Some interesting things about young people in the UK

• Public perception is of young people who drink, take drugs and commit crime, high pregnancy rate and high unemployment but…
• Young people are less likely to drink than previous generations
• They smoke less than any other group
• Young people are doing fewer drugs
• Young people are committing fewer crimes
• Young people now stay in education longer and have more qualifications to their name than any previous generation
• Teenage pregnancy are at their lowest since records began

However, mental health is still a rising issue and despite all these qualifications jobs have become insecure. Young people find themselves less equipped to work.