France: more than a quarter of young Guadeloupeans are not in education, employment or training
In Guadeloupe, 27.3% of young people aged 15 to 29 are neither in employment, nor in studies, nor in training, "twice as many as in metropolitan France", according to a study by Insee published Thursday January 19.
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In Guadeloupe, 27.3% of young people aged 15 to 29 are neither in employment, nor in studies, nor in training, "
twice as many as in metropolitan France
", according to an INSEE study published on January 10.
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Of these 16,900 Guadeloupeans, nearly 57% are looking for work and some 22% want to work but do not take an active approach,
the study
reveals again, which draws up a typology of these young people in a situation of Neet (English acronym of “neither in education, nor in employment, nor in training”).
51.6% of Neet in Guadeloupe are "
poorly qualified and live with their parents
".
They are mainly between 15 and 24 years old and have been unemployed for more than a year for almost half of them.
One “
Neet out of four is a young parent far from employment
”, also specifies the study, of which 95% are women, while they represent only 48.4% of all young people in a Neet situation. .
In addition, 21% of Neet are young graduates, mostly from higher education, "
having difficulty finding a job
".
Half have been unemployed for less than a year.
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👨💼 [#Youth]
The situation of NEETs is often suffered, especially the #unemployed who cannot find a #job or the #inactive who often face family or #health constraints.
👉 https://t.co/6F6EmCu8w0 pic.twitter.com/Pr8v0jDfU2
— Insee (@InseeFr) January 10, 2023
An even more dramatic finding in Reunion and Guyana
Guadeloupe is not the only territory to experience this phenomenon of young people in a Neet situation.
"
The situation is similar in Martinique
" with 25.6% of young people concerned and "
the share of Neet is greater in Reunion and Guyana
", with 30.2% and 36.7% of Neet respectively, writes the Insee in its study, explaining that these differences with the metropolis are explained by “
the smallness of the territory and the narrowness of the economic market
”.
In general, it is “
age, in particular because it is linked to the gradual cessation of studies
” which “
influences the number of young people in a situation of Neet
”, explains INSEE.
He adds that if "
8.3% of young people between 15 and 19 years old are without employment or training, they are 38.4% among 20-24 year olds and 43.7% among 25-29 year olds
", specifying that at the “
national level this evolution is more contained
” from 5.7% for the youngest segment to 18.1% for the oldest.
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AFP
)
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