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When a nationwide study was launched to determine how happy UK residents are and what is most important to us, the results were largely unsurprising.
While parents said their priorities were their children, good health and a nice house, teenagers highlighted the most important things as mobile phones, The Only Way Is Essex, high heels and hugs.
As a result the findings of David Cameron's much-vaunted 'Well-being Index' were widely derided for being blindingly obvious.
But now the green light has been given for the ONS to draw up its first life satisfaction index by asking 200,000 people to rate, on a scale of zero to 10, their satisfaction, happiness, anxiety and belief that what they do in life is worthwhile.
Smiles all round: Despite it being the subject of mockery, David Cameron is pressing ahead with his wellbeing index to measure the nation's happiness
The ONS today vowed to press ahead and analyse the findings in an effort to tell politicians exactly how happy the nation is, with the first national well-being indicators set to be released in the autumn, followed by annual life satisfaction ratings in July 2012.
More than 34,000 people responded to the £2m scheme ordered by the Prime Minister in November.