not reporting a long-term limiting illness or disability Jan 20, 2012 7:18 AM 70 Satisfactin with your health Jan 19, 2012 9:50 PM 71 Satisfaction with your health Jan 19, 2012 8:48 PM 72 'Satisfaction with health' 'Satisfaction with mental well-being' Jan 19, 2012 4:11 PM 73 People not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability How satisfied are you with your mental well-being? Jan 19, 2012 3:05 PM 74 Satisfaction with your health; How satisfied are you with your mental wellbeing Jan 19, 2012 2:22 PM 75 One clinical, identifying stated medical problems, and a self-assessment of general health. The two may be quite different. Jan 19, 2012 2:20 PM 76 The first, third and fifth are most important. The third surely covers the lot ? But it depends whether the respondents need to be led or are willing to look at the question holistically. Too many are used to Yes/No answers and don't construe. Jan 19, 2012 1:54 PM 77 How satisfied you are with mental well being and satisfaction with your health Jan 19, 2012 12:34 PM 78 People not reporting a limiting illness of disability. Satisfaction with own mental well-being. Jan 19, 2012 11:52 AM 79 satisfacion with health and satisfaction with mental health Jan 19, 2012 11:07 AM 80 Satisfaction with your health GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being Jan 19, 2012 10:48 AM 81 satisfaction of health and mental health Jan 19, 2012 9:20 AM 82 Satisfaction with health Satisfaction with mental well-being Jan 19, 2012 12:25 AM 83 Satisfaction with health GHQ12 Jan 18, 2012 11:08 PM 84 disagree with this idea Jan 18, 2012 7:09 PM 85 Satisfaction with help Assessment of Mental well being. Jan 18, 2012 6:37 PM 86 Satisfaction with health Satisfaction with well-being Jan 18, 2012 5:55 PM 87 3rd & 5th Jan 18, 2012 5:22 PM 88 Measure: People not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability Measure: Satisfaction with your health Jan 18, 2012 5:20 PM 89 SATISFACTION WITH HEALTH MENTAL WELL BEING Jan 18, 2012 5:16 PM 276 Page 15, Q25. 90 Healthy life expectancy & Satisfaction with your health Jan 18, 2012 4:36 PM 91 the measures shouldn't be reduced Jan 18, 2012 4:34 PM 92 Physical and Mental health Jan 18, 2012 4:09 PM 93 Life expectancy and GHQ12 Jan 18, 2012 2:14 PM 94 Measure: Satisfaction with your health Measure: How satisfied are you with your mental well-being? Jan 18, 2012 2:09 PM 95 3 and 4 Jan 18, 2012 1:48 PM 96 Food and Nutrition Jan 18, 2012 1:27 PM 97 satisfaction with health of self and family members satisfaction with mental well being. Jan 18, 2012 1:13 PM 98 Shouldn't be limited. Jan 18, 2012 1:04 PM 99 2 and 4 Jan 18, 2012 12:54 PM 100 Healthy life expectancy & GHQ12 Jan 18, 2012 12:35 PM 101 Life expectancy GHQ assessmment of mental well-being Jan 18, 2012 12:00 PM 102 Satisfaction with Health, and satisfaction with well being. Jan 18, 2012 11:21 AM 103 Satisfaction with your own health/ mental well-being is crucial. Selfperception can even drive your own well-being. Mind over matter etc. Jan 18, 2012 11:13 AM 104 Measure three and five. People's views on their health is often more important than the actual health status. Jan 18, 2012 11:10 AM 105 Satisfaction with your health Measure: GHQ12 assessment of mental wellbeing Jan 18, 2012 9:54 AM 106 Don't know Jan 17, 2012 8:44 PM 107 3 and 5 Jan 17, 2012 8:20 PM 108 People not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability How satisfied are you with your mental well-being? Jan 17, 2012 3:07 PM 109 I think all have merit in principle but if they were to be reduced, I would question why mental health has been singled out for special consideration. Can both physical and mental health not be covered by the other questions? I am not sure how useful a question on satisfaction with one's mental wellbeing will prove. Jan 17, 2012 2:30 PM 110 Satisfaction with your health; regular activity/exercise Jan 17, 2012 1:19 PM 111 Sense of personal effectiveness in managing health Jan 17, 2012 8:47 AM 112 all Jan 16, 2012 11:46 PM 277 Page 15, Q25. 113 People not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability How satisfied are you with your mental well-being? Jan 16, 2012 10:01 PM 114 Satisfaction with your physical health Satisfaction with your mental wellbeing Jan 16, 2012 7:47 PM 115 Satisfaction with your health GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being Jan 16, 2012 4:07 PM 116 Satisfaction with health or ability to respond to illness/disability Jan 16, 2012 3:52 PM 117 Measure: Satisfaction with your health Measure: How satisfied are you with your mental well-being? Jan 16, 2012 3:07 PM 118 Arts and wellbeing Jan 16, 2012 3:00 PM 119 Satisfaction with health Satisfaction with mental health Jan 16, 2012 2:41 PM 120 Life expectancy and GHQ12 Jan 16, 2012 2:11 PM 121 physical and mental wellbeing Jan 16, 2012 2:02 PM 122 3&5 Jan 16, 2012 1:23 PM 123 3: satisfaction with health (disability might not mean dissatisfaction with quality of life) 5: satisfaction with mental health Jan 16, 2012 11:56 AM 124 Satisfaction with your health. Satisfaction with your ability to manage mental wellbeing. Jan 16, 2012 11:53 AM 125 people not reporting long term illness or disability, and satisfaction with mental wellbeing Jan 16, 2012 11:11 AM 126 1&4 Jan 16, 2012 10:56 AM 127 Satisfaction with your health and Healthy life expectancy Jan 16, 2012 10:17 AM 128 Healthy life expectancy Satisfaction with your health Jan 16, 2012 9:45 AM 129 1 and 3 Jan 15, 2012 8:12 PM 130 1 and 4 Jan 15, 2012 12:24 PM 131 How satisfied are you with your mental well-being?; Satisfaction with your health; Jan 14, 2012 9:00 PM 132 Satisfaction with your health How satisfied are you with your mental wellbeing? Jan 14, 2012 8:39 PM 133 First and fourth Jan 14, 2012 4:47 PM 134 People not reporting a long-term limiting illness or disability. Assessment of mental well-being. Jan 14, 2012 12:18 AM 135 general health mental health Jan 13, 2012 10:06 PM 136 I suppose you would want the healthy life expectancy and people not Jan 13, 2012 3:20 PM 278 Page 15, Q25. reporting a long term limiting illness or disability, possibly with thesatisfaction with your health measure. Hopefully the mental health question might be captured within these measures. 137 Satisfaction with your health & satisfied with the level of physical exercise you receive / get Jan 13, 2012 2:10 PM 138 Measure: Healthy life expectancy Measure: GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being Jan 13, 2012 12:35 PM 139 all imprtant and need adding to as above Jan 13, 2012 11:03 AM 140 GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being - I am not currently employed as a medical professional and so I do not have access to the copyrighted questions in the GHQ12 questionnaire so can't fully comment. You should seriously consider only using open standards. Jan 13, 2012 10:36 AM 141 ditto Jan 13, 2012 10:35 AM 142 Satisfaction with your health How satisfied are you with your mental wellbeing? Jan 13, 2012 9:43 AM 143 why?? Jan 13, 2012 9:16 AM 144 Measure: How satisfied are you with your mental well-being Measure: Satisfaction with your health Jan 13, 2012 1:27 AM 145 Healthy life-expectancy satisfaction of mental well-being Jan 13, 2012 12:23 AM 146 see first response Jan 12, 2012 4:57 PM 147 satisfaction with health and mental health well-being Jan 12, 2012 2:16 PM 148 If worth asking the ask it Jan 12, 2012 10:53 AM 149 healthy life expectancy, satisfaction with health care in your local area Jan 12, 2012 9:42 AM 150 Measure: Satisfaction with your health Measure: How satisfied are you with your mental well-being? Jan 11, 2012 8:03 PM 151 The health domain should definitely include subjective and objective measures of both physical and mental health. Jan 11, 2012 4:23 PM 152 The third and fifth. Jan 11, 2012 11:54 AM 153 Healthy life expectancy. Satisfaction with mental well-being. Jan 11, 2012 11:43 AM 154 second and fifth Jan 11, 2012 11:23 AM 155 Healthy life expectancy GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being Jan 10, 2012 5:34 PM 156 Satisfaction with personal health. Frequency af accidents and use of OP facilities Jan 10, 2012 5:14 PM 157 Not reporting long-term illness / disability Satisfaction with mental well-being Jan 10, 2012 3:05 PM 279 Page 15, Q25. 158 Measure: People not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability Measure: Satisfaction with your health Jan 10, 2012 2:44 PM 159 May be the whole section should be re worded? Jan 10, 2012 1:31 PM 160 life expectancy, satisfaction with health Jan 10, 2012 11:31 AM 161 Again this would give a limited picture. Jan 10, 2012 11:30 AM 162 The first, third and fourth. Jan 9, 2012 9:18 PM 163 Health GHQ12 assessment Jan 9, 2012 9:07 PM 164 Satisfaction with health and mental health. Jan 9, 2012 7:39 PM 165 Measure: Healthy life expectancy Measure: How satisfied are you with your mental well-being? Jan 9, 2012 5:09 PM 166 Satisfaction with your health/ Satisfaction with your mental well being. Jan 9, 2012 4:52 PM 167 Measure: Satisfaction with your health Measure: GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being Jan 9, 2012 4:45 PM 168 All measures of national wellbeing are spurious and should be regarded as pseudo-science on a par with psychometrics and Tarot reading. They waste public money and distract the media, public debate and political action away from real and serious issues. Engaging with this pseudo-science plays into the hands of political parties who would rather discuss nonsense than make any real decisions. Jan 9, 2012 4:05 PM 169 Mental wellbeing People not report their health problems Jan 9, 2012 3:28 PM 170 How healthy do I feel in mind? In body? This could be time defined e.g. How healthy have I felt over the last year.... Jan 9, 2012 1:42 PM 171 Again this would severely limit the scope of this domain and would belittle the results Jan 9, 2012 11:14 AM 172 all of them Jan 9, 2012 9:33 AM 173 Satisfaction with your health. Jan 8, 2012 7:19 PM 174 Satisfaction with your health, satisfaction with your mental well-being. Jan 8, 2012 5:54 PM 175 3rd and 5th Jan 8, 2012 4:39 PM 176 Satisfaction with you health including your mental well-being. Jan 8, 2012 12:06 PM 177 Satisfaction with health, satisfaction with mental well-being Jan 7, 2012 12:42 PM 178 A and D Jan 7, 2012 11:15 AM 179 Satisfaction with Mental and Physical health Jan 6, 2012 7:08 PM 180 Satisfaction with your health How satisfied are you with your mental well- Jan 6, 2012 6:49 PM 280 Page 15, Q25. being? 181 Measure: Healthy life expectancy Measure: Satisfaction with your health Jan 6, 2012 5:44 PM 182 Life expectancy Long-term illness or disability Jan 6, 2012 5:25 PM 183 1&4 Jan 6, 2012 5:15 PM 184 Measure: People not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability Measure: GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being Jan 4, 2012 3:07 PM 185 Satisfaction with health Mental well-being Jan 3, 2012 10:47 PM 186 The order above is good. Dec 29, 2011 6:09 PM 187 Satisfaction with health. Dec 28, 2011 3:54 PM 188 Healthy Life Expectancy Satisfaction with your health Dec 28, 2011 10:09 AM 189 Not reporting illness. WEMWBS Dec 22, 2011 12:51 PM 190 Healthy life expectancy and mental well-being Dec 21, 2011 4:46 PM 191 satisfaction with health and mental wellbeing Dec 20, 2011 11:31 AM 192 Long term illness / disability and satisfaction with health Dec 20, 2011 11:12 AM 193 mental health personal views on health Dec 20, 2011 10:56 AM 194 satisfaction with health; satisfaction with mental health Dec 16, 2011 9:23 PM 195 The third and fifth measures could perhaps be merged Dec 16, 2011 6:12 PM 196 No all are important Dec 15, 2011 12:35 PM 197 1 &2 Dec 14, 2011 1:45 PM 198 Satisfaction with your health Healthy life expectancy Dec 14, 2011 11:47 AM 199 Satisfaction with overall health Satisfaction with mental well-being Dec 12, 2011 9:31 PM 200 Healty life and heath etc expectancy Dec 10, 2011 10:57 AM 201 Two mental health measures could be combined. People will not know what GHQ12 means Dec 8, 2011 12:28 PM 202 Probably long-term illness and one of the mental health ones - satisfaction maybe. Dec 7, 2011 10:57 AM 203 More not less please Dec 6, 2011 4:43 PM 204 satisfaction with health how satisfied are you with your mental health Dec 6, 2011 3:25 PM 205 Satisfaction with your health and mental well being Dec 6, 2011 12:24 PM 206 Measures 1 and 5 Dec 6, 2011 12:07 PM 281 Page 15, Q25. 207 Satisfaction with health care services provided Healthy life expectancy Dec 5, 2011 10:02 PM 208 Combined variant on health, given above; and satisfaction with mental wellbeing. Dec 4, 2011 7:17 PM 209 Measure: Healthy life expectancy Measure: Satisfaction with your health Dec 3, 2011 12:24 PM 210 Satisfaction with your health. How satisfied are you with your mental well being Dec 3, 2011 7:10 AM 211 I am not able to respond to each specific subquestion as I believe the overall structure is flawed and thus each measure would need to be analysed against a different structure, please refer to answer for question one of the survey Dec 2, 2011 11:05 PM 212 satisfaction with your health and assessment of mental wellbeing Dec 2, 2011 11:54 AM 213 Measure: Satisfaction with your health Measure: GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being Dec 1, 2011 3:13 PM 214 Satisfaction with health satisfaction with mental well-being Nov 30, 2011 4:43 PM 215 Satisfaction with health and well-being Nov 30, 2011 2:56 PM 216 2 and 4 Nov 27, 2011 4:17 PM 217 Measure: Satisfaction with your health (most important of all) How satisfied are you with your mental well-being? Nov 25, 2011 4:31 PM 218 3 and 5 Nov 25, 2011 8:54 AM 219 Satisfaction with your health How satisfied are you with your mental wellbeing? Nov 23, 2011 10:02 AM 220 "Satisfaction with your health" and "How satisfied are you with your mental well-being?". Nov 22, 2011 10:28 PM 221 first and last Nov 21, 2011 10:24 PM 222 3 and 5 or, if necessary, combine them. Nov 20, 2011 8:00 PM 223 The third and the last, in that order. Nov 20, 2011 6:29 PM 224 Life expectancy Satisfaction with health Nov 18, 2011 6:24 PM 225 HADS score instead of GHQ12 Limiting long term illness or disability Nov 16, 2011 9:29 PM 226 Satisfaction with health Long-term illness or disability Nov 16, 2011 1:20 PM 227 People not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability and How satisfied are you with your mental well-being? Nov 12, 2011 9:53 PM 228 Healthy life expectancy Satisfaction with your own health Nov 12, 2011 2:58 PM 229 Measure: How satisfied are you with your mental well-being? Measure: Nov 11, 2011 1:47 PM 282 Page 15, Q25. Satisfaction with your health 230 Satisfaction with health Nov 11, 2011 9:43 AM 231 Life expectancy Satisfaction with health Nov 10, 2011 6:30 PM 232 People not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability Healthy life expectancy Nov 10, 2011 12:17 PM 233 3rd and 5th Nov 10, 2011 10:45 AM 234 Healthy life expectancy Assessment of mental well-being Nov 9, 2011 7:50 PM 235 i. Satisfaction with your health ii.How satisfied are you with yopur mental well- being Nov 9, 2011 5:48 PM 236 No comment - they all seem very relevant and I'm not able to choose between them. Nov 9, 2011 5:40 PM 237 all should be included Nov 9, 2011 3:47 PM 238 people not reporting long term sickness and how satisfied are you with your health Nov 9, 2011 1:13 PM 239 Satisfaction with your health GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being Nov 9, 2011 1:00 PM 240 Assessment of mental wellbeing and satisfaction with health Nov 9, 2011 12:37 PM 241 Local voice. Nov 9, 2011 11:47 AM 242 Satisfaction with your health Nov 9, 2011 11:44 AM 243 most important: measure 2 second importance: measure 5 Nov 9, 2011 11:09 AM 244 Don't know Nov 9, 2011 10:05 AM 245 Satisfaction with your health Nov 8, 2011 11:01 PM 246 1: satisfaction with health and 2: mental assessment Nov 8, 2011 9:41 PM 247 none should be removed Nov 8, 2011 9:21 PM 248 GHQ12 - mental health assessment (objective) Satisfaction with your health (objective) Nov 8, 2011 9:14 PM 249 Healthy life expectancy People not reporting long term health or disability problems Nov 8, 2011 8:32 PM 250 healthy life expectancy assessment of mental well being0 Nov 8, 2011 7:32 PM 251 then last two how iwll peopel know what to say about the others Nov 8, 2011 7:29 PM 252 Healthy life expectancy, and Satisfaction with your health. Nov 8, 2011 7:29 PM 253 'help with reporting long-term illness or altered-ability' & 'satisfaction with Nov 8, 2011 6:11 PM 283 Page 15, Q25. mental well-being' 254 Should all be used Nov 8, 2011 5:55 PM 255 1 & 3 could be merged and number 5 Nov 8, 2011 5:54 PM 256 Satisfaction with your health. GHQ12 assessment of mental well-being. Nov 8, 2011 5:41 PM 257 numbers 3 and 5 Nov 8, 2011 5:27 PM 258 Satisfaction with health Satisfaction mental well being Nov 8, 2011 4:52 PM 259 Physical health, mental health Nov 8, 2011 4:32 PM 260 How well do you think you are physically (how aften are you ill on average each year?) How well do you think you are mentally (do you get mood swings, depression, anger, upset on a regular basis?) Nov 8, 2011 3:39 PM 261 satisfaction with your health Nov 8, 2011 3:36 PM 262 Healthy life expectancy and Satisfaction with your health. Nov 8, 2011 2:01 PM 263 1. Healthy Life expectancy; 3. Satisfaction with your health; 5. Satisfaction with mental wellbeing. Nov 8, 2011 1:56 PM 264 Quality life years and saitsfaction - good baseliners for other other outputs. Nov 8, 2011 1:48 PM 265 Satisfaction with your health Nov 8, 2011 1:44 PM 266 Healthy life expectancy. Satisfaction with your health. Nov 8, 2011 1:29 PM 267 1&5 Nov 8, 2011 1:26 PM 268 Satisfaction with your health Measure: How satisfied are you with your mental well-being? Nov 8, 2011 1:16 PM 269 Sense of personal identity, value and purpose Nov 8, 2011 1:16 PM 270 First and third Nov 8, 2011 12:54 PM 271 Satisfaction with your physical health. Satisfaction with your mental health. Nov 8, 2011 12:51 PM 272 Satisfaction with health Nov 8, 2011 12:47 PM 273 physical and emotional Nov 8, 2011 12:40 PM 274 Satisfaction with health and support received Nov 8, 2011 12:39 PM 275 your research has not come up with the more important questions, such as government satisfaction, honesty and integrity. Nov 8, 2011 12:02 PM 276 Difficult as the interlocking systems can be neutered if detached from each other Nov 8, 2011 11:56 AM 277 Assessment of mental health and satisfaction with your health Nov 8, 2011 11:41 AM 284 Page 15, Q25. 278 Third and fifth. Nov 8, 2011 11:34 AM 279 satisfaction with health and satisfaction with mental health Nov 8, 2011 11:27 AM 280 Health Nov 8, 2011 11:26 AM 281 Important to keep Mental Health as a benchmark Nov 8, 2011 11:26 AM 282 Measure: People not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability Measure: Satisfaction with your health Nov 8, 2011 11:24 AM 283 Measure: People not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability Measure: How satisfied are you with your mental well-being? Nov 8, 2011 11:24 AM 284 people not reporting illness, and your satisfaction with mental wellbeing. Nov 8, 2011 11:18 AM 285 Measure: People not reporting a long term limiting illness or disability Measure: Satisfaction with your health Nov 8, 2011 11:17 AM 286 I would have one question only on mental health Nov 8, 2011 11:17 AM 287 the ones which would result in the most improvement across the board Nov 8, 2011 11:14 AM 288 Satisfaction with your health Nov 8, 2011 11:10 AM 289 Satisfaction with health. Mental well being. Nov 8, 2011 11:08 AM 290 'ife expectancy' and 'satisfaction with health' Nov 8, 2011 11:08 AM 291 Measure: Satisfaction with your health Measure: How satisfied are you with your mental well-being? Nov 8, 2011 10:56 AM 292 satisfaction with health and mental well being Nov 7, 2011 8:21 AM 293 mental health Nov 7, 2011 7:27 AM 294 Satisfaction with health Nov 4, 2011 11:07 AM 295 people reporting who ARE reporting a long term limiting illness or disability How satisfied are you with your mental well-being? Nov 3, 2011 11:57 PM 296 Healthy life acceptance Nov 1, 2011 6:43 PM 297 Measure: Satisfaction with your health Measure: How satisfied are you with your mental well-being? Nov 1, 2011 2:58 PM 285 Page 16, Q27. 1 Remove: Proportion in employment (economic wellbeing is a good proxy for this) Feb 1, 2012 10:01 AM 2 The measure “proportion of working age population in employment working long hours” doesn’t account for whether this is personal choice so we don’t know if it has a positive or negative impact on well-being. Would the subjective measure ‘satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have’ already included not capture this? It is unclear how the measure “% who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year” relates to happiness. Also the concept of volunteering is unclear. For example a grandparent providing childcare won’t necessarily be viewed as volunteering by the individual grandparent, but is this what we are trying to capture? Jan 31, 2012 2:30 PM 3 We do not believe that any proposed measure is entirely inappropriate. Jan 31, 2012 1:36 PM 4 There is considerable overlap between the questions about worklessness in “What we do” and in “Personal Finances” which appears to work against your stated aim of having questions without overlap. Jan 31, 2012 1:14 PM 5 Qualify contradictions – i.e. more people may be volunteering ( which is beneficial) but in the current economic climate this may be only because they can’t get a job or afford further education Jan 31, 2012 12:52 PM 6 We do not believe that any proposed measure is entirely inappropriate. Jan 31, 2012 12:51 PM 7 No. The many dimensions of human wellbeing has to be preserved despite the pressures for practicality or from the economic tradition of producing a single metric. This is an important opportunity to capture the multidimensional aspect of wellbeing and the constraints that individuals in different social groups experience in different dimensions. Jan 31, 2012 12:42 PM 8 Key measures of well-being at work need introducing to replace job satisfaction should be removed, since this reflects both job quality and people's norms and expectations. The Opinion Survey question seems especially poor: "satisfaction with your work situation" as one will not know what the respondent is talking about. It could be simply evaluating the fact that the person has a job Jan 31, 2012 11:51 AM 9 No. However, the weighting between the domains needs further consideration. The relative absence of an operational definition (and theoretical definition) of well being makes such weighting problematic. Jan 31, 2012 9:09 AM 10 Perhaps the measure on volunteering could also be dropped. Jan 27, 2012 5:33 PM 11 Remove: Proportion in employment (economic wellbeing is a good proxy for this) Jan 27, 2012 2:16 PM 12 Remove at least one of work related questions - too many/narrow focus Jan 23, 2012 11:02 PM 13 This domain bothers me the most - grouping what we do into mostly employment related activity is too restrictive, I think 2 domains "your paid work" " your unpaid activities" might be more fruitful. Jan 23, 2012 7:58 PM 14 Volunteering measure seems a bit arbitrary - people do it for such different reasons (career progression; boredom) I can't really see how it would be an accurate measure of wellbeing. Length of hours does not necessarily relate to wellbeing - some are perfectly happy working 60 hour weeks. Jan 23, 2012 12:47 PM 286 Page 16, Q27. 15 Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment working long hours Jan 23, 2012 12:39 PM 16 Proportion of working age population in employment working long hours This is sort of covered through the satisfaction questions. Jan 23, 2012 10:52 AM 17 All. Satisfaction can't be quantified. Jan 23, 2012 10:01 AM 18 Again see previous answers re requirement to accommodate cultural provision and access measures which directly affect working/leisure time splits. Jan 22, 2012 9:54 PM 19 Volunteering Jan 22, 2012 4:55 PM 20 Satisfaction with your job (if employed) - I would replace this with a measure that is not limited to those who are employed - see below. Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have - I would replace this with a question focused on quality rather than quantity. Jan 21, 2012 7:02 PM 21 The employed/unemployed distinction invites reflex connotations about relative values. If domain named 'How you spend your time' and first measure rephrased 'Proportion of working age population with active occupation (i.e. employment, volunteering, training)/no active occupation (i.e. neither employed nor volunteering nor in training)' Jan 21, 2012 4:23 PM 22 volunteering as it does not capture much of the unpaid activity people do that contributes to a strong community and quality of life Jan 20, 2012 8:56 PM 23 Too much emphasis on employment, not enough on participating in purposeful activity. Meaning of leisure time needs looking at too. Leisure time can be seen to particularly relate to people in employment. What We Do should have a wider remit than this. Jan 20, 2012 6:32 PM 24 Long working hours are not a clear indicator of well being Jan 20, 2012 10:30 AM 25 We do not believe that any proposed measure is entirely inappropriate. Jan 19, 2012 8:42 PM 26 lose 2) & 4) - surely we all think we work too long and don;t get enough leisure time - what is it you really need to know? Jan 19, 2012 4:24 PM 27 Perhaps fourth should be extended to cover what is done in leisure hours ? [ie to get picture about culture, heritage, environment, sports, outdoor activities] Jan 19, 2012 2:00 PM 28 The question on volunteering. It should go elsewhere. Jan 19, 2012 12:10 PM 29 'percentage of people who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year' has no relevance to that person's wellbeing. Jan 19, 2012 11:07 AM 30 Percentage who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year This is related to a range of circumstances not all positive, and is based on a vague premise. Jan 19, 2012 10:51 AM 31 I have a problem with the volunteering section; this is all well and good for the Big Society but you can't buy food or a pay a mortgage through volunteering Jan 18, 2012 10:42 PM 32 Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment working long Jan 18, 2012 6:07 PM 287 Page 16, Q27. hours 33 This is very economically / work focused. There is more to what people do than their work, particularly if they don't feel fulfilled in their work, its not a very accurate measure. Its a British obsession to define ourselves in relation to the work we do, but not very wellbeing promoting if you're out of work. Somehow volunteering on its own does't quite do it. Jan 18, 2012 4:59 PM 34 Merge both the 'proportion of working age' employed questions Jan 18, 2012 4:14 PM 35 Merge working long hours with leisure time avaialble Jan 18, 2012 2:16 PM 36 Satisfaction with amount of leisure timer you have - there should be a separate Domain addressing Culture to include arts, heritage, sport. Jan 18, 2012 12:02 PM 37 Good questions, capturing time, stress, satisfaction and paid/altruistic employment. Jan 18, 2012 11:16 AM 38 What does volunteering tell us? Jan 18, 2012 11:12 AM 39 Define working age. With the recent changes in retirement, there is no specific statutory working age now. This is misleading. Jan 18, 2012 11:06 AM 40 'leisure time' is far too broad a term that can range from doing nothing, watching TV to scaling a cliff-face. Why does volunteering indicate well-being specifically as opposed to other activities such as membership of clubs / societies, regular attendance to mueseums, galleries, theatres, Participation in cultural and creative activities etc. Jan 18, 2012 9:39 AM 41 How can you compare someone who has done a couple of hours volunteering in a year with someone who does 30 hours a week? This question completely ignores housewives whose primary role is to look after children outside of school hours, but who do voluntary work during school hours. Jan 17, 2012 6:21 PM 42 Why does volunteering equate with well-being? Jan 17, 2012 4:03 PM 43 Working long hours in itself means little. Many people are happier in work than at home and measure their success and satisfaction with life primarily in terms of their career. This measure and that dealing with the amount of leisure time, too often lead to the conclusion that we need less work and more leisure but not everyone sees life like that. I think we need a more sophisticated measure of how people perceive the amount of time that they spend at work and at leisure in terms of the value they derive from it, rather than concluding that no-one should work more than X hours per week. Whilst it touches on an important additional area, I am not sure why 'volunteering' in isolation has been singled out for attention. Why not also embrace other forms of charity and social work? Jan 17, 2012 2:30 PM 44 Percentage who have undertaken volunteering (not sure how this evidences wellbeing). If it is included, it should be measured in the same way as the first two (i.e. proportion of working age population). Jan 17, 2012 1:30 PM 45 How is volunteering a measure of well-being? Jan 17, 2012 11:04 AM 46 Percentage who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year Jan 17, 2012 8:49 AM 47 "Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment working long Jan 16, 2012 10:01 PM 288 Page 16, Q27. hours". "long hours" are both subjective and not necessarily something people object to. The intent of this question seems to be covered by "Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have". 