"Figure 6: Average happiness ratings by sex, financial years ending 2012 to 2016","" "UK","" "","" "Notes","1. The axis does not start at 0. 2. 2011 to 2012 was the first year of data collection. 3. Question: Overall, how happy did you feel yesterday? Where 0 is ""not at all happy"" and 10 is ""completely happy"". " "Unit","Mean average" "","" "","Men","Women" "2011 to 2012","7.27","7.32" "2012 to 2013","7.27","7.34" "2013 to 2014","7.36","7.42" "2014 to 2015","7.45","7.48" "2015 to 2016","7.46","7.49"