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Table 3.5: Main Activity while Looking for Work by Area and Sex, Not Working Youth Category Stayed at Home and just Looked for a Job Stayed at Home and was responsible for household chores Helped out in Family Farm or Business Took additional Education/ Training Courses Spent Time with Friends Did Voluntary work Other Area Kgn/MoBay 26.2 42.4 4.9 4.7 14.5 3.2 4.1 Other Towns 24.3 21.6 11.7 9.0 5.4 3.6 24.3 Rural Areas 29.2 31.1 11.4 6.7 7.8 2.8 11.1 Parish Capital/ Major Towns 13.5 50.3 4.3 11.0 8.6 1.8 10.4 Average 23.3 36.4 8.1 7.9 9.1 2.9 12.5 Sex Male 29.2 18.7 12.9 5.8 16.7 4.4 12.3 Female 23.7 45.7 6.2 8.3 5.0 1.9 9.2 the job search period, with 29.2 per cent of males doing so as against 23.7 per cent of females. Persons living in parish capitals and major towns were less likely to stay at home and just search for jobs than persons living in other areas. The former group was also more likely to take additional education/training courses and females were more likely to undertake additional education and training than males. Kgn/MoBay dwellers and males were more likely to spend time with friends. Conditions Necessary to Find Suitable Jobs All categories of youth were asked to rank the conditions they felt were necessary to find suitable jobs. Among all the groups, “tertiary education” (23.7 per cent) was ranked first, followed by “technical skills certification” (23.3 per cent), professional qualification” (21.4 per cent) and “computer science” skills (17.7 per cent). (See Table 3.6) It is clear that there is recognition among youth of the importance of post secondary and tertiary certification as a precursor to finding suitable jobs. It should also be noted that a university arts degree was considered more important CHAPTER 3: ATTITUDES & EXPECTATIONS REGARDING WORK 29
Table 3.6: Conditions Necessary to Find Suitable Jobs by Category of Youth Category of Youth In-School Not Employed Self- Working Employed Average Tertiary University Arts 10.9 10.6 9.2 14.4 11.3 University Science 15.3 7.8 7.5 5.0 8.9 Post-Graduate Degree 4.3 2.6 3.9 3.3 3.5 Professional Qualification 21.9 21.0 21.0 21.7 21.4 Business Management 14.2 11.6 13.1 8.3 11.8 Computer Science 16.4 19.2 19.4 15.6 17.7 Technical Skills Certification 15.3 26.3 24.2 27.2 23.3 Other 1.8 1.1 1.8 4.5 2.4 Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 than other tertiary qualifications by all categories of youth except for the In-School Youth. Main Obstacles in Finding Suitable Jobs Responses to the question as to the main obstacles in finding suitable jobs are outlined in Table 3.7. There are five main obstacles shown below in order of preference: Some 24.8 per cent of all youth identified “no suitable training opportunities” as the main obstacle to finding a suitable job. • No suitable training opportunities • Unsuitable general education • No education • Unsuitable vocational education • Not enough jobs available Some 24.8 per cent of all youth identified “no suitable training opportunities” as the main obstacle to finding a suitable job. Despite the existence of a number of Human Employment and Resource Training Trust/National Training Agency (HEART Trust/NTA) financed and operated training opportunities island-wide, THE TRANSITION OF JAMAICAN YOUTH TO THE WORLD OF WORK 30
Page 2 and 3: THE PLANNING INSTITUTE OF JAMAICA I
Page 4 and 5: Contents List of Tables List of Acr
Page 6 and 7: List of Tables Table 1.1: Distribut
Page 8 and 9: Table 4.4: Participation in Differe
Page 10 and 11: Acknowledgements The Planning Insti
Page 12 and 13: M E S S A G E F R O M Director Gene
Page 14 and 15: Executive Summary The School-to-Wor
Page 16: women with special emphasis on yout
Page 19 and 20: The Labour Force Survey revealed th
Page 21 and 22: . . . the Government of Jamaica has
Page 23 and 24: • demographic and household infor
Page 25 and 26: Sample Selection It was determined
Page 27 and 28: ended question. The post fieldwork
Page 29 and 30: The average age of the youth survey
Page 31 and 32: The distribution of youth by parish
Page 33 and 34: ecorded was six; this was reported
Page 35 and 36: An important factor in transiting f
Page 37 and 38: Working” youth and 1.7 per cent o
Page 39 and 40: the training lasted for “more tha
Page 41 and 42: Work Experience When asked “Have
Page 43 and 44: This question was directed solely t
Page 45: Table 3.4: Distribution of Not Work
Page 49 and 50: Job Preferences Table 3.8 provides
Page 51 and 52: Table 3.10: Average Length of Job S
Page 53 and 54: 4 Life Goals and Values of Young Pe
Page 55 and 56: nificant differences in these opini
Page 57 and 58: Community organizations are not ver
Page 59 and 60: Table 4.7: Frequency of Use of Sele
Page 61 and 62: 5 Regression Analysis The objective
Page 63 and 64: Table 5.2 : Variables Used in the L
Page 65 and 66: There were no significant differenc
Page 67 and 68: Results The partial logistic regres
Page 69 and 70: 6 Conclusion and Recommendation In
Page 71 and 72: public education programme be devel
Page 73 and 74: There is unmet demand (within the H
Page 75 and 76: A corollary activity should be the
Page 77 and 78: findings, it is being recommended t
Page 79 and 80: GOJ/ILO School-to-Work Transition S
Page 81 and 82: • inner city schools should be in
Page 83 and 84: • information technology should b
Page 89 and 90: Career Guidance • critical assess
Page 91 and 92: 1.10 What is the OCCUPATIONAL STATU
Page 93 and 94: 2.6 Have you had any school-based v
Page 95 and 96: 3.1 Have you ever received any kind
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4.0 LIFE GOALS AND VALUES OF YOUNG
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4.4 I would like to ask about your
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1.10 What is the OCCUPATIONAL STATU
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2.6 Have you had any school-based v
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3.0 JOB SEARCH AND ATTITUDES AND EX
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3.10 Did you have a preference for
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4.0 LIFE GOALS AND VALUES OF YOUNG
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OBSTACLES RANK 1 No education 2 Uns
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4. Through a government employment
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21 Other (specify) ________________
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5.4 Are you financially supporting
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3.11 What was the minimum level of
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4.4 Do you have anyone helping you
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4.15 Does your business/enterprise
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4.31 What is the main problem you f
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3. $10,000 — < $15,000 4. $15,000
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10 Working/living in other countrie
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