Adolescent and youth in employment or decent work
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Definition
This indicator assesses the ability of adolescents and youth to successfully break the intergenerational cycle of poverty for themselves and their families, thereby improving their prospects for survival, learning, and protection.
Save the Children defines adolescence and youth as stages of social, physical, cognitive and emotional development between childhood and adulthood, which can include a range of ages. As a general guidance, adolescence may be considered from ages 10–19: very young adolescents (VYAs): 10–14, older adolescents: 15–19. It is also important to note an overlap between the age definitions of adolescence and youth. The UN’s definition of youth is: “those persons between the age of 15 and 24 years old, without prejudice to other definitions by Member States.” When designing a programme, we encourage consideration of local definitions of adolescents and youth (alternatively, young people) considering their roles and responsibilities.
Numerator
Number of adolescents and youth aged 15-24 years who are in self-employment or wage employment, including apprenticeships or internships, both paid and unpaid
Denominator
Total number of adolescents and youth aged 15-24 years surveyed
Measuring this indicator requires looking at baseline/midline/endline surveys and program records.
The sample survey will be used to identify the number of adolescents and youth aged 15-24 years who are in self-employment or wage employment, including apprenticeships or internships, both paid and unpaid. The denominator will be given by the number of adolescents and youth aged 15-24 years surveyed. The result should then be multiplied by 100 to obtain the percentage.
At baseline it will be measured on a representative sample of the total AYs aged 15-24 years targeted. At midline/endline it should be measured on AYs who have completed the economic empowerment pathway, which for example would include life skills, technical training, job placement or business startup support.
Please see the following questions (other questions to assess decent work are included in the TOOL section below)
- Are you currently doing any work for someone else, running or doing any kind of business, farming or other activity to generate income, or helping in a family business or farm?
- Why are you doing this job?
- How long have you been doing this job for?
- What kind of job is this?
- Is this job full time or part time?
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LS4S - Comprehensive Overview:
https://savethechildren1.sharepoint.com/what/Child_Poverty/Key%20Documents/Life%20Skills%20For%20Success%20-%20Comprehensive%20Overview.pdf?csf=1&e=6QXCch&cid=c27c4d29-6567-469f-bdf6-965532ddbcf4
A Menu of Outcome Indicators for ASST Programming:
https://savethechildren1.sharepoint.com/what/Child_Poverty/ThematicLibrary/A%20Menu%20of%20Outcome%20Indicators%20for%20ASST%20Programming%20.pdf