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Young adults today: key data on 16-25 year olds: transitions, disadvantage and crime
- Authors:
- DEVITT Kerry, KNIGHTON Lucy, LOWE Kevin
- Publisher:
- Young People in Focus
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 90p.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Young Adults Today forms part of the initiative Transition to Adulthood (T2A). Established by the Barrow Cadbury Trust, this aims to stimulate new thinking about how society meets the needs of young adults, in particular those who find themselves in conflict with the law. This volume collects together key data and statistics about this age group to provide a cornerstone on which policy can be developed. It covers; population and social trends, ethnic minorities, housing and marriages; vulnerable young adults, homelessness and leaving care; physical health, obesity, physical activity, smoking, alcohol and drug use; mental health and wellbeing, suicide and eating disorders; education, training and unemployment; crime and justice, antisocial behaviour, convictions, punishment and victims; and lifestyles and social participation, use of the internet, volunteering and voting. The data show that young people are staying in education or training longer and are more likely than recent generations to be financially dependent and therefore living at home. They are delaying marriage and having children until their late twenties or thirties. However the picture is somewhat different for those from disadvantaged backgrounds. This group often leaves home earlier, starts a family sooner and experiences high levels of unemployment.