Table 18: Percent of female respondents of the 2011 Belize Coverage Exercise age 10-24 who answered that they received a certain type of service, by pregnancy status Currently pregnant No Yes
Health
SRH
Mental health
54.6 88.5
18.9 7.5
4.8 1.9
Livelihoods Female 3.4 0.2
Life skills 6.4 0.7
Education Sports 4.1 1.0
3.8 0.7
Food
Other
0.8 0.2
8.4 2.9
Table 19 shows the reporting of services by school attendance status. Among males and females, out-of-school youth are much less likely to have reported receiving livelihoods, life skills and education services than those who are in school. The data show that females who were attending school at the time of the survey were more likely than females who were not attending school when the survey was conducted to report accessing livelihoods- and life skills-related services at rates of 6.0% and 8.6% as compared to 0.5% and 1.0%, respectively. These rates suggest that there may be a slight correlation between school attendance and accessibility of livelihoods and life skills services. This is of particular concern as these young people are less likely to be acquiring the knowledge and skills needed to transition smoothly to both work and adulthood and are therefore in need of specialized attention in this area. Table 19: Percent of respondents of the 2011 Belize Coverage Exercise age 10-24 who answered that they received a certain type of service, by sex and school attendance status Currently attending school
Health
SRH
Mental health
No Yes
75.4 45.5
15.0 18.3
3.8 4.7
No Yes
60 47.1
12.8 11.7
8.6 6.2
Livelihoods Female 0.5 6.0
Life skills
Education
Sports
Food
Other
1.0 8.6
0.5 6.6
0.1 6.9
0.0 1.0
4.3 11.5
2.1 9.1
1.7 9.7
0.3 6.8
0.3 2.5
10.0 17.3
Male 1.0 3.9
Access to services and frequency of use In settings where services and programs are inaccessible to many young people, the same people utilize resources repeatedly. The “repeat users� are often participating in a program that meets regularly or taking advantage of the multiple services available. But for other young people, those who experience obstacles to accessing the services or attending programs and might not be getting their needs met, the possibilities are limited and their frequency of use is very low. By 54 | P a g e