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Why are Singapore’s younger workers so unhappy?
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Singapore workers aged under 40 were more than twice as likely as their peers aged 50 and over to say they were anxious and depressed.
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SINGAPORE - They are more than a decade younger, but three times more likely to be diagnosed with anxiety and depression, and five times more likely to spend their company benefits on therapy.
They are the Singapore workers aged under 40, and they are feeling starkly more blue than their peers 50 and above, who are more inclined to use company benefits for prescription drugs than for a shrink.
