Old age starts at 54 (and youth ends at 32) - that's if you ask young people

They may feel they are in their prime with many years ahead of them.

But people of 54 are at the start of their old age, according to the younger generation.
And youth ends when people turn 32, say the under 25s.

A survey of 2,200 people questioned as part of research by the Department for Work and Pensions, showed that on average, Britons think old age starts at 59, while youth ends at 41.

Unsurprisingly the survey also showed that older participants deemed old age to come later with those over 80 classing the end of youth as 52 and the beginning of old age at 68.      More Read