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3.7 In looking for work, would you prefer to start your own business, work for an employer, work for your own family farm/business? RESPONSES 1 Start your own business 2 Work for the government/public sector 3 Work for a large multinational corporation 4 Work for a large private company 5 Work for a small private company 6 Work for a non-profit organization 7 Work for family farm/business 8 No preference 9 Do not Know 10 Others (please specify) _________________ 3.8 Did you have a preference as to where you wanted to work? 1. In an office 2. In a factory 3. In a hotel 4. In a restaurant or eating place 5. On a farm 6. In your own home 7. In your employer’s home 8. In a market place 9. No preference 10. Other (please specify) _____________________ 3.9 Did you have a preference for working in a small or large enterprise? 1. To be self employed/own account worker 2. To work only with family members 3. To be single employee 4. To have less than 5 co-workers 5. To have less than 10 co-workers 6. To have less than 50 co-workers 7. To have between 50-100 co-workers 8. To have more than 100 co-workers 9. To have more than 500 co-workers 10. No preference 3.10 Did you have a preference for working in your original home area, moving to another town/city in your own country, a rural area, another country? 1. Original home area 2. Moving to another town/city 3. Moving to rural area 4. Moving to another country 5. No preference 7
3.11 What was the minimum level of income per month below which you would not have accepted a job? $ _____________________ per month. 3.12 Rank the three main obstacle you faced in finding a suitable job? OBSTACLES RANK 1 No education 2 Unsuitable general education 3 Unsuitable vocational education 4 No suitable training opportunities 5 Requirements for job higher than education/training received 6 No work experience 7 Not enough jobs available 8 Considered too young 9 Being male/female 10 Discriminatory prejudices 11 Low wages in available jobs 12 Poor working conditions in available jobs 13 Others (please specify) ____________________________ 3.13 What kind of extra courses/training do you think would be most helpful in finding a suitable job? 1. Entrepreneurship training to start own business 2. Apprenticeship with an employer 3. Computer training 4. Professional training 5. Other (please specify __________________________________) 3.14 Do you think that generally it is easier for young women (compared to young men) to find jobs? 1. Easier for young women (Why ______________________________________________) 2. Easier for young men (Why ________________________________________________ ) 3. Depends (on what ________________________________________________________) 4. Do not know 3.15 Do you think it is easier for a person below 25 years of age to find a job? 1. Easier for a person below 25 years 2. Easier for a person above 25 years 3. No difference 4. Depends (on what ____________________________________________________) 5. Do not know 8
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THE PLANNING INSTITUTE OF JAMAICA I
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Contents List of Tables List of Acr
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List of Tables Table 1.1: Distribut
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Table 4.4: Participation in Differe
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Acknowledgements The Planning Insti
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M E S S A G E F R O M Director Gene
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Executive Summary The School-to-Wor
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women with special emphasis on yout
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The Labour Force Survey revealed th
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. . . the Government of Jamaica has
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• demographic and household infor
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Sample Selection It was determined
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ended question. The post fieldwork
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The average age of the youth survey
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The distribution of youth by parish
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ecorded was six; this was reported
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An important factor in transiting f
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Working” youth and 1.7 per cent o
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the training lasted for “more tha
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Work Experience When asked “Have
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This question was directed solely t
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Table 3.4: Distribution of Not Work
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Table 3.6: Conditions Necessary to
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Job Preferences Table 3.8 provides
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Table 3.10: Average Length of Job S
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4 Life Goals and Values of Young Pe
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nificant differences in these opini
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Community organizations are not ver
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Table 4.7: Frequency of Use of Sele
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5 Regression Analysis The objective
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Table 5.2 : Variables Used in the L
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There were no significant differenc
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Results The partial logistic regres
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6 Conclusion and Recommendation In
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public education programme be devel
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There is unmet demand (within the H
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A corollary activity should be the
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findings, it is being recommended t
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GOJ/ILO School-to-Work Transition S
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• inner city schools should be in
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Page 97 and 98: 4.0 LIFE GOALS AND VALUES OF YOUNG
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Page 119 and 120: OBSTACLES RANK 1 No education 2 Uns
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