China well-being declined last year, but still better than other major markets, Lululemon survey finds
- Chinese people continued to have the world’s highest well-being score in 2021
- Chinese citizens are more likely to use a number of top well-being strategies: Lululemon executive
China is among two markets where the population experienced a decline in total well-being last year, according to a survey conducted by fitness apparel-maker Lululemon Athletica.
The Chinese, however, continued to have the world’s highest well-being score at 75 per cent, topping the average of 66 per cent for all 10 markets polled by the Vancouver-based company.
It conducted an online poll of 10,000 respondents, aged at least 18 years old, in October and November, just before the more transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus was first reported in South Africa in late November. This is the survey’s second edition after its launch in 2021.
Mainland China and Hong Kong have since been grappling with flare-ups of Covid-19 infections involving the more transmissible strain. Beijing and the city have imposed stringent measures including multiple-day lockdowns to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
“China ranked overall highest in well-being for the second year in a row – year over year they’re wrestling with the same things impacting well-being across the globe,” Gareth Pope, senior vice-president, Asia-Pacific at Lululemon, said in an emailed interview. “Key factors impacting well-being in China are similar to what we see globally.”
The research viewed well-being as defined by three core elements – physical, mental and social well-being. An individual would feel their best if they had a good balance of these elements.
