标题：FACTORS INFLUENCING YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY BASED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN RWANDA: A CASE STUDY SAEMAUL ZERO HUNGER COMMUNITIES PROJECT IN NYAMAGABE DISTRICT
期刊名称：European Journal of Business and Social Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2235-767X
出版年度：2016
卷号：5
期号：6
页码：152-166
出版社：European Society of Business and Social Sciences
摘要：In Africa, there is continuous push on the youth to be involved incommunity development project. Despite the government’s effort toempower the youth through their participation in community basedprojects, youth have not fully participated in such projects. This study seeks todetermine the factors influencing youth participation in community baseddevelopment projects in Rwanda. This study adopted a descriptive researchdesign that included collection of primary data. A total of 6965 youths fromSZHC project formed the target population of this study. A sample size of forthe study was 364 youths from the selected sectors. Simple random samplingtechnique was used in selecting households in the sectors while youths wereselected using census method form the selected household. This study usedquestionnaire as the data collection tool that consisted of closed questions.Descriptive statistics was achieved through descriptive analysis to generatefrequencies and percentage of various variables. Inferential statistics includingPearson Correlation Coefficient was used to establish the relationship betweenthe study variables. P value less that 0.05 was used to indicate significantrelationship. Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 21 was used as theappropriate tool for analysis. Data was presented using tables, graphs and piecharts to give a visual display of findings. The study findings revealed thatyouth characteristics (r= 0.579, P values < 0.01), education level (r= 0.642, Pvalue < 0.01) and Socio-culture factors (r= 0.455, P value <0.01) correlatesignificantly with youths participation in Community based developmentprojects. The study concluded that youth characteristics, education level andsocio-cultural factors has significant influence on youth participation on theprojects
关键词：Youth characteristic; Youth participation; Community Based;Development Projects
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