Figure 6: Young people who sought and obtained SRH services

The need for SRH services alone is not sufficient and indeed is fruitless if not translated into a tangible initiative to seek for and utilize available services. Figure 6 below illustrates the percentage of young people who sought and obtained the needed services.

Figure 6: Young people who sought and obtained SRH services.

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As observed in the figure above, the percentage of young people who translated their need for SRH services by actively seeking them was higher in Mpungwe (53.95%) than Baitambogwe (46.05%). Similarly, there were more young people in Mpungwe (56.16%) who obtained the needed SRH services than their counterparts in Baitambogwe (43.84%). These findings point to a slight difference in the ability to seek for and obtain the needed service between the intervention and control areas.

60 53.95 56.16 50 46.05 43.84 40 30 20 10 Yes Yes Seek Obtain Mpungwe Baitambogwe Therefore, whereas the result of the Pearson Chi-square value of 0.044 is statistically significant at the alpha level of 0.05, this relationship is not strong to suggest that the difference in obtaining services is influenced by the presence or absence of an intervention. Basing on the calculated odds ratio (1.0 at 95% confidence interval) there is no likelihood that the observed variations in the level of access and utilization of SRH services can be attributed to any specific conditions in the intervention and control sub-counties. Furthermore, results of chi-square analysis by other demographic variables such as age, sex and level of education did not indicate any significant relationship. Figure 7 below shows the services sought and obtained by young people during the lockdown.