Dataset on Agro-Pastoral Youth Participation in Development Interventions in East and West Hararghe Zones, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

Data were collected from male and female youth (15-29 years old) located in 4 Woredas/districts of East and West Hararghe Zones, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. The research covered a total of 398 randomly selected youth. Roughly 50% of the sample were female youth. Selection criteria included: gender, education, economic and social status, and resource endowment.

The STATA dataset (WORDOFA_Youth_Participation_Dataset_02 March 2023.dta) contains the following elements.

1. Study area and participant identifiers (ZONE, WOREDA, Household/respondent ID);
2. Socio-demographic characteristics (age, education, family size, gender).
3. Data on youth employment and participation in the labour market (using ‘availability of appropriate job opportunities’ and ‘youth engagement in on-farm and non-/off-farm income-generating activities’).
4. Youth engagement in on-farm and non-/off-farm income-generating activities (IGAs): in addition to access to employment and status of employment, this section presents data on childhood job aspirations and interest of the youth to start their own businesses and IGAs.
5. Data on agricultural production, income and food security status (experience in farming, land holding size, land registration certificate, livestock possessions, expenditure for productive inputs, on-farm income, food consumption score, household dietary diversity score)
6. Data on youth perception on whether agriculture can be a basic means of livelihood; whether agriculture can be a viable profession with a reasonable financial return; and level of satisfaction with current (agricultural) job
7. Data on youth access to basic services, infrastructure and facilities, youth ownership of asset, control over use of income, and decision about credit.
8. Data on youth participation in public extension and advisory services, including farmer field schools (FFSs), farmer training centers (FTCs), and pastoral training centers (PTCs)
9. Data on youth participation in microfinance institutions (MFI) and small and medium enterprise (SME) promotion activities.
10. Youth engagement in community-based organizations (CBOs), networks and groups; youth participation in the productive safety net program (PSNP) and cooperatives.
11. Data on status of youth access to and participation in the activities of various NGOs operating in their vicinity.

The variable names, labels, values and descriptions of all the 64 variables contained in the STATA file are given in the file: Codebook - description of variables in the dataset.pdf