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List of Tables Table 1.1: Distribution of EDs in the Sample by Parish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Table 1.2: Distribution of Youth by Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Table 1.3: Distribution of Youth by Category and Parish, 2004 . . . . . . . . . . 9 Table 2.1: Distribution of Youth by Age and Sex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Table 2.2: Distribution of Youth by Category and Sex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Table 2.3: Distribution of Youth by Category and Age Group . . . . . . . . . . 12 Table 2.4: Distribution of Youth by Category and Area of Residence . . . . . 13 Table 2.5: Distribution of Youth by Area of Residence and Age Group. . . . 13 Table 2.6: Distribution of Youth by Parish and Age Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Table 2.7: Proportion of Youth with Children, Number of Children and Average Number of Children per Person, by Category of Youth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Table 2.8: Selected Characteristics of Youth with Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Table 2.9: Number of Youth with Children by Age and Sex . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Table 2.10: Table 2.11: Table 2.12: Table 2.13: Distribution of Out-of-School Youth by Highest Examination Passed and Sex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Distribution of Out-of-School Youth by Highest Examination Passed and Category of Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Distribution of Out-of-School Youth by Highest Examination Passed and Area of Residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Proportion of Youth who Received Training, by Category of Youth and Sex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 LIST OF TABLES v
Table 2.14: Proportion of Trained Youth who Received a Certificate . . . . . . 21 Table 2.15: Table 2.16: Distribution of Youth who Received Training, by Category and Type of Training Received . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Ranking of Skill Areas by In-School and Not Working Youth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Table 3.1: Methods Used to Source Jobs by Not Working Youth. . . . . . . . . 26 Table 3.2: Table 3.3: Table 3.4: Table 3.5: Table 3.6: Table 3.7: Distribution of Youth by Category and Number of Jobs Applied For . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Average Number of Interviews Attended by Area, Educational Level & Sex, by Category of Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Distribution of Not Working Youth by Number of Interviews Attended by Area, Educational Level and Sex . . . . . . 28 Main Activity while Looking for Work by Area and Sex, Not Working Youth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Conditions Necessary to Finding Suitable Jobs by Category of Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Main Obstacles in Finding Suitable Jobs by Category of Youth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Table 3.8: Job Preferences by Category of Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Table 3.9: Table 3.10: Table 3.11: Table 3.12: Average Length of Job Search by Age, Educational Level & Sex, Not Working Youth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Average Length of Job Search by Age, Educational Level & Sex, Employed Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Average Length of Job Search by Age, Educational Level & Sex, Self-Employed Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Average Monthly Income Desired by Educational Level and Sex, by Category of Youth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Table 4.1: Rating of Goals by Category of Youth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Table 4.2: Opinions of Young People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Table 4.3: Opinions of Young People by Sex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 LIST OF TABLES vi
Page 2 and 3: THE PLANNING INSTITUTE OF JAMAICA I
Page 4 and 5: Contents List of Tables List of Acr
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 and 46: Table 3.4: Distribution of Not Work
Page 47 and 48: Table 3.6: Conditions Necessary to
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
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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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• information technology should b
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Career Guidance • critical assess
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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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3.1 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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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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