Graduates report higher levels of happiness when answering survey questions on a weekend, according to an analysis by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa).
The data body identified significant fluctuations in answers to the well-being questions in its Graduate Outcomes survey – taken by 334,095 graduates between 2017 and 2019 – depending on the day of the week that the respondent filled it in.
Asked “How happy did you feel yesterday?’ on a scale of 0 to 10, the highest average scores were given by those who took the survey on a Sunday while graduates who answered on a Saturday gave the next highest average score, followed by those who answered on a Monday.
