The report shows that the number of young people in the population is projected to peak in 2010 at just over 2.05 million, and will then decline rapidly to just under 1.8 million by 2020. But it suggests that the most significant decline in young people will be in social groups that participate least in higher education, so the number of young people attending university will not fall as sharply as might be expected. Going by demographics alone, the fall would be 11 per cent, but when the figures are weighted to allow for the differential decline between social classes, the reduction is two per cent.
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