Problem
Marginalized young people
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Juvenile hardshipSocial exclusion of youth
Disadvantaged adolescents
Nature:
Young people who are marginalized are poor, have had little exposure to education and training, often lack access to productive employment and may be socially and economically unassimilated. The incidence is especially great in the underdeveloped countries, and there is an ever-widening gap between the standards of living of young people in the economically developed and developing countries. Social problems, such as alcohol and drug abuse, and juvenile delinquency are linked to marginalization, although the cause and effect is not easily determined.
Incidence:
UK charities estimate that more than 80,000 young people have no job, no training place and no income. Claims for short-term discretionary hardship payments to young people increased from 10,700 in 1988 to 77,900 for three quarters of 1992.
Broader Problems:
Social exclusionDisadvantaged groupsVictimization of children Narrower Problems:
Runaway childrenDisowned childrenBereaved childrenYouth unemploymentChildren in povertyState custody of deprived childrenState custody of deprived childrenState custody of deprived children Related Problems:
Inadequate national empathy for external hardship Aggravates:
Juvenile stressJuvenile delinquencyDebilitating poverty imageSocial disaffection of the young Strategies:
Reducing unwanted adolescent pregnanciesReducing povertyStudying causes of youth povertyAssisting youth in povertyAddressing problems of marginalized young people Subject(s):
Societal Problems → DeprivationSociety → Adolescents
Society → Disadvantaged
Society → Social
Society → Youth
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
C: Cross-sectoral problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST