Poor Educational Attainment, Training Opportunities and Transitions to Adulthood:

Early School Leaving and Transition to Adulthood: A Case Study of a Spanish Mediterranean Region

“…Women of all educational levels are emancipated, married and have children to a greater extent than men with the same level of education. These results are consistent with those of other studies conducted in the Spanish context (Ballesteros et al, 2012;Delgado et al, 2009;Quintana-Murci et al, 2020). In contrast, the employment rate is significantly lower in women, except in the group with postcompulsory studies, a trend also reflected in Salvà-Mut et al (2016).…”

“…Although the data show a higher prevalence of ELET in men -21.4% in Spain and 28.1% in the Balearicsthan for women -13% in Spain and 20.3% in the Balearics (Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, 2019) the impact on the life course of young women is clearly worse, as young women face greater difficulties in the process of transition to adulthood and experience major constraints in accessing employment, higher levels of unemployment and an earlier residential emancipation and motherhood (Iannelli & Smith 2008;Struffolino & Borgna 2021) with subsequent increased dedication to domestic and care work (Quintana-Murci et al, 2020;Rentería et al, 2016) leading women with a low education level to situations of greater invisibility and vulnerability (Esping-Andersen, 2008;Rentería et al, 2016;Salvà-Mut et al, 2016). This situation is due to structural factors, such as the persistence of gender inequalities in formally egalitarian societies and specifically to a greater presence of the sexual division of work among young women with low levels of education.…”

“…This situation is due to structural factors, such as the persistence of gender inequalities in formally egalitarian societies and specifically to a greater presence of the sexual division of work among young women with low levels of education. At the same time, there is a lack of educational, social, equality and employment policies aimed specifically at this group (Quintana-Murci et al, 2020;Salvà-Mut et al, 2016).…”

“…The impact of the level of education on residential emancipation and parenting processes has been widely demonstrated in many research studies. Along these lines, young people with lower qualifications tend to experience an earlier emancipation process, more so amongst women, which is linked to early motherhood (Ballesteros et al, 2012;Davia & Legazpe, 2014;Delgado et al, 2009;Quintana-Murci et al, 2020).…”