A Study on the Causes and Effects of Urban Youth Unemployment in Garden Compound

Unemployment is one of the most issues within the world economy nowadays. Many countries at different levels of development are trying to cope with this problem. The International Labor Organization (1992) defined unemployment as the situation of being out of work or in need of a job and constantly searching for it in the last four weeks or unemployed (age 16 or above) but then available to join work in the next two weeks. This study engaged a cross sectional design and utilized a case study method. This design was superlatively appropriate to studies meant to find out the incidence of a phenomenon, situation, problem, issue or attitude, by captivating a cross section of the population (McNabb, 2009). A total sample size of 50 respondents was sampled from a population of 300 people. Self-administered surveys were managed to person inhabitants matured between 15 and 35 a long time. This included both women and men. The computer based Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 16 and MS Excel were used to analyze the data in this study. The findings of the study with regards to factors that lead to urban youth unemployment show that there are no jobs due to increase in population, slow growth of industries and lack of education and vocational skills. The findings also reveal the effects of unemployment which include increased depression, severe financial hardship, debt, poverty, begging and housing stress. Therefore, it is recommended that the government should promote youth skill development centers which will help the youths to acquire life skills so that they become self-reliant and reduce the number of unemployed youths in the country.