Subjective Well-Being and Future Orientation of NEETs: Evidence from the Italian Sample of the European Social Survey
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
2.1. NEET Phenomenon in a Life-Course Approach
2.2. NEETs and Well-Being
2.3. NEETs and Future Orientation
2.4. Links between NEET Condition, Future Orientation, and Well-Being
3. The Current Study
4. Materials and Methods
Data Modeling
5. Results
6. Discussion
Limitations and Future Research Directions
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Attributes | n (%)/M (SD) | Sk./K. |
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Gender | Female Male | 343 (50.6) 352 (49.4) | |
Marital status | Married/civil union Separated/divorced None of these | 103 (14.9) 9 (1.3) 579 (83.8) | |
Years of education | 13.20 (3.383) | 0.314/0.118 | |
Age | 24.72 (5.931) | 0.105/−1.156 | |
Employment condition | Non-NEET NEET | 153 (22.2) 535 (77.8) | |
Income source | Employment Others None | 276 (43.6) 19 (3.7) 319 (52.7) | |
Residence area | Large cities and surroundings Medium cities and towns Countryside | 129 (18.6) 237 (34.2) 326 (47.1) |
Non-NEET | NEET | t-Test | ||||
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M (SD) [95% CI] | M (SD) [95% CI] | T(df) | 95% CI | g | Sk./K. | |
Well-being | 7.496 (1.400) [7.376,7.610] | 6.778 (1.992) [6.458,7.082] | 5.050 * (685) | [0.439,0.998] | 0.417 | −1.027/ 1.585 |
Future orientation | 4.58 (2.696) [4.36,4.81] | 5.58 (2.939) [5.12,6.05] | −3.975 * (685) | [0.379,1.058] | 0.465 | 0.214/ −0.737 |
B | se | 95% CI[L-U] | |
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Path a | 1.003 | 0.252 | [0.508; 1.495] |
Path b | −0.053 | 0.021 | [−0.095; −0.011] |
Path c’ | −0.665 | 0.143 | [−0.947; −0.384] |
Indirect effect | −0.053 | 0.029 | [−0.116; −0.005] |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleFelaco, Cristiano, and Anna Parola. 2022. "Subjective Well-Being and Future Orientation of NEETs: Evidence from the Italian Sample of the European Social Survey" Social Sciences 11, no. 10: 482. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11100482
APA StyleFelaco, C., & Parola, A. (2022). Subjective Well-Being and Future Orientation of NEETs: Evidence from the Italian Sample of the European Social Survey. Social Sciences, 11(10), 482. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11100482