Afrobarometer Survey 2024
Round 10

Namibia, 2024

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NAM_2024_AFB-R10_v01_M

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Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in South Africa (IJR), Institute for Development Studies (IDS), University of Nairobi in Kenya

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Afrobarometer

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Jun 18, 2025

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Q94d. Main barrier to youth employment (Q94D)

Data file: NAM_R10.Data_08May24.wtd_.final_.release_updated.13Feb25.sav

Overview

Valid: 1200

Invalid: -

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 958

End: 959

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-1	Missing	0	0%
0	Youth do not face barriers to getting employment	62	5.2%
1	Lack of adequate training or preparation	329	27.4%
2	Lack of experience required by employers	268	22.3%
3	Youth are unwilling to work certain jobs (e.g., in agriculture or difficult jobs)	93	7.8%
4	Youth lack of entrepreneurial skills or motivation	155	12.9%
5	There is a mismatch between education qualifications and job requirements	190	15.8%
6	Some other barrier	31	2.6%
8	Refused to answer	1	0.1%
9	Don’t know	71	5.9%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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