<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Occupied Palestine | فلسطين]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[occupiedpalestine]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/author/hajarhajar/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Young make up one-third of Palestinian&nbsp;population]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Maan News Agency | Aug 11, 2011</p>
<p>BETHLEHEM (Ma&#8217;an) &#8212; The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics released a demographic study Thursday which showed that young people form one third of the Palestinian population.</p>
<p>The results were published on the eve of International Youth Day and present statistics about the Palestinian population, above all about the young demographic.</p>
<p>Results showed that around 45 percent of young people (15-29) were enrolled in education in 2010, with one fifth of graduates studying business and administration.</p>
<p>Almost 50 percent of young people do not read newspapers and magazines and more than one quarter of male youth smoke.</p>
<p>One third of young people were unemployed during the first quarter of 2011, the study found.</p>
<p>The highest unemployment rate was 38.4 percent in the 20-24 age group compared with 28.2 percent for 25-29. In addition, 40.1 percent of those unemployed had completed at least 13 years of education.</p>
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