The information source horizon on education and work among non-graduate young adults in precarious situations
In a context where skilled labour is diminishing, young adults without diplomas are attracting sustained attention from institutional stakeholders. Thus, the process of these individuals’ integration into the labor market has been richly documented, particularly from the angle of their spheres of life. Another way to study their integration is to identify the role of education- and work-related information in their lives, which is especially relevant in a so-called information society. This article offers a secondary analysis of data collected from young Quebecers without diplomas (n=22). The main results suggest that these young adults strongly prioritize relational information sources and that a close interplay can be observed between their biographical life-courses, the transitions they experienced, and the types of information they have sought.