Please find a number of research reports and documents pertaining to this topic area below.  If you know of another report or document you think should be housed in our research library please contact the BGK LLEN.

Title: The State of the World's Children 2011
Author: UNICEF
Release Date: 2011
Description: Examining the global state of adolescents, this report outlines the challenges they face in health, education, protection and participation; and explores the risks and vulnerabilities of this pivotal stage. The report highlights the singular opportunities that adolescence offers, both for adolescents themselves and for the societies they live in.
Report link: The State of the World's Children 2011

Title: National Survey of Young Australians 2010
Author: Mission Australia
Source: Mission Australia 
Release Date: 2010
Description: In 2010 Mission Australia conducted its ninth annual survey of young Australians. The primary purpose of the survey, as in previous years, was to identify both the values and issues of concern to young people. This year the latter included both the personal concerns of young people and the issues they identified for Australia as a whole. There was also a new question that asked young people how they felt about the future.
Report download: National Survey of Young Australians 2010 Part 1 and Part 2

Title: 2010 How Young People are Faring
Source: Foundation for Young Australians (FYA)
Author: Centre for Post-compulsory Education and Lifelong Learning at Melbourne University
Release Date: 2010
Description: How Young People are Faring (HYPAF) 2010, reveals that despite Australia’s overall economic recovery, young people continue to feel the negative impacts of the global financial crisis.  The 2010 report shows that the number of teenagers not in full-time education or work remains as high now as it was in 2009, when unemployment spiked as a result of the global economic downturn. HYPAF is the pre-eminent national report on the learning and work situation of young Australians.  
Report Link: 2010 How Young People are Faring

Title: 2009 How Young People are Faring
Source: Foundation for Young Australians (FYA)
Author: Centre for Post-compulsory Education and Lifelong Learning at Melbourne University
Release Date: October 2009
Description: A major research report released 8 October by The Foundation for Young Australians (FYA) reveals a sharp rise in the rate of youth 'disengagement' from work and study. The 2009 How Young People are Faring (HYPAF) report shows that the proportion of teenagers not learning or earning full-time has jumped from 13.4% a year ago to 16.4%, the highest level since the recession of the early 1990s. HYPAF is the pre-eminent national report on the learning and work situation of young Australians. This year's report focuses on the global economic downturn and the subsequent impact on young people's aspirations, employment opportunities and education pathways.
Report Link: 2009 How Young People are Faring

Title: The State of Victoria's Young People
Author: Dr Suzanne Hood for DEECD and DPCD
Source: Office for Children
Release Date: 2008
Description: The 'State of Victoria's Young People' reports on how young people aged 12-24 are faring against the whole-of-government outcomes framework, focusing on young people's health, economic wellbeing, learning, safety and community engagement. With its systematic review of the evidence, the report highlights progress towards Future Directions policy goals and provides an important resource to guide planning for young people, within and outside government. This report follows on from the 2006 report, the state of Victoria's children, which offers a comprehensive overview of the health, development, learning, safety and wellbeing of children and young people aged 0-18 years.
Report Link: The State of Victoria's Young People

Title: Generation whY?
Author: National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling  
Release Date: 2007
Description: A lot has been said about Gen Y - the term typically used for those born between 1976 and 1991. They have been described as frivolous, called the "me generation", labelled as spoilt and overprotected - as an ambitious generation, constantly in search of instant gratification, but not expecting to work hard for it.
But is this fair and are they really that different to their Baby Boomer parents, or their predecessors, Gen X? What, if any, has been the impact on this generation of a greater emphasis on equality in society and in particular the workplace? The 17th AMP.NATSEM report examines the social, spending and saving habits of Generation whY? - so called because this is the generation the rest of us probably understand the least. The information in this report draws from an extensive range of statistical surveys comparing Gen Y in 2004 to their predecessors, Gen X, at the same age in 1989.
Report Download: Generation whY?

Title: Newspoll Youth Report - What young people are thinking
Author: Newspoll
Source: Dusseldorp Skills Forum
Release Date: 2007
Description: This report reveals quite a positive picture concerning young Australian's current general life satisfaction, and also in relation to their optimism about their personal future. However, the report also revels that a young person's level of engagement is significantly affected by their own or their parents' level of educational attainment and the type of school attended. Developed through a survey with over 800 young people the report provides insight into young Australians' attitudes, opinions and experiences as far as work and study are concerned.
Report Download: Newspoll Youth Report - What young people are thinking

Title: Fearless and Flexible - Views of Generation Y
Author: Dennis Muller and Irving Saulwick
Source: Dusseldorp Skills Forum 
Date: 2006
Description: A qualitative study by Saulwick Muller Social Research investigates the attitudes and experiences of young Australians in mid 2006
Report Download: Fearless and Flexible - Views of Generation Y

Title: Who's Carrying the Can? A report into youth services gaps in Victoria
Author: Jen Rose (YACVic) and Carolyn Atkins (VCOSS)
Source: Youth Affairs Council of Victoria (YACVic)  
Release Date: 2006
Description: YACVic and the Victorian Council of Social Service have worked collaboratively to produce this report. The report highlights gaps in generalist youth support services across Victoria, outlining the impact that these service gaps have on young people and existing service providers. The report makes several recommendations on how these gaps may be addressed and calls for the development of a comprehensive youth services system for Victoria.
Report Download: Who's Carrying the Can?

Title: The Flipside of Gen Y
Author: Mike Long
Source: Dusseldorp Skills Forum
Date: 2006
Description: This brief paper is about young Australians who are not in full-time study and work, their experience of social stress, their disappointments, and their participation in many social activites.
Report Download: The Flipside of Gen Y

Report: Growing Up in Australia - The longitudinal study of Australian children
Author: Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS)
Source: AIFS  
Date: 2006
Description: Growing Up in Australia is the first comprehensive national study examining Australian children as they grow up, and with each wave of data collected, knowledge and understanding of children's development will increase in breadth and scope. The objective of Growing Up in Australia is to provide an evidence base for family and children's policy over the long term as part of the Australian Government's Stronger Families and Communities Strategy initiative.
Report Download: Growing Up in Australia - The longitudinal study of Australian children