Determinants of Youth Unemployment in Urban Ethiopia: Application of Multilevel Analysis
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2020-06-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The high population of youth unemployment is one of the most critical issues at
global level. Which is caused by socio-economic and demographic factor. The objective
of the study was to identify the determinants of youth unemployment in Urban Ethiopia.
The study is done based on the 2018 Urban Employment-Unemployment Survey (UEUS)
which was conducted by the Central Statistical Agency (CSA) of Ethiopia. The data
analysis was conducted by using descriptive statistics, chi-square test and multilevel logistic
regression model. Out of 8,183 youth, 2484(30.36%) of were unemployed while 5699
(69.64%) were employed. The chi-square test result shows there was a signi_cant association
between youth unemployment at socio-economic and demographic factors. The
multilevel logistic regression analysis also shows that sex, marital status, educational
level, kinship and _eld of study were found to be statistically signi_cant determinants of
youth unemployment in urban Ethiopia.
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Determinants of Youth Unemployment, Urban Ethiopia, Application, Multilevel Analysis