Disconnected Young Adults: A Look at the Eighth Federal Reserve District | 국외연구자료

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Disconnected Young Adults: A Look at the Eighth Federal Reserve District

FRB of St. Louis

2024.10.28

While in the fall many young adults return to school, accept internships or pursue training in the trades, not all young adults have access to such opportunities. Without proper support, barriers such as lack of transportation, access to child care and gaps in employment history can place them at a disadvantage, leading to missed opportunities for professional development. Many factors―geography, race, sex, educational attainment, income, disability status and seasonality―can deeply affect the rates at which U.S. young adults are “disconnected,” meaning they are neither in school nor working. Analyzing the young adult population by these factors can help identify which groups are most at risk of disconnection so that communities can use this knowledge for creating or expanding initiatives to improve the way young adults engage with the economy and for reducing economic disparities.

Through the information presented in this report, we hope to shed light on the volume of young adults experiencing disconnection, understand various characteristics of this population in the Eighth Federal Reserve District,1 and explore how barriers to education and work, which were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, continue to impact young adults today.

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