Abstract
Currently, urban unemployment is alarming with drastic scenario. In this regard urban areas area highly affected by unemplyments. For this problem several factors are assumed to be in charge. These factors themselves vary from place to place. Urban areas occupied by numerous residents. Those residents are mainly jobseekers. Urban unemployment touches enormous issues include difficulties related to joblessness, system of dealing with such difficulties, entrepreneurship or self employment tendencies and complexity of the patterns of urban unemployment problems. However, the challenges, coping mechanisms, self employment trends and patterns of urban unemployment issues were not well examined and analyzed. Therefore, in this research those gaps were considered and key findings were realized. This research utilized quantitative data source and quantitative research methods were employed. Statistical packages for social sciences (SPSS) version 20 software was utilized for both descriptive and inferential statistics. In fact, socio-demographic characteristics of respondents such as sex, educational categories and marital status were examined. Furthermore, variables, which potentially predict urban unemployment rate, were sufficiently quantified. Association and regression analysis was done for patterns of urban unemployment that help to identify determinants of urban unemployment. So this article was supposed to fill previous gaps concerning quantification of urban unemployment and its patterns.
Highlights
Nowadays, urban growth creates both opportunities and challenges for its residents
Socio-demographic Characteristics of Respondents Sex The description of sex of respondents has been identified and the detail of this finding as organized in table 1 indicated that 46.9% of the respondents were male and 53.1% of respondents were females
In view of that from the above study it is discovered that urban unemployment is predominantly associated with numbers of females, literate group and unmarried group
Summary
Urban social evils are countless the urban unemployment is predominant otherwise demanding issue. There are several factors aggravate urban unemployment that need rigorous investigation. This research aims at uncovering those underlying causes of urban unemployment and associated challenges as well as coping mechanisms. Urban unemployment rate demands accurate measurement that is why I decided to look at its magnitude at national level. Quantifying urban unemployment requires appropriate data and correct measurement which should be backed by logic and rigorous study as well as systematized empirical observation. I concerned about urban unemployment problems because of its urgency and seriousness in Ethiopia. Its accomplishment was expected to impact the existing urban policy by providing practical and effective recommendations on urban unemployment problems.
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