Vulnerability of Adolescents and Youth in Five Municipalities of the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua

Abstract

This article is based on the study “Social, Educational and Economic Situation of Youth in Contexts of Vulnerability,” which was carried out in five coastal municipalities of the South Caribbean Autonomous Region of Nicaragua. The study included a 2012 survey of 516 adolescents and youth, fifteen to twenty-four years of age, of Indigenous, Mestizo and African descent. The survey covered variables of identity, family relations, education, health, employment, migration, community participation, recreation, values, and family economy. In this article, the survey results are analyzed using a conceptual framework that classifies factors that generate youth vulnerability in three dimensions -vital, institutional, and of socioeconomic inclusion-, and assesses opportunities and agents that can contribute to diminish this vulnerability.

Wani Vol.69 2014, pp.51-74