Carole Easton said women who become Neet in their youth are much more likely to suffer life-long implications such as low pay, compared to young men.
The trust cites 2012 research on youth and unemployment from the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations, that shows young women unemployed in their youth have an annual salary of just £8,647 when in their early 30s, significantly lower than the average national salary.
Recent figures published by the Office for National Statistics also show that young women aged 18 to 24 years old account for the majority of Neets in the UK, with 428,000 young women compared to 346,000 young men.??
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