Having a job is paramount to well being, according to new data from the Office for National Statistics.

The data, measuring the nation’s well-being, reveals job security, as well as relationships with families and their health have topped the list with 88% of respondents stating that these things matter most to them in life.

Paul Allin, director of the measuring national well-being programme at ONS, says: “The most relevant measures of well-being should encompass the elements of life that matter to people most, which is why ONS is conducting a national debate to find out what these are.

“Objective measures such as crime, employment and life expectancy rates will be combined with subjective measures such as fear of crime, job-satisfaction and self-reported health, to give a more complete picture of national well-being.”