Opportunity and Disadvantage at Age 16
Ann Hagell and Catherine Shaw

'New qualifications, expansion of higher education and more unemployment mean it is no longer the norm to leave school and get a job. But what happens to young people from disadvantaged inner city areas? This book looks in detail at what they want and what they get, and how the gap in expectations creates problems no one is yet effectively addressing'

Community Affairs Briefing

It is no longer the norm for a 16-year-old to leave school and find a job. A range of new vocational qualifications and training opportunities, together with an expansion in higher education and a decline in employment possibilities make the options for today's teenagers quite different from those of their parents' generation.

Based on findings from the Changing Lives series of surveys of over 3,000 16-year-olds from inner city areas, this book explores the choices, attitudes and experiences of young people as they negotiate the transition from compulsory education into the labour market or further education.

£9.95 paperback ISBN 0 85374 680 X
1996 144 pages 210 x 295mm
Report number 814