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Northern Ireland Young Life and Times Survey: Insights into Youth Perspective in 2006

Dive into the 2006 Young Life and Times Survey findings focusing on school experiences, mental health, community relations, identity, and global issues among young people in Northern Ireland.

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Northern Ireland Young Life and Times Survey: Insights into Youth Perspective in 2006

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  1. Northern Ireland Young Life and Times SurveyPreview of the 2006 resultsDirk SchubotzPaula DevineAlex Tennant

  2. Feedback from young people ‘I would firstly like to thank you for keeping me informed on the 2006 Young Life and Times Survey, however, as much as I would like to attend the launch of the results, I am unable to as I am sitting examinations on Wednesday, 31st January. However unfortunate this is, I will visit the YLT website to look at the results as this survey has really made me interested in other young people's school life and how much it differentiates from my own, and, it has also given me the ability to see that not all schools are like my own and it has really made me think. Again, I send many thanks but also many apologies, Ashley

  3. Feedback from young people ‘Thank you for your letter inviting me to your launch of results. I am disappointed to say that i will be unable to attend as I am currently extremely busy with my school work and on that particular date i have to attend a care setting in my area with regards to a project I am working on. However i would have loved to have been able to attend. Sorry for any inconvenience!Many thanks,                   Fiona

  4. Sample • Invited: all young people living in Northern Ireland who celebrated their 16th birthday in February 2006 (n=1,973) • Postal questionnaire sent out • 772 responded (return rate 39%)

  5. Subject areas covered • Experiences of school including pupil participation • Mental health (GHQ 12) • Community relations and sectarianism • Family relations and informal caring • Environmental and global issues, AIDS • Identity

  6. Northern Ireland Young Life and Times SurveyBackground

  7. Background

  8. To which ethnic group do you consider you belong? Ethnic Identity No response/none: 13%

  9. Respondents by ethnic identity saying they are a member of a minority ethnic community? (%) Ethnic Identity

  10. Background Respondents saying they will leave NI at some point (%) 50% say they will come back, 38% say they don’t know

  11. Background Why do you think you will leave? (%)

  12. Family

  13. Informal Caring Respondents by gender and affluence looking after other people: (%)

  14. Respondents saying they talk to: (%) Family

  15. Respondents quarrelling with: (%) Family

  16. Northern Ireland Young Life and Times SurveyYoung people’s attitudes to the environment

  17. Are any of these environmental issues important to you? • Air pollution • Global warming/climate change • Damage to the ozone layer • Noise pollution • Water pollution (or sea, rivers etc) • Litter • Waste management, for example, recycling • Using up natural resources (coal, gas, oil) • Loss of plants, animals and habitats

  18. % saying very important

  19. % saying very important • Gender: • Litter: F 35%, M 25% • Waste management: F 44%, M 35% • Type of school: • Ozone layer: Sec 36%, Grammar 26% • Noise pollution: Sec 13%, Grammar 4%

  20. % saying very important

  21. Range of very important issues

  22. Issues seen as very important • Mean number of issues identified as very important: • All respondents: 2.9 • Secondary school: 3.1 • Grammar school: 2.7 • High level of interest in politics: 3.4 • Low level of interest in politics: 2.6

  23. % saying affected by personal action

  24. Action can make a difference • Gender: • Air pollution: F 49%, M 41% • Litter: F 92%, M 82% • Waste management: F 87%, M 77% • Using up natural resources: F 60%, M 51% • Type of school: • Waste management: Sec 78%, Gram 88% • Loss of plants etc: Sec 46%, Gram 34%

  25. Action can make a difference • Mean number of issues identified where individual action can make a difference: • All respondents: 4.9 • Female: 5.1 • Male: 4.7 • High level of interest in politics: 5.4 • Low level of interest in politics: 4.7

  26. Am I bovvered? • Most issues important – except noise pollution • Some mismatch between what was important and making a difference • Most likely to make a difference to locally-based issues, eg litter • Least likely to make a difference to global concerns, eg climate change

  27. - School experiences of 16-year olds- Global issues- AIDS/HIV

  28. School experience Respondents’ general school experiences (%)

  29. School experience Respondents agreeing that they: (%)

  30. School experience Difficulty to afford school-related expenses by financial affluence of respondent’s family (%)

  31. School experience Does your school have a school council? Yes: 57% No: 33% Don’t know: 10% Is it effective? Very 26% Not very 53% Not at all 16% Don’t know 6% Are students allowed to express their views about the running of the school? A lot: 12% A little: 58% Not at all: 26% Don’t know: 4%

  32. School experience Respondents having say in schools by school type attended (%)

  33. Global Issues There are people who do not have enough to eat, cannot go to school to learn to read and to write? (%)

  34. Global Issues There are people who do not have enough to eat, cannot go to school to learn to read and to write? (%)

  35. Global Issues Do you think you personally, or your family, can do anything to help children in developing countries? (%)

  36. Global issues Respondents saying they are interested in finding out about children’s lives in the developing world. (%)

  37. Northern Ireland Young Life and Times SurveyCommunity Relations

  38. Community Relations Respondents saying relations between Catholics and Protestants are better now than 5 years ago (%)

  39. Community Relations Respondents saying that relations between Catholics and Protestants will be better in 5 years than now (%)

  40. Community Relations ‘A quote said to me on holiday when asked where I was from sums up Northern Ireland. “Northern Ireland, that’s the place where Christians are killing each other isn't it?“’ ‘Foreigners can cause trouble if they begin to feel like they belong over here, i.e. fighting, stealing.’ ‘I attended and enjoyed the Belfast Indian Mela in Botanic Gardens last year. ‘

  41. What should we ask in 2007? Underage Drinking, Smoking, Casual Sex, Abortion, Pregnancy at young age, Sectarianism in mixed towns. Ask about confidence in looks and diet etc. whether the people feel they are attractive or not? Why are migrant workers employed in Northern Ireland. It is hard enough to get a job for people who have lived here & were born here. The cost of a local cherry pie.

  42. Northern Ireland Young Life and Times SurveyPreview of the 2006 results

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