Female employees are happier now than 40 years ago

Females of all ages are happier in aspects of life including work and marriage, than they were forty years ago, according to a BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour poll.

Nearly nine in 10 women said they would rather be female than male in 2016, compared to almost six in 10 in 1947.

More women were also likely to work now than in 1951 - 60% of women are in employment today compared with 31% 65 years ago.

The poll showed leaps and bounds for older females too, with today 62% of 55 to 64-year-olds in work compared with 22% in 1951.