The employment preferences of young people in Canada: a discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Young people across the world are facing numerous challenges, with unemployment and precarious employment being substantial issues, impacting young people with all levels of education. For many young people, the pandemic exacerbated their employment precarity. While efforts were made to ameliorate these pandemic related challenges for young people, information about the employment preferences of Canadian young workers (YW) is limited. The aim of this study was to understand the employment needs, challenges and preferences of Canadian YW in the COVID-19 era and beyond.

Methods

Using discrete choice experiment, YW from across Canada aged 18-29 years old were recruited to participate in an online survey October 2022 to April 2023 which was offered in both English and

SUBMITTER: Woodgate RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11844131 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature