Department of Youth Affairs2012-08-142012-08-141983-09http://hdl.handle.net/10147/238559Virtually every second person in this State is under 25 years of age. This is a unique and remarkable position. We are a society in transition: between 1961 and 1982 there has been a 36 per cent increase in the total employed in industry, a 48 per cent decrease in the total employed in agriculture and 44 per cent increase in the total employed in servicesenYOUTH POLICYGOVERNMENTShaping the future: towards a national youth policy: a discussion paperWorking Paper