Data set from Participation in education, training and employment age 16 to 18

Revisions to previously published estimates

Not the latest data

Published 19 October 2023

Last updated 19 October 2023

Number in population, proportions participating in education and apprenticeships and proportions NEET as previously published (population based on 2011 census) and rebased population (based on Dynamic Population Model (DPM))  by age and gender for 2011-2021. 

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Data set details

• Theme: Destination of pupils and students
• Publication: Participation in education, training and employment age 16 to 18
• Release: Calendar year 2022
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Number NEET as previously published
  • Number NEET based on revised population estimates
  • Number participating in Education and Apprenticeships as previously published
• Filters:
  • Academic age
  • Gender
• Time period: 2011 to 2021

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	age	gender	population_old	population_new	participation_old_number	participation_old_percent	participation_new_number	participation_new_percent	NEET_old_number	NEET_old_percent	NEET_new_number	NEET_new_percent
2021	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	16	Female	315,942	316,598	298,239	94.4	297,789	94.1	11,328	3.6	12,036	3.8
2021	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	16	Male	333,673	335,490	305,923	91.7	305,569	91.1	20,445	6.1	22,045	6.6
2021	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	16	Total	649,615	652,088	604,162	93.0	603,358	92.5	31,773	4.9	34,080	5.2
2021	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	17	Female	309,471	315,391	278,714	90.1	277,039	87.8	14,737	4.8	18,376	5.8
2021	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	17	Male	327,456	335,583	281,989	86.1	280,716	83.7	18,182	5.6	21,942	6.5

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 12 variables

Variable name	Variable description
age	Academic age
gender	Gender
NEET_new_number	Number NEET based on revised population estimates
NEET_new_percent	Percent of population NEET based on revised population estimates
NEET_old_number	Number NEET as previously published

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