A FIELD RESEARCH ON THE NEET POPULATION LIVING IN BALIKESİR PROVINCE

It is expressed that in recent years, on a global scale, the weight of sectors with high technology and knowledge content in economic activities has increased, the need for manpower has decreased due to this increase, and the employment capacity creation potential of new business areas has decreased. This situation negatively affects the labor force participation of individuals, especially young people, both in developed countries and in Turkey. At this point, the rate of the young population not taking part in education, employment or training (Not in Education, Employment or Training – NEET) stands out as an alternative indicator of the distribution and development performances of economies. While the increase in the NEET rate is essentially an economic problem, it is also a phenomenon that needs to be examined in detail in terms of its social effects. The concept of NEET is an issue that should be emphasized socially, as it refers to young people who do not or cannot participate in the workforce, whose education processes have been interrupted, and who find themselves useless and worthless. In this study, a survey scale was determined to determine the young NEET people living in Balıkesir province, empirical questions appropriate to the determined scale, demographic questions that would shed light on the detection of the problem related to the subject, and a face-to-face survey were applied within the determined sample frame. It is thought that the findings obtained in this way will contribute to clearly presenting the concept and obtaining generally valid inferences.