A Proposed Methodology for the Analysis of Youth Data in Demography

Despite the fact that the United Nations defined youth population to lie in the age category 15-24 long time ago, this age group haven't received a significant attention in demographic analysis and research. This definition of youth was made during preparations for the International Youth Year (1985), and endorsed by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1981. Demography text books and references devote chapters and sections to the analysis of Age-sex composition, demographic (age) dependency ratios, women in reproductive age 15-49, working age population 15-64, and infants and children. It's clear that the analysis of youth population is absent in these main references, or to not to undermine their effort, on can say that the analysis of youth is embedded into the analysis of age-sex structure in general. Hence, a methodology for the analysis of this specific and important age group is badly needed in order to shed light on this important age group and encourage demographers to include such analysis in their research projects and publications.