Time-Use Surveys for Measuring National Well-Being in the UK

An article commissioned by the UK Office for National Statistics establishes how time-use data can measure National Well-being. It describes potential uses of time-use data and concludes that time diaries provide a means for integrating distinct views of economic output and aggregate well-being. The supporting material is licensed under OGL-UK-3.0 and was last updated in July 2026.

Use Cases

• Measure national well-being based on time-use data concepts described in the article.
• Integrate opposing views of economic output based on the time diary methodology discussed.
• Analyze the relationship between time allocation and aggregate well-being based on the article's framework.

Strengths

• Commissioned by the authoritative UK Office for National Statistics.
• Licensed under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 for reuse.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:41.936335; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom