{"id":11262,"date":"2012-08-02T10:06:46","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T14:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/?p=11262"},"modified":"2012-08-02T11:55:43","modified_gmt":"2012-08-02T15:55:43","slug":"carsey-study-says-coos-youth-face-choice-stay-with-family-or-leave-for-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2012\/08\/02\/carsey-study-says-coos-youth-face-choice-stay-with-family-or-leave-for-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Carsey Study Says Coos Youth Face Choice: Stay With Family Or Leave For Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"fancybox\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/08\/finalgrph1.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-11264\" title=\"finalgrph1\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/08\/finalgrph1-300x287.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/08\/finalgrph1-300x287.gif 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/08\/finalgrph1.gif 346w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Just how much economic growth would Coos County need to entice the region\u2019s youth to return after college? This is something the Carsey Institute\u2019s Eleanor Jaffee hopes to reveal with the 10-year long Coos Youth Study. Carsey researchers are following Coos County\u2019s class of 2009 as they move from high school to college and beyond. The project\u2019s most recent survey results were <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu\/CarseySearch\/search.php?id=201&#038;utm_source=Co%C3%B6s+County%27s+Class+of+2009%3A+Where+Are+They+Now%3F&#038;utm_campaign=Where+Are+They+Now&#038;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\">released this week<\/a>. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey&#8217;re currently seeing the job situation [in Coos] as pretty bleak,\u201d Jaffee says of Coos County\u2019s high school class of 2009. Only 19 percent believe it\u2019s easy for people their age to find jobs. That\u2019s a steep decrease from 2 years earlier, when 67 percent believed they could easily find a job in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, Jaffee says, it\u2019s clear these young adults are experiencing conflicting priorities. According to the study, participants\u2019 overwhelming priority is finding a steady, secure job. However, results also suggest that most participants would move back or stay in Coos County if they could find a good job there.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fancybox\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/08\/finalgrph2.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-11265\" title=\"finalgrph2\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/08\/finalgrph2-300x286.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/08\/finalgrph2-300x286.gif 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/08\/finalgrph2.gif 337w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>And that is where things are getting exciting, Jaffee says. Two indicators in Coos County suggest the economy is growing in the region \u2013 slowly, to be sure \u2013 but growing nonetheless. Over 2011 there was a .4 percent decrease in the unemployment rate in Coos, the first decrease since 2005. Coos also saw an increase in rooms and meals tax receipts, evidence that more people are spending money in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Many adults in Coos are optimistic, Jaffee says, and she wants to know \u201chow that message is going to filter down.\u201d Will the region\u2019s young adults consider returning to Coos after college? Or have they already written the region off long ago, having grown up believing that \u201c\u2019Coos isn&#8217;t where I&#8217;m going to find a job.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To find that out, Jaffee has to wait for the next round of surveys, which will be administered next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just how much economic growth would Coos County need to entice the region\u2019s youth to return after college? This is something the Carsey Institute\u2019s Eleanor Jaffee hopes to reveal with the 10-year long Coos Youth Study. Carsey researchers are following Coos County\u2019s class of 2009 as they move from high school to college and beyond. 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