Annual of social work, Vol. 16 No. 1, 2009.
Preliminary communication
THE MOST VOULNERABLE GROUPS OF UNEMPLOYED YOUNG PEOPLE IN CROATIA: PRELIMINARY DATA OF THE PROJECT »SOCIAL INCLUSION AND LIVING STRATEGIES OF UNEMPLOYED YOUNG PEOPLE IN CROATIA AND SLOVENIA IN THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT«
Josipa Bašić
; Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Martina Ferić Šlehan
; Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Valentina Kranželić
; Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The article refers to the bilateral project »Social inclusion and living strategies of unemployed young people in Croatia and Slovenia in the European context« implemented by the Faculty of Education of the University of Ljubljana and the Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences of the University of Zagreb during 2006 and 2007. The sample consisted of 937 unemployed young persons aged 18-27, living in Zagreb, Šibenik-Kin County and Varaždin County. A modifi ed questionnaire developed within the European project YUSE (Youth Unemployment and Social Exclusion) was used. The aim of this article is to determine sub-groups of especially vulnerable young people among unemployed young people in Croatia. The preliminary results suggest, above all, that it is possible to identify certain
sub-groups of unemployed young people whose vulnerability is statistically signifi cantly higher than the one of other unemployed participants. The most vulnerable group consists of male participants aged 25-27. It should be noted that similar studies can give only guidelines for future research, especially comparative one. The above mentioned results should be included in the design and implementation of national and regional policies with regard to education and employment of young people as well as the general support policy for young people.
Keywords
unemployed young people; social inclusion/exclusion; psychosocial health
Hrčak ID:
35435
URI
Publication date:
6.4.2009.
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