Info for Young People

If you took part in the first Youth2000 survey in 2001 you might remember answering heaps of questions about your health and wellbeing using a laptop which was pretty cool in those days!  In 2007 when we did the second survey, students used Nokia internet tablets and many students commented that the new technology was fun to use. It raises the question of what we might use for the next health and wellbeing survey of secondary school students that they would find different but still fun. It's important though that students could still be really confident that no one would know who they are or how they answered the questions. If you have any ideas we'd love to hear them - you can contact s.grant@auckland.ac.nz


The Youthline Youth Advisory Council thought there were some really important results from the 2007 survey that  young people like them should know about. Take a look at the posters they developed to help get the messages from the survey out there -  Youthline .

Youthline Advisory Council pick of results reported by Female Students included:

                                35% had ever had sex
                                9% smoked cigarettes weekly or more often
                                73% planned to get further training or education when they leave school
                                20% had been sexually abused and of those 60% had not told anyone about it
                                50% always ate breakfast
                                71% were worried about gaining weight
                                50% were involved in sports teams at school
                                50% felt that their teachers treated them fairly most of the time
                                41% belong to more than one ethnic group

Youthline Advisory Council pick of results reported by Male Students included:

                                38% had ever had sex
                                16% had seen an adult hitting or hurting a child (other than themselves) in their home
                                 at least once in the last 12 months
                                62% planned  to get further training or education when they leave school
                                48% had been hit or physically harmed by another person at least once in the last 12 months
                                15% had met the recommended daily 60 minutes of physical activity 
                                38% had a regular part-time job
                                36% had tried to lose weight in the last 12 months
                                
        
For more information and links to youth organisations click here.

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