°Entry into working life
	Situation of the cohort which completed compulsory schooling in 2000, in %
Number of years after compulsory schooling	In education/ training	In employment	Other situation*
1 year (2001)	75.7	2.2	22.1
2 years (2002)	90.1	2.6	7.3
3 years (2003)	94.8	4.7	0.5
4 years (2004)	61.3	23.4	15.3
5 years (2005)	39.1	41.4	19.5
6 years (2006)	34.4	53.1	12.5
* unemployed, practical training, gap year, etc.
Economic activity status	Only in employment	In employment, partly in education	In education, partly in employment	Only in education	Neither in employment nor in education	Unemployed
2006	47.6	5.5	11.3	26.8	2.7	5.7
	Employment of 15 to 29 year-olds by sex and country 1991–2006, in %
		Women			Men
		15–19 years	20–24 years	25–29 years	15–19 years	20–24 years	25–29 years
CH	1991	52.3	86.1	76.5	61.4	79.4	94.6
	1996	47.0	80.4	78.4	55.3	80.4	93.5
	2001	54.3	80.1	79.3	55.0	81.0	91.7
	2006	53.3	80.8	84.6	56.9	83.2	92.8
DE	1991	35.9	74.0	74.3	42.7	78.9	87.9
	1996	26.4	67.7	74.1	34.4	77.4	85.6
	2001	29.2	67.6	74.6	34.8	75.1	87.0
	2006	27.3	67.1	75.8	33.3	74.3	86.5
FR	1991	6.8	54.0	78.0	12.2	62.0	93.8
	1996	4.3	46.7	77.8	9.5	55.3	92.5
	2001	6.2	46.9	78.5	11.0	56.2	91.9
	2006	8.9	49.6	78.9	15.7	59.1	90.8
ES	1991	27.5	60.5	64.8	42.4	75.4	92.8
	1996	22.0	56.8	73.1	32.4	67.0	89.6
	2001	20.1	54.0	74.3	32.1	66.1	88.1
	2006	24.8	63.1	80.7	33.5	72.4	90.5
SE	1991	50.2	78.0	85.9	44.4	82.2	90.7
	1996	31.0	64.1	81.1	26.6	69.9	87.9
	2001	40.6	64.8	79.9	33.3	71.0	86.6
	2006	43.4	68.9	81.7	35.0	73.4	89.3
UK	1991	69.0	73.6	70.6	72.1	88.0	95.7
	1996	59.5	70.3	73.1	63.9	83.6	92.6
	2001	58.1	69.3	75.7	62.2	80.4	92.3
	2006	55.6	71.1	77.0	55.1	81.1	92.3
US	1991	50.0	70.1	73.2	53.2	83.5	93.3
	1996	51.3	71.3	75.8	53.2	82.5	92.9
	2001	49.0	72.7	75.7	50.2	81.6	91.7
	2006	43.6	69.5	75.2	43.7	79.6	90.6