CYP Now - Research Report: Comparing Experiences of First Jobs of Disadvantaged and Non-disadvantaged

Researchers wanted to investigate the role a young person's neighbourhood has on their life chances. In particular at how young people from different areas in Britain were able to realise their job aspirations.

Authors: Wojtek Tomaszewski, University of Queensland, and Andreas Cebulla, Flinders University, Adelaide

Published by Journal of Youth Studies, March 2014

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Summary

The study - Jumping Off The Track: Comparing the Experiences of First Jobs of Young People Living in Disadvantaged and Non-disadvantaged Neighbourhoods in Britain - uses data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) from 1994 to 2007. The BHPS tracks young people annually from the age of 15, when they were first asked about their job preferences, to age 24, the last year data is available. The sample comprised 414 young people - 301 in non-disadvantaged areas and 113 in disadvantaged areas. Young people were only included in the research if they lived in a non-disadvantaged or disadvantaged area for the duration of the observation period.

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