… earlier than men. Youth is typically defined as an age group, although the definition of ‘youth’ varies across … the EU considers young people to be aged 15 – 29 years of age, while children are categorised as being aged 0 – 14 … were 89 million young people between 15 and 29 years of age in the EU, and they accounted for 17.7% of the EU-28’s …