More young men are now staying home to play video games instead of working

The thought of spending every day on the comfort of your sofa almost sounds too good to be true. But this is a reality for many young men, who are consciously choosing to play video games rather than work. A new study has shown that more young men are now living at home and playing video games, and that rates of happiness among this group is rising. The study showed that 20 per cent of men between the ages of 21 and 30 with an educational level lower than an undergraduate degree reported not working at all in 2014 – more than double than the 9.5 per cent who reported not working in 2000. And while the average time spent playing video games between 2004 and 2007 was 3.4 hours a week, by 2014 that time had risen to 8.6 hours.