The research, conducted among more than 1,000 people, was commissioned by the Institute for Public Policy Research and the Private Equity Foundation for their regular newsletter Youth Tracker.
The findings showed that about one in 10 17- to 24-year-olds strongly agree with the concept of a compulsory national civic service. This compares to a fifth of 25- to 34-year-olds and more than a third of 55- to 64-year-olds.
Results also indicated that the main benefit of a civic service for 17- to 24-year-olds was as a means of gaining skills for the labour market.
The Conservatives are proposing a National Citizen Service, which they hope will eventually recruit all 16-year-olds. But doubts have been cast over its effectiveness this week after a full evaluation of the residential programme the service is based on suggested it is less beneficial for the most disadvantaged young people.
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