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CPS1431 Salima M.
Marital status: single young men and married young women are the most
NEET-affected
Among EI NEET women, more than a third is single (36%) and about two-
thirds are married (62%), on the other side, almost all unemployed NEET men
are single (97.1%). Married young women find themselves in NEET population
more than those who are single (85.8% against 36.9%). At the contrary, young
single men are more likely to be NEET than young married men (16.2% against
3.9%). A married woman has 4.5 times more chance to fall in NEET group than
a single woman. On the other side, a single man has 7.7 times more chance to
become NEET than a married one.

Household size: living alone saves young men and women from falling in
the NEET situation
Young EI NEET women and unemployed NEET men who live in families of
“4 or 5 people” are the most numerous (respectively 40.7% and 47.7%). The
NEET rate among young women and young men fluctuates around the
average value, except for those living alone where it registers the lower values
(28.3% and 5.6% respectively); its higher value is recorded among women
living with two people maximum (66.2%). Living alone lowers the chances to
become NEET, as young women living in households of 2 to 3 or 4 to 5 or 6
people and more have respectively 2.8, 2.2 and 2.3 times more chance to fall
in NEET group. The bigger is the family the more a young men risk to become
NEET (4.2 and 4.9 times more chance for those living in families of 2 to 3
people and of 4 to 5 people compared to those living alone).

Educational level: a good educational level reduces the likelihood of
falling in NEET group
Both EI NEET women and unemployed NEET men are poorly qualified,
more than half of them have fundamental level (respectively 63.1% and 52.9%).
Still, compared to EI NEET women, a significant part of unemployed men have
tertiary level (18.8% against 2.9%). The more a young woman is educated the
less she risks falling in NEET group (NEET rate registers 25.5%, 30.5% and
69.3% for respectively women with tertiary, secondary, fundamental level and
78.6% for those with no educational level). Almost the same structure is
observed within young men, except that the NEET rate for men with tertiary
level is higher compared to those with primary or secondary level (16.1%
against 15.3% and 12.9% respectively). Young women with no educational
level have 5.6 times more chance to be NEET-affected than those having
tertiary level. Same effect as for young men, the less a young man is educated
the more he risks to be NEET: compared to those with tertiary level, those with
no education and with primary level have respectively 3.5 and 1.7 times more
chance to be NEET.

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