Youth happiness

Abstract

The subjective well-being of young people is different from other groups due to various circumstances that occur throughout the life cycle. This work contributes to the knowledge of specific and objective dimensions of subjective satisfaction of Spanish youth. Its aim is to analyze the factors affecting such satisfaction.

The results indicate that young married people are happier than single people or those living with a partner. Young students are happier than those that work, and within the group of young workers, those who have temporary contracts are the least happy. Happiness increases with income. Unlike the findings obtained for the whole of Spanish society, religion does not seem to influence the degree of life satisfaction among young people. Positive expectations increase the happiness of youth to a lesser extent than they affect the whole of the Spanish population. Young people who live on their own are happier than those who live with their parents.