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Thursday February 15, 12:01 PMJapan tops UNICEF list of proportion of teens feeling lonely(Kyodo) _ Japan had the largest proportion of 15-year-olds who feel lonely among some industrial and European countries with a striking margin over the second country on the list, Iceland, a UNICEF report on child well-being showed Wednesday.Nearly one out of three, or 29.8 percent, of Japanese 15-year-olds agreed to the statement "I feel lonely," followed by Iceland's 10.2 percent, according to the report that covered 24 of the 25 countries comprising the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The United States was not covered in this particular segment of the survey. France and Britain had much lower figures of 6.4 percent and 5.4 percent, respectively. Japan also ranked top in the percentage of 15-year-olds who felt "awkward and out of place," which stood at 18.1 percent, followed by 15.6 percent in Belgium. On children's material well-being on educational environment, Japan ranked second from the bottom. A total of 53.3 percent of Japanese children aged 15 had less than six educational possessions among eight items, such as a desk for study, a computer for schoolwork and an internet connection. This was the highest worst score after Greece with 61.8 percent. |
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