48 Remove: Percentage who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year. Volunteering is not a reliable indicator of wellbeing. Some people volunteer because it makes them feel better, whilst other volunteer because they feel it is their only chance of eventually securing a paid job. In the latter case, it is as likely to create feelings of stress and hopelessness as much as satisfaction and wellbeing. As a measure, it also runs counter to the measure for 'proportion of working age population in employment' and can be a negative indicator on the availability of paid work. Jan 16, 2012 7:47 PM 49 Proportion of working age population in employment working long hours: The diversity and mix of different jobs and lifestyles seems to make this point vague. A better measure may be instead an APPROPRIATE number of hours for a job - as this deals with different work pattens etc Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have - Seems irrelevant. Jan 16, 2012 4:08 PM 50 Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment working long hours Long hours needs to be explained - and it should be recognised that some people choose to work long hours. Jan 16, 2012 3:12 PM 51 Measure: Percentage who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year Jan 16, 2012 1:42 PM 52 Proportion of working age population in employment working long hours Jan 16, 2012 1:00 PM 53 volunteering- too specific and narrow a field to cover valuable activity outside work Jan 16, 2012 11:59 AM 54 2 Jan 16, 2012 10:57 AM 55 Percentage who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year - many people are actively involved in their community but would not define it as volunteering. Jan 16, 2012 10:08 AM 56 Volunteering. This may be a measure of community cohesiveness but not necessarily connected to individual well-being Jan 15, 2012 8:14 PM 57 Proportion of working age population in employment working long hours. Jan 14, 2012 12:52 AM 58 As noted before the scope of this question is very limited and focussed on employment stats. What about other things we do? What about non-working mums/retired etc. what about our feelings of fulfillment in work? feeling challenged/inspired/needed? Jan 13, 2012 11:45 AM 59 Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Jan 13, 2012 10:45 AM 60 'long hours' what does that mean? in the home as well as out? Jan 13, 2012 10:39 AM 61 Good, this is getting more like it Jan 12, 2012 5:01 PM 62 Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time. This assumes that "leisure time" is measurable and is homogeneous - scarcely a credible assumption - which is made harder to determine by adding the ill-defined term "satisfaction". I'm unsure of how voluntary work is relevant. Jan 11, 2012 11:58 AM 289 Page 16, Q27. 63 first--should be available by other means Jan 11, 2012 11:27 AM 64 Satisfaction with leisure hours. This is part of general job satisfaction and if there is not sufficient leisure then job satisfaction will fall. Jan 10, 2012 5:19 PM 65 Volunteering question Jan 10, 2012 11:32 AM 66 Volunteering seems oddly specific to one additional aspect of 'what we do'. Also some people may not see what they do as volunteering but just as being part of a community or family. Jan 10, 2012 11:21 AM 67 All measures of national wellbeing are spurious and should be regarded as pseudo-science on a par with psychometrics and Tarot reading. They waste public money and distract the media, public debate and political action away from real and serious issues. Engaging with this pseudo-science plays into the hands of political parties who would rather discuss nonsense than make any real decisions. Jan 9, 2012 4:05 PM 68 Could you remove the long hours measure by amending the first measure re types of employment to capture e.g. Ft and PT employment with hours from which the 'long hours' information could then be deduced. My definition of 'long hours' may be different to yours.... assume you would use legal definitions of working hours. Also the first two measures are surely already monitored elsewhere. The underlying point of using these measures should be explicitly addressed by the measure if they are to be included at all. Surely it would be more useful to measure the percentage of time spent by the individual supplying the response across a range of types of 'what we do' - so for example the categories would be Paid employment Unpaid domestic work in your home etc Jan 9, 2012 2:03 PM 69 The volunteering one. This is so obviously purely political rather than anything else. It reeks of the so-called 'Big Society'. Jan 8, 2012 7:22 PM 70 Volunteering is good for society, but whether or not one has volunteered is not an indicator of one's individual well-being. Jan 7, 2012 12:47 PM 71 B Jan 7, 2012 11:17 AM 72 Proportion of people working long hours, because what is the definition of long hours? Is it subjective? Also Proportion of those volunteering, two people might view the same activity as volunteering or not. Jan 6, 2012 7:12 PM 73 Measure: Percentage who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year Jan 6, 2012 5:48 PM 74 The measures to capture the domain of work are inadequate and appear to reflect no consultation with academic or other experts in this domain. Job satisfaction should be removed, since this reflects both job quality and people's norms and expectations, and also is heavily subject to adaptation. It is a potentially distorted measure of well-being at work. The Opinion Survey question seems even worse: "satisfaction with your work situation" suffers because you do not know for sure what the respondent is talking about – a basic requirement for an indicator. It could be evaluating the quality of the job; it could be evaluating the fact that they have a job. It would be so much better to think again on this one. Dec 29, 2011 10:06 AM 75 Why do you need to know about volunteering separately - could be part of leisure time Dec 20, 2011 11:33 AM 290 Page 16, Q27. 76 satisifaction with leisure time working long hours - some people thrive on this so isn't a determinant Dec 20, 2011 10:59 AM 77 Volunterring is a subset of working and should not be treated as a special case. It should be included in work. Dec 19, 2011 10:24 AM 78 These are all interesting questions, although I think that the questions are limiting the scope of finding out about well being in what we do too much. Dec 16, 2011 9:24 PM 79 See below Dec 16, 2011 6:15 PM 80 You could merge long hours with satisfaction in job. Dec 7, 2011 11:01 AM 81 Again, too prescriptive and narrow. Dec 6, 2011 4:44 PM 82 Combine measures 1 & 2 Dec 4, 2011 7:22 PM 83 I am not able to respond to each specific subquestion as I believe the overall structure is flawed and thus each measure would need to be analysed against a different structure, please refer to answer for question one of the survey Dec 2, 2011 11:06 PM 84 2 Nov 27, 2011 4:26 PM 85 As before Nov 18, 2011 9:45 AM 86 Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Nov 16, 2011 9:29 PM 87 % volunteering. Many feel inadequate, have no interest in supporting the local community, too stressed out from work, home responsibilities and relationships to have the energy for more. Satisfaction with job! Really! Who lives in cloud cuckoo land? I worked, same employer, for 36 years and had to wait 31 years years before I had a job that I enjoyed. Having a job that one enjoys, is not the real world. Most of of have to work for our living satisfaction just not enter the equation! Get real! Nov 9, 2011 11:55 AM 88 Proportion of working age population in employment working long hours (It's not how long you work that matters, it's what drives it that matters : need, greed, love, passion, compulsion etc). What about vocational work i.e. 24/7? Nov 8, 2011 11:09 PM 89 1,2 and 5 Nov 8, 2011 5:30 PM 90 long hours - not clear what that means. Do you mean part time and full time work? Nov 8, 2011 3:42 PM 91 2. Proportion working long hours: some people work long hours because they want to and some because they have too, so it is not a meaningful measure. It also needs to be related to whether or not the person has family commitments. This issue can be covered by 4. Satifaction with leisure time. Nov 8, 2011 2:08 PM 92 you need to be honest this is not just a simple 20 minute questionaire. Nov 8, 2011 12:06 PM 93 Measure: Percentage who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year Nov 8, 2011 11:38 AM 94 volunteering - dont see this as a measurement of well-being Nov 8, 2011 11:30 AM 95 Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity only relevant at the time of the record. Nov 8, 2011 11:28 AM 291 Page 16, Q27. Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment working long hours Definition of long hours required! 96 Percentage who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year Nov 8, 2011 11:11 AM 97 Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have...what on earth does that mean...is Housework leisure ? Nov 7, 2011 10:10 AM 98 Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment working long hours Nov 1, 2011 2:59 PM 292 Page 17, Q29. 1 The measures for ‘what we do’ seem imbalanced. Add satisfaction with leisure activities available Feb 1, 2012 10:01 AM 2 We very much approve of exploring a wide range of different dimensions of life and feel that the list is really broad and inclusive. However, we do still feel that unless the core aspects of subjective wellbeing (positive affect, negative affect, eudemonic perspectives on worth and value, function etc.) are properly assessed, then the quality and scope of domain measurement is irrelevant. We would still like to see inclusion of the short WEMWBS. Using this short measure would provide comparability with Scotland’s own National SWB indicator, it has been tested to ensure meaningful factors are represented, it would help avoid the conflation of drivers / measures of wellbeing, and would address the concern that psychological wellbeing isn’t currently captured. The SWEMWBS is also widely used on a number of British social surveys. Feb 1, 2012 9:33 AM 3 A measure of physical activity should be added to the What we do domain. There is lots of evidence that physical activity is associated with improved well-being. There is available data: for example there is a question about the frequency of physical activity in Understanding Society. A measure of the extent to which we participate in cultural or creative activities, which came up as a popular response to the public consultation, should be added to the What we do domain. Feb 1, 2012 8:53 AM 4 For the domain "what we do" we would propose measures linked to the 'involuntary part time workers' and some more measure on 'quality of employment' (as proposed by the UNECE/ILO/Eurostat Task Force (see SPGreport). Jan 31, 2012 3:12 PM 5 We believe there should be measures added around engagement with culture and satisfaction with local cultural provision. Data is already being collected in a robust way in Scotland around levels of attendance and participation in culture and the Scottish Government recently added a new Indicator for Cultural Engagement to their National Performance Framework. Jan 31, 2012 2:04 PM 6 What we do should include a measure related to “what leisure and cultural activity people are pursuing” so that well being can be measured related to a particular activity. Understanding whether a person is satisfied/not satisfied with the amount of leisure time they have does not measure well-being and what has related to that well-being. Jan 31, 2012 1:56 PM 7 We believe there should be measures added around engagement with culture and entertainment and satisfaction with local cultural and entertainment provision. ‘Objective’ data is already being collected in a robust way in all four of the UK nations around levels of attendance and participation. It may be preferable to gather more ‘subjective’ data for a measure that will also track perceived quality of experience. Jan 31, 2012 1:36 PM 8 As above, engagement with Culture/Media should headline in ‘Factors directly affecting individual well-being’. No other measures should be removed. Jan 31, 2012 1:25 PM 9 We believe there should be measures added around engagement with culture and satisfaction with local cultural provision. Data is already being collected in a robust way in Scotland around levels of attendance and participation in culture and the Scottish Government recently added a new Indicator for Cultural Engagement to their National Performance Framework. Jan 31, 2012 1:20 PM 293 Page 17, Q29. 10 It is commonly said that a society can be judged by how it responds to its most vulnerable and excluded members. There remains much to be done to support young people in care, disabled people, older people and others to have a full life, and the present indicators are in danger of continuing to sideline these groups . We believe that some checks of whether changes in national wellbeing are reaching the most vulnerable and excluded members of our society should be built in. Jan 31, 2012 1:14 PM 11 The impact of the built environment (architecture, urban design, public art, planning, etc) on people should be specifically considered under ‘were we live’. Design Council CABE (formerly CABE (Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment)), ixia public art think tank and others should be involved in developing measures. CABE undertook research into the social, economic and environmental impact of the built environment. Under ‘what we do’ there should be a measure relating to people’s engagement with the arts. These could be derived from DCMS’s Taking Part Survey. Jan 31, 2012 1:05 PM 12 In ‘what we do’ part-time work rates might usefully supplement long hours rates as (for women) there is evidence of an effect on reported job/life satisfaction. Jan 31, 2012 1:04 PM 13 We believe there should be measures added around engagement with culture and satisfaction with local cultural provision. ‘Objective’ data is already being collected in a robust way in all four of the UK nations around levels of attendance and participation. It may be preferable to gather more ‘subjective’ data for a measure that will also track perceived quality of experience. Jan 31, 2012 12:51 PM 14 Arts and culture demand its own headline domain indicators beyond that of a leisure and recreational pursuit as both are embedded in and total to our daily individual and community lives. Furthermore, as the proposals stand now, it is not just the amount of leisure time we have, but how it is spent some leisure activities can be more actively engaged in promoting wellbeing than others and in fostering positive relationships with our built and cultural environment. Jan 31, 2012 12:45 PM 15 In the ‘what we do’ domain, there should be a measure that reflects how secure individuals feel about their current employment. The question about leisure time could be replaced with one about security regarding employment. Jan 31, 2012 12:42 PM 16 As noted above, we believe a measure on engagement with art, culture and heritage should be added. Jan 31, 2012 12:24 PM 17 Under What we do, we’re puzzled by the use of the volunteering measure as the only activity being measured. There are many studies which show the effects on both community and personal well-being of participating in cultural and arts activities. There is now time data for this, in the DCMS’s Taking Part survey, and we’d consider this at least as valid a measure of well-being as volunteering (and perhaps less likely to be subject to demographic skew) which it should replace. Jan 31, 2012 11:53 AM 18 There should be additional objective measures of job quality. Objective measures of job quality should be broad in scope and clearly relate to wellbeing. The proposed measures – employment rates, hours, volunteering, are relevant but too narrow. They appear to be included mainly because of availability. A full measure of job quality would incorporate: a)an indicator Jan 31, 2012 11:51 AM 294 Page 17, Q29. of intrinsic job quality b)an indicator of the prospects of jobs (encompassing job security, etc.) c)an indicator of working time quality (this is where hours of work come in) d)an indicator of pay (this could be excluded if included elsewhere under the income domain). a) to c) are already available in the European Working Conditions Survey, thus offering international comparisons. They are only available every 5 years, though some aspects could be incorporated in the LFS; d) is available more frequently, e.g. in ASHE. If we have to focus on just one additional measure, to replace job satisfaction, this should be (a) above. (Even though it is more frequently available, average job satisfaction varies little over time.) Intrinsic job quality, covering the work itself and its physical and social environment, is a robustly associated with well-being at work. Why (a)? (b) is at least partly covered by the unemployment rate. (d) can be incorporated in income. For (c), see below, under 8. 19 While the need for manageable data and processes is understood, it does not seem sensible to adhere rigidly to a fixed number of measures: the number should be that necessary to yield a reasonable outcome. We feel strongly that a measure of the role of culture (arts, science, heritage) should be included under ‘What we do’ or ‘Where we live’, or both.. The Taking Part survey seems to offer an established, straightforward means. In the National Museum of Science and Industry, the group that includes the Science Museum, the National Railway Museum and the National Media Museum, a key indicator of success is the degree to which our users have a life-enhancing experience through us – something that we have defined and which we measure regularly. This seems closely allied to well-being and its extension could be explored. Jan 31, 2012 11:20 AM 20 we believe a measure on cultural activity should be added. We would propose the DCMS Taking Part survey as an obvious source of robust data on cultural participation, which would be the most straighforward measure of the cultural sector’s contribution to national well-being. Taking Part fits with ONS’s desired criteria for measures – as a continuous national survey running since 2005, which has been commissioned for the rest of the current spending cycle, it can provide longitudinal data; as well as participation it covers satisfaction with and enjoyment of culture and sport; and it provides data that enables analysis of outcomes for different demographic groups. We would not propose reducing the number of measures – and suggest it is more important to ensure there are enough measures to adequately reflect all key areas of well-being, rather than restricting them to a particular number. Jan 31, 2012 9:32 AM 21 An additional domain on the ability to influence ones own life and make a difference. This might be called ‘Personal influence’. An additional domain called ‘Creative, cultural and recreational life’. (note this is not only a leisure issue). Under ‘What We Do’ (or in our suggested additional domain of creative, cultural and recreational life) there should be a measure relating to satisfaction with the quality not just the amount of people’s leisure time. Jan 31, 2012 9:22 AM 22 What we do •There are currently no measures around culture, heritage and leisure (the focus is on employment, satisfaction with free time, and volunteering). Understanding how much exercise or cultural activities are undertaken would give a more detailed understanding of national wellbeing in this area. Jan 31, 2012 8:16 AM 23 .Under ‘What we do’ (or a potential new domain ‘Leisure’, see A3) to address the lack of a measure for leisure time activity, DCMS Survey Data Jan 31, 2012 8:08 AM 295 Page 17, Q29. on engagement in arts, sport, heritage, museums and libraries (Taking Part Survey) could be included. Measures proposed under ‘Our Relationships’, ‘What we do’, ‘Where we live’ and ‘Governance’ domains from the Citizenship Survey were cited as very useful in informing this debate. Respondents were interested in how ONS might collect data like this in the future given the Citizenship Survey has been discontinued. 24 What We Do As we have already observed, we believe the measures in What We Do are too focused on adults of working age and therefore unfairly exclude nearly 20% of the UK population. The New Economics Foundation (nef), who were consulted by ONS during their initial research into subjective well-being, list “a sense of purpose” as a main factors in their dynamic model of wellbeing. Although having a job is important to measuring a sense of purpose there are other things beyond paid employment, particularly having children or grandchildren and being actively involved in a local community, which should be recognised as bringing purpose and improving wellbeing. Therefore, we believe the What We Do domain measures should include a more subjective question on satisfaction or feeling of purpose related to nonpaid occupation, such as giving time to others in their community or grandparenting, which will not exclude adults who are retired from the What We Do section. Jan 30, 2012 2:36 PM 25 Metrics: The Taking Part data from the DCMS survey gives an account of levels of arts participation and arts engagement across the country. Culture and Sport Evidence Programme (CASE) – research on impacts of cultural participation and engagement on wellbeing The UK Arts Index published by the National Campaign for the Arts could also provide metrics and an assessment of different indicators suitability for inclusion. Jan 30, 2012 11:44 AM 26 What we do Broaden the measure of the ‘proportion of working age population in employment / unemployment / inactivity’ to ‘proportion of adult population in employment / unemployment / volunteering’, or include additional stand alone measures on proportion of people over default retirement age in employment / volunteering within the last year. See our response to Question 2 for context and rationale. Jan 30, 2012 10:53 AM 27 Our research shows that professional craft practice can be a self-directed, viable career promoting the opportunities for personal satisfaction and worklife balance, which are known to enhance well-being. Whilst the measure ‘Satisfaction with your job’ will enable the well-being contribution of craft professions to be captured, the Crafts Council would welcome an additional measure on leisure participation in culture under the domain ‘What we do’, to indicate not only levels of satisfaction with the proportion of time devoted to leisure but also the type and quality of those experiences. Jan 30, 2012 10:31 AM 28 The percentage of people who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year. Bringing together some of these measures could usefully result in a single measure which would reflect levels of civic engagement in the UK either through volunteering, through civic engagement through local democratic structures such as parish councils or through broader community groups. This would also provide a more broader measure of civic engagement along the lines of the Government’s policy theme of the Big Society. Jan 30, 2012 7:48 AM 29 There could perhaps be more objective measures. There should be a measure of people’s access to, participation in and/or quality of local culture, arts, heritage, and possible sport and physical activity. This might derive Jan 27, 2012 5:40 PM 296 Page 17, Q29. from Taking Part or Active People data. It could be as valuable in assessing wellbeing as the measure being developed as a ‘measure of access to and quality of the local environment’ within Where we live. However, people do not participate in arts, culture, heritage and sport only locally so it may be more appropriate to consider the measure within What we do, where it would adding an objective quality dimension to the proposed ‘satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have’ measure. It also seems unfortunate that there is no measure proposed of lifelong or informal learning, nor of charitable giving. We do not feel it appropriate to propose removing a measure. It is surely more important to present a full picture of wellbeing than artificially restrict the number of measures. 30 Individual wellbeing- add a measure of lack of wellbeing (for example number of people sectioned under the Mental Health Act in one year). Jan 27, 2012 3:01 PM 31 7.Are there any measures which should be added? If yes, please give details. If an alternative measure is suggested, which measure might be removed, to keep the total number the same? The measures for ‘what we do’ seem imbalanced. Add satisfaction with leisure activities available Remove: Proportion in employment (economic wellbeing is a good proxy for this) Jan 27, 2012 2:16 PM 32 I would like to see a measure about satisfaction with opportunity to take part in cultural activity in your leisure time. In Scotland, data is already being collected with regards to attendance and participation in culture. Plus a new Indicator fo Cultural Engagement has been added to the Scottish Government's National Performance Framework - which provides a way data can be collected. I would not remove measures just to keep it nice and neat. If it takes more measures to get the best sense of how things are then it takes more measures. Jan 23, 2012 11:02 PM 33 Satisfaction with your contribution to society - eg. parenting, carer, mentor. Have a meaningful/valued role in community / society - extent to which you feel valued for your contribution. Having a voice / being able to make a positive contribution, having a valued role. Jan 23, 2012 11:02 PM 34 Time spent in a caring role and remove volunteering Jan 23, 2012 10:35 PM 35 Satisfaction with leisure opportunities with some depth opportunities to say what these are. WIthout understanding how people that consider themselves well are spending their free time how will you understand well being. Jan 23, 2012 7:58 PM 36 It would be great to add sporting/cultural/leisure interests into the leisure section (and maybe reword it) , and report on quality of enjoyment as well as amount of leisure time. Jan 23, 2012 7:15 PM 37 What we do: It is important to use a measure of adults with substantial caring responsibility. It is important to demonstrate that those who care have high levels of well-being in some areas of their life, such as relationships but not in others, such as health. With an ageing population to omit caring is to omit a key area of social activity. During the life course most of us will be carers. Jan 23, 2012 6:01 PM 38 Satisfaction with time spent on cultural, sports or other leisure activities Jan 23, 2012 5:53 PM 39 Level of satisfaction of & acces to training & skills development Jan 23, 2012 5:48 PM 297 Page 17, Q29. 40 Engagement with arts and culture. Jan 23, 2012 5:28 PM 41 a)A measure of cultural participation should be included under the domain of ‘what we do’. Data for this measure could be based on the existing DCMS Taking Part survey, although revisions to the questionnaire may be necessary to reflect participation in culture that is not State sponsored. An alternative, or additional, measure may be to come up with a subjective question that asks people about their satisfaction with the amount of cultural activity they are able to enjoy. b)A measure of access to the countryside / natural environment should be included under the domain of ‘what we do’. This data is already available, for England, through Natural England’s “Visits to the Natural Environment” survey. Jan 23, 2012 5:10 PM 42 I do not understand how you weight a measure to do with employment when there is a section of people who are neither in employment, nor seeking it retired. Jan 23, 2012 5:04 PM 43 here it depends where the matters od culture and the arts are to be included Jan 23, 2012 4:27 PM 44 Disability employment? Internships and other forms of work? Leisure activities outside of work? Satisfaction with other forms of skills gaining e.g. education, volunteering etc. Jan 23, 2012 4:13 PM 45 There is no clarification of what people do with their leisure time - and consequently all this section asks about is what people do to earn money. The Taking Part survey is designed to measure public engagement with arts, sport and cultural activities - clearly measuring the input of creative activities into peoples wellbeing - why has this not been included? Jan 23, 2012 3:35 PM 46 Proportion of working time you would be willing to give up for proportionately less pay (without undermining other benefits) Replace the leisure time measure Jan 23, 2012 1:52 PM 47 Access to arts, culture, heritage (quality of leisure time) Jan 23, 2012 1:11 PM 48 This domain needs to be divided. Work and leisure should be separated and more details measured. Satisfaction with work - how challenging; how varied; potential for improvement/career progression; satisfaction with colleagues. Satisfaction with leisure - opportunity to be creative; sport undertaken; activities which are intellectually stimulating - reading, arts/culture, heritage; variation of leisure activities undertaken. Jan 23, 2012 12:47 PM 49 Proportion and Satisfaction of "fun" hours during one's week (i.e. hobbies/ time for personal expression and creation, spending quality time alone, with family, partner and friends). I would suggest this instead of measure: Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have. Jan 23, 2012 12:39 PM 50 something around active lifestyles (exercise taken) instead of satisfcation with amount of leisure time something around lifestyle choices in relation to alcohol/ drugs - agian instead of amount of leisure time Jan 23, 2012 12:25 PM 51 Value of being involved in the arts and cultural activitiy. Not to do with amount of leisure time but the direct benefit of being involved in the activitiy, arts, sports, etc Jan 23, 2012 12:22 PM 52 1 What people do with their leisure time - specific measures of cultural engagement and physical leisure activity 2 What retired people do Jan 23, 2012 12:19 PM 298 Page 17, Q29. 