What influences Londoners’ wellbeing, and what can help? A study by the Mile End Institute at Queen Mary University of London and Centre for London

Summary

This report is about what influences Londoners’ wellbeing and what can help. It was produced as a collaboration between a university, the Mile End Institute at Queen Mary University of London, and a think tank, Centre for London, because we want to combine academic rigor with practical policy proposals. The report uses data from Understanding Society, a large longitudinal study which asks the same people questions about their lives every few years. The wellbeing measure used in this study is the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale, which is a well validated measure that asks people how much they agree with a series of positive statements about themselves over the last two weeks, such as “I have been feeling useful”.