The headline may have been an eye catcher, but BBC Education picked up on an opinion poll that shows that young men who are from neither the most advantaged nor disadvantaged families were amongst the most fatalistic about their futures in a climate of recession and high levels of youth unemployment. The research was undertaken for O2 based on questions devised by Professor Tony Chapman. Subsequent detailed analysis of these data will be published in the final report of the O2 Think Big evaluation in December 2013.
See the news story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-20947604