Table 1.
Frequency distribution of youth unemployment in the East Gojjam Zone.
Table 2.
Analysis of factors associated with unemployment duration based on the cox proportional hazards model in East Gojjam Zone.
Fig 1.
This Kaplan-Meier curve shows the proportion of individuals remaining unemployed over time, categorized by education level. The x-axis represents time (months), and the y-axis shows the proportion still unemployed. A steeper curve indicates faster employment rates.
Table 3.
Results of the propensity score model on the participation of job creation programs in East Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia.
Fig 2.
Sensitivity and specificity analysis.
This figure illustrates the sensitivity and specificity of the model across different probability thresholds. The x-axis represents the threshold, and the y-axis shows the corresponding sensitivity (true positive rate) and specificity (true negative rate). A good model achieves a balance between both metrics.
Fig 3.
Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve.
This ROC curve evaluates the model's diagnostic performance. The x-axis represents 1-Specificity (false positive rate), and the y-axis represents Sensitivity (true positive rate). An AUC of 0.9179 indicates excellent model performance, with a higher AUC reflecting better predictive ability.
Fig 4.
Balance plot of job creation program participation.
This balance plot compares the distribution of propensity scores between the treatment and control groups. The left panel shows raw scores before matching, and the right panel shows scores after matching. Improved balance after matching enhances group comparability.
Fig 5.
Overlap plot of job creation program participation.
This overlap plot visualizes the distribution of propensity scores for the treatment and control groups. The x-axis represents the scores, and the y-axis shows density. The blue line represents the control group, and the red line represents the treatment group. Greater overlap indicates better comparability and supports the common support assumption.
Table 4.
Impact of participation on earnings in job creation programs, East Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia.
Table 5.
Descriptive statistics for the opinions of the respondents and key formants.