Know your youth buzzwords

Answer Key– answers are in bold

1. Youth is defined as what age range? a. 15 – 19 b. 15 – 24 (this used to be the definition but now programs such as YEF are using 15-29) c. 15 – 29 d. 10 – 29 e. All of the above / No one knows

2. What is the popular name for those born between the years a. Generation Y 1982 and 2000? b. c. Peter Pan generation d. Boomerang generation e. All of the above

3. What is the term that reflects those active in the labour a. Non-employment rate market or looking for work but does not account for anyone b. Underemployment enrolled in school, working part-time or in temporary jobs c. rate d. ratio or is not looking for work? e. Scarring

4. What is the term that reflects those unemployed, in school, a. Non-employment rate in prison and discouraged job seekers? b. Underemployment c. Unemployment rate d. Youth unemployment ratio e. Scarring

5. What is the term used to describe an individual who is a. Non-employment rate employed in a temporary, part-time, informal and/or low b. Underemployment wage job? c. Unemployment rate d. Youth unemployment ratio e. Scarring

6. What is the term that refers to potential long term impact a. Non-employment rate of youth unemployment on a person’s career and financial b. Underemployment situation? c. Unemployment rate d. Youth unemployment ratio e. Scarring

7. What is the term the ratio of people who are looking for a. Non-employment rate work but cannot find it? b. Underemployment c. Unemployment rate d. Youth unemployment ratio e. Scarring

8. The term NEET stands for what? a. A backward teen b. National Eligibility and Entrance Test c. A youth slang term for neat d. Not in Employment, Education or Training

9. The term NILF stands for what? a. Nothing in Life is Free b. News I’d Like to Forget c. Not in Labour Force