The Scottish Government

2003

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CHAPTER ONE CHANGING TRANSITIONS, CHANGING CONTEXTS
INTRODUCTION
METHODS AND CONTEXT
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON TRANSITIONS
THE REPORT
CHAPTER TWO YOUTH TRANSITIONS IN MODERN SCOTLAND
INTRODUCTION
EDUCATION
EMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT
DOMESTIC SITUATIONS
SUMMARY
DEFINING TRANSITIONAL
CLUSTERS FROM 23 TO 28
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER THREE SOME IMPLICATIONS OF PROTRACTED AND COMPLEX TRANSITIONS
INTRODUCTION
CONTEXTUALISING LINEARITY
LINEARITY AND THE SEQUENCING OF EXPERIENCES
COMPARING CLUSTERS
23 TO 28 YEAR-OLDS
SUCCESSFUL TRANSITIONS
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER FOUR UNEMPLOYMENT AND VULNERABILITY
INTRODUCTION
OVERALL EXPERIENCE OF UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG THE SAMPLE
PROTRACTED UNEMPLOYMENT
ENTRY AND EXIT STATUS FROM EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT
CAREER HISTORY PRIOR TO SIX MONTHS CONTINUOUS UNEMPLOYMENT
RECOVERING FROM AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF UNEMPLOYMENT
PREDICTING NON-RECOVERY BY AGE 23
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER FIVE ACCOUNTING FOR AGENCY
AGENCY AND THE RESOURCE BASE
RATIONALISED INDIVIDUALISATION
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER SIX MANAGING LIVES
INTRODUCTION
SCHOOLING
WORK TRANSITIONS
TRAINING
DOMESTIC AND HOUSING TRANSITIONS
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER SEVEN NEGOTIATING HURDLES
INTRODUCTION
EDUCATIONAL HURDLES
WORK AND UNEMPLOYMENT
FAMILY BARRIERS TO LABOUR MARKET PARTICIPATION
HEALTH BARRIERS
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER EIGHT CONCLUSION: RE-THINKING EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS
INTRODUCTION
RECONCEPTUALISING TRANSITIONS
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
TRANSITIONAL ROUTES AND LABOUR MARKET PARTICIPATION
UNEMPLOYMENT
WAYS FORWARD
REFERENCES
APPENDICES
APPENDIX 1 TRANSITIONAL MAPS
APPENDIX II BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF YOUNG ADULTS INTERVIEWED AT AGE 28/29

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