Life in the UK 2023

The Life in the UK index is a three-year demonstrator project designed to measure the collective wellbeing of the people of the UK, looking at social, economic, environmental, and democratic aspects of life.  This landmark research, conducted in partnership with Ipsos, is based on a survey of more than 6900 people.

This publication outlines the UK’s scores for collective, social, economic, environmental and democratic wellbeing. It also presents key findings in relation to how different demographics are doing across the UK. Key findings include:

• Older people in the UK report a higher quality of life then their younger counterparts.
• There is a widespread lack of trust across all age groups in the UK’s political systems and institutions, with only a minority of people feeling that they had influence over local or national decision-making.

• Life in the UK 2023 Briefing
• Life in the UK: Northern Ireland
• Life in the UK: Scotland
• Life in the UK: Wales

• Life in the UK: Focus on Age
• Life in the UK: Focus on Area Deprivation
• Life in the UK: Focus on Household Income
• Life in the UK: Focus on Disability
• Life in the UK: Focus on Housing Tenure
• Life in the UK: Focus on Ethnicity

• Life in the UK 2023 Technical report

Carnegie UK has and will continue to follow the principles of the Code of Practice for Statistics in the production of our Life in the UK index. We outline how we will adhere to these principles in our Voluntary Statement of Compliance.

You can access the full data tables associated with this research here.

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