Research Article
Employability among Statistics Graduates: Graduates’ Attributes, Competence, and Quality of Education
Table 1
The graduate employability.
| | Characteristics | Category | Employability | Chi-squared | | Unemployed | Employed | Value | value |
| | Year of graduation | 2012 | 0 (0.0%) | 16 (100%) | 14.58 | 0.006 | | 2013 | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (100%) | | 2014 | 0 (0.0%) | 14 (100%) | | 2015 | 8 (27.6%) | 21 (72.4%) | | 2016 | 6 (40%) | 9 (60%) | | Total | 14 (17.7%) | 65 (82.3%) |
| | Gender of graduation | Female | 8 (40.0%) | 12 (60.0%) | 9.11 | 0.003 | | Male | 6 (10.2%) | 53 (89.8%) |
| | Region where graduate lives | Amhara region | 12 (20.3%) | 47 (79.7%) | | | | Other | 2 (10.5%) | 17 (89.5) |
| | Types of job searching methods | Public media | 13 (20.6%) | 50 (79.4%) | 2.144 | 0.709 | | Direct contact with employer | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (100.0%) | | From individuals | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (100.0%) | | Internet or websites | 1 (11.1%) | 8 (88.9%) | | Others | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (100.0%) |
| | Education status of father | Illiterate | 7 (17.1%) | 34 (82.9%) | 1.462 | 0.833 | | Grade 1 to 8 | 5 (19.2%) | 21 (80.8%) | | Grade 9 to 12 | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (100.0%) | | TVET | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (100.0%) | | Higher education | 2 (28.6%) | 5 (71.4%) |
| | Education status of father | Illiterate | 9 (16.7%) | 4 (583.3%) | 7.401 | 0.116 | | Grade 1 to 8 | 2 (20.0%) | 8 (80.0%) | | Grade 9 to 12 | 0 (0.0%) | 9 (100.0%) | | TVET | 2 (66.7%) | 1 (33.3%) | | Higher education | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (100.0%) |
| | Looking for a job | Before graduation | 1 (33.3%) | 2 (66.7%) | 0.501 | 0.479 | | After graduation | 13 (17.3%) | 62 (82.7%) |
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