YOUNG HURT MOST: Europe's economic crisis is hitting young people like the hardest. In the 17 countries that use the euro currency, youth unemployment is a record 22 percent, twice the eurozone's overall rate of 11 percent.
COMBINATION OF FACTORS: Youth unemployment is almost always about twice as high as overall unemployment in Europe. But the economy has made things far worse.
OUTLOOK GRIM: With more than half the eurozone countries in recession, there is little hope for improvement. The worry now is that young adults who can't find work now will end up permanently locked out of good careers.
