The study of intention to enter into business is more common compared to the intention to exit, but exit is more common than the success in entrepreneurship. The study investigates quit intention among youth entrepreneurs in Ethiopia. The quit intention among existing entrepreneurs is investigated with respect to demography, family situations, business performance, challenges and personal satisfaction derived from the business. A self-reported, validated and reliable questionnaire with Likert scale and binary responses is used to collect primary data from 350 young entrepreneurs within the age group of 18 to 29 years. The tests for mean differences (t test), and Phi/Cramer’s V test were conducted to find differences between factors for long term quit intention. The binary logistic regression test was conducted to find overall impact of factors. The study finds that the gender, prior work experience, enterprise age, family’s occupation, sources of capital, financial challenges, prior training, administrative and legal challenges and social preference for entrepreneurship have statistically significant impact on the quit intention of youth entrepreneur. Interestingly, the study finds that higher level of performance is correlated with higher level of perceived challenges.

与创业意图相比，对创业意图的研究更为普遍，但是对创业的成功比对创业的成功更为普遍。该研究调查了埃塞俄比亚青年企业家的退出意愿。对现有企业家的退出意愿进行了调查，涉及人口统计，家庭状况，业务绩效，挑战和业务带来的个人满意度。使用利克特量表和二元回答的自我报告，经过验证且可靠的问卷，收集了18至29岁年龄段的350位年轻企业家的主要数据。均值检验（t检验）和Phi / Cramer的V进行测试以发现长期退出意向因素之间的差异。进行二元逻辑回归测试以发现因素的整体影响。研究发现，性别，先前的工作经验，企业年龄，家庭职业，资金来源，财务挑战，先前的培训，行政和法律挑战以及对创业的社会偏好对青年创业者的退出意愿有统计学上的显着影响。有趣的是，该研究发现，更高的性能水平与更高的感知挑战水平相关。