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Youth in Developing Countries Happiest

People between the ages of 16 and 34 in developing countries such as China are twice as likely to report leading happy lives as their peers in developed nations like Britain and Japan, a survey by MTV Networks International (MTVNI) shows.

Overall, 43 percent of respondants said they were happy, with Argentina and South Africa topping the list for happiest respondants at 75 percent. The United States and Britain meanwhile had happiness rates under 30 percent while just one in eight young people in Japan reported being happy.

Youth in developed countries also reported pessimism about the future, high pressure to succeed, skepticism about globalization and fears of terrorism.


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