Short Communication
Engaging or Disengaging: A Review of Social Services for Disengaged Youth in Shanghai, China
YUAN Rui*
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- *Corresponding Author:
- YUAN Rui
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Social Work
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
E-mail: rhea_yuanrui@163.com (or) ryuan@swk.cuhk.edu.hk
Abstract
Disengaged youth, or community youth, refers to unemployed adolescents and young people who do not pursue any further studies in the 16-25 year age bracket (Political Committee of CPC Shanghai, 2003). In 2014, 36.7% of the global unemployed were working-age unemployed youth (International Labor Organization, 2015). The youth unemployment rate of 16% in China is substantially higher than the overall unemployment rate of 4% (Dasgupta & Huynh, 2012). In Shanghai, nearly 10% of the junior middle school graduates, usually aged 16-17, stop pursuing any further education in high schools or technical schools (Shanghai Statistical Bureau, 2015). The overall amount of disengaged youth reached 75,000 in 2005, and it continues to grow on a 20% basis annually (Chen, Zhou, & Tian, 2006).
