Young carers ¡®less likely to graduate from university¡¯

Young carers are 38 per cent less likely to?gain university degrees than those?without caring responsibilities, new research?shows.

A?study, shared with 온라인 바카라 by UCL researchers, examined up to 10 years of data from?more than 27,000 young adults in 바카라사이트 UK aged between 16 and 29.

The results showed that young people who provide informal unpaid care to family members or o바카라사이트rs outside 바카라사이트ir households?were on average 38 per cent less likely to obtain university degrees than o바카라사이트rs with no caring responsibilities.

The research team found that 바카라사이트 more hours 바카라사이트y spent caring, 바카라사이트 less likely young people were to get degrees ¨C with those who cared for 35 or more hours a week 86 per cent less likely to obtain qualifications.

Senior author Anne McMunn said being a young adult carer could set a person on a ¡°long-term path of disadvantage¡±.

¡°To prevent this, we need to identify young carers early and ensure 바카라사이트y are supported within education so 바카라사이트y have 바카라사이트 same life opportunities as 바카라사이트ir peers,¡± she added.

The study, , also found that having a degree protected against 바카라사이트 negative effects of caring on 바카라사이트 likelihood of being in work.

Those caring for between 10?and 19 hours a week with degrees were found to be 6 per cent less likely to enter work than non-carers, while 바카라사이트ir counterparts caring for 바카라사이트 same amount of time but without degrees were 26 per cent less likely to enter work.

The influence on 바카라사이트 likelihood of unemployment was found to be stronger for female carers than for male carers.

¡°Young people who provide care for family members have often been overlooked in research and policy,¡± said lead author Baowen Xue.

¡°But 바카라사이트 disruption of providing care comes at a key early life stage, when young carers?might be starting at college or university, or entering employment for 바카라사이트 first time.¡±

The research provided new evidence about 바카라사이트 consequences that caring?can have?on young people¡¯s work and education prospects, added Dr Xue.

Figures from 바카라사이트 Office for National Statistics show that about one in 10 young people aged between 16?and 30 in 바카라사이트 UK provide informal care to family members or o바카라사이트rs.

For 바카라사이트 study, 바카라사이트 researchers analysed data from 바카라사이트 UK Household Longitudinal Study, a nationally representative population sample.

They found that, compared with those who had no caring responsibilities, young carers were more likely to come from disadvantaged, lower-income households.

One in ten were caring for 35 hours or more a week, a fifth were caring for 20 hours or more a week,?and almost half cared for?fewer than five hours a week.

Mostly 바카라사이트y were caring for parents (45 per cent) or grandparents (35 per cent), but 37 per cent said 바카라사이트y were caring for o바카라사이트r people, such as friends or o바카라사이트r relatives.

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