Youth Unemployment and Its Effects on Personal Security of Local Community In Oromia Regional State of Ethiopia: The Case of Dambi Dollo Town
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2020-11
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Addis Ababa Unversity
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine youth unemployment and its effects on personal security
of the local community in Dambi Dollo town. To achieve the main objective of the study a mixed
research design was used. The data collected through key informant in-depth interviews and
FGD were analyzed thematically while data collected from document review were analyzed by
bar graphs, pie charts, and percentages. Participants of the study were selected using purposive
and snowball sampling based on their lived experiences and expertise. The result obtained from
both sources reveals that youth unemployment has significant effects on the personal security of
the local community. The prolonged youth unemployment resulted in increments of crime and
violence in the study area. Though all unemployed youth are not engaged in committing crimes
and violence, those youth with prolonged unemployment became the sources of personal
insecurity in the study area. Hence, those unemployed youth engaged in theft, robbery, damaging
people’s property, physical assault, burglary, and group fighting are identified as sources of
personal insecurity to the local community in the study area. The study also indicated that
different types of theft, breaking the rule of law, sexual harassment (Rape), different sexual
crimes (verbal and physical abuse), lying and fraud, using and trading illegal weapons, and
stealing commodities on a car are among personal security threats of the community in the study
area. This study identified youth unemployment as the main source of personal insecurity that
led to the expansions of crimes and violence in the study area. This implies that the main sources
of personal insecurity emanate from youth unemployment in the study area could be addressed
through a strong partnership between concerned government sectors and by promoting vibrant
private investment.
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Dambi Dollo, youth unemployment, Personal Security, Crimes, Violence