Genda Yuji, one of the book's authors, attributes the NEET phenomenon to the aging of Japanese society, the sluggish economy, and a loss of industriousness on the part of the citizenry.
至於形成「尼特」的原因，該書作者玄田有史將其歸結為日本人口結構老齡化、經濟不景氣，和「國民勤勞義務的淪喪」。