53 Satisfaction with the quality / range / accessibility of cultural and leisure opportunities available in your local area (this could be adapted as a variant on satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have). Jan 23, 2012 11:52 AM 54 Measures on engagement with cukltural activities (arts) and sporting activities (exercise) which are both proven to enhance wellbeing Jan 23, 2012 11:50 AM 55 Percentage who have undertaken training/professional development Percentage who have undertaken qualifications/accredited training Percentage who have undertaken placements/internships - this is different to volunteering or needs further definition - would be interesting to discover if they have been satisfying or valuable - or indeed required or enforced as part of benefit qualification Jan 23, 2012 11:21 AM 56 What types of 'leisure activity' has been engaged with : arts (as audience), arts (as participant eg. community singing, art class, theatre), visits to museum or gallery, book club membership etc Jan 23, 2012 10:56 AM 57 We believe that there should be measures added around engagement with culture and satisfaction with local cultural provision. We believe that this is an important indicator for all 4 UK nations and for Europe. We are perceived as cultural leaders in Europe. Jan 23, 2012 10:35 AM 58 Long term employment prospects, possibilities for career advancement Jan 23, 2012 10:25 AM 59 Qualitative data. Jan 23, 2012 10:01 AM 60 Barriers that affect what we do. - What are the factors that relate to this? Jan 23, 2012 9:57 AM 61 There is no indication of life satisfaction for older people, or for the way long term unemployed people spend their time. It needs more categories (and again more personal headings) Jan 23, 2012 9:36 AM 62 What we do in life outside of work. I think this section needs expanding or another section on Work and this to be What we do outside of work. Jan 23, 2012 12:05 AM 63 % of people who feel financially secure in retirement Jan 22, 2012 10:23 PM 64 They need to take account of the influence that creativity, and access to arts and culture, have on personal and community well-being Jan 22, 2012 9:44 PM 65 Percentage who have undertaken work related further education in last year. Percentage who have undertaken non-work related education in last year. Jan 22, 2012 5:27 PM 66 Percentage who have engaged in any cultural activities in the last year Jan 22, 2012 12:49 PM 67 % of people undertaking volunteer work is ambiguous - should there not be an estimate of time spent in volunteering - 1hr a week say to 40hrs full time volunteering? Jan 21, 2012 8:05 PM 68 Satisfaction with the purpose and outcomes of your daily activity (whether paid or unpaid) Satisfaction with the quality and enjoyment of your daily activity (whether paid or unpaid) Jan 21, 2012 7:02 PM 69 satisfaction with opportunities available to enjoy leisure Jan 21, 2012 6:34 PM 70 A question to do with a person's feelings of creativity/productivity within their Jan 21, 2012 5:05 PM 299 Page 17, Q29. daily work. 71 Hobbies and community groups Jan 21, 2012 4:54 PM 72 Personal creativity and participating in creative activities and remove 'working long hours', which could be covered within 'Satisfaction with your job' Jan 21, 2012 4:23 PM 73 What people do creatively and towards their involvement in the arts generally Jan 21, 2012 4:21 PM 74 cultural participation;sport participation; Jan 21, 2012 1:46 PM 75 Expand volunteering to include wider range of activity What do you find to be the most beneficial activities to supporting healthy wellbeing Jan 21, 2012 12:31 AM 76 Satisfaction with job should be in terms of a) fulfillment, b) remuneration. They are two very different things. Jan 21, 2012 12:03 AM 77 Participation in organised cultural or leisure activity Jan 20, 2012 8:56 PM 78 Satisfaction with the amount of arts and cultural activities that are available to be enjoyed during leisure time Jan 20, 2012 8:49 PM 79 Engaging in cultural activity. Remove one of the employment measures Jan 20, 2012 6:32 PM 80 The number of hours of volunteering Jan 20, 2012 6:15 PM 81 We believe there should be measures added around engagement with culture and satisfaction with local cultural provision. Data is already being collected in a robust way in Scotland around levels of attendance and participation in culture and the Scottish Government recently added a new Indicator for Cultural Engagement to their National Performance Framework. Jan 20, 2012 4:52 PM 82 If What we do is going to inlcude the only response area where arts activity can be referenced, this needs to include more specific measures that bring this area out, perhaps similar to(but I would argue in more detail than) the volunteering measure Jan 20, 2012 4:27 PM 83 We believe there should be measures added around engagement with culture and satisfaction with local cultural provision. Data is already being collected in a robust way in Scotland around levels of attendance and participation in culture and the Scottish Government recently added a new Indicator for Cultural Engagement to their National Performance Framework. Jan 20, 2012 3:44 PM 84 proportion of leisure time spent resting, proportion of leisure time engaging in a specific activity. Jan 20, 2012 3:22 PM 85 Something about stress of work Jan 20, 2012 2:36 PM 86 Engagement and Fulfilment with Culture Engagement and Fulfilment with Sport Jan 20, 2012 12:26 PM 87 Participation or attendance at live arts (and/or religious?) events (music, theatre, dance etc.) [NOT cinema.] Ommit Workign long hours - surely this information is available elsewhere? Jan 20, 2012 11:00 AM 300 Page 17, Q29. 88 How do you rate the level of income equality in your workplace? Remove volunteering measurement. Jan 20, 2012 10:36 AM 89 Arts and culture isn't included as a domain and this seems to be the only place it could be included. The arts have a significant impact on peoples sense of wellbeing and we have plenty of evidence to support this. Jan 20, 2012 10:31 AM 90 add 'Participation in Culture and Sports activities' Remove 'working long hours' Jan 20, 2012 10:30 AM 91 If there is not to be a separate domain for the arts, then there should be a measure for the arts added to this section. Jan 20, 2012 7:22 AM 92 percentage of people who have participated in arts or cultural activities in the last year Jan 19, 2012 10:15 PM 93 Percentage who find what they do rewarding Jan 19, 2012 9:52 PM 94 We believe there should be measures added around engagement with culture and satisfaction with local cultural provision. ‘Objective’ data is already being collected in a robust way in all four of the UK nations around levels of attendance and participation. It may be preferable to gather more ‘subjective’ data for a measure that will also track perceived quality of experience. Jan 19, 2012 8:42 PM 95 Percentage who have engaged in a cultrual activity in the last year Jan 19, 2012 7:51 PM 96 specific references to levels of activity in sports, arts and culture Jan 19, 2012 6:15 PM 97 Participation, provision aof and enjoyment of cultural activities Jan 19, 2012 5:29 PM 98 Proportion of people undertaking a creative activity - art, photography, theatre/cinema/music, museums/galleries, cooking/knitting/wood-turning etc; or proportion of time given to a creative activty per week? Jan 19, 2012 4:24 PM 99 Time spent in cultural or sporting activity should be measured. This data-set is available in the DCMS's "Taking Part" surveys. Jan 19, 2012 3:08 PM 100 Satisfaction with the amount of time you are able to spend with your children. Jan 19, 2012 2:28 PM 101 Rather than a vague 'volunteering', you need to identify what people do in their 'leisure' time - help others, walk, play in an orchestra - perhaps categories such as voluntary work/education/cultural activities/sport. This is the part of most people's lives that most clearly identifies who they are, and where they express themselves. It is far more important than economic activity in terms of emtional well-being. Jan 19, 2012 2:25 PM 102 see above Jan 19, 2012 2:00 PM 103 Assessment of whether there are suitable opportunities to fill leisure time Jan 19, 2012 12:56 PM 104 Add: Percentage who engage in cultural activities (e.g. visting a museum or art gallery, taking an art class) If one needs to be removed I suggest Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity as these data are widely available. Jan 19, 2012 12:54 PM 105 Possibly include a measure of occupational status. Jan 19, 2012 12:10 PM 301 Page 17, Q29. 106 Something about the use of leisure time as well as the amount - see below. Jan 19, 2012 12:02 PM 107 there should be a measure of the variety of arts, culture and leisure activities available in the locality. 'Percentage of people volunteering' can go. Jan 19, 2012 11:07 AM 108 % of people engaged in or visiting local museum visits, art gallery community centres, sports events, theatre would give a measure of how involved the community is and whether it has adequate local facilities. Jan 19, 2012 10:51 AM 109 Reference to lifelong learning - for example are people involved with education alongside their work/volunteering, etc. Jan 19, 2012 9:58 AM 110 Hobbies during social life Jan 19, 2012 9:22 AM 111 Satisfaction with your ability to access cultural provision locally. Jan 19, 2012 8:45 AM 112 Section for spare time - Culture, arts, sports, entertainment, socialising Jan 19, 2012 12:28 AM 113 It's not all about work! What cultual activities do you take part in/lead, from attending events, concert, festivals to local community arts & music. Membership of clubs and societies? Do these clubs/societies run fundraising activities? Again, it's about relationships being a two way 'conversation' What do we give as well as take from society? Jan 19, 2012 12:01 AM 114 Do you feel over or under- qualified for your job? Jan 18, 2012 11:15 PM 115 I think that there should be measures about the amount of leisure time people have; this might not just be the number of hours in a week minus any time in employment and sleep; other activities may mean that they don't have leisure. This might also help to illustrate what people see as leisure and how far it contributes to happiness. Jan 18, 2012 9:25 PM 116 Very important: measures of how 'leisure' time is used - participation in cultural and arts activities and experiences, attendance at events/experiences. How people use their time and how they feel about access to activities they would value is VITAL - please see all research on participation in arts and cultural activities as health/wellbeing determinants. Don't cut other areas out. Jan 18, 2012 7:09 PM 117 More regarding leisure and satisfaction with the access to leisure opportunities. Jan 18, 2012 6:48 PM 118 Expectancy for job longetivity. Whether those employed expect to be employed in the same job for more than 1 year - 5 years - 10 years - etc. There is no consideration in the above measures for CAREER and the issues around training (work-based) and appropriateness of current job. The volunteering measure is too specific in comparison to the rest of the measures. It would be more appropriate to concentrate efforts on finding out whether people feel secure in the DECISIONS that they have made (been forced through circumstances to make) regarding their careers. Jan 18, 2012 5:23 PM 119 See above - I don't know how they could be measured, but its certainly a gap in the analysis. Jan 18, 2012 4:59 PM 120 Leisure time, what do you do outside work? How do you spend leisure time? What are your creative interests? Nothing should be removed they are all important questions Jan 18, 2012 4:39 PM 302 Page 17, Q29. 121 What you do if unemployed How you spend your leisure time - participation in art/ culture/ music/ sport/ history and museums Jan 18, 2012 4:14 PM 122 There is no mention what so ever if the type of activities people undetake in their leisure time. It is not only about the amount of time one has available but also how this time is spent! Jan 18, 2012 3:04 PM 123 Percentage involved in art, sport, culture - unless culture has its own domain Jan 18, 2012 2:46 PM 124 Engagement with Culture, Heritage or the Arts is does not feature. This surely should be measured as an important aspect of physical & mental well being. Jan 18, 2012 2:03 PM 125 Satisfaction with Hobbies and Interests Jan 18, 2012 1:30 PM 126 Are you valued in your job do you feel secure in your job Jan 18, 2012 1:06 PM 127 Proportion of those with illness/disability who work/volunteer Jan 18, 2012 12:37 PM 128 Please see my comments about assessing people's involvement in and appreciation of the Arts and Culture - e.g. do you participate in a community singing / dancing / painting class? I berlieve another domain entirely is needed to accommodate this important aspect of our lives. Jan 18, 2012 11:45 AM 129 Work as a carer, What we do with our leisure time (participation in arts sports etc) Jan 18, 2012 11:25 AM 130 Those who participate in education, part time eg adult edcuation, further education, higher education on a part time basis. Big area to miss out on. These are all productive areas of adult life. Jan 18, 2012 11:06 AM 131 A measure that reflects the contribution that artistic acitivities make to wellbeing. The measure that should be removed in order to include this would be 'Percentage who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year'. Jan 18, 2012 10:08 AM 132 Financial security Jan 18, 2012 10:07 AM 133 Satisfaction with work/life balance Jan 18, 2012 10:05 AM 134 Expand on leisure time. Jan 18, 2012 9:39 AM 135 percentage in receipt of benefits. remove satisfaction with amount of leisure Jan 18, 2012 1:08 AM 136 Quality measure of liesure time is essential. Having lots of leisure time sitting in front of a telly may have a negative impacact on quality of life. Jan 17, 2012 8:44 PM 137 Cultural activity Jan 17, 2012 5:13 PM 138 Satisfaction with the cultural leisure options Jan 17, 2012 3:10 PM 139 satisfaction with what we do that we DO NOIT get paid for Jan 17, 2012 2:48 PM 140 As above Jan 17, 2012 2:30 PM 141 Proportion of population attending cultural settings (thetres, galleries etc) Proportion of population engaging in creative/cultural/arts activity (classes, groups, solitary,communal) Jan 17, 2012 2:28 PM 303 Page 17, Q29. 142 Satisfaction with your job could be split into: satisfaction with the purpose (or outcomes) of your job, and satisfaction with the circumstances of your job. Also needs a question about satisfaction with remuneration. Jan 17, 2012 1:30 PM 143 Remove: Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Replace with satisfaction with work-life balance Jan 17, 2012 1:24 PM 144 Would you rather work with your hands or your head? (the 'knowledge' economy seems to make people unhappy - see: Crawford 2010 / Sennett 2009) Jan 17, 2012 12:08 PM 145 There should be a measure of people’s access to, participation in and/or quality of culture, arts, heritage, and possible sport and physical activity. This might derive from Taking Part or Active People data. It would adding an objective quality dimension to the proposed ‘satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have’ measure. It also seems unfortunate that there is no measure proposed of lifelong or informal learning, nor of charitable giving. We do not feel it appropriate to propose removing a measure. It is surely more important to present a full picture of wellbeing than artificially restrict the number of measures. Jan 17, 2012 12:07 PM 146 Taking part in arts and cultural activity instead of volunteering measure. Jan 17, 2012 11:04 AM 147 Engagement in cultural, arts and learning activities Jan 17, 2012 10:29 AM 148 Does what you do allow you to grow and develop your self, your skills, your abilities, your interest, your sense of achievement. Jan 17, 2012 8:49 AM 149 Do you experience equality in what you do Jan 16, 2012 11:48 PM 150 Percentage who have engaged in an arts activity in the last year Jan 16, 2012 10:01 PM 151 Except in relation to the additional scope Jan 16, 2012 9:23 PM 152 1. Proportion of people who feel they are able to do satisfying things in their leisure time. Again, leisure time is vital, but does not in itself generate wellbeing if it is largely spent in boredom and frustration. Jan 16, 2012 7:47 PM 153 other activities undertaken e.g. lifelong learning, creative classes Jan 16, 2012 7:46 PM 154 Satisfaction with income levels (if not introduced in previous area). Remove proportion of population in employment/unemployment etc. A job can be positive for well being or negative Jan 16, 2012 5:50 PM 155 Satisfaction with access to and participation in cultural activities Jan 16, 2012 5:01 PM 156 a measure to reflect the number of people (who do not get paid) look after and CARE for people ( either full or part time) i.e the keeping "people living at home" and need care. Jan 16, 2012 4:12 PM 157 Ability to engage in creative activities and exercise the intellect Jan 16, 2012 3:54 PM 158 Inclusion of caring/parenting responsibilities. Jan 16, 2012 3:27 PM 159 Internships - different to volunteering. Jan 16, 2012 3:12 PM 160 Volunteering Jan 16, 2012 3:01 PM 304 Page 17, Q29. 161 Participation in cultural and creative activities (as a sub-heading of leisure) Remove proportion working long hours Jan 16, 2012 2:15 PM 162 proportion in social /creative enterprise Jan 16, 2012 2:08 PM 163 Instead of the amount of leicsure time - the inpoortance is on the quality and the type - for example people who take part in an activity which enables a greater sense of self (which the arts and creativity do) should be added. Jan 16, 2012 1:47 PM 164 Engagement/ participation in a cultural/ social activity - as a specific development of 'leisure time'. Watching TV does not amount to great well being even though it is a leisure activity but participating in a choir does! Jan 16, 2012 1:00 PM 165 Percentage of people who engage in cultural activities: the arts, sports, history remove volunteering Jan 16, 2012 11:59 AM 166 Engagement with Arts and Cultural Activities Jan 16, 2012 11:26 AM 167 more on volunteering Jan 16, 2012 11:11 AM 168 Satisfaction in how you spend your leisure time - not just the amount of it you get. but how you spend it. Jan 16, 2012 10:08 AM 169 Satisfaction with the type of leisure activity you are engaged with - is it a solo pursuit or group activity etc, remove satisfaction with the amount of leisure time Jan 16, 2012 9:38 AM 170 Stress in job? Jan 14, 2012 9:01 PM 171 Proportion of working age population engaging in lifelong learning Jan 14, 2012 4:49 PM 172 Proportion of people feeling actively participating in an activity that brings them satisfaction Jan 13, 2012 4:03 PM 173 1) Satisfaction with how you spend your time. 2) Satisfaction with your current employment status. Jan 13, 2012 2:13 PM 174 Satisfcation with the amount of engagement you have with Arts and Culture Jan 13, 2012 12:37 PM 175 see above Jan 13, 2012 11:45 AM 176 Time spent caring unpaid for family members or others. I can't believe this isn't there when there is so much research on how informal caring affects people's well-being. Jan 13, 2012 11:34 AM 177 1. Happiness at work (different with satisfaction) 2. time spent adding to working day through travelling to work - as this can have huge affect on life and leisure time and family relationships Jan 13, 2012 11:07 AM 178 Differentiation between employment and volunteering needs refining. People are probably happier if they are engaged in something they are valued for. There is no measure of that here because the volunteering is in a separate measure from employment/unemployment/inactivity Jan 13, 2012 10:45 AM 179 satisfaction with range and quality of leisure activities available to you Jan 13, 2012 10:39 AM 180 DCMS Taking Part survey. Jan 13, 2012 10:14 AM 305 Page 17, Q29. 181 A question around access to activities - particularly cultural Jan 13, 2012 9:45 AM 182 what about working conditions - flexi time/job sharing/leadership from management/career opportunities/overtime opportunities etc Jan 13, 2012 9:23 AM 183 if you are developing on a work/occupational level, eg learning new things and changing/developing. Jan 13, 2012 1:28 AM 184 A question is needed specifically to identify levels of inequality at work. Remove the question about percentage of people in work etc - that information is available elsewhere. But leave the one about long hours. Jan 12, 2012 10:40 PM 185 Relationships with superiors, those for whom you are responsible, respect, promotion prospects, pension provision. No need to remove anything: this is important Jan 12, 2012 5:01 PM 186 What we do with our leisure time Jan 12, 2012 2:21 PM 187 "Arts, Culture and Heritage experiences and access" Jan 12, 2012 12:26 PM 188 what do you do in your leisure time in creative activities and if you volunteer does in invlove creative activities. Jan 12, 2012 10:55 AM 189 Involvement or attendance in arts and cultural activities Jan 11, 2012 8:05 PM 190 Availability of satisfactory leisure facilities Jan 11, 2012 4:25 PM 191 membership of musical, dramatic or handicraft organisations Jan 11, 2012 3:17 PM 192 'How much of the time in the last seven days did you enjoy what you were doing' Answer on a 10 point scale from none of the time to all of the time.Research by Haworth and colleagues ' Work, Leisure and Well-being' (1997) Routledge, Haworth, J.T. ( 2007) in Haworth, J.T. and Hart, G (EDS) Well-Being: Indivdual, Community and Social Perspectives, Palgrave MacMillan shows that enjoyment plays a ivotal role in well-being, linking internal psychological factors and personal attributes with external determinants and contributors of individual well-being.. Recent research ( paper in preparation) at MMU by Haworth and colleagues shows the importance of both work and leisure for enjoyment.Level of enjoyment correlated with happiness, and was greater in leisure, but high enjoyment came as much from work as from leisure. The Experience Sampling Method study was over seven days which included an extra days holiday,and 4 working days. the research is crucial for new patterns of working and wellbeing. Jan 11, 2012 12:33 PM 193 Reference to arts, sport and culture could be made explicit. Jan 11, 2012 11:59 AM 194 yes, a question around cultural engagement Jan 11, 2012 11:27 AM 195 Additional measures relating to cultural/creative, sporting or other recreational acitivity (e.g. visits to museums/theatre/cinema/sporting events) - note DCMS is missing from list of govt departments involved in this initiative - suggest DCMS involved to identify apprpriate measures. Jan 10, 2012 5:38 PM 196 Percentage who have taken part in arts / cultural activities Percentage who have taken part in sports / fitness Proportion in short-term / precarious work Could remove volunteering and long hours - Jan 10, 2012 3:09 PM 306 Page 17, Q29 197 Is leisure time used in a way that promotes well being? This might replace: Measure: Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have. ie. it is not the quantity of leisure time but the way it is used. Jan 10, 2012 2:49 PM 198 Seeking to better oneself / retrain Jan 10, 2012 2:02 PM 199 Why do people volunteer? Are they Bored, disabled, un-able to get paid work, or do they just enjoy it? Jan 10, 2012 1:34 PM 200 Satisfaction with access to arts/crafts/cultural venues. Include volunteering in here? Include things such as knitting groups as well as high art.... Jan 10, 2012 11:32 AM 201 Be gender specific. Jan 10, 2012 11:31 AM 202 Ability to influence work life - decisions. Lots of stress relates to feeling of powelessness/ being pushed around. Jan 10, 2012 11:21 AM 203 Part-time working hours as contrast to long hours Satisfaction with number of hours worked Jan 9, 2012 9:09 PM 204 How much of the time in the last seven days did you enjoy what you were doing. Answered on a 10 point scale from none of the time to all of the time. Recent research at MMU has shown the importance of both work and leisure for enjoyment and thatit is a key correlate of happiness.Paer in preparation. Can be supplied. The research into enjoyment we have done will help with the aim of building a deeper understanding of how internal psychological factors and personal attributes can mediate exrenal dereminants and contributors of well-being. The distribution of enjoyment in the population could help with issues of fairness and dsustainability. Jan 9, 2012 7:43 PM 205 You would want Jan 9, 2012 5:46 PM 206 Something about hobbies, more specifica than leisure time, and quality of that time Jan 9, 2012 4:52 PM 207 Participation in specific leisure activities that might contribute to wellbeing. There is substantial evidence to suggest attendance and participation in arts and cultural activities hsould be included here. When I was Head of Research at Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health I won an award from Royal Society Public Health for my research around wellbeing and the arts. Info on findings can is on this website: http://www.sdcmh.org.uk/improvement/improvement/the_arts.html But could also be other activities with social benefits such as sport, social clubs, volunteering. Things that are mental health promoting which tend to involve either a social component of learning new skills. Jan 9, 2012 4:52 PM 208 All measures of national wellbeing are spurious and should be regarded as pseudo-science on a par with psychometrics and Tarot reading. They waste public money and distract the media, public debate and political action away from real and serious issues. Engaging with this pseudo-science plays into the hands of political parties who would rather discuss nonsense than make any real decisions. Jan 9, 2012 4:05 PM 209 Shorter working hour for money Jan 9, 2012 3:33 PM 210 It should explicitly include and measure unpaid domestic work [whether provided by a mother or father/ man or woman] - this is vital to the economy Jan 9, 2012 2:03 PM 307 Page 17, Q29. and fundamental to may of our relationships. At the moment the notion of 'inactivity' in your first measure is v unhelpful. The UK would cease to function if every provider of domestic unpaid labour stopped 'working.' 211 Involvement with groups (community, faith, cultural, sport etc.). Objective data on time spent on a few key activities (including caring responsibilities). Jan 9, 2012 1:04 PM 212 satisfaction with colleagues. Jan 9, 2012 11:08 AM 213 Add something about leisure aactivities rather than just leisure time. Although this area could be better addressed under a 'culture' or 'cultural involvement' heading Jan 9, 2012 10:58 AM 214 arts and culture and it's enriching powers Jan 9, 2012 9:34 AM 215 Participation in the arts. This is so vital to well-being, I cannot understand why it has been omitted. Political reasons? Who knows. Put this in, and get rid of that silly volunteering one. Jan 8, 2012 7:22 PM 216 Unemployed people and unemployment Jan 8, 2012 3:56 PM 217 Satifaction with work/life balance. Jan 8, 2012 12:08 PM 218 Do you feel a greater sense purpose as well as a personal sense of purpose in what you spend the majority of your time doing? Jan 8, 2012 11:07 AM 219 Take out the thing about volunteering and add something about quality of leisure time - not just how much of it you have, but what you get to do with it. Jan 7, 2012 12:47 PM 220 Amount of leisure time spent off the couch/away from the computer? Jan 6, 2012 7:12 PM 221 Measure: Satisfaction with spiritual/creative/artistic life REMOVE: Measure: Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Jan 6, 2012 5:48 PM 222 Proportion of the population who consider engagement in the arts important Proportion of the population who consider engagement in sport important. To me it feels very important to capture the significance of these key activities, that clearly affect people's sense of well-being, as both are areas of bespoke public policy and revenue commitments for HM Govt. Jan 6, 2012 5:31 PM 223 Satisfaction with the range, availability and cost of leisure activities. Jan 4, 2012 3:09 PM 224 Carers....many children seem to be full or part time carers for a parent. Many spouses are full time carers for a partner, there are thousands of people who cannot work because they are the sole carer for another family memebr....this should be addressed and included. Jan 3, 2012 4:22 PM 225 If not working how much effort is made to work, or is it easy to not work? Jan 3, 2012 9:14 AM 226 There should be additional objective measures. Objective measures of job quality should be broad in scope and clearly relate to well-being. The proposed measures – employment rates, hours, volunteering, are relevant but too narrow. They appear to be included mainly because of availability. A full measure of job quality would incorporate: a)an indicator of intrinsic job quality b)an indicator of the prospects of jobs (encompassing job security, etc.) c)an indicator of working time quality (this is where hours of work come in) d)an indicator of pay (this could be excluded if included elsewhere under Dec 29, 2011 10:06 AM 308 Page 17, Q29. the income domain). a) to c) are already available in the European Working Conditions Survey, thus offering international comparisons. They are only available every 5 years, though some aspects could be incorporated in the LFS; d) is available more frequently, e.g. in ASHE. If we have to focus on just one additional measure, to replace job satisfaction, this should be (a) above. (Even though it is more frequently available, average job satisfaction varies little over time.) Intrinsic job quality, covering the work itself and its physical and social environment, is a robustly associated with well-being at work. Why (a)? (b) is at least partly covered by the unemployment rate. (d) can be incorporated in income. For (c), see below, under 8. ------------------------------------------------------ Education and Skills. The PISA measures, and qualification attainment measures are useful. The overall measure of the human capital stock should be dropped, since it has little meaning, credibility, or useful relationship to policy. It appears to allot zero human capital to those not in employment. If people knew this, it would command no general acceptance. Moreover, the changes in this measure are likely to reflect either: a) changes in qualification achievements, or b) changes in employment and pay. Since both a) and b) are separately captured elsewhere, this human capital stock indicator is breaking one of the stated principles, to avoid repeat measures. The 2009-10 drop in human capital is just restating that we had a recession, and employment fell. Is it really useful to know that? A suitable replacement will soon be available, namely the data from the Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competences (PIAAC), which the government is spending a vast amount of money on. Why not use this data? The field trial data is already complete, and the full data will be available within a year. A measure of the average skills (e.g. literacy and numeracy skills) of the population can easily be extracted from this data. 227 Something about being able to balance the needs of work and homelife. Dec 28, 2011 3:56 PM 228 Proportion of people who are in temporary employment (agency work) or part time Percentage of people between 18 and 25 who are unemployed Percentage of people who are have been unemployed for over 12 months Percentage of people who are self employed Dec 28, 2011 10:23 AM 229 age of unemployed people gender of ethnic back ground of these tiow last apply elsehwere and in other areas class should be added Dec 22, 2011 1:16 PM 230 How do you have fun or enjoy yourself, hobbies etc Dec 20, 2011 11:33 AM 231 A measure of quality of leisure time If added, the volunteering % could be removed Dec 20, 2011 11:15 AM 232 access to culture and leisure opportunities Dec 20, 2011 10:59 AM 233 satisfaction with what you do in leisure time. Take out volunteering question. It doesn't measure well being. Neither do the proportion questions, although I understand why you've got them in in order to see if this makes a difference in well being. (As a researcher who has done a lot of work looking at arts activity and well being with the socially excluded, I think it's really important that we measure the satisfaction gained from what we do in our time when we don't work). Dec 16, 2011 9:24 PM 234 A measure of statisfaction with the quality of cultural and recreational activities available. The question on volunteering should in my view be removed, as it proves very little, but I guess the idea of the "Big Society" Dec 16, 2011 6:15 PM 309 Page 17, Q29. means it has to be there. 