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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

‘Happiness recession’: UK 15-year-olds at bottom of European satisfaction league

Teenage boy slumped in a dark room with his hand over his eyes
Study also found the largest gap in life satisfaction between the most and least disadvantaged 15-year-olds was in the UK. Photograph: vitapix/Getty Images

More 15-year-olds are reporting low life satisfaction in the UK than anywhere else in Europe, amid what experts are describing as a “happiness recession” for British teenagers.

The group is at the bottom of European rankings in terms of life satisfaction across 27 nations, analysis by the Children’s Society reveals. In the UK 25% of 15-year-olds reported low life satisfaction, compared with 7% of Dutch children of the same age – the lowest level among any of the countries surveyed.

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