The statistic displayed above shows the share of the young population that could be happy without a job in Belgium in 2016 and 2017, by age. In this period, ** percent of the Belgian respondents aged between 26 and 34 years old reported being able to be happy without a job.
* n (16-17) = 3,053, n (18-25) = 22,308, n (26-34) = 17,077, n (34+) = 3,307. Although the survey is specifically focused on the generation aged between 16 and 34 years, people older than 34 were also able to answer the survey questions, hence the category 34 years and older.
The statistic displayed above shows the percentage of respondents that answered yes to the question.
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