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Not in Education Employment or Training (NEET) Trajectories Between Adolescence and Early Adulthood and Subsequent Mental Health

  • A. S. F. Kwong1
  • E. Elsden
  1. 1University of Edinburgh
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Abstract

In 3,792 participants from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, we examined whether repeatedly being Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) between ages 16 and 33 was associated with mental health at age 33. Each additional NEET occasion was associated with higher odds of depression (OR: 1.29, 95%CI: 1.18-1.40), anxiety (1.21, 1.11- 1.32), lower life satisfaction (1.53, 1.40-1.68) and a recent suicide attempt (1.51, 1.28-1.77). Associations were dose-dependent for depression, life satisfaction and a recent suicide attempt, and strongest for first NEET at ages 25-33. Preventing repeated NEET and addressing mental health need at first NEET entry are potential intervention targets.

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@misc{kwong2026education,
  title = {{Not in Education Employment or Training (NEET) Trajectories Between Adolescence and Early Adulthood and Subsequent Mental Health}},
  author = {A. S. F. Kwong and E. Elsden},
  howpublished = {medRxiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.64898/2026.09.14.26362986},
  url = {https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.14.26362986v1},
  note = {CC BY-ND},
}
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TY  - UNPB
TI  - Not in Education Employment or Training (NEET) Trajectories Between Adolescence and Early Adulthood and Subsequent Mental Health
AU  - A. S. F. Kwong
AU  - E. Elsden
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/14
PB  - medRxiv
DO  - 10.64898/2026.09.14.26362986
UR  - https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.14.26362986v1
AB  - In 3,792 participants from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, we examined whether repeatedly being Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) between ages 16 and 33 was associated with mental health at age 33. Each additional NEET occasion was associated with higher odds of depression (OR: 1.29, 95%CI: 1.18-1.40), anxiety (1.21, 1.11- 1.32), lower life satisfaction (1.53, 1.40-1.68) and a recent suicide attempt (1.51, 1.28-1.77). Associations were dose-dependent for depression, life satisfaction and a recent suicide attempt, and strongest for first NEET at ages 25-33. Preventing repeated NEET and addressing mental health need at first NEET entry are potential intervention targets.
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