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Table 2.10: Distribution of Out-of-School Youth by Highest Examination Passed
and Sex (per cent )
Highest
Examination
Passed
Male
Sex
Female
Total
(N = 2054)
None 64.8 54.6 59.4
CXC Basic, JSC, SSC 11.7 14.6 13.2
CXC Gen, GCE ‘O’ (1-2) 9.1 10.5 9.9
CXC Gen, GCE ‘O’ (3-4) 7.5 9.6 8.6
CXC Gen, GCE ‘O’ (5+), GCE ‘A’ (2+) 3.6 6.7 5.2
Degree 0.3 0.6 0.4
Not Stated/ No Response 2.3 2.4 2.3
Other 0.6 1.0 0.8
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
Table 2.11: Distribution of Out-of-School Youth by Highest Examination Passed
and Category of Youth (per cent)
Highest
Examination
Passed
Not
Working
Category of Youth
Employed
Self-
Employed
Total
(N = 2054)
None 63.6 46.5 70.0 59.4
CXC Basic, JSC, SSC 12.3 17.1 8.3 13.2
CXC Gen, GCE ‘O’ (1-2) 9.3 11.1 10.0 9.9
CXC Gen, GCE ‘O’ (3-4) 6.9 13.0 7.2 8.6
CXC Gen, GCE ‘O’ (5+), GCE ‘A’ (2+) 4.1 9.0 1.7 5.2
Degree 0.4 0.7 0.0 0.4
Not Stated/ No Response 2.1 2.6 2.8 2.3
Other 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.8
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
larger proportion of “Employed” youth (41.2 per cent) had passed a “lower level”
examination, compared with “Not Working” youth (28.5 per cent) and “Self-
Employed” youth (25.5 per cent). This pattern was repeated for “higher level”
examinations, with 9.7 per cent of “Employed” youth, 4.5 per cent of “Not
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