State of the Philippine Population Report, 2nd Issue

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State of the Philippine Population Report, 2nd
Issue
Making Choices, Building Voices
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State of the Philippine Population Report (SPPR)
An official government report that aims to
provide an authoritative synthesis of results and
issues ventilated in empirical works done on a
specific topic on population and development.
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State of the Philippine Population Report, 2nd
Issue
I. The Youth Our Responsibility and Our Hope
- Why the youth are an important development
concern ? II. Knowing and Understanding our
Youth - Socio-demographic profile,
Social Environment, youth and parental
perception III. Getting Concerned About the
Reproductive Health of our Youth -
Views, Knowledge and Attitudes - Sexual,
Non-Sexual and Multiple Risk Behaviors IV.
Rethinking and Enriching our Youth Development
Programs - What are we doing, what more
do we need to do?
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Socio-Demographic Profile
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Views, Knowledge and Attitudes

• Majority still prize virginity although an
  increasing trend towards more openness to the
  issue is observed.
• Young people continue to look positively on
  marriage.
• There is an increasing tolerance for women
  engaging in PMS.

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Views, Knowledge and Attitudes

• Ninety-five percent are against abortion.
• 9 out of 10 youth believe the government should
  provide family planning services, and some 8 out
  of 10 think it proper that these services also be
  provided to the youth.

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Views, Knowledge and Attitudes

• Knowledge about sexuality and fertility
• Almost half of our youth were unaware that
  pregnancy was possible after only one sexual
  encounter.
• Only 2 were truly knowledgeable about the
  relationship of menstrual cycle with the safe and
  unsafe times to have sex.
• Awareness of AIDS for both sexes was near
  universal (95). However, misconceptions on the
  curability of AIDS had worsened.

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Sexual, Non-Sexual and Multiple Risk-Behaviors

• Premarital Sex (PMS)
• Around 23 or 2 out of 10 Filipino youth had
  premarital sex in 2002.
• Almost all (94) who already had sex said they
  were unwilling and
• unprepared to become parents.
• PMS is highest in NCR and Eastern Visayas at
  nearly four out of 10
• engaging in PMS.
• Average age of initiation to sex is 17.5 years
  old.
• Unprotected Sex
• More females did not use any contraceptive
  method during their
• first sexual encounter.

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Sexual, Non-Sexual and Multiple Risk-Behaviors

• Marriage and Live-In
• More and more Filipino youth have chosen to
  postpone marriage. 73 of males and 57 of
  females (20 to 24 yrs. old) remained single.
• Nearly four percent of females aged 15 to 19 and
  around 8 percent aged 20 to 24 were in live-in
  arrangements.
• Pregnancy during Adolescence
• Young pregnancies account for 30 of all births,
  6 of spontaneous
• Abortions, 3 out of 4 maternal deaths.
• Abortion
• Four out of 10 abortion complication cases were
  from the youth.

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Sexual, Non-Sexual and Multiple Risk-Behaviors

• Non-Sexual Behavior
• Almost half (47) of young people smoked 70
  percent drank alcohol. A rising trend of drug use
  was seen in 11 percent of boys and girls, and it
  is rampant in high school and college.
• Risk-taking behavior are interlinked -- those
  who smoke, drink and use drugs are more likely to
  have sex. On the other hand, having sex is most
  strongly linked to drug use, than with smoking
  and drinking, and later, to thoughts of suicide
  and violence.

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State of the Philippine Population Report, 2nd
Issue
SPPR 2 Advocacy Core Issues

• A growing number of youth are engaging in risky
  behavior without understanding the consequences.
• - Strengthen Population Education Program
  (POPED) as well as efforts of religious groups
• - Strengthen the Revitalized Home guidance
  program
• - Need to build the life skills of youth

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State of the Philippine Population Report, 2nd
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SPPR 2 Advocacy Core Issues

• Adults do not know how to communicate openly
  about sexuality with young people.
• - Knowledge, the most essential among
• young peoples needs, is one concern
  that parents and guardians could fill in, if not
  the schools.

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State of the Philippine Population Report, 2nd
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SPPR 2 Advocacy Core Issues
C. The media are playing a bigger role in
young lives. - Media must be involved in youth
issues especially in the dissemination of correct
information as regards youth health and
development.
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State of the Philippine Population Report, 2nd
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SPPR 2 Advocacy Core Issues
D. RH programs and policies ignore youths
needs - Efforts must continue to mainstream
adolescent reproductive health by putting in
culturally sensitive, high quality, accessible
and user-friendly services. - Services must
respect the right of adolescents and the youth to
privacy, confidentiality, and informed consent.
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State of the Philippine Population Report, 2nd
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SPPR 2 Advocacy Core Issues
E. The voice of the youth must be heard in all
youth-related efforts. - The youth have a lot to
say and they may have enough rage to make
government and institutions concerned to pay
attention. - The challenge is for adults to know
and understand the situation of adolescents in
order to address their unique experiences and
needs.
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State of the Philippine Population Report, 2nd
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Advocacy Campaign for SPPR 2 issues

• Media Campaign heighten and sustain public
  awareness and interest
• Popularization - development of regionalized
  SPPRs
• Users Forum - national and regional level venue
  to discuss SPPR issues and actions
• Presentation to Congress to place SPPR in the
  national agenda
• E. SPPR 2 Webpage - maintenance

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State of the Philippine Population Report, 2nd
Issue
Free Live Concert

• Concert title
• Pinoy Youth the Concert
• hoy-hoy-HOY. Ingat o Engot!
• Venue
• Mandaluyong Gym
• Core message
• Take care (ingat) or end up being
  a loser (Engot)
• Target audience
• 4,000 young people from NCR and
  selected Regions

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