These are just two of the findings from a new survey carried out by The Prince’s Trust. The charity’s annual Youth Index, which gauges the wellbeing of young people across a range of areas, reveals an overall decline in their happiness and confidence over the last five years.
It also found a clear link between the levels of support youngsters received while growing up and whether they are in education, employment or training. Youngsters not in education, employment or training (NEETs) are more than twice as likely to feel unable to cope as their peers.
The research, which quizzed more than 2,000 16 to 25-year-olds, showed that more than one in five lacked someone to talk about their problems when they were growing up, this rises to one in three for those who are NEET. Overall, the Index found that contentment with emotional health fell to its lowest ever level this year, while attitudes towards money returned the lowest scores of any measure in the study.
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