Opportunity youth are young people ages 16 to 24 who are neither working nor enrolled in school. Disconnection from school and work during emerging adulthood can have long-term, negative consequences for the well-being of young people, including lower educational attainment and earnings. Most research examining the consequences of disconnection has focused on young people's education and employment outcomes, resulting in a limited understanding of how disconnection affects development in other domains, including sexual and reproductive health (SRH). In particular, there are no studies on the SRH outcomes of opportunity youth in the United States based on nationally representative samples.We addressed the gap in information about the SRH of opportunity youth by conducting an original analysis of data from the 2011-2019 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), the findings from which are presented in this brief. Our analysis focused on:* The demographic characteristics of opportunity youth* The social determinants of health (factors that can influence both disconnection and SRH) for opportunity youth* SRH behaviors and outcomes of opportunity yout
