ASENIOR RESEARCH PAPER ON THE DETERMINANTS OF URBAN YOUTH UNEMPLYMENT INETHIOPIA

Abstract

This study is an attempt to investigate the factors that determine youth unemployment status in Ethiopia. The main objective of this study was to identify determinants unemployment status in Ethiopia. The data were analyzed by statistical software packages such as SPSS. The study uses both descriptive and inferential statistics method of data analysis, which means from descriptive frequency table and from inferential statistics chi-square test of associations and binary logistic regression. In chi square test of association variables such as region,education level, sex,age marital statues have association with employment status. The variables education level, region and drug addictionhad statistically significant effect in logistic regression on unemployment status. This study recommended that the concerning body should have to decreases this effects of unemployment we must decreases the unemployment number by creating job opportunity to all citizen.