“…Research focusing on individual socioeconomic conditions and family background shows that the NEET status is negatively correlated with the household's economic conditions (Mascherini, Salvatore, Meierkord, & Jungblut, 2012; Baron, Popova, & Sánchez, 2016; Noh & Lee, 2017; Alcázar, Balarin, Glave, & Rodríguez, 2019), parental education (Mascherini et al, 2012; Alfieri et al, 2015) and the number of employed individuals in the household (Székely & Karver, 2015; Susanli, 2016). In addition being female (Yates, Harris, Sabates, & Staff, 2011; Baron et al ., 2016; Wickremeratne & Dunusinghe, 2018; Alcázar et al ., 2019), having low educational attainment and/or dropped out of school (Mascherini et al ., 2012; OECD, 2015; De Hoyos, Rogers, & Székely, 2016; Salvà‐Mut, Tugores‐Ques, & Quintana‐Murci, 2018), marriage (Zudina, 2017; Favara & Sánchez, 2018) and having children (Alcázar et al ., 2019) are all positively associated with being a NEET. Interestingly, these results hold for both developed and developing countries.…”