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- ItemPopulation growth and employment in Uganda (1991-2014).(Kampala International University, College of Economics and Management, 2015-01) Abdifatah, Said AhmedThe research was interested in finding out the relationship of population growth and employment in Uganda from 1991 to 2014. The study objectives were; to establish the level of population growth in Uganda from 1991 to 2014, to determine the level of employment of Uganda from 1991 to 2014, and to find out the relationship between population growth and employment in Uganda from 1991 to 2014. However, the research hypothesis was that there is a significant relationship between population growth and employment in Uganda. Analysis such as Correlation, regression analysis mechanisms was used, the sample size was a time series data from 1991 to 2014, indicating that the number of sample was eleven and the secondary data collected were entered in the record sheet and edited before analysis. The research revealed that the level of population growth was showing a rapid increase meanwhile and employment also showed a general increase for the period under studied from 1991 to 2014. Using the correlation, regression approach, there was a strong positive correlation between population growth and employment (r 0.92), also there was a relationship between population growth and employment at 0.05 level of significance. In conclusion therefore, population growth and employment showed a general increase for the period under study, there was a strong positive correlation between population growth and employment and their relationship was found to be at 0.05 level of significance. The null hypothesis that there is no significant relationship among population and unemployment was rejected, concluding that there is relationship between the population growth and employment, implying that population growth effects employment, which means the population growth influenced or contributed 84% of the unemployment. The Researcher recommended the government to bring Population policies that geared to reducing population to sizable. The researchers also recommend the government to encourage self-employment through mechanization and modernization.
- ItemPopulation growth and youth unemployment in Uganda (1991-2014)(Kampala International University. College of Economics and Management, 2017-05) Abdifatah, Said AhmedThis study was motivated by the fact the Uganda has one of the fastest population growth rates in the world accompanied by high unemployment rates thus the study aimed at investigating the relationship between population growth rates and youth unemployment in Uganda (1991 to 2014). The specific objectives of the study were; to find out the long run relationship between the population growth rate and youth unemployment rate in Uganda, to examine the causality between population growth and youth unemployment as well as to determine the effect of population growth rate on youth unemployment rate in Uganda. The hypothesis of the study was; there is no significant relationship between population growth rate and youth unemployment, There is no granger causality between population growth rate and youth unemployment rate in Uganda and there is no significant effect of population growth rate on youth unemployment rate in Uganda. The study was carried out using secondary data collected from 1991 to 2014. Augmented Dickey- Fuller (ADF), tests were carried out on the variables of population growth rate and youth unemployment and were found to non-stationary at level but stationary after first difference. Cointegration results of Trace and Maximum Eigenvalue findings showed that there is no long run relationship between population growth rate and youth unemployment. Granger causality tests also indicated that population growth causes youth unemployment in Uganda. A regression model encompassing all variables under study was developed to help assess how population growth rate in Uganda impacts youth unemployment rate. The results indicate that the independent variables account for 40.3% changes in youth unemployment rate. The overall model was significant on the basis of the F-statistic and the coefficient of determination that was reported by the data. The study concluded that there is appositive significant relationship between population growth rate and youth unemployment as was revealed from the model. Thus having discovered that there is a problem of rampant population growth rate in Uganda, this study recommended that there is need to formulate population control measures like family planning methods that are aimed at reducing that rate at which population of Uganda grows. To encounter the problem of increasing youth unemployment, the study recommended that there should be proper and adequate education system and training facilities that empowers young men and women with skills that make them job creators rather than job seekers.
- ItemPopulation growth and youth unemployment in Uganda (1991-2014)(Kampala International University, 2017-05) Abdifatah, Said AhmedThe study investigated the relationship between population growth rates and youth unemployment in Uganda.
- ItemPopulation growth and youth unemployment in Uganda (1991-2014)(Kampala International University, 2017-05) Abdifatah, Said AhmedThe study investigated the relationship between population growth rates and youth unemployment in Uganda.