Modelling the Transition Process from Higher Education to Employment: The Case of Undergraduates from Debre Markos University

Table 1

Employment status of Debre Markos University 2019 graduates by their characteristics and the log-rank test of equality of survivor function -values.

Characteristics	Categories	Employed status		-value
		Unemployed, (%)	Employed, (%)
Age, mean (SD)		24.60 (1.83)	24.54 (2.37)
Gender	Female	206 (49.6)	209 (50.4)	0.54
	Male	362 (49.4)	371 (50.6)
Colleges	Health science	19 (15.6)	103 (84.4)	<0.001
	NCS	45 (42.5)	61 (57.5)
	Technology	255 (68.7)	116 (31.3)
	Agriculture	45 (57.0)	34 (43.0)
	IEBS	11 (27.5)	29 (72.5)
	SSH	42 (44.2)	53 (55.8)
	BE	102 (53.7)	88 (46.3)
	Burie Campus	49 (33.8)	96 (66.2)
Region	Addis Ababa	13 (18.6)	57 (81.4)	<0.001
	Amhara	395 (54.8)	326 (45.2)
	Oromia	77 (50.7)	75 (49.3)
	SNNP	64 (39.4)	98 (60.5)
	Tigray	11 (52.4)	10 (47.6)
	Others	8 (36.4)	14 (63.6)
Father education	Not educated	397 (53.5)	345 (46.5)	<0.001
	Primary	84 (42.9)	112 (57.1)
	Secondary and above	87 (41.4)	123 (58.6)
Mother education	Not educated	450 (52.3)	410 (47.7)	<0.001
	Primary	73 (44.0)	93 (56.0)
	Secondary and above	45 (36.9)	77 (63.1)
CGPA, mean (SD)		2.86 (0.33)	3.06 (0.47)
Preferred field	Yes	515 (50.5)	504 (49.5)	0.054
	No	53 (41.1)	76 (58.9)
Preferred university	Yes	417 (51.7)	390 (48.3)	0.024
	No	151 (44.3)	190 (55.7)
Public advertisement	No	146 (36.3)	256 (63.7)	<0.001
	Yes	422 (56.6)	324 (43.4)
Contacting companies directly	No	410 (47.6)	451 (52.4)	0.091
	Yes	158 (55.1)	129 (44.9)
Connected the company	No	527 (51.8)	490 (48.2)	<0.001
	Yes	41 (31.3)	90 (68.7)
Working agency	No	550 (49.5)	562 (50.5)	0.85
	Yes	18 (50.0)	18 (50.0)
Through relations	No	423 (46.7)	482 (53.3)	<0.001
	Yes	145 (59.7)	98 (40.3)
Own business	No	559 (50.1)	557 (49.9)	<0.001
	Yes	9 (28.1)	23 (74.9)
Other	No	559 (50.5)	549 (49.5)	0.087
	Yes	9 (22.5)	31 (77.5)
Done internship during studies	Yes	203 (39.7)	308 (60.3)	<0.001
	No	365 (57.3)	272 (42.7)