Individuals are more likely to feel stressed during their twenties than in later life, a new study has revealed.

Research published today by Saga has also indicated that the most prevalent worry for Britons is pressure to be successful financially (40 per cent).

While more than two thirds (69 per cent) of respondents in their late teens and early twenties felt concerned by this matter, only one in five over-50s stated that they felt the same apprehension.

Only 17 per cent of respondents over the age of 50 stated that they worried less as they got older, while some 52 per cent of those under their half-century stated that they worry more as they age.

Chief executive of Saga Andrew Goodsell commented: "This study clearly shows that [baby-boomers] are also the most relaxed and dispels the view that many have a mid-life crisis when they reach their fifties."

The LA Times recently reported on a study that found older people are less likely to become emotionally wound-up about events in their lives than their younger counterparts.