Justesen, MichaelVerner, Dorte2012-06-012012-06-012007-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6884Of the 1.6 million Haitian youth aged 15-24, only 13 percent are content with their lives. More than half of 20-year-olds have not completed secondary education and nearly half of youth in the labor market are unemployed. This paper investigates protective and risk factors predisposing youth to positive and negative behaviors. These factors, including poverty, gender, education, labor market, migration, family, health, and violence, are examined by using statistics and probability models based on Haiti's first household living conditions survey. Key findings show that female youth need special attention because they are more likely than their male peers to drop out of school and to be unemployed or inactive. Role models, guidance, expectations, and contacts in the form of parents or household heads are decisive factors in keeping youth in school, and to some extent, in their finding employment. In addition, domestic migration has a negative impact on the probability of being unemployed or inactive (positive self-selection), while marriage, drug abuse, and domestic violence increase the probability of dropping out of school.CC BY 3.0 IGOACADEMIC PERFORMANCEADOLESCENTSADULTHOODAGEAGE COHORTAGE GROUPSATTENDANCE RATESBASIC NEEDSBIRTH RATEBIRTHSCHILD LABORCHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOODCHILDREN PER WOMANCONTRACEPTIVE USEDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDISCRIMINATIONDOMESTIC VIOLENCEDROPOUTDROPOUT RATESDROPOUTSDRUG ABUSEDRUGSEARLY SEXUAL INITIATIONECONOMIC GROWTHEDUCATED PARENTSEDUCATIONEDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTENROLLMENTENROLLMENT RATESEPIDEMICFAMILIESFAMILYFAMILY MEMBERSFAMILY SIZEFAMILY STRUCTURESFEMALE ADOLESCENTSFEMALE YOUTHFERTILITYFEWER CHILDRENGENDERGENDER ISSUESHEALTHHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH SYSTEMSHEALTHY LIFEHIGH BIRTH RATEHIGH FERTILITY RATEHIGHER EDUCATIONHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD POVERTYHOUSEHOLD SIZEHUMAN CAPITALILLITERACYILLITERACY RATESILLNESSIMPACT OF EDUCATIONINCOME INEQUALITYJOB OPPORTUNITIESLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOR MARKETSLARGE CITIESLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLIFE EXPECTANCYLIFE SKILLSLIVING CONDITIONSLOW EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMALE PEERSMALE YOUTHMARRIED YOUTHMIGRANTSMIGRATIONPEER GROUPPERSONAL DEVELOPMENTPERSONALITYPHYSICAL ABUSEPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLITICAL RIGHTSPOOR FAMILIESPOOR HEALTHPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOPULATION DISTRIBUTIONPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY LEVELPRIVATE SCHOOLSPROGRESSPUBLIC EDUCATIONPUBLIC SERVICEQUALITY EDUCATIONQUALITY OF EDUCATIONRELIGIOUS PRACTICEREMITTANCESRESPECTRISK FACTORSRISK-TAKING BEHAVIORROLE MODELSRURAL AREASSCHOOLSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOL DROPOUTSCHOOL ENROLLMENTSCHOOL SYSTEMSCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSECURITY SITUATIONSELF-CONFIDENCESELF-ESTEEMSEXUAL ABUSESEXUAL ABUSE OF GIRLSSLUM DWELLERSSOCIAL EXPECTATIONSSOCIAL NORMSSOCIAL SERVICESSPOUSESUBSTANCE ABUSETEACHERSTEENTEEN PREGNANCYTEENAGE MOTHERSTEENAGE PREGNANCIESTEENAGE PREGNANCYTERTIARY EDUCATIONUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT RATEUNEMPLOYMENT RATESUNEQUAL ACCESSUNPROTECTED SEXUAL ACTIVITYURBAN AREASURBANIZATIONVICTIMSVIOLENCEVULNERABLE GROUPSWAGESWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONYOUNG MALESYOUNG PEOPLEYOUNG PERSONYOUNG WOMENYOUTHYOUTH DEVELOPMENTYOUTH HEALTHYOUTH POPULATIONYOUTH UNEMPLOYMENTYOUTH WORKWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4110