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Best table to use for "disconnected youth"?

Diana Lavery
over 6 years ago

Does anyone know off-hand the best table to use for calculating "disconnected youth" (16-19 year olds not in school and not working)?  B23001 only gives me "not in labor force" but not school enrollment part of it.

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  • over 6 years ago
    We did a project on this in Phoenix and really you'll need to use PUMS data to create a custom cross tab. The closest you'll get from the ACS summary file is table B23001 (which you already found) and B14005 (sex by school enrollment by educational attainment by employment status for the population 16 to 19 years).
  • over 6 years ago in reply to JamiRae
    ah, just re-read your original post and realized you are defining as 16-19 year olds. We did it for 16-24 year olds so the 20-24 year olds we couldn't get through the ACS summary files- so perhaps B14005 will be sufficient for you.
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  • over 6 years ago in reply to JamiRae
    ah, just re-read your original post and realized you are defining as 16-19 year olds. We did it for 16-24 year olds so the 20-24 year olds we couldn't get through the ACS summary files- so perhaps B14005 will be sufficient for you.
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