Abstract

The youth are seen as the nation's future. They take risks and do not hesitate to speak up for what they think. This study determined the attributes of youth in Dumarao, Capiz, their challenges encountered, and their level of participation in the protection of electoral integrity. It also ascertained if there was a significant difference in the challenges encountered and the level of participation when their profile such as sex, religion, household income, highest educational attainment, and community participation were considered. Likewise, it looked into the influence of youth’s challenges encountered on their level of participation to gain insights towards an enhanced contribution to voter education. This study was descriptive and utilized a validated and reliability-tested researcher-made survey questionnaire conducted on 388 youth of the 33 barangays in Dumarao. The data gathered were processed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences, employing tools such as frequency, percentage, mean, t-test, Analysis of Variance, and regression analysis. The results revealed that the youth of Dumarao were helpful, always seeking new skills to learn but lagging in completing tasks on time. Their challenges encountered were the submission of registration requirements with the Commission on Election, attending the election campaign, convincing their family to vote for their chosen candidate, and finding their names on the voter’s list. These challenges were considered highly challenging but their participation was very high. Significant differences in challenges encountered were established on gender, estimated family income and community activities participated in, while on level of participation, differences were noted in gender, highest educational attainment, and community participation in. Challenges encountered were found to influence the youth’s level of participation.

Keywords

Voter’s education Youth participation Youth challenges encountered Youth attributes