Socio-economic status of youth non-participation in Yala province: Population-based study using Thailand 2000 census data

Abstract

     This study investigated the effects of demographic and socio-economic factors on youth non-participation in Yala province using data from the 2000 Population and Housing Census of Thailand. The study sample comprised 23,642 youths aged 15-17 years. The binary outcome was youth non-participation (yes/no). The determinants were demographic and socio-economic factors. The demographic factors included gender, religion (Muslim or non-Muslim), and region (subdistrict or aggregated subdistrict) of residence. The proportion of non-participation and determinants was modeled using logistic regression. Youths from families with 5-10 and 11-15 members were more likely to be non-participants. Higher levels of education for the head of household resulted in lower rates of non-participation. Having a family head who worked as a state enterprise employee had a lower rate of non-participation whereas having a family head who worked as a private sector employee had a higher rate than the reference. Muslim males had a high non-participation rate. There was a high non-participation rate in the subdistricts of ThaSap and NaTham (5), Betong (7), BannangSata and Bacho (10), TalingChan (12), KrongPinang and Purong (13), MaeWat (15), Yaha (16), and Kabang and Bala (19).