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Table 2 Characteristics of jobs currently held, individuals aged 15–29

From: Pathways from school to work in the developing world

Region

Country

Fraction of employed individuals by type of employment

Fraction in stable employment

Wage employment

Self-employment

Unpaid family worker

Other

Asia and the Pacific

Bangladesh

54.6

32.14

11.15

2.11

40.5

Cambodia

34.4

18.9

46.8

0

25.1

Nepal

40.6

17.4

40.6

1.4

31.9

Samoa

71.4

27.5

1.1

0

59.4

Vietnam

58.3

15.9

25.2

0.5

43.0

Average

 

53.4

25.0

20.2

1.4

39.7

Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Armenia

74.9

8.2

16.9

0

65.5

Kyrgyz Rep.

40.1

18.0

41.9

0

33.2

Macedonia, FYR

66.7

7.2

21.9

4.2

50.9

Moldova, Rep.

80.1

18.0

1.9

0

76.4

Russian Fed.

90.6

8.5

0.9

0

80.6

Ukraine

85.7

10.2

3.2

0.9

81.6

Average

 

87.4

9.3

3.0

0.2

78.9

Latin America and the Caribbean

Brazil

74.9

20.6

2.9

1.7

69.8

Colombia

75.8

21.0

2.8

0.5

56.7

El Salvador

56.9

20.9

22

0.2

43.8

Jamaica

68.2

24.6

0

7.2

57.5

Peru

69.5

20.0

10.3

0.2

23.9

Average

 

74.0

20.6

4.1

1.4

62.1

Middle East and North Africa

Egypt

73.9

8.9

17.2

0

16.3

Jordan

93.8

4.5

1.7

0

89.3

OPT

82.2

8.8

8.9

0.1

75.5

Tunisia

76.0

7.8

15.9

0.4

58.8

Average

 

75.4

8.5

16.1

0.0

25.7

Sub-Saharan Africa

Benin

11.7

56.3

21.4

10.6

9.4

Liberia

11.7

46.5

32

9.8

8.3

Madagascar

13.0.

33.8

52.8

0.4

8.2

Malawi

20.8

63.2

15.5

0.5

8.2

Tanzania

35.9

42.8

18.2

3.2

27.9

Togo

14.5

45.1

30.5

10.0

10.8

Uganda

24.6

53.3

21.4

0.6

19.6

Zambia

39

31.2

26.8

3.0

26.6

Average

 

27.8

46.0

25.4

2.8

18.7

Tot. average

 

56.5

24.7

18.3

2.1

42.8

  1. Notes. See notes to Table 1