Factors Impacting Youth Development in Haiti

Of the 1.6 million Haitian youth aged 15-24, only 13 percent are content with their lives. More than half of 20-year-olds have not completed secondary education and nearly half of youth in the labor market are unemployed. This paper investigates pr...

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Main Authors:	Justesen, Michael, Verner, Dorte
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ADOLESCENTS ADULTHOOD AGE AGE COHORT AGE GROUPS ATTENDANCE RATES BASIC NEEDS BIRTH RATE BIRTHS CHILD LABOR CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD CHILDREN PER WOMAN CONTRACEPTIVE USE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISCRIMINATION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DROPOUT DROPOUT RATES DROPOUTS DRUG ABUSE DRUGS EARLY SEXUAL INITIATION ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATED PARENTS EDUCATION EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATES EPIDEMIC FAMILIES FAMILY FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY SIZE FAMILY STRUCTURES FEMALE ADOLESCENTS FEMALE YOUTH FERTILITY FEWER CHILDREN GENDER GENDER ISSUES HEALTH HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTHY LIFE HIGH BIRTH RATE HIGH FERTILITY RATE HIGHER EDUCATION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN CAPITAL ILLITERACY ILLITERACY RATES ILLNESS IMPACT OF EDUCATION INCOME INEQUALITY JOB OPPORTUNITIES LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LARGE CITIES LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFE SKILLS LIVING CONDITIONS LOW EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MALE PEERS MALE YOUTH MARRIED YOUTH MIGRANTS MIGRATION PEER GROUP PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PERSONALITY PHYSICAL ABUSE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL RIGHTS POOR FAMILIES POOR HEALTH POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION DISTRIBUTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY LEVEL PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROGRESS PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC SERVICE QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION RELIGIOUS PRACTICE REMITTANCES RESPECT RISK FACTORS RISK-TAKING BEHAVIOR ROLE MODELS RURAL AREAS SCHOOL SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL DROPOUT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECURITY SITUATION SELF-CONFIDENCE SELF-ESTEEM SEXUAL ABUSE SEXUAL ABUSE OF GIRLS SLUM DWELLERS SOCIAL EXPECTATIONS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL SERVICES SPOUSE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TEACHERS TEEN TEEN PREGNANCY TEENAGE MOTHERS TEENAGE PREGNANCIES TEENAGE PREGNANCY TERTIARY EDUCATION UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNEQUAL ACCESS UNPROTECTED SEXUAL ACTIVITY URBAN AREAS URBANIZATION VICTIMS VIOLENCE VULNERABLE GROUPS WAGES WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG MALES YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG PERSON YOUNG WOMEN YOUTH YOUTH DEVELOPMENT YOUTH HEALTH YOUTH POPULATION YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH WORK
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/7311052/factors-impacting-youth-development-haiti http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6884

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Summary:	Of the 1.6 million Haitian youth aged 15-24, only 13 percent are content with their lives. More than half of 20-year-olds have not completed secondary education and nearly half of youth in the labor market are unemployed. This paper investigates protective and risk factors predisposing youth to positive and negative behaviors. These factors, including poverty, gender, education, labor market, migration, family, health, and violence, are examined by using statistics and probability models based on Haiti's first household living conditions survey. Key findings show that female youth need special attention because they are more likely than their male peers to drop out of school and to be unemployed or inactive. Role models, guidance, expectations, and contacts in the form of parents or household heads are decisive factors in keeping youth in school, and to some extent, in their finding employment. In addition, domestic migration has a negative impact on the probability of being unemployed or inactive (positive self-selection), while marriage, drug abuse, and domestic violence increase the probability of dropping out of school.

Factors Impacting Youth Development in Haiti

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