The research, called Youth Transitions, examined employment patterns among young people in the west of Scotland.
Researchers divided the young people into two groups, linear and non-linear, based on disruption experienced during the transition from school to work. The linear group experienced a smooth transition, while the non-linear group found it more haphazard.
When the study looked at how the unemployment levels in the area where the young person grew up influenced the transition, it discovered that males were more affected.
The report said: "When areas were grouped according to levels of unemployment, males who made linear transitions were more likely to have lived in work-rich areas. For females, there was no area effect."
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