KRIVET 한국직업능력연구원 국무총리 산하 정부출연 연구기관

행복한 청년의 비율은 장래 희망 직업을 결정한 집단에서는 69.9%, 결정하지 못한 집단에서는 59.9%이며, 구체적인 진로계획을 실천하는 집단에서는 73.1%, 그렇지 않은 집단에서는 58.0%에 그침.
성격별로는 외향적(71.6%)이고 정서적으로 안정(75.2%)되어 있으며, 친화적(72.7%)이고 성실(70.9%)하며 개방적(68.4%)인 성격을 가진 사람이 더 행복함.
본인의 월평균 소득이 200만 원 미만일 때는 행복한 청년의 비율이 61.0%이나 200만 원~300만 원 구간에서는 70.2%로 증가함. 그러나 300만 원 이상(68.9%)이 되면 행복 수준이 소폭 감소함.
고등학교 이하 졸업자 중 행복한 청년의 비율은 58.7%, 전문대학 졸업자는 63.6%, 4년제 대학 졸업자 65.9%, 상위 30위권 4년제 대학 졸업자는 71.9%로 학력과 학벌이 높을수록 더 행복함.
남자는 마르거나(53.8%), 비만인 사람(57.5%)보다 과체중(68.5%)인 경우 행복한 사람이 더 많은 반면, 여자는 마를수록 행복 수준이 높음.

Of the group of young people who have decided on their future occupation, 69.9% feel that they are happy, while the respective figure for the group of those without decided future occupation is 59.9%. In addition, of the young people who are taking actions to carry out their concrete career plans, 73.1% feel they are happy, while the respective figure for those not taking actions is only 58.0%. 
In terms of personal characteristics, those who are extroverted (71.6%), emotionally stable (75.2%), friendly (72.7%), diligent (70.9%), and open-minded (68.4%) are happier. 
In terms of income, 61.0% of young people whose average monthly wage is less than 2 million won are happy. This figure increases to 70.2% for those with income in the 2 to 3 million won level. However, among those with an income level of 3 million won or higher, the level of happiness decrease somewhat (68.9%).  
In terms of education, 58.7% of young people with high school diplomas or lower are happy, while 63.6% of those who graduated from two-year colleges, 65.9% of those who graduated from four-year colleges and 71.9% of those who graduated from the top 30 four-year colleges are happy. The figures indicate that happiness levels are proportional to education levels as well as to the ranking of the college attended. Young, overweight males are happier (68.5%) than slim (63.8%) or obese (57.5%) young males; however, among young females, the lighter the body weight, the higher the level of happiness.