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Analysis of Job Status in Malaysia: Logistic Regression Model Approach
Nihayatul Muhirah Binti Mohd Khobir
Supervisor: Dr. Syerrina Binti Zakaria
Bachelor of Science (Financial Mathematics)
School of Informatics and Applied Mathematics
In getting to a high-tech nation status, job opportunities are getting dwindle and
competitive among graduates. Therefore, this study is conducted to identify factors that
influence job employment opportunities for Malaysia citizen. Data used in this study is
secondary data which is obtained from the Department of Statistics Malaysia from 1985
to 2015 except for 1991 and 1994. The data were analyzed using the Logistic Regression
method. This study found that the demographic factors of urban and rural, ethnicity ie
bumiputera and chinese, gender factor namely male, marital status factor ie single and
married and education level factor ie middle and tertiary level influencing employment
opportunities in Malaysia . Therefore, based on past studies for this study it can be
concluded that the employment status in Malaysia is strongly affected by the factors
mentioned above. This study is believed to provide important information for research
and students in the future.
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