AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS IN TANZANIA

Age, Gender, Logistic regression, Students employment, Undergraduate studies.

Abstract

This study empirically assesses employment among college students in Tanzania. It examined the effect of age and
gender on student employment, the factors that lead employed people to join undergraduate studies, and identified ways
that colleges may use to help employed students to succeed in their studies in Tanzania. Data were collected using
questionnaires, interviews and analyzed quantitatively through descriptive analysis and multiple logistic regression.
Logistic regression results showed that the employment probability was steadily increasing between ages 18 to 33, but
then after it decreases steadily with age at least after age 34, and the male students had an average chance of
employment 2.15 times the chance of female students. Descriptive statistics results showed that the factor that leads
employed people to join undergraduate studies were: the need for technical skills, knowledge, exposure, job security,
social status, job market, job promotion, get new friends, internal motivation, and unemployment. Also, the results
showed that the ways to improve education success among employed students were the introduction of evening courses,
student interaction with instructors, offering students access to an academic advisor, career counseling, offering
weekend courses, increase the students' assessment criteria’s, involve students in outreach activities, and offering the
online courses.