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PRELIMINARY
REPORT OFSURVEY ON
YOUTH ACTIVITIESDURING THECARNIVAL SEASON
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INTRODUCTION
This Survey was conducted to explore the range of activities that young peopleparticipated in during the Carnival period in Trinidad. The survey was conducted
during the weeks of January 1st- 10th 2012 and sought to answer the following
questions:
1. What activities do young people engage in during the carnival period?
2. What is the perception of young people on the activities of their peers during
the Carnival period?
3. What are the perceptions of young people on the implementation of a
Carnival Camp as an alternative to mainstream carnival activities.
METHODOLOGY
Research Design
Qualitative research design was utilized in this study. This study was exploratory
and investigated the perceptions of youth activities during Carnival and the
perceptions of young people on the implementation of Carnival Camp as an
alternative activity for young people during the Carnival period.
Research Questions
Three research questions guided this exploratory qualitative research study.
• What activities do young people engage in during the carnival period?
• What is the perception of young people on the activities of their peers during
the Carnival period?
• What are the perceptions of young people on the implementation of a
Carnival Camp as an alternative to mainstream carnival activities?
Sampling Method and Recruitment
Randomized purposive sampling was used as the technique for selection of the
sample for this study. Patton (2002) advises that “the logic and power of purposeful
sampling lies in selecting information-rich cases for study in depth. Information rich
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cases are those from which one can learn a great deal about issues of central
importance to the purpose of the inquiry, thus the term purposeful sampling”.
Young people between the ages of 12-29 were surveyed. Each district Youth Officer
was requested to administer 25 surveys to young people in their district. The
completed standardized structured interviews were given to young people, both
male and female to all nine administrative districts.
Two techniques were used. The first involved a randomized selection of participants
from the main streets/ roads in a high traffic area (such as Eastern Main Road or
Cipero Steet). The second involved Officers administering the survey to members of
youth groups or to young people visiting the District Youth Office.
Data Collection Procedures
The standardized structured interview technique was selected for this study also
because it allowed for the collecting of data from a larger sample in the shortest
possible time frame.
Data Analysis
“Data analysis is the process of making sense out of data” (Merriam, 2009,
pg 175). Each survey was annotated for easier access in both the analysis and write
up of findings. In order to maintain reliability, random quality checks was
conducted on several segments of the audiotape and compared with their
transcripts.
The constant comparative method was used to analyze data. The use of the
constant comparative method started with the construction of categories, also
known as ‘codes’. This step began with reading the first survey. The construction of
categories began with assigning codes to pieces of data. At the end of working
through the entire transcript similar codes or themes was grouped together. Once
the tentative scheme of categories is derived, the themes was sorted into
categories or themes or findings.
Open coding was useful in identifying the main categories or themes in the data and
in organizing ideas into integrated sets of relationships. Axial coding was then used
to determine further categorize the data. From these patterns, it was possible to
group according to themes. This is the selective coding process. In so doing, the
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researcher listed emerging themes and compared with the sub-sample at different
points in the analysis. This lent to the rigorousness of the study.
FINDINGS
Introducing the Participants of the Study
A total of 182 young people were surveyed between the ages of 12-29 from the nine
administrative districts in Trinidad. These participants comprised male and female (48%/52 %)
from rural, sub-urban and urban communities. 63% belonged to youth groups.
The following represents a breakdown of the findings to the response to the research questions
disaggregated by district:
Question: Do you belong to a Youth Group?
2. What do you usually do for Carnival?
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3. Why do you not take part in Carnival?
5. Are you interested in a Carnival Camp?
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SHOULD THE CAMP BE Residential and Non- Residential?
5. What activities would you like to engage in at the
camp?
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6. Should the Camp be issue specific?
7. How long do you think the Camp should be?
8. Should the camp be single gendered/ mixed?
9. What activities do your peers engage in during
carnival?
10. DO YOU THINK YOUR PEERS WOULD PARTICIPATE IN A CARNIVALCAMP?
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11. What age group should the Camp target?
12. What type of activities would your peers like to
participate in?