At a time when economic measures are generally improving, this is not necessarily reflected in how people tell us they are feeling about their lives.

Whilst it is too early to say why anxiety ratings have increased slightly and why life satisfaction, happiness and worthwhile ratings have levelled off in the past 12 months, we know from our previous research that factors impacting most on people’s personal well-being include health, work situation and relationship status.

Publishing this data quarterly, rather than annually, means we can monitor these trends more closely.