235 Leisure time should include creating, making and participation in culture Dec 16, 2011 11:10 AM 236 quality Dec 15, 2011 5:59 PM 237 Income inequality Dec 15, 2011 4:35 PM 238 Satisfaction with your colleagues/bosses/organisations culture Satisfaction with your employee rights Dec 15, 2011 12:36 PM 239 Satisfaction with access to training Dec 14, 2011 1:46 PM 240 Satisfaction with relationships with work colleagues and superiors Dec 12, 2011 9:36 PM 241 Working in Overseas Aid programmes Leave out satisfaction with recreational time Dec 10, 2011 11:02 AM 242 A range of measures relating to wider interests and values, and how people meet their higher needs, what Maslow terms self-actualisation. Restricting it to just employment is crazy. Dec 8, 2011 6:54 PM 243 Happiness in leisure is more complicated than 'amount of time' - should also reflect the range and quality of opportunities, i.e. access to the type of leisure wanted - seeing high quality events, attending cultural venues and taking part in culture and the arts. Dec 7, 2011 11:01 AM 244 see previous comments Dec 6, 2011 4:44 PM 245 Add: Satisfaction with access to arts and culture Remove: percentage who have undertaken any volunteering Dec 6, 2011 3:27 PM 246 There needs to be a connection with Sport, Media and Arts that are not being considered here. Volunteering is not the only way to develop well being. And there is not measure to show that the quality of leisure has an impact rather than just time. Dec 6, 2011 12:27 PM 247 Essential to assess involvement with some form of social enterprise Dec 6, 2011 11:42 AM 248 Add "underemployed" to list in measure 1. It's important to know of people who are employed but not using the skills they have to the full, either parttime or at a level below their ability. Increasingly true of young graduates. Dec 4, 2011 7:22 PM 249 Measure: Satisfaction with the amount of leisure facilities available Dec 3, 2011 12:27 PM 250 I am not able to respond to each specific subquestion as I believe the overall structure is flawed and thus each measure would need to be analysed against a different structure, please refer to answer for question one of the survey Dec 2, 2011 11:06 PM 251 See previous comments. Also, all about work, what about carers at home, stay at home parents. These are not covered yet parenting is a valuable job Nov 30, 2011 3:00 PM 252 % in unpaid caring role -children, disabled, elderly remove-2 in employment working long hours! is this only important if you receive a wage? Nov 27, 2011 4:26 PM 253 Satisfaction with work/leisure balance Alternative measure: Proportion of Nov 23, 2011 10:09 AM 310 Page 17, Q29. working age population in employment/unemployment/caring for others/inactivity 254 Satisfaction with one's current state of employment, whether in work, education or otherwise. Nov 20, 2011 6:30 PM 255 - % People who drive at busy times only do so because they have no other alternative - Frequency of travel by public modes of transport Source: http://assets.dft.gov.uk/statistics/releases/2010-british-social-attitudessurvey-attitudes-to-transport/bsareport.pdf Nov 18, 2011 6:24 PM 256 How satisfied with entertainment available instead of Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Nov 16, 2011 9:29 PM 257 This would appear to exclude retired people. Nov 14, 2011 6:00 PM 258 how much help people feel that are receiving to help them gain employment Nov 13, 2011 4:06 PM 259 Participation in sport or healthy activity Satisfaction with amount of leisure time Nov 10, 2011 6:35 PM 260 Childcare - availability? Working your way out of unemployment/benefits how easy is it - is it too risky to lose benefit when you are not sure you can cope with a job? Schemes for young/disabled people getting into the work place? Nov 9, 2011 10:06 PM 261 To capture the experience of children and young people, it's essential that there is a question about satisfaction with schooling (as distinct from the PISA statistics of attainment in the Education and Skills domain). There should also be a question about satisfaction with play opportunities. This domain really needs to be split between children and adults, since their daily activities are so different. Nov 9, 2011 5:48 PM 262 Satisfaction with work/life balance ? Remove :Satisfaction with amount of leisure time you have Nov 9, 2011 4:45 PM 263 Soemthing more general for those people to report who are not in employment - maybe because of disability, maternity leave, carers etc but who are still involved in the community in voluntary work and otherwise contribute to the well being of the wider society Nov 9, 2011 1:16 PM 264 opportunties to retrain or access and time for personal development Nov 9, 2011 1:02 PM 265 Contributing to the local community in any capacity. Asking about volunteering is far too formal and unrelated to many. Nov 9, 2011 11:55 AM 266 self employment Nov 9, 2011 11:46 AM 267 Are you under-employed? Do you feel exploited? Nov 9, 2011 10:07 AM 268 Some measure of those who find satisfaction from non-employed work, i.e. raising children at home / caring for relatives. Replace "working long hours" measure Nov 8, 2011 11:09 PM 269 measure the local school /collage universitys relevence of subjucts to the local industrial needs Nov 8, 2011 9:24 PM 311 Page 17, Q29. 270 Some people love their work and do not divide it from 'leisure' but regard the whole thing as a 'way of life'. There is no provision for these people to be noticed, but they are possibly the happiest of all. I am one. Nov 8, 2011 4:36 PM 271 Maybe ask how many hours a week on employment and how far from home they work eg miles or hrs from home. And if they have to drive or can access affordable public transport. Nov 8, 2011 3:42 PM 272 yes but thesee are adiqate a very difficult area Nov 8, 2011 2:52 PM 273 Proportion of puulation in emplyment/unemployment/inactive/ retired replaces first item Proportion of population working longe hours replaces second item Nov 8, 2011 1:48 PM 274 Sense of personal worth - how much of this is linked to what I do? What happens to this when I retire? Nov 8, 2011 1:18 PM 275 Something like "Are you actively seeking alternative employment?" IpsosMori have masses of data on employee engagement that it might be helpful to tap into / benchmark against Nov 8, 2011 12:57 PM 276 far to many to list Nov 8, 2011 12:06 PM 277 Our impact on the world should be measured. It's easy to be satisfied with a high consumption lifestyle. It's more valuable if you achieve similar satisfaction and also minimise externalities. Nov 8, 2011 12:00 PM 278 Leisure should be defined. Unpaid activity covers a huge varity of factors eg gardening/ vegetable growing could be considered leisure/survival skills. Leisure versus exercise activities could be more clearly defined. Nov 8, 2011 11:38 AM 279 Employement security - In the current climate many peoples jobs are very insecure. This is one of the biggest sources of stress to an individual or family and can be an awful way to live. For example: I have been responsible for projects for several of the worlds largest IT companies to support a strategy of moving as many jobs out of the UK as possible. In IT we have been haemorraghing jobs to India, and more lately the Phillipines for the last 2 years. This is true in most sectors. This isnt a skills shortage, this is a bottom line/profits driven decision and we have not addressed it. So, job security continues to degrade and will only accelerate until government come up with a recovery plan. Hence I think this should be an explicit measure of well being. Nov 8, 2011 11:38 AM 280 unpaid work in the home and for family business Nov 8, 2011 11:32 AM 281 Retirement satisfaction Nov 8, 2011 11:28 AM 282 Satisfaction with the opportunities to demonstrate ability/skills to work (if unemployed) Remove: Proportion of working age population in employment working long hours Nov 8, 2011 11:27 AM 283 percentage who are caring for a family member and so are in low-paid work as a result none Nov 8, 2011 11:16 AM 284 Something about the effects on well-being of unemployment, under employment or inappropriate employment in place of 'satisfaction with amount of leisure time' Nov 8, 2011 11:13 AM 312 Page 17, Q29. better expression than satisfaction. 286 Nov 7, 2011 1:29 PM time spent travelling to/from work. stress levels in travelling to/from work. Nov 1, 2011 7:53 PM 313 Page 17, Q31. 1 It is rare to find a domain of activity that is not in some sense measured today. A survey into a subject as broad and essentially nebulous as ‘well being’ must necessarily draw on a wide range of measures, some of which may produce contradictory or confusing results. This must be accepted even if it does present problems for strict statistical assessment. Measures of participation in projects pertaining to the historic environment as collected by English Heritage, the DCMS, the HLF and other bodies are amongst those which RESCUE would expect to see included in any survey of well being and we have no doubt that there are measures of equal importance available from other areas of cultural activity. Feb 1, 2012 10:51 AM 2 Satisfaction with your job should be expanded to include unpaid (volunteering) work and home-making Feb 1, 2012 10:01 AM 3 Variants related to culture, heritage and quality of design (public realm, architecture) Jan 31, 2012 1:56 PM 4 An analysis of Performing Rights Society data gives a good indication of demand for product. Jan 31, 2012 1:36 PM 5 See answer above Jan 31, 2012 1:05 PM 6 Some of the measures used take too long for results to be published and so do not fit well in terms of timescales forward planning and setting of budgets e.g. for the proposed local authority health and wellbeing boards. Jan 31, 2012 12:52 PM 7 Our built environment and cultural ecology has proven causal effect on our physical and mental health, on an individual and social scale, and the understanding of the interdependence of these as factors directing affecting wellbeing needs to be maintained throughout the consultation. The arts and cultural environment contribute to wellbeing via intangible benefits such as aesthetics, heritage and spiritual values, all of which contribute to peoples and communities sense of identity, value, social interconnectedness, lifestyles and overall health. Jan 31, 2012 12:45 PM 8 See previous replies Jan 31, 2012 11:51 AM 9 under ‘What we do’ there should be a measure relating to satisfaction with the quality not just the amount of people’s leisure time. Jan 31, 2012 9:22 AM 10 Satisfaction with your role in life. Jan 23, 2012 11:02 PM 11 Chance to declare job-sharing and part-time working Jan 23, 2012 10:35 PM 12 A scale related to volutary activity - just finding out numbers of volunteers and hours is useless. You need to know what people do and how it makes them feel. Jan 23, 2012 7:58 PM 13 As above. The term Leisure is not necessarily that helpful... Jan 23, 2012 7:15 PM 14 Volunteering. It is important to note the experience of the Citizenship Survey that prompted volunteering questions get much high response rates than unprompted questions. The relationship between volunteering and wellbeing is a key measure for us. Jan 23, 2012 6:01 PM 15 see above Jan 23, 2012 5:53 PM 16 use of leasure time as well as amount Jan 23, 2012 4:10 PM 314 Page 17, Q31. 17 See earlier comment on what makes up leisure time. Jan 23, 2012 3:47 PM 18 See above. Jan 23, 2012 12:47 PM 19 Measure: Satisfaction with your job (if employed). Suggested Variant: Satisfaction with your job status or employment status. This would help measuring the satisfaction of people with incapacity to work as well, instead of just the one's already in employment. Jan 23, 2012 12:39 PM 20 Number of people involved in arts and cultural activity. Numbers of people involved in interest groups, community organisations and volunteering. Jan 23, 2012 12:22 PM 21 1 proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity/education and training 2 more clarity about part time work - e g whether people chose it because they are retired from a main job, or have family responsibilities etc, or it's all they can get Jan 23, 2012 12:19 PM 22 Satisfaction with your job - make sure this includes all freelancrs, self emplyed, sole traders, business owners, etc Jan 23, 2012 12:18 PM 23 A definition of "long hours" - also, basing "long hours" purely on working hours privileges male working commitments. Some effort should be made towards understanding the work load of carers, who are predominantly women. Working a 21 hour part time job, but then also being solely responsible for child care and caring for an elderly relative makes for long working hours. Jan 23, 2012 11:41 AM 24 See above re clarification of types of volunteering or working without pay Jan 23, 2012 11:21 AM 25 Quality (passive or active) leisure time activities Jan 23, 2012 10:56 AM 26 Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have is quite subjective- this needs to be balanced against quality of leisure time and access to leisure. There is little point in measuring if an individual has huge amounts of leisure time but the leisure offer is poor or leisure opportunities are difficult to access. Additionally it is feltthat the term leisure needs to be explained fully and if necessary expanded to include such areas as culture. Jan 23, 2012 10:41 AM 27 Qualitative data. Jan 23, 2012 10:01 AM 28 Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have and the availability of social and cultural activities in which you can participate. Jan 23, 2012 9:36 AM 29 More explicit detail of use of leisure time - including participation in arts, culture, heritage and sport - this is such a vast area that could add value to the overall data Jan 23, 2012 8:57 AM 30 What do we feel we do that is most fulfilling. Do we feel society values us [not in monetary terms]. Jan 23, 2012 12:05 AM 31 Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have. Percentage who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year. Alter one of the above to include creative, meaningful activity. I.e. not just leisure time as in 'time off' but time spent on fulfilling activities. Jan 22, 2012 8:27 PM 32 "Proportion in work" should include level of job security in current job. "Long Hours" should include excessive travel/commute to work place. Jan 22, 2012 6:58 PM 315 Page 17, Q31. 33 See above Jan 21, 2012 7:02 PM 34 Rephrase first measure as 'Proportion of working age population with active occupation (i.e. employment, volunteering, training)/no active occupation (i.e. neither employed nor volunteering nor in training)' Jan 21, 2012 4:23 PM 35 There are measures available or that have been used in the past around participation in culture that could be used here. Jan 21, 2012 1:46 PM 36 1. do not equate 'unwaged' with 'inactive'! Being active and valued is separate from getting enough money to live. 3. Do you feel your activities are adequately recognised (money/appreciation) Jan 21, 2012 12:41 PM 37 As above Jan 21, 2012 12:03 AM 38 proportion of working age in employment... It is meaningful, purposeful activity that makes a difference. Don't just focus on employment or unemployment. You could be doing meaningful activity when you are not in employment. Jan 20, 2012 6:32 PM 39 See above. The satisfaction or increase in well being gained by participation or attendance in artistic or cultural activity should be measured Jan 20, 2012 4:27 PM 40 Engagement with arts & culture; a focus on quality of leisure time, not just quantity. Jan 20, 2012 4:10 PM 41 Rather than just measuring the amount of leisure time, I think the satisfaction one gets from leisure time should be mesured Jan 20, 2012 12:26 PM 42 Income equality - see data and correlations of the relevant epidimiology in 'The Spirit Level'. Jan 20, 2012 10:36 AM 43 As well as asking how satisfied with the amount of leisure time people have it is important to know how they spend their leisure time and on what type of activities. The arts and culture would need to be included within a breakdown of activity types that people can choose from and perhaps state how satisfied they are with the amount of time they spend on each. Jan 20, 2012 10:31 AM 44 The measure relating to work could be combined and reworded to produce 2 measures only. Remove last year from the volunteering measure. Jan 20, 2012 7:22 AM 45 Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have is not sufficient as it depends on what you do with it. You can have lots of leisure time and but not use it appropriately. It may be better to rephrase the question to include are "you satisfied with the amount of leisure time you have and how you apply it to increase your wellbeing". Jan 19, 2012 2:29 PM 46 See above Jan 19, 2012 2:25 PM 47 see above Jan 19, 2012 2:00 PM 48 How is 'long hours' defined? Many people work beyond their contracted hours but how far beyond is 'long'? This needs further picking apart and clarification. Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have - needs to also take into account satisfaction with what people do with their leisure time e.g. someone may have plenty of lesiure TIME, but find merely watching TV insufficient for their wellbeing. It is good to see volunteering included, but people may make positive contributions to society which Jan 19, 2012 12:02 PM 316 Page 17, Q31. enhance thier own well-being without considering it 'volunteering'. Maybe 'Percentage of people who have contributed some of their time to others for free'? If 'Cultural life' is not added as a domain, then arguably this set of measures neesd to include cultural life. However, that is also true for other domains. 49 satisfaction with the amount of leisure time could also include satisfacition with a the range of leisure activities available in your locality Jan 19, 2012 11:07 AM 50 I don't understand this Jan 19, 2012 12:28 AM 51 Satisfaction with your job or business venture/enterprise. Jan 18, 2012 11:15 PM 52 Participation in and access to culture, heritage and arts Jan 18, 2012 7:21 PM 53 don't know, but they feel much too work focussed. Many people spend their time entirely in activity that would be disregarded by these measures. So 'What we do' would not be measured at all!! What people would like to do is also a relevant, useful measure of life satisfaction. Jan 18, 2012 7:09 PM 54 Define long hours and define the necessity to work these. (i.e. to meet general living costs or as a means to affording luxury) Jan 18, 2012 6:48 PM 55 More emphasis on work aspirations in addition to current situations within some of the measures. Jan 18, 2012 5:23 PM 56 satisfaction with amount of leisure time should include satisfaction with available liesure time activities. Jan 18, 2012 5:22 PM 57 Some indication of whether 'unemployment' is chosen or not Jan 18, 2012 5:14 PM 58 " Does your education contribute to your work ability" and do what degree? Totally outside of this but influenced by it, would be a National Campaign of propaganda to get unemployed people back into the work force. Less entitlement and more work to contribute to the overall well being of the country, the local and the individual neighborhoods. Working for something is always better than being handed a something for free. Jan 18, 2012 4:41 PM 59 This should be called Working Patterns. This suggests that either people work for money, don't work or work for free. This is has a very misleading title. Jan 18, 2012 4:39 PM 60 Be more specific as to what 'volunteering' means Jan 18, 2012 4:14 PM 61 What type of leisure time pursuits? How satisfied with them? Jan 18, 2012 3:04 PM 62 Level and length of volunteering and reasons for it. Jan 18, 2012 1:33 PM 63 The leisure one should have some detail about quality rather than just time Jan 18, 2012 12:31 PM 64 measures 4 and 5 are extremely feeble as they do get to the heart of how what people are doing with their time affects their state. why not include measure of 'satisfaction with range and quality of cultural offer that is within reach'? Jan 18, 2012 11:30 AM 65 See above Jan 18, 2012 9:39 AM 66 the what we do domain needs to be divided further and to include measures Jan 18, 2012 6:44 AM 317 Page 17, Q31. of engagement in community arts and cultural endeavour and be able to capture the wellbeing contribution of such participation both for individuals and groups and the potential sense of purpose, meaning and relational improvements the what we do is easy to mis-understand in that it is entirely functional in its 'naming; and therefore tends to exclude attention paid to cultural and cretive wellbeing by delimiting this to a focus upon 'leisure' and 'volunteering' 67 Don't know Jan 17, 2012 8:44 PM 68 Qualitative measures Jan 17, 2012 5:13 PM 69 As above Jan 17, 2012 2:30 PM 70 See above. Also need some work on defining 'leisure time'. How does this relate to, for example, young mothers caring for their children at home, or artists working at home without immediate remuneration? Also needs some reference to relationships in the workplace, and employers work to promote the health and wellbeing of their employees (through training, relationship building, away days etc etc) Jan 17, 2012 1:30 PM 71 see above Jan 17, 2012 1:24 PM 72 An objective measure of people's use of leisure time could be better than the current subjective question Jan 17, 2012 12:07 PM 73 Regarding working long hours, should this be qualified by whether it is a choice or not? Jan 17, 2012 11:04 AM 74 Use of leisure time should include a far wider range of possible activities. Jan 16, 2012 11:16 PM 75 "Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have" should ideally address quality as well as quantity. Jan 16, 2012 10:01 PM 76 I think somewhere there needs to be a measure of people's perception of their own job security/insecurity. People may be employed, but at the same time be in fear of unemployment or having to change jobs and retrain frequently for reasons outside their control. This is a major cause of stress that seriously harms wellbeing. Jan 16, 2012 7:47 PM 77 Allowance for people with multiple employments within questionnaire. Clear definition of leisure time. Jan 16, 2012 3:27 PM 78 Volunterring Jan 16, 2012 3:01 PM 79 Not just amount of leisure time but QUALITY of cultural/sporting/arts activities available Jan 16, 2012 2:43 PM 80 Satisfaction that you use your leisure time to promote your own well-being Jan 16, 2012 2:16 PM 81 as above Jan 16, 2012 2:15 PM 82 creative / social enterprise Jan 16, 2012 2:08 PM 83 Asking people the area they work in would give an indication of well being across different sectors Jan 16, 2012 1:42 PM 84 Engagement/ participation in a cultural/ social activity - as a specific Jan 16, 2012 1:00 PM 318 Page 17, Q31. development of 'leisure time'. Watching TV does not amount to great well being even though it is a leisure activity but participating in a choir does! 85 Satisfaction with your job (if employed) - increasingly people are selfemployed and also need to have the confidence to know that selfemployment is an option. Good to re-frame this measure to make variety of employment models clearer Jan 14, 2012 11:05 AM 86 Measure of working age population in employment/ unemployment/ inactivity, could also incorporate care-giving. Jan 14, 2012 12:52 AM 87 need to find out satisfaction with manager - most people leave their jobs (and sometimes lose them) because of their manager - good leadership leads to happiness at work Jan 13, 2012 11:07 AM 88 cut'n'paste from last question: Satisfaction means "Fulfillment of one's wishes" so measuring satisfaction is measuring people's ability to wish as much as it is measuring their ability to fulfill those wishes. The measure could be improved by clamping down on imagination and ambition. Drop all mention of "satisfaction" - because you just can't get it! Jan 13, 2012 10:45 AM 89 is this a random mix of qualitative and quantitative? some subjective, some data crunching - how does that help? Jan 13, 2012 10:39 AM 90 Again - satisfaction with type or variety of leisure activities available Jan 13, 2012 9:45 AM 91 satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have - what about satisfaction with what you do with your leisure time? amount is almost irrelevant (we all have 24 hrs in a day), but its what we do that matters - is it of quality/rewarding/beneficial?/therapeutic?/relaxing = these matter with leisure, its the quality not the quantity Jan 13, 2012 9:23 AM 92 What about those people who may be in work and be a main carer/not in work and be a main carer. Those unable to work owing to illness. When is leisure time about quality individual time Jan 12, 2012 2:21 PM 93 taking part in creative activities Jan 12, 2012 10:55 AM 94 The whys? to the questions otherwise how can you effect change? Jan 11, 2012 2:58 PM 95 Satisfaction with the level of access to arts, sporting and cultural events in one's leisure time. Jan 11, 2012 11:59 AM 96 How much time is spent not working. A measurable Jan 11, 2012 11:58 AM 97 Long hours could be rolled into satisfaction - they are only a problem if people are dissatisfied with them and are not necessarily more of a hindrance to wellbeing than stressful or boring /unfulfulling job, short term contract, anything else that would make people dissatisfied. Jan 10, 2012 3:09 PM 98 Measure: Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Why not simply ask about satisfaction with daily activities Jan 10, 2012 2:49 PM 99 If you could work in any chosen field what would it be and why? Jan 10, 2012 1:34 PM 100 As above, be gender specific. Jan 10, 2012 11:31 AM 101 see above Jan 10, 2012 11:21 AM 319 Page 17, Q31. 102 About Leisure Time - is not only the quantity but the quality and where the leisure time is spent and whether people are satisfied with the access to the leisure facilities and outdoor spaces that they have. Jan 9, 2012 8:27 PM 103 Inclusion of child-care (for one's own children) in one of the measures, perhaps as a job or as volunteering. Jan 9, 2012 7:41 PM 104 All measures of national wellbeing are spurious and should be regarded as pseudo-science on a par with psychometrics and Tarot reading. They waste public money and distract the media, public debate and political action away from real and serious issues. Engaging with this pseudo-science plays into the hands of political parties who would rather discuss nonsense than make any real decisions. Jan 9, 2012 4:05 PM 105 With in The Work Place abuse bullying and prejudices Jan 9, 2012 3:33 PM 106 See comments above Jan 9, 2012 2:03 PM 107 Focus on unemployment as link with well-being is more clear than inactivity and employment - these are supporting data. More information on hours worked is relevant, however. Jan 9, 2012 1:04 PM 108 what people do with leisure time space for different working patterns eg freelance/part-time/mix? Jan 9, 2012 10:58 AM 109 what you do with your leisure time and how it makes you happy Jan 9, 2012 9:34 AM 110 The leisure one needs to be more specific and broken up into, for example, participation in the arts / participation in sports. It should be about the quality of leisure, which is far more important than the quantity. Jan 8, 2012 7:22 PM 111 Why working in jobs your in career, goals,, to aviod unemployment etc. Jan 8, 2012 3:56 PM 112 1. Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have and how you spend it 2. which measure acknowledges house parents their unpaid work? Jan 8, 2012 11:07 AM 113 Lots of people who work long hours enjoy it. That one should be tweaked to take account of that. Jan 7, 2012 12:47 PM 114 Hours worked - one can be satisfied with a job but still dissatisfied with the hours required or vice versa Jan 6, 2012 5:47 PM 115 Rather than the satisfaction with the amount of leisure time available, is it not more important to know whether people are happy with both the amount of time and the scope of leisure activities available. Jan 6, 2012 5:31 PM 116 more consideration of voolunteering and all the forms this takes - not only 'official' volunteering Jan 6, 2012 5:09 PM 117 I have an issue with measure one concerning employment/unemployment/inactivity. I have taken early retirement from public sector. I am not in paid work, I am not unemployed and I am certainly not inactive as I do a lot of voluntary work. I would find it demeaning to be classed as "inactive"! I think some workaround is necessary in the wording to cover unpaid "employment" which is of benefit to society as a whole.Similarly full-time carers are not inactive! Jan 3, 2012 10:54 PM 118 Measure c), see above, might be better than the BHPS "satisfaction with Dec 29, 2011 10:06 AM 320 Page 17, Q31. leisure hours". Another alternative, is the EWCS' more focused item on satisfaction with the balance between work and leisure hours question. Some evaluation of these alternatives could be done, if it has not already happened. 119 As above. Dec 28, 2011 3:56 PM 120 How are you dealing with people not in paid employment who choose to stay at home to look after children? Not sure how you intend to deal with the question of how emplyment status fits with the individual’s wishes and expectations. Also, the unemployed (in particular) who spend time volunteering are likely to experience better well-being than those who don't. Will it be possible to link these two measures in any way? Dec 22, 2011 12:51 PM 121 Work should be rephrased to include unpaid employment Dec 19, 2011 10:24 AM 122 The satisfaction questions should be followed up with qualitative assessments. The satisfaction with your job could be amended to satisfaction with work to take into account unpaid work. Dec 16, 2011 9:24 PM 123 see above Dec 16, 2011 11:10 AM 124 suggest: Satisfaction with the amount and quality of leisure time Dec 15, 2011 5:59 PM 125 Satisfaction with leisure time - replace with 'satisfaction with work/life balance' Dec 12, 2011 9:36 PM 126 Satisfaction with quality of leisure time, not just amount; and what leisure time is spent in doing. Amount of leisure time is merely the flip side of amount of working hours so doesn't tell you anything new. Dec 8, 2011 6:54 PM 127 Ability to contribute to 'The big society' through opportunity for and sharing of creative expression (particularly the arts). Could this be added as a secondary criteria somewhere under leisure? Dec 8, 2011 12:30 PM 128 As above Dec 7, 2011 11:01 AM 129 see previous comments. This looks and feels like it has been compiled by a government public servant rather than people who understand about people. Dec 6, 2011 4:44 PM 130 As above Dec 6, 2011 12:27 PM 131 See above Dec 4, 2011 7:22 PM 132 Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment working long hours The reasons for this need exploring, e.g. management pressure, peer pressure, stupidity, etc. Dec 3, 2011 12:27 PM 133 Percentage of young people in unemployment Dec 3, 2011 7:13 AM 134 I am not able to respond to each specific subquestion as I believe the overall structure is flawed and thus each measure would need to be analysed against a different structure, please refer to answer for question one of the survey Dec 2, 2011 11:06 PM 135 See previous comments. Also, it is not just about the amount of leisure time you have it is the quality of that leisure time. Some people work to avoid leisure because they don't know what to do with themselves Nov 30, 2011 3:00 PM 321 Page 17, Q31. 