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Happily measuring happiness and well-being
Measuring happiness: how to put well-being at the heart of the communityWellnet event, 27 March 2009
Nicola SteuerHead, Centre for Well-beingnef (the new economics foundation)
“self-esteem” “confidence”
“quality of life”“it’s about physical, economic
and environmental factors”“good social and community
relationships”
“meeting basic needs”“state in which individuals feel competent to influence their
lives & context”“safe & secure”
“ happiness”“happiness and contentment”
“satisfaction with life” “emotional health”
What is happiness & well-being?
Responses from a small group of service practitioners in the North West, April 2008
External/enablingconditions
“quality of life”“it’s about physical, economic
and environmental factors”“good social and community
relationships”
Measuring happiness and well-being…
External/enablingconditions
Measuring happiness and well-being…
External/enablingconditions
“self-esteem” “confidence”
Measuring happiness and well-being…
External/enablingconditions
Personal/psychological
resources
Measuring happiness and well-being…
External/enablingconditions
Personal/psychological
resources
“meeting basic needs”“state in which individuals feel
competent to influence their lives & context”
“safe & secure”
Measuring happiness and well-being…
External/enablingconditions
Personal/psychological
resources
Good functioningand satisfaction
of needs
Measuring happiness and well-being…
External/enablingconditions
Personal/psychological
resources
Good functioningand satisfaction
of needs
“ happiness”“happiness and contentment”
“satisfaction with life” “emotional health”
Measuring happiness and well-being…
External/enablingconditions
Personal/psychological
resources
Good feelingsday-to-dayand overall
Good functioningand satisfaction
of needs
Measuring happiness and well-being…
‘Doing’ well-being measurement
• National Indicator Set
• CLG Place Survey Question Bank / Life Satisfaction
• European Social Survey Well-being Module
• National Well-being Indicator questions
• Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale
Make best use of what already exists
• saves time
• saves money
• can help ensure quality/robustness
• can sometimes provide benchmarks/comparator data
External/enablingconditions
Personal/psychological
resources
Good feelingsday-to-dayand overall
Good functioningand satisfaction
of needs
What existing indicators/tools capture
National Indicator Set
External/enablingconditions
Personal/psychological
resources
Good feelingsday-to-dayand overall
Good functioningand satisfaction
of needs
What existing indicators/tools capture
CLG Question Bank Question on Life
Satisfaction
External/enablingconditions
Personal/psychological
resources
Good feelingsday-to-dayand overall
Good functioningand satisfaction
of needs
What existing indicators/tools capture
European Social Survey Well-being
Module/nef’s National Accounts of
Well-being
‘Doing’ well-being measurement
• Big Lottery Fund Well-being Programme National
Evaluation Tools
Consider tracking change over time
• necessary if you want to demonstrate outcomes & impact
• shows distance travelled for your group or community
• doesn’t have to be everyone, think about samples
• build it in – not just one-off ‘research moments’
‘Doing’ well-being measurement
• online data collection formats e.g. Big Lottery national evaluation tools• interesting data presentation formats e.g. National Accounts of Well-being
Be creative (whilst being robust)
• encourages participation in the process of measuring
• encourages engagement in the results from measuring
• encourages people to act on the findings
Taking action
Contact details:
t: 020 7820 6390
Reports downloadable from:
www.neweconomics.org
Other websites:
www.nationalaccountsofwellbeing.org
www.happyplanetindex.org
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