Post-16 Transitions: a Longitudinal Study of Young People with ...

Table 5.5: Current main activity, by social group (per cent)
Manager /
professional Skilled
Semiskilled
Unskilled
Not in
employment
Studying (school or college) 64 43 36 37 54
Unemployed 7 13 17 19 15
On a Modern Apprenticeship,
National Traineeship, or other
government supported training
6 8 7 4 7
In paid employment 21 31 36 36 14
Working but not getting paid
* * 0 1 *
for it (incl. voluntary work)
Attending a day care centre * * 0 0 *
Looking after the family or
0 1 2 2 4
home
Ill/health problems 1 2 1 1 2
Other 1 2 1 0 2
Total 289 576 193 239 383
Note: All percentages are weighted percentages, unless otherwise stated
* - less than 0.5 per cent
Source: IES/MORI 2003
(particularly those in the semi-skilled or unskilled groups)
were as likely to be in work as they were to be education, and
more likely than young people in the other socio-economic
groups to be unemployed.
Interestingly, young people who could recall having a
transition planning review (and thus plan) were also more
likely to be engaged in some sort of positive activity ie
education, training or employment, at the time of the survey
(84 per cent compared to 72 per cent overall). Young people
without a transition plan were almost twice as likely to be
unemployed as those with a transition plan when they were
surveyed (Table 5.6).
The following sections look more closely at the key activity
‘sectors’ in which young people with SEN are now engaged.
5.2 Education
5.2.1 Educational establishment
Almost half of all young people taking part in the survey were
in education at that time (46 per cent), and the majority of
these (93 per cent) were studying full-time, regardless of
gender, ethnicity, SEN type etc.
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