Measuring Subjective Wellbeing in the UK http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/wellbeing/measuring-subjective-wellbeing-in-the-uk/first-annual-ons-experimental-subjective-well-being-results/index.html was released this week by the Office of National Statistics. Release includes statistical tables by geographical location.
The Guardian has a good graph of locations http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2012/jul/24/happiness-wellbeing-map-britain
For an international comparison Gallup launched a world pessimism index – which concluded that Greeks were most unhappy! http://www.gallup.com/poll/156137/Worldwide-Greeks-Pessimistic-Lives.aspx
The New Economics Foundation site http://neweconomics.org/blog/2012/07/24/mapping-well-being-in-the-uk has some comment. It continues to produce the alternative worldwide. Happy Planet index: http://www.happyplanetindex.org/
Some interesting discussion- including podcasts on wellbeing and economics can also be found on the All Party parliamentary group website: http://parliamentarywellbeinggroup.org.uk/
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