People in UK are overall less happy than before pandemic, ONS finds. Measures of wellbeing have fallen and anxiety increased, but Outer Hebrides bucks trend.
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People in UK are overall less happy than before pandemic, ONS finds. Measures of wellbeing have fallen and anxiety increased, but Outer Hebrides bucks trend.
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> Scotland bucked the national mood slump with rising measures of happiness, and the people of the Outer Hebrides scored the highest average happiness ratings of anywhere, although with a small population the ONS said it might not be directly comparable with big towns and cities.
> The chain of islands, situated a ferry-hop away from the north-west coast of mainland Scotland, are known for their wildlife and white beaches and are described by the tourist board as “your very own slice of heaven”. The people there also have the second highest life satisfaction score of any location in the UK.
> The most satisfied people live in the Shetland Islands, the equally blustery Scottish archipelago lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway.
Thought this bit was the most interesting:
> But in the end, moving to a Scottish island is not the surest way of boosting wellbeing. Staying healthy is.
> “Self-reported health had a larger contribution on reported life satisfaction than any other characteristic or circumstance considered in the analysis,” the ONS said. “Adults in Great Britain reporting ‘good health’ rate their life satisfaction … 16.6% higher than those reporting ‘bad health’ … Self-reported health was the only circumstance or characteristic to have a large contribution on feeling things done in life are worthwhile, happiness, and anxiety.”