The Living Well Index, created by Sainsbury’s in association with Oxford Economics and the National Centre for Social research, surveyed 8,250 Brits about what we consider to be living well today – and you might find some of the results surprising.

It turns out that the most content among us feel well-rested “most of the time”.

Grouped into 18 categories, people were asked questions about well-being in relation to things we can control – it didn’t include age, gender, ethnicity and education. Chatting to our neighbours, satisfactory sex lives, a stable and secure job, and the health of our nearest and dearest were considered to be important, but not as much as a good night’s sleep.

This is the one thing people would rather have than a pay rise