NEETs in Bulgaria: status and profile - UNICEF · Current state ~752 000 people aged 15 - 24 (NSI,...
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ASSESSMENT
OF THE STATUS
OF NEETS
IN BULGARIA
National Representative Survey among
Young People aged 15 - 24 (1200 people)
Qualitative Survey among young people
aged 15 - 24 (6 focus groups)
Qualitative survey among the stakeholders (3
focus groups)
Qualitative survey among the stakeholders
(10 in-depth interviews)
Consultations under the Delphi method with
the stakeholders (19 experts)
Discussion meeting with the stakeholders (24
experts)
Discussion meeting with NEETs (20 people)
COMMISSIONED BY
UNICEF
IMPLEMENTED
IN THE PERIOD
AUGUST-SEPTEMBER, 2014
ASSESSMENT IS BASED ON:
Current state
~752 000 people
aged 15 - 24
(NSI, 2013)
51,6%
28,7%
22,3% NEETs
In employment
In training
Base 1200, question with option for multiple answers
Current state
NEETs = ~168 000 people
15-18: 27 000
19-24: 141 000
10,6%
28,0%
22,3%
15-18(base: 396)
19-24(base: 804)
total 15-24(base: 1200)
NEETs in the age groups
Current state
NEETs by settlementNEETs by education
19%
27%
48%
5% Higher
Secondary
Basic
Lower thanbasic
Early school-
dropouts
47% 12%
25%
28%
36%Village
Other town
Regional Centre
Sofia
Base: NEETs, 267Base: NEETs, 267
Current state
NEETs by gender and ethnicityNEETs by ethnicity
3%
36%
15%
46%
Bulgarian
Turkish
Roma
Other/noanswer
24% 27%
21%27%
Total 46%
Total 54%
Bulgarian Other..
Female
Male
Base: NEETs, 267 Base: NEETs, 267
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NEETS
IN THE MAIN
GROUPSAT HIGHEST RISK FOR
JOINING THE NEETs ARE:
ROMA
LOW-EDUCATED
LIVING IN SMALL
SETTLEMENTS
22%
64%
59%
38%
30%
14%
73%
68%
38%
16%
33%
27%
17%
12%
All aged 15-24 (base: 1200)
Roma wormen (base: 69)
Roma (base: 164)
Turkish women (base: 66)
Turkish (base: 136)
Bulgarian (base: 869)
Lower than basic (base: 108)
With basic education (base: 71)
With secondary eduation (base: 338)
With higher education (base: 79)
In villages (base: 289)
In a different town (base: 271)
in regional centre (base: 391)
In Sofia (base: 249)
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NEETS
SUB-GROUPS
IDENTIFIED ON THE BASE
OF EMPLOYMENT AND
EDUCATIONAL STATUS
32,2%
12,4%
21,7%
19,1%
14,6% Unemployed with at leastsecondary education, withexperience
Unemployed with at leastsecondary education, noexperience
Unemployed with lower thansecondary education
Inactive, social maternitybeneficieries
Inactive, not searching foremployment
Unemployed:
55.4%
Economically
inactive:
44.6%
Base: NEETs, 267
Duration in NEET situation
Average number of years in NEETs
based on education and experienceDuration
Base: NEETs, 234 Base: NEETs, 234
19%
10%
11%
44%
16%
1 - 3 m
3 - 6 m
7 - 12 m
Over 1 year
No answer1,0
1,4
3,4
4,0
At least secondaryeducation, with experience
At least secondaryeducation, no experience
Lower than secondaryeducation, with experience
Lower than secondaryeducation, no experience
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CAUSES CONTRIBUTING
TO THE FORMATION OF
THE NEETS GROUP
Family and environment Education
Qualification and experience Motivation
Family
PROBLEMS IN THE FAMILY ENVIRONMENT CONSIDERABLY
INREASE THE RISK OF JOINING THE NEETs
Presence of risk groups in the family
Incomplete family or lack of family
Following community rules and traditions (early marriages)
Environment and living standard
UNFAVOURABLE ENVIRONMENT BLOCKS THE DEVELOPMENT OF
YOUNG PEOPLE
Low living standard
Lack of occupation in the leisure time
Hibernating inertness in small settlements
Fear of the big city
High competition in the cities
Housework
Education
JOINING THE NEETs GROUP IS LARGELY DEPENDENT ON
THE LEVEL OF THE EDUCATION ATTAINED
73%
68%
38%
16%
with lower than basic education (basis:…
with basic education (basis: 71)
with secondary education (basis: 338)
with higher education (basis: 79)
Share of NEETs among individuals:
Education
DIFFICULTIES IN SCHOOL ARE THE FIRST INDICATION OF THE
PRESENCE OF YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK
45%
30%
50%
67%
5%
2%
NEETs
outsideNEETs
had difficulties had no difficulties no answer
Base: NEETs, 267, outside NEETs, 933
Lack of qualification
LACK OF QUALIFICATION IS THE MOST SERIOUS BARRIER FOR
STARTING WORK
36%
33%
20%
11%Economically inactive with qualification
Unemployed with qualification
Economcally inactive with no qualification
Unemployed with no qualification
With qualification:31%
No qualification:69%
Lack of experience
EVERY FIFTH NEET BELIEVES THAT S/HE IS OUT OF EMPLOYMENT DUE
TO LACK OF EXPERIENCE
28%
6%
36%
31% Economically inactive, have neverbeen employed
Unemployed, have never beenemployed
Economically inactive, have beenemployed
Unemployed, have been employed
Have never been employed:
67%
Have been employed:33%
Behaviour at the labour market
NEETs ENCOUNTER SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES WHILE
SEARCHING FOR A JOB
They don’t know:
Where to search
How to search
What documents to prepare
How to present themselves in front of employers
Main channel for job
search – personal
contacts (84%)
Behaviour at the labour market
POOR AWARENESS AND LOW LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION IN
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMES AND MEASURES
14%
28%
5%7%
NEETs Outside NEETs
Having heard of programmes/projects
Having participated inprogrammes/projects
Base: NEETs, 267, outside NEETs, 933
Motivation
15% OF NEETs ARE NOT WILLIG TO START WORK OR to CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION
These are mainly young people:
from small towns and villages
of Roma origin, with women slightly outnumbering the men
with basic or lower education
with no vocational qualificationBase: NEETs, 267
Motivation
THE LACK OF MOTIVATION IS NOT TYPICAL OF ALL NEET
More positive attitude is typical of the lower-risk groups
Base: NEETs, 234
46% 28% 26%
Yes No Don't know
Do you expect anything to change in the next 6-12 months?
Motivation
CONTINUING THE EDUCATION IS NOT AMONG THE MAIN GOALS OF NEETs
NEETs Outside NEETs
Work/business 84% 79%
Education 16% 66%
Money/ purchases 59% 62%
Family/children 39% 43%
Travel 39% 59%Base: NEETs, 267, outside NEETs, 933
What do you want to achieve in the next few years?
Recommendations
Introducing a system for identification of NEETs, incl. early warning
system
Profiling the programmes and measures in line with the various NEETs
subgroups
Expanding the scope of measures in the area of education
Developing mechanism for efficient interinstitutional coordination
System of indicators to assess the efficiency of measures and
programmes for the NEETs