Causes and Effects of Unemployment among the Youth in the Ga West Municipality, Greater Accra Region.

Abstract

Unemployment has been a challenge to many economies especially to those in the developing world. The main purpose of the study was to examine the causes and effects of unemployment among the youth in Ga West Municipality of Greater Accra Region. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches were employed. The quantitative data on the youth were collected from 300 respondents in 10 communities while qualitative data on the youth were also collected through focus group discussions in the same communities. Descriptive statistics and thematic analysis were respectively chosen to analyse the quantitative and qualitative data collected from the field. Among other things, the study indicated rural-urban migration as a major cause of youth unemployment in Ga West Municipality. Suggestion was therefore made to the Government to create jobs in the rural communities of Ghana.