UK Wellbeing Conditions Index2026 reproduction package

Run python calculate_index.py from this folder. Requires only Python3 standard library.
Inputs contain all361 current UK districts; do not remove excluded rows before running.
Data are extracts from the official sources linked in editorial-metadata.json and source documentation. The original downloaded-file hashes and extraction scripts are in provenance/.

The methodology file explains periods, eligibility, weights, boundaries and uncertainty. Country ranks use identical UK-normalised scores.

Underlying official data remain attributable to ONS, Nomis, NISRA, Defra and Ofcom. See their terms and source documentation. Publisher calculations are identified separately from source estimates.
