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Families in which no one is employed or retired are euphemistically defined as "socially fragile." In Catania, Naples, and Palermo, the percentage is 6%. In Bologna, Genoa, and Milan, the percentage is just over 1%. The report produced by Openpolis explains the difference between growing up in one place or another, and even in the center of a city or on its outskirts. In Catania, vulnerable families account for only 3% of the Third District and over 9% of the Sixth District. In Naples, the percentage ranges from 3% in neighborhoods like Arenella and Vomero to 9.2% in the San Pietro a Patierno neighborhood. The percentage of young people between 15 and 29 who are neither in education nor employment is 32% in Palermo and 17% in Bologna. But even in the latter city, there are neighbourhoods where one in three is unemployed. The report, dedicated to young people living in the suburbs, provides unprecedented data on the inequalities that exist within cities. Data confirms that dropping out of school is still a phenomenon that almost exclusively affects the children of the poor. Last year, out of 100 high school graduates, only 16 came from families of blue-collar workers and executives, who, however, make up 50% of employed people. This means that schooling doesn't compensate for inequalities, but rather reproduces them.
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