Youth who are not enrolled in education or employed are considered inactive or idle. Young people who are inactive in both education and employment are at risk of being socially excluded if they do not have the income or skills to improve their economic situation.[1]
Youth, aged 15 to 19, not in education, employment or training |
About the MeasureThe Not-in-Education-Employment-or-Training (NEET) rate refers to the percentage of youth who are not enrolled in education or training programs and are not working. It captures unemployed youth (who are actively looking for work) as well as youth who are not in the labour force (who are not working or actively looking for work). Key FindingsIn both 2006 and 2016, the NEET rate was higher in Wellington and Dufferin compared to Guelph. This means that a higher percentage of youth, aged 15 to19, were not enrolled in education and were unemployed in Wellington and Dufferin compared to Guelph. Data at the municipal level can be found in the downloadable Excel file at the bottom of this page.
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Source: Census, 2006 & 2016. Data Tables, Census- Education and labour - Topic-based tabulations. Census of Canada (database). Community Data Program (distributor). Last updated January 7, 2019. www.communitydata.ca. (accessed January 9, 2019). LimitationsThe NEET rate includes youth who are unable to be employed because of disability or other reason. It also includes people who have temporarily decided not to work, for example, if they are taking a year to travel between high school and college/university. These figures cannot identify the length of time that people have spent in NEET status.
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[1] OECD. (2015). Youth not in education or employment training (NEET). Available at: https://data.oecd.org/youthinac/youth-not-in-education-or-employment-neet.htm