YAFS5 terms

Question 1

What do YAFS5 stand for?

Answer 1

Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Study

Question 2

Why study the Kabataang Pinoy?

Answer 2

Youth = “Dense” period, overlapping transitions such as leaving school,
getting a job, first serious relationship, first marital union, first
pregnancy and so forth that could have lasting effects in later
life
* Important to examine their status to help identify key areas to
ensure better health and well-being which in turn can
contribute to their families, communities and the country in the
long run

Question 3

Youth is the period of

Answer 3

transition from childhood to adulthood

Question 4

What percent and numbers of the population are
aged 15-24?

Age-sex structure of the Philippine
population, 2020

Answer 4

19% of the population or
about 20 million

Question 5

Central Luzon exhibits a bell-shaped population pyramid,
indicating its

Answer 5

maturing population age structure owed to
declining birth and death rates.

Question 6

There are ________________ aged 15-24 in Central Luzon,
constituting almost a fifth (18.5%) of the regional population.
The region accounts for 11.2% of the country’s youth
population.

Answer 6

2.3 million youth