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2.14. Please, describe the work experience 2.15 How was the work experience organized 1 Internship/apprenticeship without pay in private company 1 During school vacations 2 Internship/apprenticeship without pay in public company 2 As part of regular school course 3 Internship/apprenticeship without pay in non- profit organization 3 After school hours 4 Work with pay in private company 4 Other (please describe) ____________ 5 Work with pay in public company 6 Community volunteer work 7 Other (please describe) _______________________________ 2.16 On a scale of 1-5 where 1= strongly disagree and 5 = strongly agree, please respond to the following statements. STATEMENT SCALE (WHAT AND WHY) 1. Women and men have equal opportunities for general education 1 2 3 4 5 2. Women and men have equal opportunities for technical/vocational education 1 2 3 4 5 3. Some courses/fields of study are more appropriate for men 1 2 3 4 5 4.Some courses/fields of study are more appropriate for women 1 2 3 4 5 5. Some courses/fields of study are equally appropriate for men and women 1 2 3 4 5 5
3.1 Have you ever received any kind of advice or counselling on job or career opportunities? 1. Yes 2. No 3.2 What do you plan to do when you complete your current education/training? 1 Go on for further education/training (specify what kind _____________________________) 2 Get married 3 Stay at home and help family in domestic chores 4 Go into family business/help out on family farm 5 Find a job in current hometown 6 3.0 ATTITUDES AND EXPECTATIONS REGARDING WORK Find a job and move to another part of the country — capital city/ other town/rural area 7 Work overseas (which country) ___________________________________ 8 Other (please specify) __________________________________________ 3.3 When you look for a job, how important would the following characteristics of the job be? [RATE IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE — 1 =VERY UNIMPORTANT, 2 = UNIMPORTANT 3 = NEITHER IMPORTANT NOR UNIMPORTANT, 4 = IMPORTANT, 5 = VERY IMPORTANT] CHARACTERISTICS RATING RATING 1. Interesting job to do 9. Having an easy pace of work 2. Job that people regard highly/status of job 10.Being able to work independently, without supervision 3. Earn a lot money 11.Job that is family-friendly 4. Good promotion prospects/clear career path 12. Opportunities for travel 5. Job that uses skills and abilities 13. Other (specify) 6. Steady job/job security 7. Having a role in decision-making 8. Having lots of vacation time 3.4 When you look for a job, would you prefer to start your own business, work for an employer, work for your own family farm/business? PREFERENCE PREFERENCE 1 Start own business 7 Work for family farm/business 2 Work for the government/public sector 8 Not sure 3 Work for a large multinational corporation 9 Do not know 4 Work for large private company 10 Other (please specify) __________________ 5 Work for small private company 11 6 Work for non-profit organization 12 6
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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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Page 57 and 58: Community organizations are not ver
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Page 61 and 62: 5 Regression Analysis The objective
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Page 67 and 68: Results The partial logistic regres
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Page 71 and 72: public education programme be devel
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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
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Page 103 and 104: 2.6 Have you had any school-based v
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Page 109 and 110: 4.0 LIFE GOALS AND VALUES OF YOUNG
Page 119 and 120: OBSTACLES RANK 1 No education 2 Uns
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Page 143 and 144: 3. $10,000 — < $15,000 4. $15,000
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10 Working/living in other countrie
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6.4 I would like to ask about your
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