What it means: the ONS asks a large sample of adults how satisfied they are with their life, how happy they felt yesterday, and how anxious, each on a 0 to 10 scale. This is the UK's official happiness measure. Scores are averages and move slowly; a change of 0.1 or more counts. The latest UK figures published in this series are for April to June 2023.

Source: ONS, quarterly personal well-being estimates, UK, seasonally adjusted means.