Factors Determining Self-Employment of University Graduates: A Case of North Wollo Zone-Ethiopia

Abstract

Entrepreneurship or Self employment is considered as parallel terms. It is recognized as an important source of economic development. In this study,measurement of or factors influencing on self employment and personality traits of university graduates in selected districtsof North Wollo zone of Ethiopia is evaluated in the year 2021. The logistic regression model results revealed that sex, number of family, age, field of study, need for achievement, risk taking propensity, self confidence, parent currently own business, social environment, perception of society on graduates to be self-employed, availability of capital, skill and knowledge, extent of graduates personal traits, significance of entrepreneurship education are affecting self employment of graduates significantly at different probability level.