Young people increasingly less optimistic about their future, IPPR finds
IPPR found that 16 to 21-year-olds have lowered their expectations as secure work is harder to find and traditional pathways to adulthood is more difficult to reach.
Young people across England have become less optimistic about their futures, according to analysis by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).
Record numbers now fear long-term unemployment, and fewer believe they will be successful compared to a decade ago.
IPPR found that 16 to 21-year-olds have lowered their expectations as housing has become less affordable, secure work harder to find, and traditional pathways to adulthood more difficult to reach.
The share of young people expecting to face long-term unemployment has roughly tripled since 2015.
Around one in 14 now believe they are likely to become long-term unemployed, up from one in 50 about 10 years ago.
Young women are more likely to expect unemployment than young men.
The number who think they have a low chance of success has also climbed, now one in 17 compared to less than one in 50 in 2015.
Belief in meritocracy has fallen, with only one in four young people saying everyone has a fair chance to go as far as their talent and hard work will take them.
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