"It sounded simple. Define, understand and measure what matters most: how people are doing. There was just one thing. No one had ever done it before."
Julie Rusk
The Guardian 2015
A foundational document for understanding wellbeing which examines the rationale for wellbeing measurement, highlighting research and a sampling of previous and current efforts to integrate wellbeing measurement in the academic, policy, and public arenas around the globe.
View PDFA summary overview of The Wellbeing Project, its development, and highlights from the findings of Santa Monica’s first Wellbeing Index.
View PDFThe complete findings of The Wellbeing Index; including the project design, wellbeing literature review, research methodology, and in depth analysis of Index findings.
View PDFConstance Farrell
City of Santa Monica
310.458.2274 | constance.farrell@smgov.net