Young People Are More Miserable Than Older Generations, Research Finds
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For the study, researchers asked people to evaluate their life on a scale from zero to 10, with 10 representing their best possible life.
Young people are experiencing a decline in happiness as they suffer "the equivalent of a midlife crisis," a new global research has revealed. For the study, researchers asked people to evaluate their life on a scale from zero to 10, with 10 representing their best possible life. Results from the past three years were then averaged to get the result. Experts found that youth, especially in North America, are experiencing mid-life crisis today. They also revealed that the declining well-being among under-30s has driven the United States out of the top 20 list of happiest nations.
The results were published in the 2024 World Happiness Report. This report is an annual barometer of wellbeing in 140 nations coordinated by Oxford University's Wellbeing Research Centre, Gallup and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. It showed "disconcerting drops (in youth happiness) especially in North America and western Europe," said Professor Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, director of the Wellbeing Research Centre and editor of the study, as per The Guardian.
"To think that in some parts of the world children are already experiencing the equivalent of a midlife crisis, demands immediate policy action," he said.
