Beyond GDP / Wellbeing

Is the UK Prosperity Index a Better Statistic?

Is the UK Prosperity Index a Better Statistic?

Tony Dent and Phyllis Macfarlane provide a critique of the UK Prosperity index as published by the Legatum institute in May of this year.

 

Summary:

 

The UK prosperity Index was published earlier this year, based upon developments from …

Posting on Stats User Network following from Paul Allin’s recent email to Richard Heys

Posting on Stats User Network following from Paul Allin’s recent email to Richard Heys

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Mental Well-being

Mental Well-being

The recent blog “Are we facing a mental health pandemic?” by Tim Vizard and Theo Joloza which can be found here, is very important in emphasising the value of the ONS’s survey research program as a source for more …

Well-being – Comparing Economic Variables with Survey Data

Well-being – Comparing Economic Variables with Survey Data

Prepared by Aiysha Mirza, CMR Group
 

Introduction

As part of a project to compare measures of personal well-being and economic data, we are looking to test the validity/relevance of the current topics of questioning and how extensive the current …

POPULATION STUDY – Test Project 

POPULATION STUDY – Test Project 

Following CMR’s sponsorship of the successful meeting on the Gig economy, held at the National Liberal Club on the evening of the 28th October, we have now published a short report on part of the test work we have been …