Situation of young people in rural territories

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Situation of young people in rural territories
Type of text :
Opinion and report
Type of referral :
Government referral
Working group :
Section for the Sustainable Management of territories, Section of Education, Culture and Communication
Date d'adoption
Date adopted : 01/11/2017
Rapporteur(s) :
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Danielle EVEN
Agriculture group
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Bertrand COLY
Student organisations and youth movements
    Overview
    Présentation
    The government has referred to the Economic, Social and Environmental Council the matter of the Situation of young people in rural territories.
     
    1.6M young people aged from 15 to 29 live in mainly rural areas which are home to 18% of the population. Very diverse in nature, the young rural inhabitants express a strong attachment to their area. After Year 10, (the French 3e), they are more likely than their urban counterparts to turn to vocational training and on average, they do shorter courses in higher education.
     
    This is also due to what training is available locally and also to constraints on mobility, financial ones in particular, even though some of the young rural inhabitants do leave to study or work in urban centres.