Demographic and Socio-economic Correlates of Youth Unemployment in Ambo Town, Oromia National Regional State
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2019-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The high level of unemployment in Ethiopia especially in urban areas in broad, Ambo Town in
specific where youth face serious difficulty in getting employment. Different studies indicate the
level of youth unemployment in Ambo Town. However, a little situations known about that
Influences growing youth unemployment in the study area. In light of this problem, this study is
conducted with an objective of assessing the demographic and socio-economic elements of youth
unemployment. Primary data collected from 450 youths randomly selected from Six kebeles of
Ambo Town, Oromiya National Regional State, and are used for the study. Simple frequencies,
cross tabulation and binary logistic regression model were used to analyze the data. Among all
the respondents, 57.6 percent were found unemployed, while 42.4 percent were employed at the
time of the study. The bi variate analysis showed that females and migrants were found
unemployed. Youth who had secondary and below educational level, weak social network,
inaccessible to business advisory services, and those who prefer paid employment were also
found unemployed in the town. The multivariate analysis showed that sex, age, marital status,
migration, income status of the Household, fathers education, mothers education, work
experience, services significantly determine youth employment in Ambo Town. Educational
level, job preference, and access to social network density were found insignificantly related to
youth employment. Based on the findings of the study, it encourages youth to increase their
social networks, and improve youth attitudes towards jobs in the formal sectors were suggested
as recommendations.
Keywords: Youth, Unemployment in Ambo Town.
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Youth, Unemployment in Ambo Town.