Figure 2: Forms of paid work engaged in by young people

young people were of primary, followed by 26.97% of secondary. Only one young person among the entire sample had never been to school.

Regarding parent status, the majority of the young people (83.90%) interviewed had both parents living, slightly more than a tenth (13.5%) were single orphans while just 2.62% were double orphans. Among those who had either both or one parent, a majority (60.7%) were living with both biological parents, close to a quarter (24.62%) were living with ether parent i.e., 18.85% with mother only, and 5.8%) with the father only. More than a tenth of all young people with a living parent was not staying with them at the time of the study.

Only 2.25% of all young people interviewed had some form of disability, while the rest did not have any known disability. Among the few with disabilities, 4 were physical, 2 had hearing impairments, two had mental health-related conditions, while one was speech disability.

In term of employment status, more than three quarters (82.8%) of all young people interviewed were not doing anything to earn money at the time of the study, while nearly a fifth (17.23%) were involved in work to earn money Figure 2 below shows that forms of wok that young people were involved in to earn money.

Figure 2: Forms of paid work engaged in by young people.

2% 2% 2% Farming As observed above, the majority (39%) of those who were involved in paid work Petty trading13% was in farming, followed by 39% Domestic work/chores petty trading (29%) and 13% those doing domestic Other chores (13%). Only a handful Business/Commercial was involved in 29% commercial/business Boda Boda/other activities (2%), boda-boda transport riding (2%) and salaried employment (2%). The other category involved building/construction work, chapati selling and hair plaiting. Results also show that of those who were engaged in work to earn a living, a majority (76.09%) were working before the lockdown, while close to a quarter (23.91%) started work during or after the lockdown. The reasons for engaging in work included the need to provide for personal basic needs as well as the need to support the family.