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Summary NEET estimates from DfE NEET publications and also Office for National Statistic's quarterly “Young people not in education, employment or training (NEET)” release used to provide comparison between the different NEET measures.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Destination of pupils and students
- Publication
- NEET age 16 to 24
- Release
- Calendar year 2025
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 133
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- DfE LFS NEET
- DfE LFS NEET lower bound (95% confidence interval)
- DfE LFS NEET upper bound (95% confidence interval)
- DfE LFS NET
- NCCIS NEET/not known
- ONS LFS UK NEET seasonally adjusted
- Participation release NEET
- Participation release NET
- Filters
- Age group
- Quarter of the year
- Time period
- 2000 to 2025
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | quarter | age | lfs_neet_percent | lfs_neet_percent_upper | lfs_neet_percent_lower | lfs_net_percent | Participation_net_percent | Participation_neet_percent | nccis_neet_nk_percent | ons_lfs_neet_percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Q4 | 16 to 17 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 4 | 6 | 4.3 |
| 2017 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Q4 | 16 to 17 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 5.3 | 6 | 4.1 | 6 | 4.4 |
| 2018 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Q4 | 16 to 17 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 3.2 | 6 | 6.7 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| 2019 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Q4 | 16 to 17 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 4.4 |
| 2020 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Q4 | 16 to 17 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 4.1 | 7.2 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 3.4 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| age | Age group - Filter by age group. Not all comparisons are possible with either age selection. |
| lfs_neet_percent | DfE LFS NEET |
| lfs_neet_percent_lower | DfE LFS NEET lower bound (95% confidence interval) |
| lfs_neet_percent_upper | DfE LFS NEET upper bound (95% confidence interval) |
| lfs_net_percent | DfE LFS NET |
| nccis_neet_nk_percent | NCCIS NEET/not known |
| ons_lfs_neet_percent | ONS LFS UK NEET seasonally adjusted |
| Participation_neet_percent | Participation release NEET |
| Participation_net_percent | Participation release NET |
| quarter | Quarter of the year - Filter by quarter of the year. Not all comparisons are possible with all quarters. |
Footnotes
- LFS data has been reweighted from January 2019 onwards. There is a discontinuity in the timeseries at this point and comparisons to earlier data should be considered with caution.
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