By the year 1937 it became a concern that an eighth of all those admitted to the nation’s state-run mental hospitals were between the ages of 15 through 24. On a similar note, it was revealed that 40% of employable youth were entirely unable to secure positions during this this same period. These matters were made known as a result of the efforts put forward by the Youth Commission of the American Council of Education – a group that began compiling such data in 1935.
Click here to read about the National Youth Administration.
The ability for couples to get married was indeed drastically reduced during the Great Depression as a result of such dreadful unemployment, click here to read about an article about that subject.
