Without A Home: The National Youth Homelessness Survey

53.2%
of youth experiencing
homelessness drop
out of school
< 9%
of Canadian youth
drop out of school
return to school some day, 10.1% said they
would not, and 14.4% were unsure at this
time. This may suggest that the experience
of homelessness and a lack of supports may
be a more significant barrier to returning to
school than lack of desire or motivation.
Not in Employment, Education or Training
NEET is a measure to determine the percentage of young people who are not enrolled
in employment, education, or training. This group of young people is considered
particularly socially excluded and vulnerable. A 2012 study by Statistics Canada found
that “The percentage of all Canadian youth age 15 to 29 that are neither in education nor
employment (NEET) has ranged between 12% and 14% over the past decade, a rate that is
relatively low among the G7 countries” (Marshall, 2012, p. 3).
TABLE 17
Not in Employment, Education
or Training (NEET)
% (NUMBER)
Employed 8.0%% (82)
Employed AND
12.0% (123)
Training/Education
Training or Education 29.4% (300)
Not in Employment, 50.5% (516)
Training or Education
50.5%
of homeless
youth are Not
in Employment,
Education or
Training
12-14%
of Canadian
youth are NEET
When using this measure to assess employment, education, and training among our
sample, we found a shocking 50.5% of youth participants fit the NEET category. This is
more than four times the national average. Results also indicated that approximately 20%
of youth participants were employed (of those, over half were employed and enrolled in
training and education), and of that group two thirds work 30 hours a week or less. Results
indicated that 29.4% were exclusively in training or education.
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