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Their average life satisfaction score dropped from 7.8 to 7.4 out of 10 on the Office for National Statistics scale between January and March. In the older age groups there was almost no change to the prevalence of mental ill-health compared to similar assessments from five years ago.Īlthough one sub-set of 900 people aged 62 saw a small decrease in mental health levels. 'More needs to be done to support these age groups and limit the impact of the pandemic on their future health and wellbeing.'

While the study looked at four specific ages, the authors say the findings among young women aged 19 and 30 are likely to also apply to young women in their twenties.Ĭo-author Dr Praveetha Patalay added: 'Our findings clearly highlight high levels of difficulties being experienced by young people aged 19 and 30, especially young women. 'However this finding chimes with other studies which have also shown that young women have experienced the largest increase in mental health problems due to COVID-19.' She said: 'This change in mental health between age 25 and 30 will reflect change that may naturally occur at this stage of life, as well as change attributable to the pandemic. The study's co-author, Professor Emla Fitzsimons, said the change in mental health among 30 years olds could naturally occur and not be a result of Covid-19.

This was only compared to those aged 50 and 62, because the 19 year-olds were not surveyed at the age of 14. Researchers found a 'significant increase' in levels of poor mental health during lockdown compared to when this group was last surveyed, at age 25. Women of 30 years old saw the sharpest decline in mental health over this period of time. The researchers analysed the lockdown survey alongside a similar one done by the same participants five years ago. Just seven per cent of 62-year-old men and 10 per cent of 62-year-old women said they felt depressed. Just under half and both 19-year-old men and women felt lonely during the same time.įollowing teenagers were 30-year-old millennials - one in five women showed signed of depression compared with 14 per cent of the men.Īnd loneliness was also widespread among 30 year-olds, affecting one third of women and a quarter of men. Poor mental health in lockdown was most common among the 19-year-olds surveyed, with depression affecting one-third of women and a quarter of men. Women were more likely than men to suffer mental health problems during lockdown in each age category, the research showed.

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