Youth ends at 35 and old age begins at 58

To reach the conclusions,academics from the University of Kent studied data from 40,000 people across Europe. They presented the findings to a meeting of the Economic and Social Research Council,in London,reports The Telegraph.

Professor Dominic Abrams said: “The survey showed that age prejudice – being treated as “too young” or “too old” – is perceived to be a serious or very serious issue by 63 per cent of respondents,so it is obviously important to know what these age labels mean to people.”

Professor Abrams,a psychologist,added: “This evidence shows that what counts as young and old is very largely down to the age of the beholder.”