136 satisfied with your job valued in job i.e.a)satisfied with pay b)valued as part of a team c)fullfilling potential d)valued by society Nov 27, 2011 4:26 PM 137 Add self employment as something different from employment. Nov 20, 2011 8:02 PM 138 The third and fourth, in that order. Nov 20, 2011 6:30 PM 139 Ensure 'voluntary' also reflects home carers of elderly / children / disabled Nov 18, 2011 6:24 PM 140 volunteering or helping with community activities Nov 16, 2011 1:21 PM 141 I woner where people who are carers or home-makers fit in to this. Nov 13, 2011 2:03 PM 142 does employment include the self employed ? Nov 11, 2011 6:31 PM 143 Length of working life, and ability to influence this, options to vary access to eduction at different ages and chose to work instead, leave school earlier and work then return and top up without being charged, and the ever contravercial retirment ages. Flexibility of work life balance. Nov 11, 2011 1:48 PM 144 Volunteering carries a lot of baggage as a term and does not reflect the experience of many as being positive members of their community. If I bring my elderly neighbour's rubbish bin in for her it is not 'volunteering' but has a huge impact on quality of life and well being for me and her. Nov 11, 2011 12:23 PM 145 Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity - should include full-time/part-time and whether looking after children/disabled/parents full-time or part-time. If part-time, only include those over ten hours a week. Also should include those who do more than one job. Nov 10, 2011 12:21 PM 146 Unemployment could be divided further to consider long-term unemployment Nov 10, 2011 10:24 AM 147 some weighting according to priority is needed Nov 9, 2011 7:53 PM 148 See above Nov 9, 2011 10:07 AM 149 as above Nov 8, 2011 9:24 PM 150 volunteering should include why. Nov 8, 2011 7:33 PM 151 instead of percentage use proportion Nov 8, 2011 5:56 PM 152 proportion unemployed Nov 8, 2011 5:30 PM 153 What about quality of leisure time instead of quantity? That could include volunteering maybe. Nov 8, 2011 4:36 PM 154 as above Nov 8, 2011 3:42 PM 155 5. Volunteering: this should be made to include help with looking after family members, young or old, in addition to the more usual context of helping strangers through an organised scheme. Nov 8, 2011 2:08 PM 156 First two measures need to be re-written to reflect individual's position, not the result of what has been counted. Nov 8, 2011 1:50 PM 157 Need to consider the non working age population too. Nov 8, 2011 1:48 PM 322 Page 17, Q31. 158 Remove the word 'employment' and replace it with 'work'. This is much broader and can thus include all those who do work hard, but not in the sense of employment (and hence economy, which we are trying to remove from these measures). Here, I am thinking of full-time carers; voluteers; parents etc.. It is important to make it clear that 'work' in this context does NOT equate to employment. I appreciate that some movement has been made to this by separating unemployment/inactivity, but the removal of the word 'employment' would, I believe, be of great benefit. Define long hours as (e.g.) over 37.5 hrs/week. People will often think that they are not working long hours if the entirity of their social group is too, but it remains the case that more than this is just too much! We need time to relax and enjoy life! Nov 8, 2011 12:56 PM 159 come back to me when you have consulted more people. Nov 8, 2011 12:06 PM 160 As well as amount of leisure time I would include some idea of whether people are satisfied with what they are achieving in that time. Maybe they have lots of time but are stuck indoors in front of the tv because they have no friends, or maybe they don't have enough time because they are out all the time participating in activities with their friends. Time is not necessarily the best measure of whether leisure time is of benefit to us. Nov 8, 2011 11:50 AM 161 Analysis of records of daily activity would be interesting. Nov 8, 2011 11:38 AM 162 I think we need to be realistic about how we define long hours Nov 8, 2011 11:25 AM 163 There needs to be a distinction between genuine volunteering and unpaid work, whether for self-advancement (internship etc) or coerced (via Work Programme, Community Payback etc) Nov 8, 2011 11:13 AM 164 see above Nov 7, 2011 1:29 PM 165 the volunteering measure is impossible to define adequately... volunteering as used in surveys is a culturally biased term... lower class and ethnic minority people don't join in in the same ways as white middle class 60 year olds... Nov 7, 2011 10:10 AM 166 There is an over-emphasis on work here. Whilst work is important for some, and provides a sense of meaning, it doesn't have to be work that gives this. What about sense of meaning Nov 7, 2011 9:56 AM 167 working long hours when they would prefer not to Nov 7, 2011 8:23 AM 323 Page 18, Q32. 1 .Satisfaction with your job (including volunteering positions) Satisfaction with leisure provision Feb 1, 2012 10:01 AM 2 What we do: Job satisfaction and leisure satisfaction Feb 1, 2012 8:53 AM 3 Our only comment is on the ‘What we do domain’: we would strongly advocated retaining the LFS as the most robust and consistent data source. We also support the use of the General Health Questionnaire: a novel analysis of the GHQ-30 (attached) has shown the independence of positive and negative (well-being) factors, and it appears probable that a simple form of scale can be derived from the GHQ-12 Jan 31, 2012 3:21 PM 4 The model risks becoming overly simplistic by reducing the numbers of measures further. Jan 31, 2012 2:04 PM 5 What we do: 1 and 5 Jan 31, 2012 1:56 PM 6 We feel that it is more important to ensure that the indicator set clearly reflects all major factors that impact on human wellbeing and the scale at which they operate, rather than to focus on including a particular number of measures. Jan 31, 2012 1:44 PM 7 The model risks becoming overly simplistic by reducing the numbers of measures further. Jan 31, 2012 1:36 PM 8 The model risks becoming overly simplistic by reducing the numbers of measures further. Jan 31, 2012 1:20 PM 9 See answer above Jan 31, 2012 1:05 PM 10 Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity; satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have; Jan 31, 2012 1:04 PM 11 Measuring wellbeing is complex , using one or two measures only would grossly distort the results Jan 31, 2012 12:52 PM 12 The model risks becoming overly simplistic by reducing the numbers of measures further. Jan 31, 2012 12:51 PM 13 Where we live and ‘what we do’ as together both encompass a holistic approach to living and lifestyle. However, creating such vast umbrella categories will lose focus and compelling narrative and argument. Jan 31, 2012 12:45 PM 14 In each of the domains, we would be more supportive of measures which externally evaluate the domain rather than those measures which ask for the individual’s satisfaction about the domain. For example, in the health domain, self-evaluation of health or their satisfaction with their health can be at great variance with an epidemiological or medical evaluation. Individual preferences or satisfaction is greatly malleable and function of available information and experience. So measures which capture non-subjective aspects are preferable, in the first instance, to those that rely exclusively on subjective evaluations. Jan 31, 2012 12:42 PM 15 What we do: economic activity levels + % who volunteer (social capital) Jan 31, 2012 12:19 PM 324 Page 18, Q32. 16 Under What we do: Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you Have; and % taking part in arts and cultural activities. Jan 31, 2012 11:53 AM 17 For work: Unemployment rate. Intrinsic Job Quality. Jan 31, 2012 11:51 AM 18 See previous answer s – reducing the numbers to this extent risks them being so broad as to be meaningless. Jan 31, 2012 11:20 AM 19 •What we do: 1) Satisfaction with job; 2) Volunteering Jan 31, 2012 9:52 AM 20 Satisfaction with job Satisfaction with creative, cultural, recreational and recreational life (additional) Plus additionally: Personal influence: Feeling useful (WEMWBS) Feeling I can make a difference Creative, cultural and recreational life: (perhaps using the existing DCMS Taking Part survey?) Jan 31, 2012 9:22 AM 21 No comment Jan 31, 2012 9:09 AM 22 ) Satisfaction with job (if employed) (BHPS/US), Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have (BHPS/US), % who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year (Citizenship Survey, CLG). Jan 31, 2012 8:08 AM 23 -“Satisfaction with your occupation” (only including those in paid employment or just counting the number of people volunteering is not sufficient) -“Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have” Jan 30, 2012 2:36 PM 24 What we do – satisfaction with job and employment rates Jan 30, 2012 9:04 AM 25 •In general, each domain should include: -One objective measure of performance in that domain -One subjective measure of performance in that domain -One subjective measure of the importance of that domain to overall well-being. Jan 27, 2012 5:33 PM 26 What we do: satisfaction with your job, satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Jan 27, 2012 5:13 PM 27 A measure about satisfaction with /quality of opportunity to take part in cultural activity in your leisure time. But again restricting the numbers of measures artificially will not enhance the process. Jan 23, 2012 11:02 PM 28 Percentage who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Jan 23, 2012 11:02 PM 29 3 and 4 Jan 23, 2012 10:35 PM 30 This whole domain needs changing - see above comments Jan 23, 2012 7:58 PM 31 Satisfaction with job. Satisfaction with amount of "non-working time" and quality of activities (or similar!) Jan 23, 2012 7:15 PM 32 Satisfaction with your job (if employed)’ Jan 23, 2012 6:01 PM 33 2&5 Jan 23, 2012 5:17 PM 34 Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Jan 23, 2012 5:06 PM 325 Page 18, Q32. 35 Satisfaction with your job; Satisfaction with amount of leisure time you have Jan 23, 2012 3:47 PM 36 Percentage who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year and Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Jan 23, 2012 3:10 PM 37 the first one and the proportion of working time willing to give up for a corresponding reduction in pay Jan 23, 2012 1:52 PM 38 Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Access to arts, culture, heritage (quality of leisure time) Jan 23, 2012 1:11 PM 39 Domain should be split and measures increased - don't try and simplify these domains, they are very important. Jan 23, 2012 12:47 PM 40 Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Measure: Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Jan 23, 2012 12:39 PM 41 proportion of working age population in employment then something on active lifestyles (volunteering would be next best) Jan 23, 2012 12:25 PM 42 one and three Jan 23, 2012 12:22 PM 43 If you only use 2 measures for this domain they should be proportion of working age population in employment etc, and satisfaction with your job. Then you MUST put in another domain about activities outside work (cultural and physical). Jan 23, 2012 12:19 PM 44 Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity & Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Jan 23, 2012 11:53 AM 45 Satisfaction with your job Satisfaction with the quality / range / accessibility of cultural and leisure opportunities available in your local area Jan 23, 2012 11:52 AM 46 Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Jan 23, 2012 11:50 AM 47 Proportion in employment Leisure time Jan 23, 2012 11:41 AM 48 Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Measure: Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Measure: Percentage who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year Jan 23, 2012 11:13 AM 49 Leisure time activities Status and satisfaction derived through working life Jan 23, 2012 10:56 AM 50 Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Percentage who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year Jan 23, 2012 10:52 AM 51 Strongly disagree with the dumbing down of the measures - it makes it oversimplified and therefore potentially not good quality data capture. Jan 23, 2012 10:35 AM 52 Qualitative data. Jan 23, 2012 10:01 AM 53 impossible to be comprehensive with fewer - it needs more Jan 23, 2012 9:36 AM 326 Page 18, Q32. 54 What we do: satisfaction with your job, satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Jan 23, 2012 9:14 AM 55 1&4 Jan 23, 2012 12:05 AM 56 Measure: Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Measure: Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Jan 22, 2012 8:27 PM 57 Need all measures Jan 22, 2012 6:58 PM 58 Satisfaction with job and leisure time Jan 22, 2012 4:55 PM 59 Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Measure: Percentage who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year Jan 22, 2012 3:29 PM 60 Contribution of Cultural Activities to health Contribution of Cultural Activities to mental well-being Jan 22, 2012 12:49 PM 61 Satisfaction with job Satisfaction with leisure time Jan 21, 2012 8:05 PM 62 Satisfaction with the purpose and outcomes of your daily activity (whether paid or unpaid) Satisfaction with the quality and enjoyment of your daily activity (whether paid or unpaid) Jan 21, 2012 7:02 PM 63 The first two. Jan 21, 2012 5:05 PM 64 'Proportion of working age population with active occupation (i.e. employment, volunteering, training)/no active occupation (i.e. neither employed nor volunteering nor in training)' and 'Personal creativity and participating in creative activities' Jan 21, 2012 4:23 PM 65 Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Measure: Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Jan 21, 2012 2:51 PM 66 3 &4 Jan 21, 2012 12:41 PM 67 Job satisfcation and volunteering - the proportion in employment is monitored elsewhere Jan 20, 2012 6:41 PM 68 3 Jan 20, 2012 6:15 PM 69 The model risks becoming overly simplistic by reducing the numbers of measures further. Jan 20, 2012 4:52 PM 70 See above Jan 20, 2012 4:27 PM 71 Volunteering Attendance at arts events Jan 20, 2012 11:00 AM 72 Proportion working long hours. Jan 20, 2012 10:36 AM 73 3 and 4 Jan 20, 2012 10:30 AM 74 Satisfaction with job Satisfaction with leisure time (including when Jan 20, 2012 8:07 AM 327 Page 18, Q32. unemployed/economically inactive) 75 Leisure time and volunteering measure. Jan 20, 2012 7:22 AM 76 Satisfaction with your job Jan 19, 2012 9:52 PM 77 Satisfaction with your job Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time Jan 19, 2012 8:49 PM 78 The model risks becoming overly simplistic by reducing the numbers of measures further Jan 19, 2012 8:42 PM 79 Satisfaction with job. Satisfaction with amount of leisure time Jan 19, 2012 3:05 PM 80 The last 2 measures Jan 19, 2012 2:29 PM 81 They are inadequate as they are. You couldn't remove any without making a nonsense of the whole project. Jan 19, 2012 2:25 PM 82 Third, fourth and fifth cover all aspects; third surely covers both one and two if answered honestly. Jan 19, 2012 2:00 PM 83 I don't think removing measures is a good idea - this is a measurement exercise so removing measures, reduces data and in turn accuracy and robustness of the exercise. Jan 19, 2012 12:54 PM 84 Satisfaction with your job and Percentage of population employed/unemployed/inactive Jan 19, 2012 12:36 PM 85 The questions on job satisfaction and satisfaction with leisure time available. Jan 19, 2012 12:10 PM 86 Satisfaction with job Satisfaction with amount and use of leisure time Jan 19, 2012 12:02 PM 87 'satisfaction with your job' and ''satisfaction with range of leisure activities available and time in which to persue them' Jan 19, 2012 11:07 AM 88 long hours and leisure time Jan 19, 2012 9:22 AM 89 Impossible to simplify to two measures Jan 19, 2012 12:28 AM 90 Satisfaction with occupation Satisfaction with leisure time and opportunities Jan 18, 2012 11:15 PM 91 disagree with this Jan 18, 2012 7:09 PM 92 Satisfaction with your job Satisfaction with your leisure time Jan 18, 2012 6:48 PM 93 Working age proportions Jan 18, 2012 5:55 PM 94 Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Measure: Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Jan 18, 2012 5:23 PM 95 1&3 Jan 18, 2012 5:22 PM 96 WORKING AGE IN EMPLOYMENT LEISURE TIME Jan 18, 2012 5:18 PM 328 Page 18, Q32. 97 Proportion of working age population in employment working long hours and Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Jan 18, 2012 4:41 PM 98 Satisfaction with work and how you spend leisure time Jan 18, 2012 4:14 PM 99 Satisfaction with job Satisfaction with leisure time pursuits Jan 18, 2012 3:04 PM 100 Are you in employment and are you satisfied with your job Jan 18, 2012 2:16 PM 101 Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Measure: Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Jan 18, 2012 2:10 PM 102 3 and 4 Jan 18, 2012 1:49 PM 103 Satisfaction with Job Satisfaction with Hobbies and Interests Jan 18, 2012 1:30 PM 104 satisfaction with your job proportion of working age population in employment etc. Jan 18, 2012 1:15 PM 105 shouldn't be limited. Jan 18, 2012 1:06 PM 106 3 and 4 Jan 18, 2012 12:55 PM 107 Proportion in work Satisfaction with work Jan 18, 2012 12:37 PM 108 In employment satisfaction with your job Jan 18, 2012 12:02 PM 109 Satisfaction with job/voluntary work/caring/bringing up children. Amount of leisure time. Jan 18, 2012 11:25 AM 110 Activity/inactivity and satisfaction are the main questions Jan 18, 2012 11:16 AM 111 Measure three and four, satisfaction with... Jan 18, 2012 11:12 AM 112 this is a stupid question as the dimensions are already at an irreducible minimum Jan 18, 2012 1:08 AM 113 Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Percentage who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year Jan 17, 2012 3:10 PM 114 See above Jan 17, 2012 2:30 PM 115 Satisfaction with your job (if employed) - could put in a box for those not employed and so pick up information from Q1 there. % volunteering or satisfaction with work-life balance Jan 17, 2012 1:24 PM 116 Percentage who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Jan 17, 2012 12:07 PM 117 Satisfaction with employment (including voluntary work) and taking part in arts and cultural activity. Jan 17, 2012 11:04 AM 118 all Jan 16, 2012 11:48 PM 329 Page 18, Q32. 119 Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Jan 16, 2012 10:01 PM 120 Satisfaction with your job Percentage of people who feel they are able to do satisfying things in their leisure time. Jan 16, 2012 7:47 PM 121 Sorry but i would not remove any measures at this stage of the process because you need to have a starting point, to move forward with - the objective of this study is one of gathering information on what would make people happier. Jan 16, 2012 4:12 PM 122 Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Jan 16, 2012 4:08 PM 123 Ability to engage in creative activity and practice of the intellect To have employment and sustaining income Jan 16, 2012 3:54 PM 124 Volunteering Jan 16, 2012 3:01 PM 125 Satisfaction with work (paid or unpaid) Satisfaction with opportunities in leisure time Jan 16, 2012 2:43 PM 126 Satisfaction with job and the one I suggest Jan 16, 2012 2:15 PM 127 opportunity to fulfill ones potential / opportunity to work for the benefit of society Jan 16, 2012 2:08 PM 128 Measure: Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Measure: Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Jan 16, 2012 1:42 PM 129 1& 4 Jan 16, 2012 1:24 PM 130 Satisfaction with your job Satisfaction with leisure/cultural/non-work activities Jan 16, 2012 11:59 AM 131 satisfaction with your job and satisfaction with leisure time Jan 16, 2012 11:11 AM 132 Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Proportion of working age population in employment working long hours Jan 16, 2012 10:08 AM 133 3 and 4 Jan 15, 2012 8:14 PM 134 3 Jan 15, 2012 12:25 PM 135 Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Measure: Percentage who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year Jan 14, 2012 9:01 PM 136 Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Jan 14, 2012 8:41 PM 137 First and fifth Jan 14, 2012 4:49 PM 138 Apologies, earlier similar question was unclear whether it related to one domain or all, unfortunately I chose the latter. I will repeat my earlier responses. RELATIONSHIPS: 1/ Satisfaction with your spouse or partner. 2/ Percentage of people who feel the belong strongly to the neighbourhood. Jan 14, 2012 12:52 AM 330 Page 18, Q32. HEALTH: People not reporting a long-term limiting illness or disability. 2/ Assessment of mental well-being. WHAT WE DO: 1/Proportion of working age population in employment/ unemployment/ inactivity. 2/ Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have. WHERE WE LIVE: Crime rate per capita. 2/ Percentage agreeing that their local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together. PERSONAL FINANCE: 1/ Percentage of individuals in households below 60% of median income. 2/ Percentage of households which are entirely workless. EDUCATION & SKILLS: 1/ Percentage of population with different levels of qualification. 2/ Programme for International Student Assessment. THE ECONOMY: 1/ Gross disposable household income per capita. 2/ Net national income. GOVERNANCE: 1/ Percentage who trust in Parliament a lot or a fair amount. 2/ Percentage who trust in their local council a lot or a fair amount. THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT: 1/ Green house gas emissions. 2/ Air pollutants. 139 1 and 3 Jan 13, 2012 4:03 PM 140 Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity and job satisfaction seem most appropriate. Long hours and satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have might hopefully be captured somewhat in the job satisfaction. Jan 13, 2012 3:29 PM 141 Satisfied in your current employment status and 4 Jan 13, 2012 2:13 PM 142 Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Measure: Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Jan 13, 2012 12:37 PM 143 Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Voluntary activity but that should include carers' responsibilities. Jan 13, 2012 11:34 AM 144 do not lose any Jan 13, 2012 11:07 AM 145 Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Proportion of working age population in employment working long hours Jan 13, 2012 9:45 AM 146 satisfaction with job and volunteering. Jan 13, 2012 9:23 AM 147 Measure: Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Measure: Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Jan 13, 2012 1:28 AM 148 Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Measure: Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Jan 13, 2012 12:24 AM 149 proportion in employment. measure of respect in employment Jan 12, 2012 5:01 PM 150 Job satisfaction Balance of paid time and unpaid work/leisure/responsibility time Jan 12, 2012 2:21 PM 151 if worth asking ask it Jan 12, 2012 10:55 AM 152 first and third Jan 12, 2012 9:44 AM 331 Page 18, Q32. 153 Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Measure: Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Jan 11, 2012 8:05 PM 154 Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/activity Measure of enjoyment Jan 11, 2012 12:33 PM 155 the third and fourth Jan 11, 2012 11:59 AM 156 Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Jan 11, 2012 11:58 AM 157 Last three--the other statistics are presumably collectable by other means Jan 11, 2012 11:27 AM 158 This domain is too broad to be reduced to two measures Jan 10, 2012 5:38 PM 159 Job satisfaction Percentage in paid / voluntary employment There is a need to make clear what is included in volunteering. There are many people who help out at dfay centres, drop in clubs, todler groups who do not see themselves as volunteers as neither do many people who clean places of worship, flower arrange, sing in choirs or ring bells. Jan 10, 2012 5:19 PM 160 Proportion in work Satisfaction with job - to include work-life balance Participation in 'extra curricular' activities: arts / sports / volunteering Jan 10, 2012 3:09 PM 161 Satisfaction with activities (rather than employment) Jan 10, 2012 2:49 PM 162 Leisure time should come under a different heading. Jan 10, 2012 1:34 PM 163 satisfation with job, satisfaction with leisure time Jan 10, 2012 11:31 AM 164 Too restrictive. Jan 10, 2012 11:31 AM 165 None, if you can avoid doing so. Jan 9, 2012 9:19 PM 166 Satisfaction with job Satisfaction with leisure hours Jan 9, 2012 9:09 PM 167 Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Mesuremant of enjoyment in daily life Jan 9, 2012 7:43 PM 168 Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Jan 9, 2012 7:41 PM 169 Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Measure: Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Jan 9, 2012 5:10 PM 170 Satisfaction with your job Percentage who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year Jan 9, 2012 4:53 PM 171 Measure: Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Measure: Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Jan 9, 2012 4:52 PM 172 All measures of national wellbeing are spurious and should be regarded as pseudo-science on a par with psychometrics and Tarot reading. They waste Jan 9, 2012 4:05 PM 332 Page 18, Q32. public money and distract the media, public debate and political action away from real and serious issues. Engaging with this pseudo-science plays into the hands of political parties who would rather discuss nonsense than make any real decisions. 173 Job Satisfaction for employed/unemployed non wage earner work satisfaction . Jan 9, 2012 3:33 PM 174 Satisfaction with the amount of time you spend in paid employment or in unpaid domestic work Satisfaction with amount of leisure time you have You need both of these measures in order to explore the work/life balance issues..... Jan 9, 2012 2:03 PM 175 Unemployment. Jan 9, 2012 1:04 PM 176 Job satisfaction Leisure time & activities Jan 9, 2012 10:58 AM 177 all Jan 9, 2012 9:34 AM 178 Proportion in employment. Quality of leisure time. Jan 8, 2012 7:22 PM 179 The two 'satisfaction' ones. Jan 8, 2012 5:55 PM 180 3rd and 4th Jan 8, 2012 4:40 PM 181 Proportion of working age population in employment/unemplyment/inactivity Satisfaction with work/life balance Jan 8, 2012 12:08 PM 182 Do you feel a greater sense purpose as well as a personal sense of purpose in what you spend the majority of your time doing? Proportion of working age population in employment working long hours Jan 8, 2012 11:07 AM 183 Are you employed/active, and job satisfaction. Jan 7, 2012 12:47 PM 184 A and D Jan 7, 2012 11:17 AM 185 Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Jan 6, 2012 6:52 PM 186 Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Measure: Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Jan 6, 2012 5:48 PM 187 Number of people in employment Satisfaction and scope of leisure activity Jan 6, 2012 5:31 PM 188 3&4 Jan 6, 2012 5:16 PM 189 Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Measure: Percentage who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year Jan 4, 2012 3:09 PM 190 satisfaction with job (could include satisfaction with vounteering activity if in unpaid emplyment or satisfaction with role as carer (if this is full-time or predominant activity) satisfaction with amount of leisure time (this would also be a sore point for many carers who can't walk away) Jan 3, 2012 10:54 PM 333 Page 18, Q32. 