Title Page
ABSTRACT
Contents
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION 13
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 13
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 17
HYPHOTHESIS 18
THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK 18
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK 20
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 23
LIMITATION OF THE STUDY 24
DEFINITION OF TERMS 24
Community 24
Community Participation 25
Interest 25
Level 26
Participation 26
Perception 26
Rung 27
Rural 27
Rural Youth 28
Youth Participation 28
CHAPTER II. LITERATURE REVIEW 30
CONCEPTUAL LITERATURE 30
On Definition of Youth 30
On Level of Youth Participation 31
On Adult-Young Engagement 32
On Youth Voice 37
On Youth Participation 38
On Active and Meaningful Youth Participation 39
On Benefits of Youth Participation 39
On Foreign Studies 41
On Local Studies 42
CHAPTER III. RESEARCH METHOD 44
Research Design 44
Respondents of the Study 45
Data Gathering Instrument 45
Statistical Tools 47
CHAPTER IV. RESULTS 49
CHAPTER V. DISCUSSIONS 56
CONCLUSIONS 56
APPLICATION 58
REFERENCES 64
ABSTRACT 67
APPENDIX 12
APPENDIX A. LETTER TO THE RESPONDENTS 68
APPENDIX B. LETTER TO THE BARANGAY CAPTAIN 69
APPENDIX C. LETTER TO THE MUNICIPAL MAYOR 70
APPENDIX D. Letter to the District Supervisor 71
APPENDIX E. QUESTIONNAIRE 72
Table 1. Analysis on the Level of Interest in Community Participation of Rural Filipino Youth When They Are Taken as a Whole Group 50
Table 2. Analysis on the Level of Interest in Community Participation of Rural Filipino Youth when Classified by the Mediating Variables 52
Figure 1. Illustrates the Research Paradigm 21
Figure 2. Illustrates The Hart’s Model Of Youth Participation 32
Figure 3. Reddy and Ratna’s Model of Adult-Children Engagement 36