In the first in a series of longitudinal surveys from the Office of National Statistics' Youth Cohort Study, statisticians examined the activities and experiences of 17- and 19-year-olds in England and Wales. The story is similar for both age groups.
Other figures suggest that White 17-year-olds are less likely to be in full-time education (61 per cent) than either their Black (78 per cent) or Asian (81 per cent) counterparts. However, young White people are also the group most likely to be in full-time employment at that age.
Last November, Canterbury Christ Church University College in Kent published an interim summary of its two-year research into minority ethnic exclusions, which was funded by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES).
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