The period of transition from childhood to adulthood is referred to as youth.
The period of overlapping transitions such as leaving school, getting a job, first serious relationship, first marital first pregnancy, and so forth that could have lasting effects in later life is known as the dense period.
The population of the Philippines aged 15-24 years old is 20.2 million, making up 19% of the total population.
The age group of 15-24 years old is the largest series of cross-sectional surveys in the Philippines on adolescent sexuality and reproductive health issues, their antecedents, and manifestations.
The Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Studies or YAFS aims to aid the Adolescent Health and Development Program Strategic Plan of the Department of Health (DOH).
The research design of YAFSS is a two-stage sampling design.
The first stage of the YAFS5 sampling design involves randomly selecting 974 sample barangays.
YAFSS covers 14,296 households.
The topic of Block C in YAFSS questionnaires is Self-esteem, Self-efficacy, and Life Satisfaction.
The period of transition from childhood to adulthood is referred to as youth.
The period of overlapping transitions such as leaving school, getting a job, first serious relationship, first marital first pregnancy, and so forth that could have lasting effects in later life is known as the dense period.
The population of the Philippines aged 15-24 years old is 20.2 million, making up 19% of the total population.
The age group of 15-24 years old is the largest series of cross-sectional surveys in the Philippines on adolescent sexuality and reproductive health issues, their antecedents, and manifestations.
The Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Studies (YAFS) aims to aid the Adolescent Health and Development Program Strategic Plan of the Department of Health (DOH).
The research design of YAFSS is a two-stage sampling design.
The first stage of the YAFS5 sampling design involves randomly selecting 974 sample barangays.
YAFSS covers 14,296 households.
The topic of Block C in YAFSS questionnaires is Self-esteem, Self-efficacy, and Life Satisfaction.
The topic of Block M in the YAFS questionnaires is Reproductive and Sexual Health.
In the Philippines, from 3 January 2020 to 5:01 pm CEST, 12 October 2022, there have been 3,971,445 cases of COVID-19 with 63,329 deaths, reported to WHO.
A total of 164,981,870 vaccine doses have been administered in the Philippines as of 21 September 2022.
YAFSS has assigned 17 regional coordinators to facilitate the field implementation.
The age and sex distribution ratio of males and females in youth by sex is 49% to 51%.
The age group with the most distribution of youth by age group is 15-19 years old with 59%.
Males have the highest percentage in terms of the "never married" marital status of the youth.
The percentage of Widowed/Divorced/Separated Individuals in the youth population is 1% or less than 1%.
Females have the highest percentage in terms of marital status with "Living In" status.
The highest educational attainment of youth based on the percent distribution of youth by highest grade completed is Grade 7-10/High School.
The lowest percentage in terms of the highest grade completed by youth is No education.
66 female youths have completed college.
28% of male youths have completed Grades 11-12 at Senior High School.
Roman Catholic is the religion with the highest percentage among youths.
The religions mentioned in the percent distribution of youth by religion are Roman Catholic, Islam, and Other Christians.
The ratio of the urban and rural as the place of residence of male, female, and both sexes based on the percent distribution of youth by place of residence is 33% to 67%.
More than half or 53% of youths have expressed willingness to be vaccinated.
SINOVAC is the highest percentage distribution of vaccinated youth, by vaccine brand or manufacturer.
Filipino youth own a smartphone, with higher ownership among people in richest households, those from CAR, NCR, and Ilocos, and those with higher education.
93% of Filipino youths have access to ICT gadgets.
9.6% of the youth had never been tested for COVID-19 at the time of the survey, with 9.5% having a positive test result during the first test and 7.2% during the last test.
79% of high school students were under modular distance learning during the pandemic.