Factors Influencing Youth Unemployment in Woliso Town, South West Shewa Zone, Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia
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2012-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Youth employment challenge is a criti cal development problem facing Ethiopia. The situation for
urban yo uth including that of Woli so town is even worse. Previously there is no study conducted
re lated to the determinants of youth unemployment in the town. In line with thi s, the objective of
this study is to explore the employment status and possible factors (demographic and socioeconomic)
explaining youth unemployment in the town. The study used mainly primary data
co ll ected from 462 yo uths randomly se lected from the three kebeles of Wol iso Town, South West
Showa Zone. Oromia National Regional State. Ethiopia. Frequencies, cross tabulations and binary
logistic regression model were used to analyze the data. The study results indicate that , out of the
total responden ts 47.4 percent were found unemployed, while 52.6 percent were employed at the
time of the survey. The results of bivariate analysis shows that teenagers, young females and nonmigrants,
yo uth of secondary and below educational level, youth with lack of work experiences,
little or no social network contact. less or no motives promoting working career, youth from
illiterate mother and lower family income were found unemployed in the town. In multivariate
analysis, age, sex, migration, education, work experience, motive toward work, and family
income signific ant ly determi ne youth unemployment in the town. Social network and mother
education were fo und in signi ficant. Based on resu lts of the study, improve education and ski ll of
youth. empower fema les. improve yo uth attit udes towards job creation were some of the
s llgg~ s l ed rCCOJ11I1lc'nda l ions.
Keywords: youth unemployment, demographic & socio-economic variables.
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youth unemployment, demographic & socio-economic variables