Most young people in the United States are not happy
Most young people in the United States are not happy, according to an annual index released for Happiness Day.
Happiness is a relative concept, but an annual index that attempts to measure it in countries around the world has found that the United States and some Western European nations are feeling less and less happy, particularly younger people.
The United States, for example, dropped out of the top 20 happiest countries in the world for the first time, falling from 15th place last year to 23rd this year.
But in a specific case and for various reasons, it was confirmed that young people in the U.S. are not happy.
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The figures indicate that there is a feeling of alienated well-being among Americans under the age of 30.
The disparity between generations is notable, and in this sense, the United States ranks among the top 10 in the happiness index for those over 60 years of age.
In other words, young people in the United States are not happy, but adults do look at life differently.
Most young people in the United States are not happy
Young people in the United States are not happy, and in this trend, they rank 62nd.
The report, which shows that the United States is outside the top 20 happiest countries in the world, tracks trends in well-being rather than causes.
In the view of one of the report’s editors, a host of factors, including economic inequality between generations, are likely to explain the low levels of happiness among U.S. youth.
In most countries of the world, young people are happier than older people, but not so in the United States.
Young people in the United States are unhappy quite contrary to the perception in countries such as Canada, Germany or France.
The findings, announced Wednesday on the occasion of the United Nations’ International Day of Happiness, are part of the World Happiness Report, which has been tracking well-being ratings around the world for more than a decade.
The report revealing that young people in the United States are not happy is based on data compiled by the research firm Gallup.
On the other hand, the sample had wellbeing academics led by Oxford University in the United Kingdom as analysts.
For the first time this year, the report provided separate rankings by age group, which in many cases vary widely from the overall happiness rankings of different countries.
Lithuania has the happiest young people in the world
According to the report, Lithuania tops the list for those under 30, while Denmark is the happiest country in the world for those over 60.
Child and youth well-being, especially in the United States, has experienced a decline, said Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Professor of Economics and Behavioral Science at Oxford and one of the authors of the report.
Several reasons may be related to the fact that young people in the United States are not happy, but one of the main ones is the current situation in this country.
On the other hand, the over-60s in the U.S. would be No. 10 among the happiest countries in the world.
The well-being of those under 30 in the U.S. ranks below the Dominican Republic and in line with countries such as Malaysia and Russia. Canada’s unhappy young people rank 58th, four places above the United States.
As for the decline in happiness among young Americans, De Neve noted that there is no single piece of conclusive evidence.
But it could be political polarization to excessive use of social media to uncertainty about the future to growing economic inequality between generations, with people under 30 struggling to access the housing market.
