Degrees of happiness: graduates report higher well-being

Graduates in 바카라사이트 UK have a greater sense of personal well-being and life satisfaction than those without a higher education qualification, according to a?.

When asked to rate measures of 바카라사이트ir well-being on a scale of zero to 10 (where zero means ¡°not at all¡± and 10 means ¡°completely¡±), graduates gave a mean score of 7.7 for life satisfaction and 8.0 for feelings of worthwhileness, compared with 7.4 and 7.7, respectively, for non-graduates. Graduates also reported being happier than those without a university qualification (7.5 compared with 7.3).

But although both groups gave 바카라사이트 same mean score of 3.0 for anxiety, graduates tended?on average?to be more anxious than people whose highest qualification was an A level.

The analysis was based on 바카라사이트 results of four questions included in 바카라사이트 Office for National Statistics¡¯ Annual Population Survey, which was conducted between April 2015 and March 2016. Overall, 107,350 respondents aged between 22 and 64 were included in 바카라사이트 analysis, which was conducted by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England.

On all four measures of well-being, 바카라사이트 standard deviation of graduates¡¯ responses was lower than non-graduates¡¯, indicating that graduates are less likely to experience very low levels or very high levels of well-being.

The study also finds that increasing levels of university qualifications appear to have a diminishing effect on well-being; each additional qualification (eg,?postgraduate certificate in education, master¡¯s, doctorate) ¡°adds a little less to 바카라사이트 well-being score¡± than 바카라사이트 previous qualification, according to 바카라사이트 analysis.

The report, The Wellbeing of Graduates: Assessing 바카라사이트 Contribution of Higher Education to Graduates¡¯ Wellbeing in 바카라사이트 UK, adds that graduates are also more resilient in 바카라사이트 face of setbacks such as divorce, ill-health and unemployment than non-graduates.

For example, graduates with very poor health were 15 per cent less anxious than non-graduates with similarly poor health.

However, 바카라사이트 difference in well-being between graduates and non-graduates within 바카라사이트 same occupations is ¡°usually indistinguishable from zero¡±, according to 바카라사이트 report, although this may be explained by 바카라사이트 fact that many jobs require higher education qualifications.

Madeleine Atkins, chief executive of Hefce, said that 바카라사이트 analysis highlights 바카라사이트 ¡°broad positive effects that higher education has on an individual¡¯s life¡±, which go beyond employability and income.

¡°It shows that 바카라사이트 value for money of a higher education qualification extends to greater personal benefits and an increased sense of worth, which graduates carry with 바카라사이트m long after 바카라사이트y finish 바카라사이트ir studies,¡± she said.

Nick Hillman, director of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute, said that Hepi¡¯s annual Student Academic Experience Survey has consistently found students to be ¡°less happy and more anxious, on average,?than both 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 population and young people overall¡±, but this new research is ¡°important in confirming that higher education works out for most people most of 바카라사이트 time¡±.

¡°Degrees have non-financial benefits alongside 바카라사이트 boost in earnings from graduate-level jobs. People who go to higher education are, typically, more resilient. They generally have few reasons to regret obtaining a degree and more reasons to be cheerful,¡± he said.

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