Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET); more than a youth policy issue
Introduction Australians who are Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET) and receive income support span a wide spectrum of working ages. Australian research has concentrated on NEETs aged 15--29 years, in line with international standards. This paper investigates extending the NEET concept...
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doaj-1459533234f74a05adff412d63143e1d2021-09-30T17:55:03ZengSwansea UniversityInternational Journal of Population Data Science2399-49082021-09-016110.23889/ijpds.v6i1.1676Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET); more than a youth policy issueFrancis Mitrou0Michele Haynes1Francisco Perales2Zubrick Stephen3Janeen Baxter4Telethon Kids Institute and the Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Western Australia. PO Box 855, West Perth, Western Australia 6872, AustraliaInstitute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education, Australian Catholic University. Level 4, 229 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane, Queensland 4000, AustraliaSchool of Social Science, The University of Queensland. Michie Building, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, AustraliaTelethon Kids Institute and the Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Western Australia. PO Box 855, West Perth, Western Australia 6872, AustraliaInstitute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland. Cycad Building (1018), 80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly Queensland 4068, Australia Introduction Australians who are Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET) and receive income support span a wide spectrum of working ages. Australian research has concentrated on NEETs aged 15--29 years, in line with international standards. This paper investigates extending the NEET concept to include all working age persons 15--64 years and the value added to welfare policy through analysis of a new linked dataset. Methods An observational study design was implemented with individuals aged 15-64 years recorded as receiving Department of Social Services (DSS) income support payments from September 2011 being linked with Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Census data from August 2011 to create a linked dataset for analysis. Descriptive analyses were undertaken of NEET status by Census socio-demographic characteristics, and we modelled the adjusted likelihood of NEET status by Census demographics. Results Some 1.37 million or 45.2% of linked DSS payment recipients qualified as NEET. Of NEETs, more than twice as many were female, nearly half were aged 45--64 years, and under 1-in-5 were aged 15--29 years. Multivariate analyses showed that NEETs were more likely to be older, have low educational attainment, have a disability, and to be Indigenous. Conclusions Young NEETs aged 15--29 years represented less than 20% of linked DSS payment recipients classified as NEET, suggesting that standard NEETs reporting neglects information on around 80% of the working age NEET population in Australia. Combined with other demographic insights, these results have implications for welfare policy, and indicate a wider range of demographics should be considered under the NEET classification. This may also have implications for Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reporting. https://ijpds.org/article/view/1676NEETYouth unemploymentIncome supportWelfare policy |
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Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET); more than a youth policy issue |
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Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET); more than a youth policy issue |
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Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET); more than a youth policy issue |
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International Journal of Population Data Science |
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Introduction
Australians who are Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET) and receive income support span a wide spectrum of working ages. Australian research has concentrated on NEETs aged 15--29 years, in line with international standards. This paper investigates extending the NEET concept to include all working age persons 15--64 years and the value added to welfare policy through analysis of a new linked dataset.
Methods
An observational study design was implemented with individuals aged 15-64 years recorded as receiving Department of Social Services (DSS) income support payments from September 2011 being linked with Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Census data from August 2011 to create a linked dataset for analysis. Descriptive analyses were undertaken of NEET status by Census socio-demographic characteristics, and we modelled the adjusted likelihood of NEET status by Census demographics.
Results
Some 1.37 million or 45.2% of linked DSS payment recipients qualified as NEET. Of NEETs, more than twice as many were female, nearly half were aged 45--64 years, and under 1-in-5 were aged 15--29 years. Multivariate analyses showed that NEETs were more likely to be older, have low educational attainment, have a disability, and to be Indigenous.
Conclusions
Young NEETs aged 15--29 years represented less than 20% of linked DSS payment recipients classified as NEET, suggesting that standard NEETs reporting neglects information on around 80% of the working age NEET population in Australia. Combined with other demographic insights, these results have implications for welfare policy, and indicate a wider range of demographics should be considered under the NEET classification. This may also have implications for Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reporting.
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