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The news may come as a shock to those who believe Britain is a broken society menaced by hoodie-wearing yobs, but research commissioned by the Guardian shows that the vast majority of teenage boys are ambitious, career-minded, home-loving and, above all, happy.

A survey of 1,000 teenage boys in the UK showed that 88% of them believed their career prospect were good, and 88% regarded themselves as ambitious; 87% were happy in their family lives, 87% were happy in their social lives, and 81% were happy in their school or work lives.