Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Making Sense of
the Complicated
Highlights of the 2015 National Youth Assessment
Study
Perci Cendaña
Commissioner, National Youth Commission
Mandate
conditions
perceptions
RA 8044 NYC NYAS attitudes
behaviors
NYAS
2015
Philippine Youth
Development Plan
2017-2022
PH youth
15 17 18 24 25 30
YOUTH
Working
NYAS 2015
Nationwide urban-rural
Survey Area households with representation
of each region
Combination of personal
Methodology interviews, sealed envelope
questionnaires and FGDs
Demographics 21
average age
0.1% widowed
indicated they
24.6%
have children
32.6% Demographics
belong to households in
which only the father is
employed Among 15 to 24 years old:
6% completed elementary
received NO FORMAL
3.6%
SCHOOLING
65.3%
of the working youth who are not studying
have NOT graduated from college
Education
91.5%
of ISY
64.3%
are satisfied with the quality of 87.4%
education in the country of OSY
Employment
EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS:
PHILHEALTH
7.4% 52.8% with permanent employment
of youth-
children are 67.9% with contractual employment
working
SSS/GSIS
58%
of working youth 47.2% with permanent employment
have full-time 34% with contractual employment
jobs
PAGIBIG
33.8% 38.8% with permanent employment
work in part-
time 21% with contractual employment
employment
Employment Believe the
MONTHLY government is
INCOME doing enough to
provide means for
72%
of OSY believe
54.7% gainful
have monthly employment
there are enough
opportunities for personal income
gainful below Php 10,000 60.7%
employment of unemployed
youth
14.3%
have incomes which
are Php 10,000 to 62.7%
24,999 of employed
youth
Employment 28% JOB HUNTING
of working youth 35%
are seeking of OSY are looking for a
ANOTHER JOB job
because they
want additional Those OSY who are not
income seeking for work:
(47.3%)
17.5%
have no interest working
at the moment
19%
find it difficult to look for
one
Employment
JOB SECURITY AND
PROMOTION:
4.5%
of responsdents
YOUTH SMOKING
answered in the
affirmative when asked if
21% of young people smoke they have tried illegal
substance
of ISY smoke,
13%
average 4 sticks/ day
of OSY smoke,
25%
average 8 sticks/ day
Health SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Current Sources of
Information on Sex Sex Outside of Marriage
5% household
health
5%
centers
Health
MENTAL HEALTH
have thought at least once that life was not
26%
worth living
have considered taking their life, engaged in
14%
steps to push through with it
have experienced extreme emotional
20%
distress
Considered taking one's life to end
one's problems 78%
24.5 agree there is nothing
child-youth wrong with seeking
%
20.2 professional
core youth counseling for mental
%
problems
20.2
young adult
%
Participation 85%
stated that youth
involvement is
crucial in disaster
ORGANIZATIONAL INVOLVEMENT and emergency
relief
are NOT members of any
69.8%
organization
69%
of OSY are members of youth actively participate
12%
organization in environment-
attend programs or activities related activities
42% arranged by their own or
other organizations
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
Participation
82%
of respondents
knew their 70%
MAYOR of ISY agreed that educational
attainment should be a
deciding factor when electing
51%
officials
of respondents
knew their
REPRESENTATIVE
GENERAL
33%
said being attracted to the same sex is ok
69.3%
believe that
corruption in 11.7%
unavoidable reported that they were hurt physically by
another person
90% 1 out of 2
are proud of is satisfied with state of governance in the
being Filipino country
GENERAL 15.2% of ISY have access to internet at home
ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE
USE:
Almost half are not fully
aware about HIV AIDS
and STIs 4.5%
have used any form of
illegal substance
RED 70%
FLAGS are not members of Almost half of
youth organizations. working youth agree
that job security is
NOT important
More than half do NOT when considering
receive employment employment.
benefits.
50%
of working youth prefer
to go abroad
69.3%
believe that
corruption in
1 out of 2 unavoidable
is NOT satisfied with
state of governance in the
country
WINDOWS 78% agreed political participation is important.
65%
of those no longer 90%
studying want to go back are proud of being Filipino
to school
85% 78%
agree there is nothing wrong with
believe agriculture is a
seeking professional counseling for
viable means of livelihood.
mental problems