In Guadeloupe, 27.3% of young people aged 15 to 29 are neither in employment, nor in studies, nor in training, “ twice as much as in mainland France “, according to an INSEE study published on January 10.
Of these 16,900 Guadeloupeans, nearly 57% are looking for work and some 22% want to work but do not take an active approach, still reveals the study which draws up a typology of these young people in a situation of Neet (English acronym for “neither in studies, nor in employment, nor in training”).
51.6% of Neet in Guadeloupe are “ poorly qualified and live with their parents “. They are mainly between 15 and 24 years old and have been unemployed for more than a year for almost half of them. One ” Neet in four is a young parent away from employment “, also specifies the study, of which 95% are women, while they represent only 48.4% of all young people in a situation of Neet.
In addition, 21% of Neet are young graduates, mostly from higher education, ” in difficulty of professional integration “. Half have been unemployed for less than a year.
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An even more dramatic finding in Reunion and Guyana
Guadeloupe is not the only territory to experience this phenomenon of young people in a Neet situation. ” The situation is similar in Martinique ” with 25.6% of young people concerned and “ the share of Neet is higher in Reunion and Guyana “, with respectively 30.2% and 36.7% of Neet, writes INSEE in its study, explaining that these differences with the metropolis are explained by” the exiguity of the territory and the narrowness of the economic market “.
In general, it is ” age, in particular because it is linked to the gradual cessation of studies ” who ” influences the number of young people in a Neet situation », Explains INSEE.
He adds that if 8.3% of young people between 15 and 19 years old are without employment or training, they are 38.4% among 20-24 year olds and 43.7% among 25-29 year olds “, specifying that at ” national level this development is more contained » from 5.7% for the youngest to 18.1% for the oldest.
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(with AFP)