Trieste and its context: demographic structure and youth population segmentation

The present work is part of the activities of the Horizon 2020 project “EUth: Tools and Tips for Digital and Mobile Youth Participation in and across Europe” (http://www.euthproject.eu/); specifically, the WP8 “European Young Citizens participation”. The WP8 is to evaluate the needs and expectations of young people and their engagement in the local context, to assess public policies of local authorities for young people, to find new ways to involve young people in the decision-making processes of the municipalities. The present work is the description of the demographic structure of young population in Trieste according to relevant stratification dimensions: first, the breakdown in five-years classes of age from 15 to 34 years. In addition to the breakdown by gender, education level and employment status, the presence of young people of foreign origin is taken into account. The analysis concludes with the identification of future demographic trends. This paper will be shortly published within the series "Poliarchie" of the Department of Political and Social Sciences.