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Table 1 Share of NEETs in the Italian macro-regions according to some personal characteristics(*)

From: The determinants of Italian NEETs and the effects of the economic crisis

 

North-West

North-East

Centre

South

Isles

Italy

Year 2015

      

 Age class

      

  15–18

8.52

7.48

9.53

14.64

15.54

11.00

  19–24

25.14

20.00

25.38

40.13

44.83

30.97

  25–29

22.93

23.98

27.91

44.9

49.03

33.22

  30–34

19.15

18.74

23.22

46.55

46.97

29.95

 Education

      

  Low

20.10

17.5

20.47

37.36

41.65

27.72

  Medium

20.17

18.26

23.57

37.81

39.54

27.41

  High

13.95

16.88

20.27

35.27

35.62

22.49

 Father’s education

      

  Low

19.56

17.6

24.02

39.89

43.77

30.49

  Medium

13.59

11.96

17.96

24.04

24.29

18.01

  High

10.19

8.58

13.36

17.11

17.1

13.05

 Mother’s education

      

  Low

21.68

18.74

25.72

41.32

44.93

32.10

  Medium

14.22

11.72

16.89

23.78

25.25

17.75

  High

10.6

11.59

12.45

16.96

14.02

13.04

 Civil status

      

  With partner

30.80

29.60

30.06

53.84

53.57

39.12

  No partner

16.61

15.11

20.06

33.98

37.18

24.18

 Nationality

      

  Immigrant

34.24

35.15

33.35

44.98

40.72

35.72

  Native born

15.88

13.87

19.66

36.88

40.03

25.48

 Field of study

      

  General

13.82

13.04

15.83

22.52

25.44

18.18

  Humanities

20.21

22.37

25.85

42.88

44.7

29.75

  Social

19.02

19.41

25.64

43.35

46.89

30.21

  Science

16.64

13.62

20.49

37.66

39.38

23.66

  Agrarian

13.27

15.59

17.43

37.55

34.51

21.63

  Health

12.9

11.19

18.76

37.24

28.42

20.88

 Services

27.91

23.42

32.71

52.98

54.13

38.34

 Gender

      

  Men

15.74

12.59

19.21

33.45

37.53

23.20

  Women

22.57

23.05

24.77

41.29

42.7

30.47

Year 2005

      

 Age class

      

  15–18

8.64

7.25

8.33

16.60

17.08

11.99

  19–24

13.38

11.46

17.28

32.55

37.09

22.67

  25–29

14.21

13.08

19.40

38.55

39.09

24.33

  30–34

12.55

12.12

18.96

38.76

37.76

22.57

 Education

      

  Low

15.52

13.80

17.54

36.17

37.08

25.12

  Medium

10.05

8.90

15.28

27.54

29.26

17.34

  High

12.40

14.02

20.32

34.11

29.41

20.45

 Father’s education

      

  Low

10.54

8.92

15.27

30.74

32.06

20.64

  Medium

8.06

6.54

10.27

17.18

15.08

11.37

  High

6.15

7.68

10.44

11.81

10.28

9.47

 Mother’s education

      

  Low

10.83

9.06

15.69

31.50

33.04

21.06

  Medium

8.35

7.06

11.02

14.96

15.15

11.04

  High

5.52

8.83

9.42

13.15

10.11

9.63

 Civil status

      

  With partner

20.14

19.59

25.73

48.15

46.49

31.86

  No partner

9.76

8.70

13.94

26.99

28.67

17.33

 Nationality

      

  Immigrant

27.69

25.30

29.96

38.79

42.73

28.80

  Native born

10.91

9.80

15.66

32.11

33.18

20.46

 Field of study

      

  General

33.17

29.16

59.40

28.89

66.79

39.39

  Humanities

13.23

11.84

17.94

28.10

28.14

20.05

  Social

11.75

11.34

19.28

34.12

34.78

21.37

  Science

6.81

6.59

11.20

20.79

22.46

12.51

  Agrarian

10.05

10.94

11.99

33.34

39.81

19.37

  Health

8.74

12.02

16.31

28.27

29.75

17.37

 Services

15.72

15.63

22.02

39.98

45.87

26.32

 Gender

      

  Men

7.57

6.32

11.79

23.61

25.17

14.59

  Women

17.59

16.67

21.73

40.94

41.59

27.51

  1. Total number of Italian young people analyzed is 12,774. Three thousand four hundred twenty-one of them are NEETs
  2. Source: Ad hoc elaborations on Labour Force Survey data (2015–2005)