Map Shows Happiest Age Group in America

Newsweek

Professor De Neve added that while the report itself does not hypothesize on why youth life satisfaction is declining so rapidly in the U.S, there are many theories as to why this is occurring.

He said youth life satisfaction is usually linked to life expectations. Countries such as Lithuania and Serbia which have some of the highest youth happiness in the world, also have a youth population experiencing more optimism for the future than their parents.

American youth, on the other hand, are experiencing an increase in the cost of education, fears around the labor market, and a rise in isolation and loneliness.