The Resolution Foundation said that 18- to 24-year-olds were the hardest hit from the outset in terms of job loss, furlough and loss of hours, and their mental health deteriorated more significantly than among older people at the start of the first lockdown.
With lockdown measures set to ease this month, a report by the think tank said they remain harder hit than older people, being two-and-a-half times more likely to be out of work and are also less optimistic about their mental health in general.
Almost one-in-three young people who were employed before the crisis, but are currently unemployed, furloughed or on reduced pay, said their mental health is poor.
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