Weighed down by our own expectations, despite money in the pocket

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) recently

released the findings of the 2022 Quality of Life Survey

. They found that Singaporeans have become less happy over the past decade, despite real incomes rising over this period. That said, measures of well-being – such as life satisfaction, happiness, enjoyment, achievement, sense of control and purpose – were all positively correlated with the household incomes of the respondents.

In other words, the richer a household, the greater its sense of well-being tends to be.