191 If employed and then satisfaction with employment. Dec 29, 2011 6:09 PM 192 For work: Unemployment rate. Intrinsic Job Quality. Dec 29, 2011 10:06 AM 193 Don't see how you could limit this domain to only two measures Dec 28, 2011 10:23 AM 194 proportion in work Dec 22, 2011 12:51 PM 195 Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Dec 21, 2011 4:47 PM 196 First one and how do you have fun Dec 20, 2011 11:33 AM 197 Job satisfaction Leisure satisfaction Dec 20, 2011 11:15 AM 198 access to culture and leisure opportunities working popilation in employment/ training/ unemployment etc Dec 20, 2011 10:59 AM 199 3 and 4 Dec 19, 2011 10:24 AM 200 satisfaction with work; (my suggestion) satisfaction with what one does out of work time Dec 16, 2011 9:24 PM 201 Measures one and three, plus the suggested new meansure about quality of cultural/recreational activity availalbe Dec 16, 2011 6:15 PM 202 Keep all of them Dec 15, 2011 12:36 PM 203 3&4 Dec 14, 2011 1:46 PM 204 Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Dec 14, 2011 11:47 AM 205 Satisfaction with job Satisfaction with work/life balance Dec 12, 2011 9:36 PM 206 Number 3 and 5 Dec 10, 2011 11:02 AM 207 Measure on long working hours and leisure time could be combined into 'Satisfaction with the balance between work and leisure time'. Dec 8, 2011 12:30 PM 208 Satisfaction with job and satisfaction with quality of leisure time / access to desired leisure activities. Dec 7, 2011 11:01 AM 209 One about arts and one about your job Dec 6, 2011 3:27 PM 210 Measures 1 and 3 Dec 6, 2011 12:08 PM 211 Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Measure: Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Dec 5, 2011 10:03 PM 212 Satisfaction with your job. Volunteering Dec 4, 2011 7:22 PM 213 Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment Measure: Dec 3, 2011 12:27 PM 334 Page 18, Q32. Satisfaction with your job (if employed) 214 Proportion of working population in employment/unenployment/inactivity Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Dec 3, 2011 7:13 AM 215 I am not able to respond to each specific subquestion as I believe the overall structure is flawed and thus each measure would need to be analysed against a different structure, please refer to answer for question one of the survey Dec 2, 2011 11:06 PM 216 proportion of working age pop in employment/unemployment/inactivity and % of volunteering Dec 2, 2011 11:54 AM 217 Measure: Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Measure: Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Dec 1, 2011 3:13 PM 218 proportion in work etc satisfaction with job Nov 30, 2011 4:44 PM 219 Don't know, don't feel any of the questions are completely inclusive. Nov 30, 2011 3:00 PM 220 Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Nov 25, 2011 4:32 PM 221 Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/caring for others/inactivity Satisfaction with work/leisure balance Nov 23, 2011 10:09 AM 222 "Proportion of working age population in employment/ unemployment/ inactivity" and "Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have ". Nov 22, 2011 10:31 PM 223 Satisfaction with job, % who have volunteered Nov 21, 2011 10:26 PM 224 3 and 4. Nov 20, 2011 8:02 PM 225 Proportion in work / unemployment Satisfaction with job Nov 18, 2011 6:24 PM 226 Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Percentage who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year Nov 16, 2011 9:29 PM 227 employment status volunteering/community involvement Nov 16, 2011 1:21 PM 228 Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Percentage who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year Nov 12, 2011 9:54 PM 229 Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Satisfaction with amount of leisure time Nov 12, 2011 3:00 PM 230 Measure: Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Measure: Percentage who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year Nov 11, 2011 1:48 PM 231 Measure: Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Measure: Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Nov 11, 2011 9:44 AM 232 Working age population in employment Satisfaction with job Nov 10, 2011 6:35 PM 233 Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Nov 10, 2011 12:21 PM 335 Page 18, Q32. Proportion of working age population in employment working long hour 234 1st and 3rd Nov 10, 2011 10:46 AM 235 working age population in employment satisfaction with your job Nov 9, 2011 7:53 PM 236 i. Satisfaction with your job ii.Percentage who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year Nov 9, 2011 5:51 PM 237 For adults, the volunteering question is the most expendable. For children, a whole new approach is required as suggested above. Nov 9, 2011 5:48 PM 238 Satisfaction with work/life balance % who have undertaken volunteering in the last year Nov 9, 2011 4:45 PM 239 all are equally important Nov 9, 2011 3:47 PM 240 not sure Nov 9, 2011 1:16 PM 241 Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Satisfaction with your job (if employed Nov 9, 2011 1:02 PM 242 Being in employment Contributing to local community. Nov 9, 2011 11:55 AM 243 First and fourth Nov 9, 2011 11:46 AM 244 most important: measure 1 second importance: measure 5 Nov 9, 2011 11:11 AM 245 Measures 3 and 4 Nov 9, 2011 10:07 AM 246 Satisfaction with the major occupation of your time (employed or other) Nov 8, 2011 11:09 PM 247 Keep 1: proportion in employment and 2: leisure time satisfaction Nov 8, 2011 9:43 PM 248 all should be left in and my sugestion added Nov 8, 2011 9:24 PM 249 work-life balance questions Nov 8, 2011 9:15 PM 250 Satisfaction with job Nov 8, 2011 8:33 PM 251 no employed and satisfaction with work Nov 8, 2011 7:33 PM 252 Don't know. Nov 8, 2011 7:31 PM 253 the last 3 th =data onthe otehrs couldbe obtianed elsewhere Nov 8, 2011 7:30 PM 254 'Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity' & 'Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have' Nov 8, 2011 6:13 PM 255 Job satisfaction Lifestyle satisfaction Nov 8, 2011 5:56 PM 256 Should all be used Nov 8, 2011 5:55 PM 257 Proportion of working age population in Nov 8, 2011 5:43 PM 336 Page 18, Q32. employment/unemployment/inactivity. Satisfaction with your job (if employed) 258 3 and 4 Nov 8, 2011 5:30 PM 259 Satisfaction with your job Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have Nov 8, 2011 4:53 PM 260 Satisfaction with job, Quality of leisure time. Nov 8, 2011 4:36 PM 261 Satisfaction of job Satisfaction of leisure time including volunteering Nov 8, 2011 3:42 PM 262 proportion of working age employed/unemployed Nov 8, 2011 3:38 PM 263 1. Proportion in employment and 4. Satisfaction with leisure time. Nov 8, 2011 2:08 PM 264 Satisfaction with your job and Satisfaction with the amount of leisure time you have. Nov 8, 2011 2:03 PM 265 job satisfaction and employment status most fundamental Nov 8, 2011 1:50 PM 266 All but volunteering Nov 8, 2011 1:48 PM 267 Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Satisfaction with your job Nov 8, 2011 1:31 PM 268 1&3 Nov 8, 2011 1:28 PM 269 Sense of personal worth as linked to what I do and what happens when I stop doing it Nov 8, 2011 1:18 PM 270 Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Measure: Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Nov 8, 2011 1:17 PM 271 First and third Nov 8, 2011 12:57 PM 272 Do you work for more than 37.5 hrs a week? Satisfaction with your work Nov 8, 2011 12:56 PM 273 Satisfaction with job Nov 8, 2011 12:48 PM 274 those in employment & leisure Nov 8, 2011 12:44 PM 275 again get more people involved on a more group,contact in person rather than using a formula, from a statistical base. Nov 8, 2011 12:06 PM 276 satisfaction of job and Leisure time Nov 8, 2011 11:57 AM 277 Satisfaction with job and amount of leisure time Nov 8, 2011 11:42 AM 278 Jusit one about paid employment and another re unpaid activities. Nov 8, 2011 11:38 AM 279 Employment Satisfaction - Security, opportunity, living standard Employment Prospects - availability, fit, addressable Nov 8, 2011 11:38 AM 280 Proportion of people in employment satisfaction with your job Nov 8, 2011 11:30 AM 337 Page 18, Q32. 281 Satisfaction Nov 8, 2011 11:28 AM 282 Volunteering & Therapeutic Work is important benchmark Nov 8, 2011 11:27 AM 283 Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Measure: Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Nov 8, 2011 11:25 AM 284 job satisfaction, and volunteering Nov 8, 2011 11:19 AM 285 Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Measure: Percentage who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year Nov 8, 2011 11:18 AM 286 whichever would cause the most improvement longer term Nov 8, 2011 11:16 AM 287 Satisfaction with job; effects of unemployment (most other measures available or may be derived elsewhere) Nov 8, 2011 11:13 AM 288 Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment working long hours Nov 8, 2011 11:11 AM 289 Working age population. Job satisfaction. Nov 8, 2011 11:11 AM 290 Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment working long hours Measure: Percentage who have undertaken any volunteering in the last year Nov 8, 2011 10:57 AM 291 Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Measure: Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Nov 7, 2011 1:29 PM 292 satisfaction with job and leisure time Nov 7, 2011 8:23 AM 293 Satisfaction with job and leisure time Nov 4, 2011 11:08 AM 294 Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Nov 3, 2011 11:58 PM 295 Proportion of working age population in employment un employment inactivity Nov 1, 2011 6:46 PM 296 Measure: Proportion of working age population in employment/unemployment/inactivity Measure: Satisfaction with your job (if employed) Nov 1, 2011 2:59 PM 338 Page 18, Q34. 1 Satisfaction with local area Feb 1, 2012 9:46 AM 2 Possibly. The key responses set out at Table A1 in the discussion paper include “sense of community” as a sub-area, and I think that the public is more likely to relate to that term, or something similar, such as “community spirit”, than the wording that has previously been used in questions in the Citizenship Survey (and the Place Survey at local authority level) – e.g. the “community cohesion” question about people from “different backgrounds” getting on well together begs the question of what was meant by “different backgrounds” (particularly in more homogenous/rural areas). Has thought been given to asking directly about “community spirit” in the ONS Integrated Household Survey, or any other Citizenship Survey replacement? If such work can’t be done, I recognise that “% of people who feel that they belong strongly to the neighbourhood” (a proposed ‘Our relationships’ measure) arguably covers similar ground. Jan 31, 2012 2:42 PM 3 We would suggest removing “crime rate per capita” as most individuals are not aware of the actual rate of crime and it is the perception of crime that impacts on well-being. It is not only “fear of violent crime” that affects an individual’s well-being they also have perceptions around their property and anti-social behaviour. Jan 31, 2012 2:30 PM 4 No. The many dimensions of human wellbeing has to be preserved despite the pressures for practicality or from the economic tradition of producing a single metric. This is an important opportunity to capture the multidimensional aspect of wellbeing and the constraints that individuals in different social groups experience in different dimensions. Jan 31, 2012 12:42 PM 5 Any measures that have not been mapped to a domain by the closing date of this consultation should be removed. Also, it is advisable to remove measures that span multiple domains as this could lead to spurious links being made between the measures. Jan 31, 2012 12:06 PM 6 Where we live seems disproportionately represented by questions about crime (two out of four). Jan 31, 2012 9:22 AM 7 No. However, the weighting between the domains needs further consideration. The relative absence of an operational definition (and theoretical definition) of well being makes such weighting problematic. Jan 31, 2012 9:09 AM 8 ‘Fear of violent crime’ could be removed as, while ‘fear’ is significantly linked to well-being, this measure is for England only and is included in other surveys Jan 23, 2012 6:03 PM 9 They are all negative! Or don't make enough sense - Measure of access to and quality of the local environment???? Jan 23, 2012 4:13 PM 10 Percentage who are very or fairly satisfied with local area Jan 23, 2012 1:22 PM 11 Crime and fear of crime could probably be condensed - does the rate matter if people say they feel safe? The measure of whether your area is a place where people from different background get on well together is a tricky one. Something similar could come under relationships. Also tricky as some people wouldn't say this is a good thing. Jan 23, 2012 12:54 PM 12 Percentage who are very of fairly satisfied with the local area is too vague. satisfied with what? Jan 23, 2012 12:24 PM 339 Page 18, Q34. 13 Fear of violent crime - fear of crime rates are often driven more by media responses to crime rather than actual levels of crime. Jan 23, 2012 10:25 AM 14 How do you measure Access? These options make for a convoluted response that cannot be read meaningfully. Qualitative data is the only way to find the problem and solutions to social unhapiness but the government are not interested in anything but placating and distracting the masses from the real problem - that we don't live in a democracy and people have 'learned helplessness'. Jan 23, 2012 10:04 AM 15 The first two Jan 23, 2012 9:39 AM 16 crime rate and fear of violent crime Jan 23, 2012 8:34 AM 17 Measure of access to artistic entertainment Jan 22, 2012 10:24 PM 18 Measure: Percentage agreeing that their local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together Jan 22, 2012 11:17 AM 19 Fear of violent crime Jan 21, 2012 8:07 PM 20 but they could be tightened up. Jan 21, 2012 7:15 PM 21 Fear of violent crime. Not constructive or reflective of any reality; only a reflection of fear-mongering from the media. Jan 21, 2012 5:11 PM 22 Access to green treed outdoor spaces and access to allotments Jan 21, 2012 4:55 PM 23 Potential overlap/confusion with satisfaction with local area which could be read as built environment. And the measure of access to and quality of local environment Jan 21, 2012 1:47 PM 24 should be considered with previous questions about neighbourhoods Jan 20, 2012 6:17 PM 25 Fear of violent crime may add to the feeling that there is a high risk of violent crime which, as we know, is not generally the case. See also answer to next question Jan 20, 2012 4:29 PM 26 Crime rate per capita - it seems disjunct from the idea of well-being. If I don't know what the crime rate is, I can feel safe and well in a crime ridden area or unsafe and unwell in a relatively crimeless area. Jan 20, 2012 12:29 PM 27 Crime rate: is this not recorded elsewhere? Jan 20, 2012 11:54 AM 28 Crime rate per capita is too remote Jan 20, 2012 10:42 AM 29 Merge 1 and 2 Jan 19, 2012 6:15 PM 30 Crime rate per capita not a measure of anything. Fear may be. Jan 19, 2012 4:01 PM 31 @agreeing that ... people from different backgrounds' - Oh, come on. If you want to identify class/race tension, for god's sake say so and don't be so coy. Jan 19, 2012 2:30 PM 32 Percentage agreeing that their local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on Jan 19, 2012 12:41 PM 33 Maybe the question about people getting on from different backgrounds might be better added to the relationships domain. Jan 19, 2012 12:13 PM 340 Page 18, Q34. 34 'percentage who are very of fairly satisfied with local area' is vague and repeats previous measures Jan 19, 2012 11:07 AM 35 Percentage who are very or fairly satisfied with local area too vague Jan 19, 2012 10:51 AM 36 If this is the kind of information that concerns you, then keep it as it is. Jan 18, 2012 10:43 PM 37 Fear of violent crime. This is not a constructive measure. Thinking of the potential benefits for instance of data.gov.uk (the open data initiative) and how it was so wrongly abused to create maps of high incidences of crimes using postcodes. The resulting visualisations did nothing but scaremonger those unfortunate residents, as would this measure. Is there not a more positive way to deal with this issue? Instead of 'Fear of violent crime' why not 'Awareness of the presence of community support wardens, police officers, local community and national organisations' offices and representatives, online and offline resources where advice about safeguarding can be found.' Jan 18, 2012 5:28 PM 38 There is a lot of overlap between the questions in this domain and those in the relationships domain. Keep the 'social and community' relationships indicators here and make the relationships domain about close relationships Jan 18, 2012 5:14 PM 39 Not sure if I agree with the focus on crime. Jan 18, 2012 5:00 PM 40 Crime should be in a seperate catagory. it shouldn't be linked with people's homes and areas. Jan 18, 2012 4:43 PM 41 Merge both crime rate questions How are the quality of the local environment/ satisfaction with local area to be measured? Jan 18, 2012 4:19 PM 42 Measure: Percentage agreeing that their local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together Jan 18, 2012 2:11 PM 43 One measure to cover crime. Two sections reinforce a climate of fear. Jan 18, 2012 11:29 AM 44 Have no idea what q3 means. q4 - what do you mean by 'backgrounds' q5 I might not like my local area, but choose to live there for other reasons cost, travel to work, good public transport etc. Jan 17, 2012 6:27 PM 45 Very or fairly satisfied? How vague do you want to be? Jan 17, 2012 12:10 PM 46 Crime rate per capita. You may live in a high crime area and be happy and vice versa. Jan 17, 2012 11:06 AM 47 Crime rate Jan 16, 2012 11:50 PM 48 Remove: Percentage agreeing that their local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together Remove: Percentage who are very or fairly satisfied with their local area - almost too woolly to have any policy use Jan 16, 2012 7:47 PM 49 Fear of violent crime Again, a better inclusion would be measure of safety in an area which should include or measure other factors such as economic security in the area. Jan 16, 2012 4:12 PM 50 Clarify 'local environment'. Jan 16, 2012 3:19 PM 51 Fear of violent crime Jan 16, 2012 2:17 PM 341 Page 18, Q34. 52 acceptance of different backgrounds needs to be more clearly defined than just 'agreeing' Jan 16, 2012 2:13 PM 53 % agreeting that their local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together. Tenuous connection with wellbeing and not applicable to homogenous areas. Jan 15, 2012 8:18 PM 54 see notes at start removed - issue of different backgrounds getting on well background is not specifically relevant or may not be the issue - very leading question. Jan 13, 2012 11:45 AM 55 Percentage who are very or fairly satisfied with local area Jan 13, 2012 10:47 AM 56 Percentage who are very or fairly satisfied with local area - too generic Jan 13, 2012 9:48 AM 57 Crime rate per capita. Just not an important measure for the vast majority of the population. As it is a proportion, it tells even less than straight figures on different numbers of crimes committed. For example, does this include a measure of crimes reported or of convictions? It is not applied in the same way throughout the UK. Fear of violent crime: this is used by the media and politicians to influence public opinion, and should never be included. Percentage agreeing that their local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together. This is irrelevant for many places, especially in rural environments. Jan 11, 2012 12:08 PM 58 Fear of Crime. This is a very subjective area and is rarely suported by the facts. The people most afraid of street attacks are the elderly and infirm despite the statistic that the majority of crime against the person is against young males under 30. Jan 10, 2012 5:26 PM 59 It doesnt look good that you there are 2 mentions of crime and then you talk about people from different backgrounds getting on well together. It associates in the mind of the questioned the 2 together. Jan 10, 2012 11:34 AM 60 Fear of violent crime - scaremongering. Jan 10, 2012 11:33 AM 61 All measures of national wellbeing are spurious and should be regarded as pseudo-science on a par with psychometrics and Tarot reading. They waste public money and distract the media, public debate and political action away from real and serious issues. Engaging with this pseudo-science plays into the hands of political parties who would rather discuss nonsense than make any real decisions. Jan 9, 2012 4:07 PM 62 Percentage agreeing that their local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together This should be removed or reworded. My neighborhood for example is nearly entirely all one ethnic and class origin. So answer may be distorting. Again - and this may be my ignorance of the overall exercise - some of the measures seem to duplicate data collection already routinely done by government. Surely these measures shoud,draw on that data but originate new measures which expand our knowledge and understanding. Jan 9, 2012 2:03 PM 63 Get on well together. Jan 9, 2012 1:04 PM 64 The different backgrounds one is blatantly racist and shouldn't be there. The last one is too vague to mean anything. Jan 8, 2012 7:24 PM 65 Percentage agreeing that their local area is a place where people from Jan 8, 2012 5:58 PM 342 Page 18, Q34. different backgrounds get on well together. Don't bother. You already have similar measures under other headings. 66 My own research shows that the 'local community cohesion' question from the Citizenship survey is complex. Firstly, it may mean different things to different people depending upon whether they live in an ethnically diverse area or not. Secondly, for those that do live in a diverse neighbourhood, I found some evidence that it may capture from some respondents an expression of (subtle) prejudice, with reasons such as race/ skin colour cited by those who disagree with this question. To capture integration/ inter-ethnic relationships a question about having friends of a different background may serve better. It is difficult to know how to handle the expected variation in response according to the level of ethnic heterogeneity in the area of residence. Jan 8, 2012 12:07 PM 67 The one about people from different backgrounds getting on well together. It is possible to have a modus vivandi under which different types of people live amicably separate lives. Some polls have shown that many people prefer this. On the High Street, I go the wine bar to read my book, while a different man goes to the pub next door to watch football. We do not "get on well together", but we co-exist amicably. Jan 7, 2012 12:53 PM 68 B Jan 7, 2012 11:20 AM 69 Percentage who are very or fairly satisfied with local area Jan 6, 2012 5:18 PM 70 different backgrounds get on well together? What does that mean? How is Joe Bloggs supposed to translate that into something meaningful?? Or is 'different backgrounds' a euphamism for non-British? This is a really vacant question.....most people deal with around 100 in their lives, family members/neighbours/friends/colleagues....therefore to ask them to politicise and make over-arching statements about community co-hesion is pointless. Jan 3, 2012 4:25 PM 71 Last two - they won't give you any useful info Dec 20, 2011 11:34 AM 72 very or fairley satisfied with local area people from different backgrounds getting on well together Dec 20, 2011 11:01 AM 73 Fear of violent crime - it is too subjective and can easily be mis-used and manipulated. Dec 16, 2011 6:17 PM 74 Percentage who are very or fairly satisfied with local area Dec 14, 2011 11:48 AM 75 Fear of violent crime - it's well known that people's fears of crime are vastly inflated and therefore are not a good guide to anything. Dec 8, 2011 6:58 PM 76 Crime rate per capita is not wellbeing and in a mobile society cannot entirely be tied to locality. Perception of the rate is what matters. Dec 4, 2011 7:28 PM 77 Measure: Fear of violent crime This is a perception and not measurable. Dec 3, 2011 12:31 PM 78 Measure of access to and quality of the local environment Dec 3, 2011 7:18 AM 79 I am not able to respond to each specific subquestion as I believe the overall structure is flawed and thus each measure would need to be analysed against a different structure, please refer to answer for question one of the survey Dec 2, 2011 11:06 PM 343 Page 18, Q34. 80 fear of violent crime Nov 27, 2011 4:26 PM 81 Percentage agreeing that their local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together Too vague - covered in neighbourhood questions previously - is 'background' a euphemism for ethnicity? Nov 25, 2011 4:35 PM 82 The fourth: areas that are fairly homogeneous may prompt a random response (if there aren't many or any people from 'different backgrounds' the question of whether people in that situation get on is irrelevant, rendering any answer valid), which may skew the result. Nov 20, 2011 6:35 PM 83 As before Nov 18, 2011 9:45 AM 84 Access (but not quality) Nov 16, 2011 9:31 PM 85 Percentage who are very or fairly satisfied with local area - because it is a bit vague Nov 10, 2011 12:23 PM 86 Percentage agreeing that their local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together Why does it matter if people are from different backgrounds? What if they live in an area where people's backgrounds are fairly similar? Why not just measure if it is a place where people get along together (which would include those from different backgrounds). Nov 8, 2011 11:13 PM 87 Fear of violent crime - it perpetuates more fear to keep talking about it! Nov 8, 2011 8:35 PM 88 Fear of violent crime could be reworded Nov 8, 2011 5:58 PM 89 1 and 5 Nov 8, 2011 5:31 PM 90 Surely crime rates and fear of violent crime are known already; they are often quoted for different areas in the press etc. Why start with such a bleak negative? Nov 8, 2011 4:42 PM 91 Crime rate per capita, Nov 8, 2011 3:47 PM 92 2. Fear of crime: although I agree that this can affect people's well-being it is likely to be influenced by which media outlets they use and their mental state as much as where they live. Nov 8, 2011 2:23 PM 93 fear of violent crime? Nov 8, 2011 2:14 PM 94 Percentage who are very or fairly satisfied with local area. Too vague, I don't like it. Nov 8, 2011 12:59 PM 95 far to many questions that are not really going to satisfy the individual. Nov 8, 2011 12:09 PM 96 Measure: Fear of violent crime (Its a leading question- By calling it Fear of violent crime, your leading an answer, personally I have never had any reason to fear crime. Though I am sure people do in many areas, I think that perhaps a less leading title would be more appropriate to a response. Nov 8, 2011 11:46 AM 97 First one. Nov 8, 2011 11:40 AM 98 Percentage agreeing that their local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together Definition of different backgrounds Nov 8, 2011 11:34 AM 344 Page 18, Q34. required. Measure: Crime rate per ca pita Far more accurate statistics are available from the police crime maps, rather than asking people about perceived crime. 99 Diversity - coupled with possible ethnic diveersity should NOT be under the Crime category ..implying BME citizens are more likely to be criminals. Nov 8, 2011 11:31 AM 100 Percentage agreeing that their local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together Nov 8, 2011 11:30 AM 101 Measure: Crime rate per capita Nov 8, 2011 11:26 AM 102 crime rate seems superflous Nov 8, 2011 11:20 AM 103 Measure: Crime rate per capita Measure: Fear of violent crime Nov 7, 2011 1:31 PM 104 Fear of violent crime .. is a function of Daily mail readership and the tone of the local press.. does not represent reality at all Percentage agreeing that their local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together.... the defintion of this varies depending on the ethnic make up of the area.. different backgrounds in Cumbria is not the same as in Newham! Nov 7, 2011 10:12 AM 105 crime rate per capita Nov 7, 2011 8:24 AM 106 fear of violent crime Nov 7, 2011 7:29 AM 345 Page 19, Q36. 1 Yes. Related to the points made above concerning the domains chosen for inclusion, it is essential that measures pertaining to enthusiasm for, commitment to and participation in the arts, culture and heritage are included. Data exists from both governmental and non-governmental organisations pertaining to these areas and any survey that ignores these datasets will be partial and potentially highly misleading. The ‘Where we live’ domain should certainly explicitly include the arts, culture and heritage if a specific domain is not to be allocated to them. Linked to this, access to services should certainly include those which are functionally essential (public transport, health, social services etc) but should also include those which are too often regarded as discretionary or disposable (libraries, art galleries, museums, local and regional archives, archaeology services etc). This is a particular criticism of local and national politicians (and some civil servants) whose single-minded enthusiasm for politics (and specifically for party politics) often seems to distance them from their fellow citizens and their much wider and more diverse interests in the arts, heritage, science, the environment and culture. Feb 1, 2012 10:51 AM 2 Consider adding measures of: *housing condition *overcrowding/underoccupation *fuel poverty Feb 1, 2012 10:41 AM 3 A measure of housing quality should be added to the Where we live domain. Evidence shows that poor quality housing increases psychological stress (Evans et al. 2003; Evans 2003 ) and reduces life satisfaction (Lelkes 2006a; Ferrer-i-Carbonell & Gowdy 2005 ). This could be either a measure of quality (such as ‘house in decent state of repair’ (Understanding Society)), of overcrowding, or of overall satisfaction (English Housing Survey). Feb 1, 2012 8:53 AM 4 1.Do you think the scope of each of the proposed domains is correct? If not, please give details. We suggest that broadening the scope of the two following factors would be useful 1) "Our relationships" includes relationships to their immediate family, their friends and the community around them. Relationships to their colleagues (work environment) are nevertheless also important in the context of the well-being. 2) "What we do" includes work and leisure activities and the balance between them. In order to have a global picture, other activities should be also considered, like taking care of others (unpaid domestic work) and commuting, and the impact of these activities on life satisfaction. Jan 31, 2012 3:12 PM 5 7.Are there any measures which should be added? If yes, please give details. If an alternative measure is suggested, which measure might be removed, to keep the total number the same? In the year of the Olympics (and with a view to the Olympic legacy and Cultural Olympiad) we strongly recommend adding measures from the outset that will specifically capture the wellbeing associated with engaging in culture and sport. Taking Part provides an ideal vehicle for doing this. Taking Part captures individuals’ levels of participation in culture and sport and the benefits they derive from it, along with rich data on barriers and enablers (economic, physical, social and psychological) to participation. As well as covering ‘what we do’, Taking Part also collects data which applies to some of the other suggested domains. Namely: Our relationships - who we do things with Health - levels of sports participation and associated health effects Where we live •Where we engage with culture and sport (see also the CASE local profiles tools which provide data on ‘facilities’ by local area). •Views on local arts, heritage, library, museum and sporting provision. •Community cohesion/belonging, volunteering, public participation, social networks, trust Taking Part is a Jan 31, 2012 2:09 PM 346 Page 19, Q36. rolling cross-sectional face-to-face survey of 10,000 (including both adults and children) interviews per annum, now in its seventh year. It provides an ideal vehicle for developing indicators relating to culture and sport for the purposes of measuring wellbeing. We are also currently developing questions and a sample to deliver longitudinal findings. We would be happy to continue to liaise with ONS on how we can deliver data on wellbeing and greatly welcome your suggestion of a workshop with DCMS in late January. 