VOICES OF YO UTH
SURVEY ON YOUT H IN BIH
Quantitative R esear ch Findings
Significant differences were also determined between vulnerable groups in regard to their employment status. It seems that youth with special needs and Roma youth are the most vulnerable categories in regard to employment: significantly less youth with special needs and Roma respondents were employed in comparison to youth without parental care. Furthermore, significantly less unemployed respondents with special needs sought employment in relation to the other vulnerable groups and had been unemployed for significantly longer when compared to unemployed Roma and returnee respondents.
Graph 19: Which of the following categories best describes your situation during the past week? (Data comparison between vulnerable groups)
Full time employment: 35+ hours per week Part time employment: between 15 and 34 hours per week Half time employment: less than 15 hours per week Work on a personal estate in agriculture and NOT LOOKING for another job Work on a personal estate in agriculture and LOOKING for another job Intern/Trial worker (practice) Traineeship/apprenticeship Specialisation Unemployed, with a temporary job, actively seeking employment Unemployed and actively seeking employment Unemployed and wants employment, but not actively looking Unemployed but not seeking employment at all Person with disability Housewife School pupil Maternity leave University student Health leave Military Other Will not answer
Roma 6.1% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.1%
Group Youth Young without people with Youth parental special returnees care needs 21.6% 5.0% 13.8% 0.0% 3.0% 0.0% 1.1% 1.0% 0.0% 1.1%
1.0%
1.5%
1.1% 0.0% 0.0%
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
0.0%
4.5%
25.3%
14.8%
18.2% 0.0% 10.1% 11.1% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
0.0% 0.0% 2.3% 29.5% 1.1% 14.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
22.2%
8.0%
0.0%
4.0%
0.0%
0.0%
3.0%
24.6%
7.0% 42.0% 2.0% 11.0% 1.0% 6.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
4.6% 0.0% 3.1% 30.8% 0.0% 15.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
14.0%
6.2%
In relation to some of the other vulnerable categories and judging from the results of the survey it appears that Roma youth are more frequently unemployed, but it also seems that they are less active in seeking employment. In relation to youth without parental care and youth returnees, the Roma respondents stated significantly more often that they wanted to be employed but were not actively seeking employment. In relation to youth returnees, Roma respondents also stated more often that they were not seeking employment at all. On average, Roma respondents stated that they would work for a significantly lower wage (448 BAM) than youth without parental care respondents (671 BAM). Youth without parental care respondents who were employed stated significantly more often, in relation to youth with special needs, that they were employed on the basis of an open-ended contract. They were also far more informed about the existence of governmental employment programmes, in comparison to youth returnees, which puts them in a slightly better position in relation to the other vulnerable groups. Significantly more youth returnees reported work experience (7 months) in relation to Roma respondents (none of which reported any work experience) and youth with special needs (1 month). Compared to the Roma respondents, youth with special needs respondents far more often expressed complete disagreement with the idea that discrimination against women is present in the labour market.
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