Measuring National Well-being: Life in the UK, 2014

Abstract:

Measuring National Well-being: Life in the UK, 2014 provides the latest overview of well-being in the UK today. A snapshot of well-being is provided across the 10 domains of well-being (for example, 'Health', 'Where we live', 'What we do'); together with a brief overview of international comparisons. The report is the second summary of life in the UK to be delivered by the Measuring National Well-being programme and will be updated annually. 

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Climate change effects on human health: projections of temperature-related mortality for the UK during the 2020s, 2050s and 2080s

Background:

The most direct way in which climate change is expected to affect public health relates to changes in mortality rates associated with exposure to ambient temperature. Many countries worldwide experience annual heat-related and cold-related deaths associated with current weather patterns. Future changes in climate may alter such risks. Estimates of the likely future health impacts of such changes are needed to inform public health policy on climate change in the UK and elsewhere. 

Source: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

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Women in the labour market - United Kingdom

Women in the labour market - Key Points

• Rising employment for women and falling employment for men over 40 years
  
• Men have consistently higher employment rates than women above the age of 22
  
• Employment rates for women lowest in Northern Ireland and London
  
• Birmingham has the lowest employment rate among the smaller areas
  
• Men with children more likely to work than those without – opposite picture for women
  
• The employment rate gap between mothers in a couple and lone mothers smaller for those with older children
  
• Men tend to work in the professional occupations associated with higher levels of pay than women
  
• Women dominate employment within caring and leisure occupations
  
• The number of women working within managerial roles slightly higher than the EU average
  
• Female graduates more likely to work in a slightly lower skilled occupation group than men
  
• Men make up the majority of workers in the top 10% of earners for all employees but the gap is lower for those under 30
  

Source: National Office of Statistics (UK)
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