6 Where we live: Good Places, Better Health (GPBH) is a Scottish Government's strategy on health and the environment. One of the findings of this strategy is the necessity for the development of a Scottish Neighbourhood Quality Standard. The standard will be developed nationally with relevant partners and the content of the standard should be regularly updated to reflect current evidence in this area. Once available it will address many of the measures that should be considered in the ‘Where we live’ domain. Several measures will be considered in this standard (housing, greenspace provision and quality, outdoor space for play, opportunities for contact with nature, presence of children outdoors, local amenities, community safety, social capital within a community, quality, maintenance and cleanliness of streets and public spaces, community facilities and opportunities for active transport). It would be great to see this standard being included in the national wellbeing indicator in the future as it is highly relevant to the types of measures that are at the heart of the ‘Where we live’ domain. Jan 31, 2012 1:44 PM 7 The impact of the built environment (architecture, urban design, public art, planning, etc) on people should be specifically considered under ‘were we live’. Design Council CABE (formerly CABE (Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment)), ixia public art think tank and others should be involved in developing measures. CABE undertook research into the social, economic and environmental impact of the built environment. Under ‘what we do’ there should be a measure relating to people’s engagement with the arts. These could be derived from DCMS’s Taking Part Survey. Jan 31, 2012 1:05 PM 8 In relation to ‘assets of community value’ we would suggest that analysing existing SIC codes for cultural facilities and utilising the asset registers to be held by local authorities would be a means of measuring the access to, and quality of, the local built environment and the contribution these assets make to well-being. In the Localism Act 2011 The Localism Act 2011 provides for the creation of a list of land and buildings that ‘furthers the social well-being or social interests of the local community’. ‘Social interests’ includes (in particular) each of the following (a) cultural interests; (b) recreational interests; (c) sporting interests. Jan 31, 2012 9:44 AM 9 Under ‘Where We Live’ (or in our suggested additional domain of creative, cultural and recreational life) we note that ONS are working with Defra to develop a measure for ‘Access to and quality of the local environment’ – we suggest that similar work be undertaken with DCMS on ‘access to and quality of sports, arts and cultural activity’ Jan 31, 2012 9:22 AM 10 Where we live: •Some measure of the adequacy of housing to meet the needs of the population should be added, covering the type of factors identified in the answer to question 2 above. Satisfaction of housing could also be looked at, although the surveys that collect this may under represent groups of people who are in unsatisfactory housing – for example the homeless, adults living with parents, sofa surfers, those in some form of Jan 31, 2012 8:17 AM 347 Page 19, Q36. temporary housing - or those in institutional housing, such as residential or care homes. •A house price to earnings ratio, either median or lower quartile 11 Under ‘Where we live’, there is an omission of housing measures in particular housing supply, affordability (cost as a % of income, relationship with local income), quality and security (security of tenure). In addition, it is important to include as a measure access to services, utilities and public transport. Jan 31, 2012 8:09 AM 12 Add measures of satisfaction and suitability of housing and sub-area ‘Availability, affordability and efficiency of public transport’ from national debate. Measures on housing for older people and transport is important as 35% of the homes occupied by older people (60+) in England fail the decent homes standard (approximately 2.7 million households) Additionally, another measure could include monitoring of falls rates that lead to hip fractures as this can indicate the presence of a people living in poor or inappropriate housing. As stated in the ‘Living Well at Home’ Inquiry report, ‘falls leading to hip fractures cost the NHS £726 million annually and the average cost to the State of a fractured hip is £28,665 - 4.7 times the cost of a major housing adaptation and 100 times the cost of fitting hand and grab rails to prevent falls’. In addition, a measure should be included to monitor how many single-person households there are in the UK and how this is growing, in particular, for older people. About 3.7 million older people live alone and 61% of women aged 75 and over are widowed . Jan 30, 2012 10:53 AM 13 Where we live (1) There are some concerns that crime rates per capita don’t always reflect a reluctance within more disadvantaged communities to report crimes. Therefore as well as ‘fear of violent crime’ there is perhaps the need for a measure addressing ‘fear of non-violent crime’. Where we live (2) GreenSpace is particularly interested in the measures around local environment, quality and access to local green spaces. We would emphasise that it is the combination of these factors (access and quality) together with diversity of green space types and the opportunities they provide (e.g. interaction with nature, food growing, sport, landscape beauty) that makes the real difference to peoples’ lives. It is also the combination of these factors that tends to be the discernable difference between advantaged and disadvantaged communities. We are unable to comment further on this specific aspect of the approach until the indicators have been specified. Where we live (3) In relation to access to and quality of the local environment and with reference to the comments above (2), we would also highlight the relevance of green space use and visitor satisfaction. The GreenSTAT visitor survey system provides a sector wide standard approach to measuring both of these aspects of green space provision. Where we live (4) In relation to ‘% who are very or fairly satisfied with local area’, how meaningful is this unless it is subdivided into aspects such as transport, schools, housing and green spaces? Jan 30, 2012 8:49 AM 14 Yes, alternative measures should be added to the natural environment domain. We suggest that alternative measures should cover species abundance (i.e. the index of abundance of terrestrial breeding birds). This was shown as being very important in recent surveys of the Scottish public to ascertain their enjoyment of the countryside and urban greenspace (summary report available on the SNH website: http://www.snh.gov.uk/docs/B941737.pdf). This could replace the measure ‘%of electricity generation by renewable means’. The quality of the local environment is important for well-being and the access to good quality Jan 27, 2012 4:25 PM 348 Page 19, Q36. greenspace is a key part of that. We suggest an additional measure to over this, which could be “the proportion of people/households in settlements over 3000 population within 300m of accessible greenspace which is being actively managed from community use” (where “300m is a proxy for ‘easy access’ e.g. within a 5 minute walk). This could replace the GHG emissions measure, if that was moved to a new sustainability domain. 15 Where we live- add a measure of people’s access to supportive local services. This will indicate the extent of safety nets in place for people when their wellbeing is threatened. Jan 27, 2012 3:01 PM 16 Access to green spaces / play grounds / safe outdoor spaces Jan 23, 2012 11:06 PM 17 Percentage of people who believe it is possible to create positive local change thorough existing mechanisms Jan 23, 2012 8:01 PM 18 a measure of ‘being able to influence’ or ‘feeling like I have a voice in decisions’ could be added. Having a feeling of control/agency is important to well-being. This may be particularly important to our local environment/area and the localism agenda. Jan 23, 2012 6:03 PM 19 The 'Where we live' domain should include access to green spaces with trees. the 'National Statistician’s Reflections on the National Debate on Measuring National Well-being' which clearly showed that access to "good quality local green spaces" was one of the most important factors in determining how happy people feel about where they live. Additionally, the Government's public health white paper ‘healthy lives, healthy people’ (2010) recognised the importance of the quality of the environment within which people live to their physical and mental health Jan 23, 2012 5:18 PM 20 We note that “ONS is working with Defra to develop a measure of access and quality of the local environment”. We propose that ways should be found to incorporate historic buildings and local parks and green spaces in this measure of local environmental quality – although we also recognize that this is an area where the heritage sector needs to continue to investigate and demonstrate how maintenance and management of the historic environment, including historic parks, is a causal factor behind the overall levels of satisfaction that people have with their local areas. Jan 23, 2012 5:10 PM 21 There really needs to be something here about why where you live is a good place to be. I think the level of community activity and the amount of positive activity available to everyone (e.g. youth clubs, sports clubs, arts activity, allotments, local organisations such as WI and other special interest clubs) should be included in this somewhere. I think this is more important than 'fear of crime'. Jan 23, 2012 4:51 PM 22 Heritage? Access to local arts, sports, leisure services? Jan 23, 2012 4:13 PM 23 access to cutural activity Jan 23, 2012 4:11 PM 24 Length of time to reach undisturbed open space Amount of gardens, parks and trees available within walking distance Local levels of noise Jan 23, 2012 4:01 PM 25 Sense of flourishing community - jobs, opportunities, family, friends etc. Replace the last measure with this Jan 23, 2012 1:54 PM 26 Percentage of people who feel socially isolated Percentage who take part in Jan 23, 2012 1:22 PM 349 Page 19, Q36. community arts / cultural activities Percentage who believe to live in fair / supportive community 27 Specific measures of access to certain facilities could be useful - time taken to get to culture centre; shops; school/work; sports facilities. Jan 23, 2012 12:54 PM 28 Quality of the local enviroment should include design of the public space, up keep and repair of public realm and local environment. Sense of Place. Jan 23, 2012 12:24 PM 29 Access to shops Access to cash point machine Access to cultural activity Access to sporting activity Access to social activity Jan 23, 2012 11:22 AM 30 Access to and quality of the local environment needs to recognise what interventions (public art, sculpture trails, information boards etc) have raised perceivved quality levels Jan 23, 2012 11:01 AM 31 Noise and remove crime rate. Noise has been recognised as an important issue affecting health and wellbeing. Summary of Noise Data available to inform the National Wellbeing Measures 1.Number of complaints received by Local Authorities (LA) per year about noise, per thousand population Statistics collected annually by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) Data reportable by LA Complaints recorded by Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) within LAs cover neighbour and neighbourhood noise sources . Complaints about environmental noise sources1 are not recorded by EHOs as they are not responsible for processing them further. There is some supplementary information which could potentially also be included in or alongside this as a composite indicator, e.g. complaints to local highways authorities - this will capture some data about environmental noise (road traffic noise) complaints. Information on complaints made about noise is available on the CIEH website: http://noisestats.cieh.org/About/.aspx 2.The proportion of the population exposed to transport noise (primarily road) of more than x dB(A) per Local Authority The exposure level would need to be decided based on when heath effects can occur e.g. using WHO data (and could be based on daytime, or night-time, exposure or both). Note that the data behind this indicator is only fully calculated every 5 years, but it is possible to estimate changes on an annual basis, by updating road usage using DfT data for example. Furthermore, only environmental1 and industrial noise sources are considered. Data concerning neighbour and other neighbourhood noise sources1 would not be captured. Data reportable by Country and by LA There is some supplementary information which could potentially also be included in or alongside this as a composite indicator, e.g. how well LAs and others are implementing the Noise Action Plans (NAPs), such as proportion of Important Areas in the LA area that have been investigated . This will enable us to monitor the progress being made on implementing the action plans and data is available through the NAP Support Tool. Data on exposure to traffic noise at agglomeration level is available at: www.noisemapping.defra.gov.uk 3.Percentage of the population for whom noise spoils their home life This is a question in the National Noise Attitude Survey (NNAS) and is currently available nationally (UK and England) and once every 10 years. Data on the alternative option at national level can be found at: www.bre.co.uk/pdf/NAS.pdf NNAS2012 is underway and updated statistics should be available early FY2012/2013, again nationally (UK and England). There is a possibility of obtaining this data more regularly (biennially) and at the Local Authority level. 4.Composite indicator An alternative would be a composite (of options 1 and 2) based on data collated by CIEH on number of noise complaints and statistics collected by DEFRA Jan 23, 2012 11:00 AM 350 Page 19, Q36. on exposure to transport noise, available annually. In preparation for the Public Health Outcomes Framework indicator, which also desires ‘annual’ information, some consideration has been given to taking mapping results and then simply using annual traffic growth to adjust the data. It is fairly basic but doable and does provide a new set of annual figures. Defra is liaising with DfT over speed limit proposals and the implementation of EU emission standards and, certainly with the latter, we should be able to see how the overall noise emission might change year on year (on average). 32 It is felt that there needs to be some form of measurement covering access to key services such as shops etc. Additionally there needs to be some measure of liveability including house prices against average local wage, and costs of travel. As a predominantly rural authority our residents have to travel often extensive distances to access services and this is often at prohibitive cost. Jan 23, 2012 10:41 AM 33 Does where I live mean its is where im from and don't know any different, or dont have the ability to move elsewhere! Jan 23, 2012 9:58 AM 34 There is no indication of what we live in - surely our house/flat etc that is free of damp and noise is crucial to well being. Our feelings of being safe as we go out in the neighbourhood. Proximity to schools and local facilities including social and artistic activities Jan 23, 2012 9:39 AM 35 See previous questions - there is considerable concern at the cuts to arts and culture provision and the short and long term impacts on the quality of life and environment. Jan 22, 2012 9:56 PM 36 Measure access to the arts and culture Jan 22, 2012 9:45 PM 37 Sense of community Jan 22, 2012 7:37 PM 38 Percentage who are satisfied with the opportunities for cultural activities in their local area Remove 'Measure of access to and quality of the local environment' Jan 22, 2012 12:55 PM 39 Measure: Percentage who are happy or unhappy with anti-social behaviour Measure: Percentage happy with various noise in area including public houses, private clubs and local shops Jan 22, 2012 11:17 AM 40 See above! Jan 21, 2012 5:11 PM 41 Access to green treed outdoor spaces and access to allotments Jan 21, 2012 4:55 PM 42 Measures regarding access to the arts generally and to creative expression and outlet Jan 21, 2012 4:22 PM 43 satisfaction with cultural opportunities/ sports facilities/leisure available .Would look at merging measures ( 3&5) Jan 21, 2012 1:47 PM 44 Access to amenities and a valued local environment Jan 21, 2012 12:35 AM 45 don't know Jan 20, 2012 6:33 PM 46 Another way of measuret well being might be to ask about feelings of security and confidence rather than fear of negatives Jan 20, 2012 4:29 PM 351 Page 19, Q36. 47 Access to arts & culture and current levels of engagement and provision Jan 20, 2012 4:11 PM 48 Replace - Percentage agreeing that their local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together - Percentage agreeing that their local area is conducive to a feeling of well-being or happiness. Jan 20, 2012 3:47 PM 49 cultural engagement Jan 20, 2012 3:44 PM 50 Access to cultural facilities/venues (for arts/theatre/music/dance etc) and/or religious worship/celebration/ Jan 20, 2012 11:54 AM 51 Fear of crime not violent crime Jan 20, 2012 10:42 AM 52 Availablity of recreational resources for young people. Remove fear of violent crime. Jan 20, 2012 10:38 AM 53 Measure of access to and quality of local cultrual services Jan 19, 2012 7:52 PM 54 replace measure 3 with one requiring identification of levels of access to sports, arts and cultural activities. Jan 19, 2012 6:17 PM 55 Why we live where we do. See above, Jan 19, 2012 6:15 PM 56 Are there enough spaces and places for young people to have safe and healthy recreation time Jan 19, 2012 6:10 PM 57 More focus on nature of local environment - parks, open spaces, woodland, wild places........ Jan 19, 2012 4:01 PM 58 Local facilities and pulic transport, unless that's what you mean by 'access to the local environment', which is gobbledigook. Jan 19, 2012 2:30 PM 59 Percentage agreeing that their local area is a place where children can grow up safely and happily. Jan 19, 2012 2:29 PM 60 Access to cultural and leisure facilities, and community groups/volunteering opportunities Jan 19, 2012 12:57 PM 61 Percentage agreeing that they get on with their community, or even know them ^ Jan 19, 2012 12:41 PM 62 Quality/adequacy of own dwelling. Take out the question proposed above. Jan 19, 2012 12:13 PM 63 There shold be a measure of the cultural and arts activities available in the locality.'Percentage who are very or fairly satisfied with local area' can go. Jan 19, 2012 11:07 AM 64 This is one area where a reflection of the cultural life of the community could be discussed. Jan 19, 2012 9:59 AM 65 how happy you are living in your area Jan 19, 2012 9:24 AM 66 Yes - some sort of measure about the Criminal Justice system - and our satisfaction with it. Criminals are taking up to 18 months to appear in court these days - with an enormous potential for undertaking criminal acts during that period and worst of all an erosion of confoidence in the system and criminals taking it for granted that they proabbly won't get prosecuted contingently... more to this really...very unsatisfactory situation in the Jan 19, 2012 6:58 AM 352 Page 19, Q36. country... 67 Quality of Housing Jan 19, 2012 12:03 AM 68 Satisfaction with housing Satisfaction with transport Jan 18, 2012 11:24 PM 69 unknown Jan 18, 2012 7:09 PM 70 Unsure however there should be less of a negative bias Jan 18, 2012 6:51 PM 71 Measure of access to cultural and sporting facilities remove Measure: Fear of violent crime as the question feeds fear of violent crime and is notoriously unreliable Jan 18, 2012 6:09 PM 72 Knowledge of and understanding of the local and wider area. The cultural, heritage, and physical properties of the area. There is no mention of this at all within these measures, yet it has a huge impact on the other 'measures' such as fear of violent crime, etc. Jan 18, 2012 5:28 PM 73 ACCESS TO GREEN OPEN SPACES WITH TREES Jan 18, 2012 5:22 PM 74 But don't know what they might be. Jan 18, 2012 5:00 PM 75 Do you feel like you can contribute to the solution of crime prevention in your local? Are you given or allowed the resources? Jan 18, 2012 4:46 PM 76 What about quality of individual housing? Jan 18, 2012 4:19 PM 77 Percentage agreeing that area is well maintained by local authority and served well by local services Jan 18, 2012 2:20 PM 78 Satisfaction of access to cultural, heritage or arts activities within your local area. Participation in sport/physical activity. Jan 18, 2012 2:07 PM 79 Local facilities measure - rather than accessibility - a measure of the standard of local facilities, what is offered for the vulnerable and their carers. Jan 18, 2012 1:36 PM 80 Satisfaction with access to natural environment, such as Parks and Rivers, Lakes etc You could remove 'measure of access to and quality of local environment'. Jan 18, 2012 1:35 PM 81 Access to effective public transport, especially in enabling work commuting Access to arts & leisure activity Jan 18, 2012 12:39 PM 82 participation in and satisfaction with range and quality of cultural activity 'fear of violent crime' is a very indirect and a negative indicator which could be removed Jan 18, 2012 11:33 AM 83 Something should be added that differentiates city/town life and rurl living. If somethings should be removed it should be 'Measure of access to and quality of the local environment'. Jan 18, 2012 10:11 AM 84 Satisfaction with provisions of local area in terms of schools/shops/youth clubs/facilities for children Jan 18, 2012 10:07 AM 85 How much they like their local area? Is it a nice place to live?? Is it attractive or a concrete jungle? Access to green spaces, woodland and forests, parks, Jan 18, 2012 9:42 AM 353 Page 19, Q36. national parks, the seaside - all this can have a massive impact on personal wellbeing, health and overall attitudes to where they live. 86 Quality of public transport, quality of cultural offer, quality of sports offer, quality of green space, air quality etc. Jan 18, 2012 9:41 AM 87 percentage involved or active in local organisations. none should be removed Jan 18, 2012 1:10 AM 88 environmental quality of home area sustainability of features in local area Jan 17, 2012 2:49 PM 89 Access to culture and the arts Fear of non-violent crime Sense of isolation Jan 17, 2012 1:31 PM 90 There should be a measure of people’s access to, participation in and/or quality of local culture, arts, heritage, and possible sport and physical activity. This might derive from Taking Part or Active People data. It could be as valuable in assessing wellbeing as the measure being developed as a ‘measure of access to and quality of the local environment’. We do not feel it appropriate to propose removing a measure. It is surely more important to present a full picture of wellbeing than artificially restrict the number of measures. Jan 17, 2012 12:08 PM 91 Are you happy where you live Jan 16, 2012 11:50 PM 92 Except as per the additions I've suggested Jan 16, 2012 9:24 PM 93 1. Percentage of people satisfied with their own personal, private or family space 2. Access to cultural, sporting and social facilities 3. Access to transport, health services, post offices and shops Jan 16, 2012 7:47 PM 94 Fear of any crime - high levels of burglary or drunken behaviour in the streets can be as intimidating as actual violent crime Jan 16, 2012 5:51 PM 95 Access to cultural facilities - these could be included as a subset of "local environment" Jan 16, 2012 5:03 PM 96 Quality of the design of the built environment.and ability to function fully and effectively as individual within it Jan 16, 2012 3:57 PM 97 Breakdown of amenities/facilities in the local area (clearly defined) compared against the requirements that people have when they move to an area. So, for example, shops, parks, leisure centres, transport connections. Jan 16, 2012 3:30 PM 98 Perhaps use something that mentions 'community'. Jan 16, 2012 3:19 PM 99 Cultural engagement in localities and sense of wellbeing Jan 16, 2012 3:02 PM 100 Availability of activities in your local community that you can use to promote your well-being Jan 16, 2012 2:17 PM 101 Participation in community activities Remove fear of violent crime Jan 16, 2012 2:17 PM 102 quality of local environment should specifically include aesthetic quality/ creative placemaking by the local community Jan 16, 2012 2:13 PM 103 Cost of living in local area - are you satisfied with house price/rent/mortgage etc.Crime rate and fear of violent crime could be amalgamated. Jan 16, 2012 1:45 PM 354 Page 19, Q36. 104 Measure of Access to and quality of the local cultural provison ( DCMS definition- so includes sports and Arts). remove current no 4 Jan 16, 2012 1:27 PM 105 Some measure relating to ease of accessing/quality of shopping and other everyday services in the area. Jan 15, 2012 8:18 PM 106 Fear of hate crime or harrassment. It can be included with fear of violent crime - just make that measure broader. Jan 13, 2012 11:37 AM 107 1.Percentage of people who are satisfied with access to local services/ support - this is often worse in disadvantaged communities - should include satisfaction with relationships with local agencies (eg police, doctors, local authorites 2. Domestic violence needs to be separately identified Jan 13, 2012 11:13 AM 108 A measure of vulnerability to change in one factor e.g. if totally dependent on car for transport then highly vulnerable to petrol prices or losing license. If totally dependent on a private landlord then vulnerable to them selling up on a whim etc. Jan 13, 2012 10:47 AM 109 Yes - again satisfaction with access to cultural/sporting activities Jan 13, 2012 9:48 AM 110 fear of crime - rather than violent crime. house burglary, car broken into, hand bag snatches etc are all feared in ares where there is little actual violent crime. It can worry you, make you fearful even though the crime itself is not life threatening - that is not always of relevance depending on where you live. Jan 13, 2012 9:26 AM 111 community- not just where you live but also where you travel to eg work, train or bus journeys. They are not covered in the above. Jan 13, 2012 1:32 AM 112 Satisfaction of community interaction and involvement Active prevention of crime Jan 13, 2012 12:26 AM 113 Satisfaction with the quality of housing Jan 12, 2012 10:42 PM 114 did you vote Do you know your councillors Are your councillors accessible: do you know how to contact them? Jan 12, 2012 5:04 PM 115 There doesn't seem to be scope for differences in urban and rural settings or for active or enforced choice relating to where we live. Jan 12, 2012 2:28 PM 116 "Trust in local policing" Jan 12, 2012 12:26 PM 117 opportunities to take part in creative activites and how inclusive and interracial and inter-generational are they? Jan 12, 2012 10:57 AM 118 Access to local services. Jan 11, 2012 4:18 PM 119 facilities for cultural activity, crime can be combined Jan 11, 2012 1:34 PM 120 Access to transport, particularly to facilities such as shops, entertainment, postal services, etc. Population density: absolutely crucial to the provision of services. Jan 11, 2012 12:08 PM 121 The third could be expanded to include reference to cultural amenities. The last one could be removed as it is very subjective. Some people will never be happy with what's there for them! Jan 11, 2012 12:04 PM 355 Page 19, Q36. 122 Measures relating to cultural and leisure provision (facilities, programmes) e.g. libraries/museums per capita. Jan 10, 2012 5:41 PM 123 Place of worship within eaasy reach. Remove fear of crime Jan 10, 2012 5:26 PM 124 Measure of access to and quality of cultural / heritage provision Measure of access to public transport Remove percentage agreeing that their local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together Jan 10, 2012 3:20 PM 125 adequate services and facilities Jan 10, 2012 2:04 PM 126 What brings a community together/or what is missing from the local area (May be more interaction with the Arts is required? Jan 10, 2012 1:38 PM 127 Reasons why people are happy or unhappy with their local area. Jan 10, 2012 11:33 AM 128 green space Jan 10, 2012 11:32 AM 129 local facilities Jan 10, 2012 11:24 AM 130 All measures of national wellbeing are spurious and should be regarded as pseudo-science on a par with psychometrics and Tarot reading. They waste public money and distract the media, public debate and political action away from real and serious issues. Engaging with this pseudo-science plays into the hands of political parties who would rather discuss nonsense than make any real decisions. Jan 9, 2012 4:07 PM 131 Sexual domestic abuse and hate crimes Jan 9, 2012 3:38 PM 132 Housing - overcrowding (space & rooms), quality (e.g. bathrooms), price & satisfaction. Objective data on local amenities (e.g. parks, playgrounds, youth clubs) Jan 9, 2012 1:04 PM 133 Services provided in the local area - street lighting bin collections etc will contribute to feelings of well-being in that area Jan 9, 2012 11:20 AM 134 satisfaction with council services Jan 9, 2012 9:35 AM 135 housing, access to local ammenties and leisure, transport. Jan 8, 2012 3:56 PM 136 Percentage of new births in the area; population age. B and E Jan 7, 2012 11:20 AM 137 Quality of services available in local area (including social, cultural, sports) Jan 6, 2012 5:18 PM 138 Access to green spaces with trees is important Jan 6, 2012 5:11 PM 139 local access to parkland or a green space with trees Jan 3, 2012 9:49 AM 140 access to local amenities such as shops, schools, parks / woodland and libraries Dec 28, 2011 10:29 AM 141 social and cultural opportunities in the area Dec 22, 2011 1:17 PM 142 access to green spaces with trees should be put back Dec 21, 2011 6:16 PM 143 Ask do you like where you live Dec 20, 2011 11:34 AM 356 Page 19, Q36. 144 Access to public facilities eg transport, leisure Crime rate could be found elsewhere so could be removed Dec 20, 2011 11:17 AM 145 access to culture access to green spaces Dec 20, 2011 11:01 AM 146 access to arts, cultural, heritage or sports facility Dec 20, 2011 9:44 AM 147 Although I'm not qualified to say we should or shouldn't have any added Dec 16, 2011 9:24 PM 148 More "access to and quality" measures, particulrarly relating to culture, recreation and retail. Dec 16, 2011 6:17 PM 149 Measures relating to housing - access to affordable housing, security of tenure, homelessness, number of substandard/empty homes in the area. Potentially many more. I can't believe housing has been entirely omitted from this as it's easily quantifiable and essential to people's well-being. Dec 8, 2011 6:58 PM 150 Again, this sounds like it has been compiled by a civil servant or someone who writes for tabloid newspapers. Where is the diversity of the myriad things that affect how we feel about where we live? Dec 6, 2011 4:46 PM 151 The volunteering question from "What we do" could be moved to "Where we live". Dec 4, 2011 7:28 PM 152 Measure: Measure of cost, access to and quality of the local government Dec 3, 2011 12:31 PM 153 Measure to access quality of rural/urban living Dec 3, 2011 7:18 AM 154 I am not able to respond to each specific subquestion as I believe the overall structure is flawed and thus each measure would need to be analysed against a different structure, please refer to answer for question one of the survey Dec 2, 2011 11:06 PM 155 home security is included here but not fear and worry of cyber attack or terrorism Dec 1, 2011 12:07 PM 156 involvement in local community e.g.school,church,sport,clubs,voluntary work,neighbourhood watch residents association etc.etc. Nov 27, 2011 4:26 PM 157 Measure of access to and quality of public transport in the local area Percentage who are satisfied with the services provided by local government Percentage who are satisfied with the education provision in local area Nov 23, 2011 10:17 AM 158 Population of the area -number and density Nov 21, 2011 10:28 PM 159 Satisfaction with facilities, eg schools, surgeries/hospitals, libraries, sports centres etc. Combine 1 and 2. Nov 20, 2011 8:07 PM 160 See earlier section. Nov 20, 2011 6:35 PM 161 transport measures: - % People who drive at busy times only do so because they have no other alternative - Frequency of travel by public modes of transport Source: http://assets.dft.gov.uk/statistics/releases/2010-britishsocial-attitudes-survey-attitudes-to-transport/bsareport.pdf Nov 18, 2011 6:24 PM 162 Percentage in prison for violent offences replaces fear of violent crime Nov 16, 2011 9:31 PM 357 Page 19, Q36. 163 Walkability measure: safe, attractive and convenient to walk / cycle for local trips Nov 16, 2011 1:38 PM 164 Along the lines of How well does your locality respect and support your belief systems? Nov 12, 2011 10:54 AM 165 Peercentage agreeing good local shops. Percentage agreeing good accessible facilities Nov 10, 2011 12:23 PM 166 Something about community policing and feeling safe Nov 10, 2011 10:25 AM 167 Social Capital Index Nov 10, 2011 9:00 AM 168 Access to amenities, shops, leisure, learning Nov 9, 2011 10:07 PM 169 Danger of building or development occuring in their area Nov 9, 2011 5:53 PM 170 The DEFRA measures will be very significant to this domain. Access to outdoor play space and green environments is of the utmost importance to children's wellbeing, and the measures must reflect this. Nov 9, 2011 5:53 PM 171 level of engagement with local activities/events. use of local services/ businesses. Nov 9, 2011 1:04 PM 172 Measure of how much people feel listened to by their local authority concerning all these matters. Nov 9, 2011 12:50 PM 173 I think the actual buildings people live in can have an impact on wellbeing...not just because of things like the configuration of the building / flats sometimes meaning they don't interact with other neighbours / residents, but things like window size. New build houses have tiny tiny windows for heating efficiency which let in hardly any light and I'm certain this has an effect on how people feel. This is why I live in a falling-down Victorian terrace which has pretty much everything wrong with it except the lovely light coming in through the big bay windows. :-| Remove crime rate measure as arguably it's the fear of crime which is the determinant to wellbeing here. Nov 9, 2011 12:44 PM 174 Identifying with, and being part, of the local community. Nov 9, 2011 11:58 AM 175 The last two could be combined. Nov 9, 2011 11:49 AM 176 Type of area. Urban / Rural. New or old properties Nov 9, 2011 11:25 AM 177 Ease of access to local facilities and shops. Nov 9, 2011 10:08 AM 178 Satisfaction with services available in local area. None to be removed. Nov 8, 2011 5:57 PM 179 1. If you were in some sort of distress could you rely on help from your neighbours? 2. Access to local government, and its efficiency. Remove the crime elements. Nov 8, 2011 4:42 PM 180 Fear of scams, cheats, mis-selling, rip-offs, and growing inequality and unfairness in society Nov 8, 2011 3:36 PM 181 fear of crime Nov 8, 2011 2:14 PM 358 Page 19, Q36. 182 Housing density, planning issues - people are being deeply affected by this Nov 8, 2011 1:20 PM 183 not enough space to fill in Nov 8, 2011 12:09 PM 184 Nov 8, 2011 12:02 PM 186 An assessment of the quality of the national and global environment should also be included. Access to quality accommodation 187 do believe that your area is safe for your children? Nov 8, 2011 11:34 AM 188 Fear of low-level anti-social behaviour Nov 8, 2011 11:32 AM 189 Trust that help will be available at request to manage smaller crimes and anti-social behaviour Nov 8, 2011 11:30 AM 190 I think we need something more about green spaces and the environment. Nov 8, 2011 11:26 AM 191 Satisfaction with the condition of the local infrastructure Nov 8, 2011 11:22 AM 192 I would ask how involved people are in their local community. Perhaps that question has already been asked about volunteering earlier Nov 8, 2011 11:20 AM 193 Take out the two above but include: quality of home Nov 7, 2011 1:31 PM 194 quality of housing remove access to and q uality of local environment as not clearly defined Nov 7, 2011 8:24 AM 195 access to local facilities - big issue in the rural area where i live Nov 7, 2011 7:29 AM 196 percentage agreeing that their local area is a place where people from different backgrounds have opportunities to interact. Nov 1, 2011 7:55 PM Nov 8, 2011 11:39 AM 359 Page 20, Q38. 1 The measures for ‘where we live’ suggests we all live and work and conduct our leisure activities in the same place. Measures should be changed so that there is a better balance between which places are taked about (or averages taken for workplaces, homes, and places of leisure. Feb 1, 2012 10:01 AM 2 The current emphasis on ‘wellbeing’ is in part intended to redress a previous overemphasis on negative aspects. Some items therefore could benefit from being reconceptualised, so that they measure positive traits and experiences. For example, rather than asking about crime and fear, ask about feeling safe and secure? Feb 1, 2012 9:33 AM 3 Only for ‘community spirit’ as a possible variant of ‘belonging’, as at Q7. Jan 31, 2012 2:42 PM 4 See answer above Jan 31, 2012 1:05 PM 5 Some of the measures used take too long for results to be published and so do not fit well in terms of timescales forward planning and setting of budgets e.g. for the proposed local authority health and wellbeing boards. Jan 31, 2012 12:52 PM 6 On page 5, the sections “Where we live” and “The economy” do not contain references to the national debate, but “Where we live” and “The economy” do appear in the “proposed domains” column of the table “Key responses to the national debate” on page 27. Several of the measures only provide data for England. Considering that this project aims to paint a national picture of well-being, it would be more appropriate to extend the data sets for these measures to cover other countries in the UK, perhaps by adding additional compatible data series that are already available for these other countries. Jan 31, 2012 12:06 PM 7 Under the ‘Where we Live’ domain there are two measures on crime: crime rate per capita and fear of violent crime. One respondent suggested that ‘fear of verbal or physical assault’ is also important. Another suggested ‘fear of burglary’ is equally important. Given the need to balance crime with other measures, it would be preferable to have a more general ‘fear of crime’ measure. Jan 31, 2012 8:09 AM 8 We believe that the Local Environmental Quality Survey of England (LEQSE) should be considered as a potential measure. The LEQSE has been used by Defra to monitor standards of local environmental quality in England since 2003. This could be adapted and extended to provide data through similar local environmental quality survey systems in the devolved nations. Jan 30, 2012 7:49 AM 9 The measures for ‘where we live’ suggests we all live and work and conduct our leisure activities in the same place. Measures should be changed so that there is a better balance between which places are taked about (or averages taken for workplaces, homes, and places of leisure. Measure of access to and quality of the local environment should also be developed with advice from English Heritage and comparable national bodies Extent of protected areas should be expanded to include historic areas (e.g. conservation areas, historic buildings, ancient monuments, parks and gardens, and ‘locally listed’ historic assets). Jan 27, 2012 2:18 PM 10 Get on with my neighbours When did you last speak to someone in person / on telephone? Jan 23, 2012 11:06 PM 11 What activities bring different pople together Jan 23, 2012 10:37 PM 12 Measure 4 is stupid - anyone who reads their local paper won't be able to strongly agree with this as there are always incidents in any place. THis Jan 23, 2012 8:01 PM 360 Page 20, Q38. needs to be made more realistic - perhaps who feels there local area is a xxx 70% of the time 80% of the time etc. on a scale would get you better results 13 Ensure qualitative aspect to the acess to open space - not proximity alone Jan 23, 2012 7:57 PM 14 Although you could add in a satisfaction with means of transport underneath the last measure Jan 23, 2012 7:16 PM 15 Possibly. It's difficult to say whilst the ONS & Defra are still reflecting on how they develop the measure on access to quality and quality of local environment. Jan 23, 2012 5:53 PM 16 Does 3 include availability of services, e.g. library, art, exercise, etc? Jan 23, 2012 5:31 PM 17 the current measure on "access to and quality of the local environment" needs to be developed further. The best way Government can do this is by developing a specific indicator around access to green spaces with trees. Jan 23, 2012 5:18 PM 18 In measuring acces to and quality of the local environment, indicators of access to and quality of green sapce would be appropriate. Consider relevance of housing green space - local green spaces on people's door steps. One indictaor of this could be the number of Green Flag awards in an area? Jan 23, 2012 4:32 PM 19 again familiarity with cultural /heritage in the local area has a high importance and should be included Jan 23, 2012 4:29 PM 20 Measure of access to and quality of the local environment - can this be split up and include access to green spaces, design quality, satisfaction with service provision, easy access to public transport, access to leisure facilities... Jan 23, 2012 1:22 PM 21 Access to and quality of the local environment could also include access to green spaces as highlighted as improving future health in the Marmot Review: http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/live/12111/53895/53895.pdf Jan 23, 2012 1:00 PM 22 Why fear of 'violent' crime, why not just 'Fear of crime'? Jan 23, 2012 12:54 PM 23 Quality of public spaces, repair, cleaning, design, up dating. Jan 23, 2012 12:24 PM 24 quality of environment is not just access to open spaces, but quality of urban landscape too. Does DEFRA cover this sufficiently? Jan 23, 2012 12:20 PM 25 Measure of access to and quality of the local environment. This needs clarification and should seek to include cultural and sporting facilities as well as the more general build and natural environment. Jan 23, 2012 11:54 AM 26 crime rates broken down into types of crime Jan 23, 2012 11:52 AM 27 Some areas won't consist of people from different backgrounds - how about people of all backgrounds? Jan 23, 2012 11:50 AM 28 Measure of access to and quality of the local environment This is oddly worded and was not what was intended. If a measure of accessibility is intended then it should be a separate measure. Accessibility and quality environment do not go together. Quality of the environment should include noise as highighted above. Jan 23, 2012 11:00 AM 361 Page 20, Q38. 29 Humanise it all. Jan 23, 2012 9:39 AM 30 Measure of access to and quality of local environment very important Jan 23, 2012 9:20 AM 31 More detail about positive quality of life - including aspects of heritage, musuems, arts etc rather than a negative bias to crime. Jan 23, 2012 8:59 AM 32 How do you know how much better it could be if you have never seen it? Example - When the air conditioning fan is swithed off - we then notice how much better it is, but did not hear it before! Jan 23, 2012 12:08 AM 33 Crime does not affect where we live, but also where we work. In my case more so as I work in London, but live in the countryside. This also affects the question about different backgrounds, where it reflects well where I live, but not where I work. Jan 22, 2012 7:01 PM 34 quality of local environment should include access to cultural activity. Jan 21, 2012 7:15 PM 35 Percentage who have access to green spaces with trees- this needs to be a separate issue not just generally 'environment'. At least two other government consultations on quality of life have listed access to green spaces & trees as being significant & important to people. Jan 21, 2012 5:11 PM 36 sense that neighbourhood is vibrant and stimulating (3) % sense that neighbourhood can be mutually supportive (2) Jan 21, 2012 12:46 PM 37 see above Jan 21, 2012 12:35 AM 38 don't know Jan 20, 2012 6:33 PM 39 See above Jan 20, 2012 4:29 PM 40 As above Jan 20, 2012 3:47 PM 41 5 is a weak description. ' Feeli good about a supportive local community' would be better Jan 20, 2012 10:42 AM 42 Income equality - see data and correlations of the relevant epidimiology in 'The Spirit Level'. Jan 20, 2012 10:38 AM 43 Remove violent from crime measure. Refer to different cultures rather than backgrounds - I might not get on well with local estate agents or income tax inspectors, even if they are retired, but that is their background! Jan 20, 2012 7:26 AM 44 as above Jan 19, 2012 6:17 PM 45 Measure of access to and quality of the local environment could be better enhanced to also include "local environment, arts, heritage and culture" also Jan 19, 2012 2:32 PM 46 I could write a twenty-minute paper on this, but I'm sure others will. Clarity don't use 'environment', it's too vague. Are we talking about countryside? Facilities? Atmospheric and water pollution? Rubbish? Jan 19, 2012 2:30 PM 47 'Measure of access to and quality of the local environment' could be adapted to: 'Measure of access to and quality of the local environment, including green spaces and culture' Jan 19, 2012 12:55 PM 48 'Measure of access to and quality of local environment' sounds quite Jan 19, 2012 12:05 PM 362 Page 20, Q38. convoluted. I don't really understand this. Does it mean natural environment? Local shopping street? If 'Cultural life' is not added as a domain, then arguably this set of measures neesd to include cultural life. However, that is also true for other domains. 49 Measure of access to, cultural and natural quality of the environment Jan 19, 2012 11:07 AM 50 % of people engaged in or visiting local museum visits, art gallery community centres, sports events, theatre would give a measure of how involved the community is and whether it has adequate local facilities. Jan 19, 2012 10:51 AM 51 Don't know Jan 19, 2012 12:30 AM 52 More specificity around the local environment Jan 18, 2012 11:24 PM 53 I don't really understand the logic behind which variants are being measured as percentages and which as more open ended questions. I think that there should be more consistency. Jan 18, 2012 9:27 PM 54 unknown Jan 18, 2012 7:09 PM 55 Fear of violent crime. This is not a constructive measure. Thinking of the potential benefits for instance of data.gov.uk (the open data initiative) and how it was so wrongly abused to create maps of high incidences of crimes using postcodes. The resulting visualisations did nothing but scaremonger those unfortunate residents, as would this measure. Is there not a more positive way to deal with this issue? Instead of 'Fear of violent crime' why not 'Awareness of the presence of community support wardens, police officers, local community and national organisations' offices and representatives, online and offline resources where advice about safeguarding can be found.' Jan 18, 2012 5:28 PM 56 Measure of access to and quality of local environment should be extended to include local leisure time resources and activities. Jan 18, 2012 5:23 PM 57 ACCESS TO LOCAL GREEN OPEN SPACES WITH TREES Jan 18, 2012 5:22 PM 58 Do you fear an unknown individual based on race or age? Jan 18, 2012 4:46 PM 59 are people being allowed to say WHY they are satisfied with their area? is there a section to contextualise this? asking about community spirit? not just how well people get on, but how much people communicate? Jan 18, 2012 4:43 PM 60 Measure of access to and quality of the local environment. Not clear what this is assessing. Satisfaction with local environment is what matters Jan 18, 2012 2:20 PM 61 Measure of access to and quality of local environment. This measure is clearly under development, but at this stage is very vague and unclear what it would add. Jan 18, 2012 2:07 PM 62 Crime rate & fear of crime should be grouped Jan 18, 2012 12:39 PM 63 Communities getting on well - great! What about the contribution of the arts to this. Add question about this Jan 18, 2012 11:11 AM 64 fear of 'crime' instead of 'violent crime'? Jan 17, 2012 1:31 PM 65 Quality of local environment needs explanation - could include parks or theatres. Jan 17, 2012 1:26 PM 363 Page 20, Q38. 66 fear of violent crime is suggestive. Fear is created in this country and it is done so in this matter. Why would there be anything to be afraid of in my street? Rephrase the question please, without 'fear' in it. Jan 17, 2012 12:10 PM 67 Questions about feeling Jan 16, 2012 11:50 PM 68 It's entirely unclear what is meant by "local environment" in measure 3. Unfortunately, the fourth measure isn't something everyone values, which makes it a skewed measure of wellbeing. Jan 16, 2012 10:01 PM 69 Measure of access to and quality of the local environment. This is potentially a very broad measure which perhaps needs defining more tightly. Quality of the local environment could mean all sorts of things - open space, cleanliness, absence of traffic, local shops and services, transport, the natural and historical environment Jan 16, 2012 7:47 PM 70 When asking Fear of violent crime should be matched with experience of violent crime. People are always more scared than they really should be. (touch wood) Jan 16, 2012 3:22 PM 71 As above. Jan 16, 2012 3:19 PM 72 Cultural belonging Jan 16, 2012 3:02 PM 73 there neeeds to be more specific targetted questions Jan 16, 2012 2:13 PM 74 Perhaps specify in Percentage who are very or fairly satisfied with local area - with local/ community amenities; green spaces, etc Jan 16, 2012 1:01 PM 75 access to and quality of local environment, including access to arts, cultural and sports facilities Jan 16, 2012 12:01 PM 76 Fear of violent crime TO Fear of crime Jan 16, 2012 10:34 AM 77 Fear of crime, rather than violent crime Jan 16, 2012 9:39 AM 78 as above Jan 13, 2012 11:37 AM 79 1.somehow capture satisfaction by family type - this will identify that needs of say a single young person s very different from a young family - eg noise, activities available 2. fear of other than violent crime needs to be captured people have different views of what 'violent' means - some think grevious bodily harm upwards and some realise that threat is violence itself Jan 13, 2012 11:13 AM 80 cut'n'paste from last question: Satisfaction means "Fulfillment of one's wishes" so measuring satisfaction is measuring people's ability to wish as much as it is measuring their ability to fulfill those wishes. The measure could be improved by clamping down on imagination and ambition. Drop all mention of "satisfaction" - because you just can't get it! Jan 13, 2012 10:47 AM 81 see above Jan 13, 2012 9:26 AM 82 as explained above. Jan 13, 2012 1:32 AM 83 Ability to feel safe in the local environment regardless of gender and time of day - more needs knowing about how many people are confined to home after dark and who they are. Jan 12, 2012 10:42 PM 364 Page 20, Q38. 84 see above Jan 12, 2012 5:04 PM 85 What about all the areas where there are not people from different backgrounds in a local area? Jan 12, 2012 2:28 PM 86 'Fear of verbal or physical assault' instead of violent crime - this would capture experiences of people who are abused and harassed (emotional/mental violence), short of physical attack, on a regular basis because of prejudice. The use of percentages in measures 4 and 5 can only be meaningful if they are disaggregated by social/equality groups. Jan 12, 2012 2:06 PM 87 opportunities to take part in creative activites and how inclusive and interracial and inter-generational are they? Jan 12, 2012 10:57 AM 88 inclusion/access to high quality local and national cultural life should be added to the fourth statement Jan 12, 2012 9:49 AM 89 Measure of access to and quality of the local environment: more detailed question on availability and cost of public transport Jan 11, 2012 3:19 PM 90 What is it that makes a quality environment? Jan 11, 2012 3:01 PM 91 Percentage agreeing that their local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together -> Percentage agreeing that their local area is a place where people get on well together This would be universally relevant. Jan 11, 2012 12:08 PM 92 The third - as above The second - remove the word 'violent'. Fear of all crime should be considered. Jan 11, 2012 12:04 PM 93 the last measure could be amended to ask about satisfaction with the facilities available in the local area--that would be more specific. Jan 11, 2012 11:27 AM 94 The types of actual crime are relevant as some offences are less weighted to creating lack of trust in the environment. Jan 10, 2012 5:26 PM 95 Two out of 5 measures exclusively about crime leaves little for the many positive aspects of where we live, e.g. road safety, visual appeal, open spaces, dark skies and birdsong. Satisfaction as a single indicator is just too general. Jan 10, 2012 2:18 PM 96 What type of criminals peodofiles live in certain areas? Jan 10, 2012 1:38 PM 97 Reasons why people are happy or unhappy with their local area. Jan 10, 2012 11:33 AM 98 Satisfaction with are - should specifically pull out feeling of relevant or necessary facilities being available and desired facilities being available in the local area. Jan 10, 2012 11:24 AM 99 The current measure on "access to and quality of the local environment" needs to be developed further. The best way Government can do this is by developing a specific indicator around access to green spaces with trees. This is in line with the 'National Statistician’s Reflections on the National Debate on Measuring National Well-being' which clearly showed that access to "good quality local green spaces" was one of the most important factors in determining how happy people feel about where they live. Jan 9, 2012 10:29 PM 100 Access and quality of local environment - not sure if variants required as Jan 9, 2012 8:29 PM 365 Page 20, Q38. measures not completed 101 It seems a lot of people are afraid (of a lot of things - there's a lot of fearmongering) of violent crime even though they live in an area with a low rate of it Jan 9, 2012 4:53 PM 102 All measures of national wellbeing are spurious and should be regarded as pseudo-science on a par with psychometrics and Tarot reading. They waste public money and distract the media, public debate and political action away from real and serious issues. Engaging with this pseudo-science plays into the hands of political parties who would rather discuss nonsense than make any real decisions. Jan 9, 2012 4:07 PM 103 All hate crimes and crimes against individuals children women within domestic situation Jan 9, 2012 3:38 PM 104 How secure do you feel would be better than fear of specific crime types as it captures a broader range of threats. Environment indicator needs more definition. Jan 9, 2012 1:04 PM 105 'Local environment' must be clarified. Jan 9, 2012 11:09 AM 106 Crime is always at the top of these measures - ask yourself if the level of fear reflects the priority this measure is given in such surveys. Does the question beg the answer? Jan 8, 2012 4:42 PM 107 - there should be a recognition of the the 'National Statistician’s Reflections on the National Debate on Measuring National Well-being' which clearly showed that access to "good quality local green spaces" was one of the most important factors in determining how happy people feel about where they live. Additionally, ‘healthy lives, healthy people’ recognised the importance of the quality of the environment within which people live to their physical and mental health. Jan 6, 2012 5:11 PM 108 Quite often neighbourhoods are fairly homogeneous and their aren't great ranges of social class or ethnic diversity. It might be better to change the wording to a more general theme eg people in my neighbourhood get together to tackle local issues (eg neighbourhood watch, litter-picking) Quite often people are very concerned about non-violent crime eg vandalism, burglary Jan 3, 2012 11:00 PM 109 How satisfied are people that local policing is taking care of minor problems eg noisy neighbours without the matter getting worse but dealing effectively with problems Jan 3, 2012 9:16 AM 110 access to green spaces with trees Dec 21, 2011 6:16 PM 111 The 'Measure of access to and quality of the local environment' needs to be assessed by data from a wider source than just Defra as it is unlikely to include any aspect of Heritage involvement/influence, which is an oversight. Dec 21, 2011 4:49 PM 112 Why do we have to say "very" or "fairly" satisfied? Whjy not just "satsified"? Dec 19, 2011 10:25 AM 113 More follow up with qualitative analysis on perceptions questions Dec 16, 2011 9:24 PM 114 See above Dec 16, 2011 6:17 PM 115 Access and quality of the local environment should include a cultural Dec 16, 2011 11:11 AM 366 Page 20, Q38. dimension 116 Split 'Percentage who are very or fairly satisfied with local area' into 'satisfaction with ambience of local environment' and 'satisfaction with quality and variety of local services' Dec 12, 2011 9:38 PM 117 We do not have mixed races in much of Southern England (coast) sso this questiions is unanswerable Dec 10, 2011 11:06 AM 118 Suggest you remove "access to the environment" as it doesn't really mean anything. Dec 8, 2011 6:58 PM 119 see previous comments Dec 6, 2011 4:46 PM 120 Measure: Measure of access to and quality of the local environment This measure includes the ambiguous term 'environment', and it would be better specified as 'natural environment'. Dec 5, 2011 10:05 PM 121 Fear of violent crime could be broadened to "fear of crime" e.g. break-in; identity theft; racial abuse; bribery Dec 4, 2011 7:28 PM 122 Measure: Percentage agreeing that their local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together Breakdown of those backgrounds is required. Dec 3, 2011 12:31 PM 123 I am not able to respond to each specific subquestion as I believe the overall structure is flawed and thus each measure would need to be analysed against a different structure, please refer to answer for question one of the survey Dec 2, 2011 11:06 PM 124 why only have 'fear of violent crime' - would it not be more revealing to have fear of crime of any level of severity, as it is an individual's perception of crime that affects wellbeing whether classed as petty crime or violent crime? Dec 2, 2011 11:54 AM 125 % agreeing that their local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well and are equally valued Nov 27, 2011 4:26 PM 126 Replace fear of violent crime with fear of crime Nov 21, 2011 10:28 PM 127 See above. Nov 20, 2011 6:35 PM 128 Just how the 'local environment access and quality' indicator is defined will be important -- proximity to natural space is a key point, but not a simple data source to measure Nov 16, 2011 1:38 PM 129 Crime doesn't have to be violent to hurt people - burglary really damages people's well-being and their feeling of comfort in their own home. I also think it is important that people are living where they wouold chose to be rather than where they feel they must (or where they were put). Can this be measured? Nov 13, 2011 2:06 PM 130 Widen the measures, not just on crime and environment - more on relationships with neighbours, opportunities for informal social activities, faith and welfare promotion Nov 12, 2011 10:54 AM 131 percentage who are content with their housing situation percentage of those who actively do things to improve ther locality, Nov 11, 2011 6:41 PM 367 Page 20, Q38. 132 Opinions should be gathered on policing methods, survelance and security measures, punishment for crime and the justice system. Ability to influence local area, access to planning information and ability to shape future development of neighbourhoods. Nov 11, 2011 1:50 PM 133 How do you get the views of people who commit crime and why they do it? This is framed in a very crude victim / perpetrator approach. Nov 11, 2011 12:24 PM 134 See above. Nov 10, 2011 12:23 PM 135 measure 3 asks two, independent questions: access & quality - suggest they are split Nov 9, 2011 11:14 AM 136 Access to greenspace Nov 8, 2011 8:35 PM 137 access to local environment should include things that are free - parks, swqings, libraries etc, and therefore available to the less well off. Nov 8, 2011 7:36 PM 138 instead of percentage - proportion. it's less tick-boxy Nov 8, 2011 5:58 PM 139 See above Nov 8, 2011 5:57 PM 140 would you say your local community is diverse in culture and is integrated/gets on well toge`ther? Nov 8, 2011 3:47 PM 141 Fear of crime Nov 8, 2011 3:40 PM 142 3. Access to and quality of environment measure will depend on the formula used. Quality of environment is a subjective measure (some like green spaces, some like busy high streets) so I suggest this needs to reflect the availability of a choice of environments, and a choice of access methods (footpaths, cycleways, bus routes, car parking...) Nov 8, 2011 2:23 PM 143 Fear of crime - rather than just "violent crime"? Nov 8, 2011 2:09 PM 144 Access to and quality of the local environment is an ambiguous one. Let's be brave and talk about green spaces (urban or otherwise) Nov 8, 2011 12:59 PM 145 need time to decipher Nov 8, 2011 12:09 PM 146 Crime rate per ca pita Police crime maps. Nov 8, 2011 11:34 AM 147 No. of police officers / PCSos per capita in ratio to Crime rate per capita..(in any given area) Nov 8, 2011 11:31 AM 148 Concerned aboiut measure 4: it is a composite and ambiguous. How do people living in stable, homogeneous communities respond if they think people get on well together but the people are all from the same background? Also, Measure 2 - isn't the important thing fear of (all) crime? Especially burglary, car crime, etc Nov 8, 2011 11:19 AM 149 Percentage agreeing that their local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together - Perception is often based on levels of experience e.g. a lot of older people may feel frightened of young people but not actually know anyone (statistics show that young people are much less involved in crime than percieved...) Also a lot of white people have a much more positive experience of their local community and not realise how other people find things... How will this measure assess / draw Nov 8, 2011 10:55 AM 368 Page 20, Q38. out these differences? 150 Just use the term satisfied and don't qualify it with "very or fairly" Nov 4, 2011 11:10 AM 369 Page 20, Q39. 1 .Measure of access to and quality of the local environment (including historic environment) Feb 1, 2012 10:01 AM 2 Where we live: Satisfaction with where you live Feb 1, 2012 8:53 AM 3 To give an indirect answer, I think that there should be a preference for measures that are available at a sub-national level (i.e. by region, or by local authority area if possible). Even though this consultation is primarily about measuring national well-being, the resulting statistics could be much more useful and of wider interest if they were easy for people to relate to their own local circumstances (particularly given the status given to localism and transparency on the current political agenda). This high level of transparency would also give an opportunity for the plausibility of the measures used to be demonstrated, hopefully to generate confide