Responses from Questionnaire

1. Percentage of Genders that answered questionnaire:

Genders

Male Male
Female 45% Female
55%

2. Age Groups

Chart Title
0-12 15-24 25-37

100%

0 -1 2 1 5 -2 4 2 5 -3 7

3. Do you think youths are still interested in doing blue collar jobs such as carpentry?
 Yes vs No

Yes
40% No

60%

As stated above in the pie chart, and based on the responses given, most believe the youths would
not draw towards labor intensive work plus with the increase in advanced technology, the youths
would rather engage in activities pertaining to it. and for those who group up seeing the job in their
household may have admiration but no interest now. For those who said yes they believe that being
practical rather than sitting in one place is what a lot of the young persons would want and to
explore the world of carpentry; being active.

4. What made you go into carpentry?

INFLUENCEs
Family Influence Experienced Workers No Influence

60% 20% 20%

Fam i l y W o r ker s None

As stated above the main Influence is from growing up with their family possibly coming from
traditions and morals.
5. How knowledgeable are you about the factors impacting career choices among youths in
Jamaican Society?

How Knowledgeable are you?

Somewhat
Knowledegable
20%

Very Knowl-
edgeable
40%

Not Very
Knowlegdeable
40%

Very Knowledgeable Not Very Knowlegdeable

Somewhat Knowledegable Not Knowledgable

6. What are the leading factors impacting career choice among youths in Jamaica?
 Family Tradition
 Popular Careers
 Lucrative Ventures
 Traditional Career Choices
 Technological Involvement
 Passion
 Natural Talent
7. How are the factors that influence career choice by youths’ decisions in Jamaican Society to
pursue a career in carpentry?
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Very Impacted Somewhat Impacted Not Impacted

100%

100%
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0.6
40%
0.4

30%

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8. How much do technological advancements impact youth’s decisions in Jamaican Society to

pursue a career in carpentry?

Technological Advancements Impact

20%
Not much impact
Very little impact
Somewhat impacted

20% 60%

9. What kind of jobs do you see youths moving towards?

10. When did you start to notice a change, if any in the career choices people have started to
make?

11. Is there a chance of carpentry skill, that is furniture making, dying “out” in say the next 10
years?

Yes vs No

No
40%

Yes
60%

12. How has furniture making, carpentry change or evolve with the increase in technology over
the last 15 years?
13. Has business decline over the last 12-20 years or so? Are people buying more ready-made
furniture from Singer and Courts etc., than from actual furniture makers?
14. What would you do get more young people attracted to carpentry (furniture making)?