Table 1

Inclusion and exclusion criteria for identification of eligible studies

Inclusion criteriaExclusion criteria
Population
(aged 16–24 years)

  • Students

  • Age range only from 16 to 17 years (ie, only includes 2-year range)

  • Employed; unemployed

  • Populations with chronic diseases (type 1 or 2 diabetes, disabled populations)

  • Other individuals in this age group neither entering the labour market nor tertiary education due to several other reasons (eg, military service)

  • Teen pregnancy/sexual health

ConceptAll research investigating health inequalities in the stage of school-to-work transitions. 
Study
design

  • Cross-sectional studies

  • Case studies

  • Prospective or retrospective cohort studies

  • Comments, statements, replies, editorials

  • Case–control studies

  • Animal studies

  • Qualitative studies

  • Cell studies

  • Reviews (systematic and unsystematic)

  • Abstracts conferences

 

  • Concept papers

Context

  • Studies conducted at the population is in the school, university or work contexts (including: apprenticeship, vocational training, unemployment and unskilled work)

  • School-based studies or studies with pupils

  • Studies analysing contextual and compositional characteristics of institutions

  • University students are mentioned or young adults, but socioeconomic position29 or status30* is not reported

  • Only study populations from developed countries (according to the country classification of the United Nations)31 will be included

  • Socioeconomic status or position only adjusted for but no subgroup analyses by socioeconomic status or position presented

  • *‘Socioeconomic position’ is defined by the social and economic factors that influence the positions that individuals or groups occupy within the structure of a society29 and ‘socioeconomic status’ refers to a measure of social position that generally includes income, level of education and occupation.30