Effects of Youth Unemployment on Urban Crime Rates: A Case of Kibera Slum, Nairobi County, Kenya
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Date
2023-10
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Daystar University, School of Applied Human Sciences
Abstract
Unemployment is a disturbing and pressing economic and social issue around the world. In Kenya, most youths don’t have employment and the few who have, are underpaid. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of youth unemployment on urban crime rates in Kibera slums, Nairobi County. The study objectives were to determine the prevalence of youth unemployment, to assess the types of crimes committed, to assess the association between unemployment and crime rates and to identify the best strategies to mitigate youth unemployment. The target population was 68,533 youths sampled to 381 respondents. The study applied a descriptive research design where questionnaires and key informant interviews were used to obtain data. The researcher used both quantitative and qualitative data analysis methods to outline the significant meaning to relationship between youth unemployment and increased crime rate. The quantitative data was then exported to MS Excel format then fed into Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) for management and analysis, the data was then presented inform of tables. Qualitative data on the other hand was analyzed using content analysis. The study findings revealed a widespread youth unemployment at sixty-point five percent, the findings also revealed that most youths were casual laborers. Robbery was mentioned as the most common type of crime at sixty-nine-point nine percent, theft at sixty-seven-point four percent and drug abuse at sixty-seven-point one percent. The study findings also found the association between youth unemployment and crime to be statistically significant. The study recommends job creation and youth empowerment initiatives by the government to address the increases unemployment amongst the youths.
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in Monitoring and Evaluation.
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Youth Unemployment, Urban Crime Rates, Kibera Slum, Nairobi County, Kenya
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Ouma, J. A., (2023). Effects of Youth Unemployment on Urban Crime Rates: A Case of Kibera Slum, Nairobi County, Kenya: Daystar University, School of Applied Human Sciences