(The Young and the Rested p.29) Statistics show that among youths aged 15 to 24, there are 517,000 who have either dropped out of school or not found employment.
根據統計，台灣地區十五到廿四歲的青少年中，共有五十一萬七千未升學亦未就業的「閒置」人口（廿九頁，彷徨少年路）。