Youth

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For other uses, see Youth (disambiguation). Youth is the time of life between childhood and adulthood (maturity).[1] Definitions of the specific age range that constitutes youth vary. An individual's actual maturity may not correspond to their chronological age, as immature individuals could exist at all ages.
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1 Usage 2 Age limits 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

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Around the world, the terms "youth", "adolescent", "teenager", "kid", and "young person" are interchanged, often meaning the same thing, occasionally differentiated. Youth generally refers to a time of life that is neither childhood nor adulthood, but rather somewhere in-between.[2]Youth also identifies a particular mindset of attitude, as in "He is very youthful". The term youth is also related to being young.[3] "This world demands the qualities of youth: not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the life of ease." - Robert Kennedy[4] Youth is an alternative word to the scientifically-oriented adolescent and the common terms of teen and teenager. Another common title for youth is young person or young people.[5]

Population aged under 15 years in 2005

12 August is declared International Youth Day by The United Nations.

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The age in which a person is considered a "youth", and thus eligible for special treatment under the law and throughout society varies around the world.

"Youth... those persons between the ages of 15 and 24 years." - United Nations

General Assembly[6]

"...youth ... comprises persons between the age of 15 and 24. It is used by ... the

World Bank" - World Bank.[7]

The Commonwealth Youth Programme works with "young people (aged 15-29)."[8] "A person... under 21 years of age." - National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration[9]

"People between the ages of 14 and 21." - Wilson School District[10] "Youth; an individual from 13 through 19 years of age." - Alternative Homes for

Youth, Inc[11]

"Youth is defined as any member of society between the ages of 15 and 34" - The

Danish Youth Council [12]

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