UK far Down Youth Wellbeing Table

The BBC reports:

A table of young people's wellbeing in 29 European states - the EU plus Norway and Iceland - has ranked Britain 24th.

The Netherlands was top while only Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania and Malta came lower than the UK.

The table, about youngsters aged up to 19, was compiled by York University researchers for the Child Poverty Action Group using mostly 2006 data.

The government commented that its policies were lifting more than a million children out of poverty.

The researchers assessed the countries on 43 separate measures, ranging from infant mortality and obesity to material resources - like poverty and housing.

Also included were how children felt about their lives, schools and relationships.