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This company surveyed thousands of workers if they'd rather be unhappy or unemployed. Here's what they said.

This video is part of: Centre for the New Economy and Society

Human resources company Automatic Data Processing (ADP) regularly puts this question to a panel of 2,500 workers. Recent results suggest your answer might depend on your age. 72% of workers aged 40-58 say they would rather be unhappy. While 54% of workers aged 18-26 said the same.

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