THE 2010 NATIONAL YOUTH ASSESSMENT STUDY

The Situation from the Perspective of the Youth

Ang Say ng Kabataang Pinoy

The Challenge
Look into the socio - economic characteristics, vulnerabilities, and other issues confronting the youth sector and identify issues and attitudes on youth participation and volunteerism.

Who is the youth? RA 8044 says

15-17 years old 18-24 years old 25-30 years old Youth Child Core Youth Young Adult

Sample size is 5,850

from the 17 Regions of the country. They were classified according to the four (4) youth sub-sectors: out-of-school youth (OSY); inschool youth (ISY); working youth (WY); and specific youth groups (SYG).

Youth Issues and Concerns

Education
26 % of the 15-17 years bracket up to 48% (25-30 years old) and 39-48% of age groups 18-24 and 25-30 had to drop out of school due to financial hardships. 7-8% of all ages dropped out of school after becoming drug dependent

Education
76 % of OSY would like to go to school if given the chance . 60% of age-group 15-17 dropping to 50% for age-group 25-30 claim they could have been more active in school if they could speak better English

Education
58% were interested in undergoing skills training Computer literacy ranges from 40-50% at the highest level (always/very often) over the three age groups

Employment
46% of age 25-30 think their work is NOT relevant to their education and training Aspire to have a good job to: To provide for the needs of the family (91%) To help build a decent home for the family (87%) -To send a sibling to good school (81%)

Employment
18-24 years old are the most keen to seek employment overseas (59.6%), 53.1% of the core youth and 58.6% of young adult. Majority of the youth (57%) desire to work abroad because of higher pay, urban (57.8%) and rural (56.0%) areas. 32.6% of the youth respondents who are not currently employed also preferred to work abroad

Employment
84.2% agreed that youth labor migration takes place within and outside the country because of limited opportunities. 73.9% of the youth feel that on the whole OFW phenomenon is not healthy for family stability despite its economic advantage

Employment
Major Activities in preparing for /finding a job are: Participating in career planning (60.5%); Attending Personality Development Seminars (59.5%); Undergoing Skills Training (57.9%); Keeping self healthy and fit (54.3%); and Attending Job fairs and industry updates (54.2%) 54.4% agrees that the youth have entrepreneurial skills but they lack start-up capital.

Health and Wellness

Health information campaigns and userfriendly health services and facilities for adolescents and youth should be available to reduce risky behavior among young people (82%) 45-49% of all ages think that the substance of the reproductive health bill should be taught in elementary school while 74-79% think that it should be taught in high school

Health and Wellness

38% of 15-17y/o, 44% ,18-24 y/o and 41% of 25-30 y/o think early sexual encounter is acceptable in todays society High incidence of early sexual encounter involving younger age groups (15-17). Inschool Youth (49.8%), Youth with Special Needs (45.7%), Working Youth (43.4%) and Out-of-School Youth (41.8%).

Health and Wellness

51.4 % of the survey respondents agree and 30.2% strongly agree that health services should be made available to the youth to protect them from acquiring HIV and STIs 73% believe that the youth resort to substance abuse to escape from their desperate situation

Family Income & Expenditures

Across age brackets, 45.2% of the youth strongly agree and 47% agree that the youth are in need of financial planning skills Methods for achieving economic independence: Saving money and resources, 85.7%; followed by Identifying and improving their talents that can make them economically independent, 85.6%; and Gaining new knowledge and updates on economic trends

Leisure
64.6% of the respondents across age bracket are in social networking. Internet is also attractive to the youth for computer gaming (48.7%). Playing computer games and on-line gaming is usually done by the young youth aged 15-17 years old (51.8%) followed by 18-24 years old (49.8%). 52% of 15-17 year-olds and 50% of 18-25 years old, dropping to 37% of 25-30 years old play computer games

Leisure
77.9% are in agreement that the internet could be hazardous to health and addictive 58.7% of the respondents indicated that they share stories and do social drinking with friends. They also engage in ball games and sports competitions (59%). 49.6% of the respondents across age brackets join groups, music band, and hip-hop dancing

Cross-cutting Issues
92% of respondents say they are proud to be Filipinos. Young people believe that corruption is the major cause of poverty in the Philippines (90%). The majority of the youth feel that agencies that provide services for the youth need to improve on their performance to meet their expectations (84%).

Cross-cutting Issues
74-78% of all ages think that political dynasties should be made illegal. 12-15% of all ages claim to have experienced being abused or exploited. 12-14% of all ages claim that their lives are disrupted because of armed conflicts with warring groups. 55% believe they have high self-esteem.

Cross-cutting Issues
75% of ages 15-17 are looking for a healthy boy-girl relationship; it rises to 85% for the 2530 year-olds. 19% -27% think that same sex relationships are accepted in society. 57-62% thinks that lesbians, homosexuals and trans-genders are now accepted in Philippine society 49-55% of all ages think that divorce should be made legal.

Youth Participation
During elections, 52.3% of the youth always vote and 11.4% very often vote. 39.9% of the 15-17 age group claim that they never vote during elections while only 35.2% always vote. Youth respondents from 18-24 and 25-30 age groups have high percentages for always voting with 60.6% and 68.2% respectively.

Youth Participation
68% indicated that their participation in political matters is that of a follower and 62% said that they seldom act as the leaderinitiator of resolutions Only 1 out of 4 youth indicated that they are protest-initiators or activists in political issues, the majority (89%) of the young people feel that they have to be informed, involved, and consulted by adults and youth leaders on matters related to youth development.

Youth Participation
More than two-thirds has not been a member of any youth organization. About one-third would volunteer in community service in times of emergency. More rural youth (35.2%) than urban youth (33.1%) join projects for clean and safe environment but there are more urban youth (37.2%) than rural youth (33.5%) who support advocacies for environment protection.

Youth Participation
86% of the youth feel they have the right and responsibility to know about the available programs, services, and mandate of agencies, GOs, NGOs, church-based organizations, and other institutions that could help improve their conditions

Mabuhay ang Kabataang Pilipino!

The National Youth Commission

Voice and Advocate of the Youth