Sex and sleep are the most important for feeling happy and well-being

New research from the UK's National Center for Social Research shows that sex and sleep are the most important to feelings of happiness and well-being, and that money has nothing to do with it.

A study in which 8.250 Britons participated showed that an increase in personal income has only a small effect on the feeling of happiness, and that quality sleep and sex life are most closely related to the feeling of happiness and well-being.

People who slept well during this study scored 15 points higher on the happiness index than those who slept poorly. People who were dissatisfied with their sex life had 7 points less than people who had a quality sex life. For those whose incomes suddenly increased by 50 percent, the happiness index increased by only two points.

Factors that were also more important for happiness than income were: living in a strong community, job security and the health of close relatives.

It is less important whether people own or rent an apartment and how many followers they have on social networks.

The research also showed that older people are happier than younger people, and the happiest were people with small children. People in their thirties and forties who do not have children were the least happy, reports klix.ba.