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CPS1431 Salima M.
Who young men and women live with:
• Young women living in a male-headed household tend to be more
NEET
The majority of EI NEET women and unemployed NEET men live in male-
headed households (87.3% and 81.3% respectively). A young woman living in
a male-headed household is more likely to be NEET than a woman living in a
female-headed household (56.2% against 49.4%). At the contrary, a young
man living in a female-headed household is more likely to be NEET than a man
living in a male-headed household (20.5% against 14.1%). While living with a
male head of household increases the likelihood of being NEET for a young
woman by 1.4 times compared to living in female-headed household, the
gender of the head of household, unexpectedly, doesn’t affect NEET status for
young men (Odds ratio is lightly higher than 1).

• Youth living in a household run by a person with good educational
level are less likely to be NEET
About three quarters of EI NEET women and unemployed NEET men live
where the head of household has no diploma (74.4% and 72.2%). Young men
and women who live where the head of household has an advanced diploma
are less exposed to NEET situation (11.8% and 37.3% compared to the average
NEET rates). For both men and women, living with a head of household with
no diploma increases the likelihood of being NEET by 1.3 times compared to
living in with a head of household with advanced diploma.

• Young men living in a household run by an unemployed are more
likely to be NEET
The majority of EI NEET women and unemployed NEET men live where head
of households have a job or is economically inactive (respectively 98.6% and
95.2%), with the big shares registered for heads of households who have a job.
Young men tend more to be NEET when the head of household is
economically inactive (NEET rate equals 21.5%), while the type of economic
activity of the head of household doesn’t seem to affect the risk of falling in
NEET situation for young women, as the NEET rate fluctuate around the
average for all types. With Odds ratios nearly equal to 1, we can conclude that
the type of economic activity of the head of household doesn’t affect the
likelihood of young women becoming NEET. On the other hand, a young man
living with an unemployed head of household registers 5 times more chance
to fall in the NEET group compared to those who live with economically
inactive head of household.

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