Análise dos factores associados à ocorrência do desemprego na cidade e província de Maputo

Abstract

Unemployment is defined by the International Labour Organization (ILO) as the situation in which individuals of working age are not employed but are available and actively seeking work. This phenomenon is one of the main contemporary socioeconomic challenges, negatively affecting quality of life and increasing social inequalities. The objective of this work is to analyze the factors that influence the occurrence of unemployment in the City and Province of Maputo. For this purpose, secondary data from the 2022 Household Budget Survey (IOF), carried out in Mozambique, specifically in the City and Province of Maputo, with a sample of 9761 individuals, were used. To verify the association between the dependent variable and the independent variables, the chi-square test of independence was applied. Subsequently, binary logistic regression was used to identify and analyze the factors associated with the occurrence of unemployment, with the Hosmer and Lemeshow test indicating a good fit of the model. The results of this work indicate that factors such as age, level of education, marital status, region of residence and position in the household are associated with the occurrence of unemployment in the City and Province of Maputo