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Northern Ireland
Young Life and Times Survey
Preview of the 2006 results
Dirk Schubotz
Paula Devine
Alex Tennant
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
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
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%)
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
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Young Life and Times Survey
Background
Background
Gender
Religion
Education
Male
Female
Catholic
Protestant
Other/no religion
Planned integrated
Grammar
Secondary
Other
42
58
42
39
17
6
44
44
4
Ethnic Identity
To which ethnic group do you consider you belong?
Skin Colour
Religion/Nationality
White/Caucasian: 58%
Catholic/Irish Catholic:
White+:
8%
Protestant/NI Protestant: 6%
Non-white:
n=3
Christian:
No response/none:
13%
6%
2%
Ethnic Identity
Respondents by ethnic identity saying they are a
member of a minority ethnic community? (%)
White/Caucasian
White Catholic
13
17
White Protestant
White Irish
White European
Catholic/Irish Catholic
14
9
7
31
Protestant/NI Protestant
13
Other
38
Mixed origin
33
Background
Respondents saying they will leave NI at some point (%)
56
60
50
%
40
Protestant
45
44
37
39
Catholic
No religion
30
Male
20
Female
10
0
50% say they will come back, 38% say they don’t know
Background
Why do you think you will leave? (%)
50
40
47
39
39
30
20
11
10
5
6
5
0
Better job prospects
Relationship
Other
Troubles
College/University
Better future
Travel/see world
Family
Informally Someone in the household
care for:
Someone outside household
Perceived Not well off
affluence
Average
Well off
Live with: Mother and father
Mother, but not father
Father, but not mother
With each parent for some time
10
25
17
52
28
75
19
3
2
Informal Caring
Respondents by gender and affluence looking
after other people: (%)
Male
Female Not well
off
Average
Well off
Living with
respondent
12
8
18
9
5
NOT
living with
respondent
23
26
31
22
26
Family
Respondents saying they talk to: (%)
Their mother
Their father
Males
Females
Males
Females
Most days
13
19
14
15
More than once a week
Less than once a week
17
21
20
15
14
17
14
17
Hardly ever
38
39
40
44
2
5
4
2
5
6
5
4
No mother/father
Don’t know
Family
Respondents quarrelling with: (%)
Their mother
Their father
Males
Females
Males
Females
Most days
13
16
11
9
More than once a week
20
19
41
23
20
37
15
18
42
11
17
52
No mother/ no father
0
3
7
6
Don’t know
3
1
4
3
Less than once a week
Hardly ever
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Young people’s attitudes to the
environment
Are any of these environmental
issues important to you?
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•
•
•
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
% saying very important
Using up natural resources
Loss of plants, animals and habitats
Waste management
Global warming/climate change
Water pollution
Litter
Damage to the ozone layer
Air pollution
Noise pollution
47
44
40
39
32
31
31
20
9
% 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%
% saying very important
Interest in politics
Using up natural resources
Waste management
Global warming/climate change
Damage to the ozone layer
Great deal/
quite a lot
Some
Little/
none
54
49
54
39
41
37
47
37
42
32
34
28
Range of very important issues
%
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Mean number of issues
8
9
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
% saying affected by personal action
Litter
Waste management
Using up natural resources
Noise pollution
Air pollution
Damage to the ozone layer
Water pollution
Global warming/climate change
Loss of plants, animals and habitats
88
83
56
55
46
46
44
41
40
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%
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
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
- School experiences of 16-year olds
- Global issues
- AIDS/HIV
School experience
Respondents’ general school experiences (%)
80
Agree
Neither
Disagree
Don't know
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
I was happy at
school
Learned skills and
knowledge for life
Teachers did not
respect me
Achieved to best of
my ability
School experience
Respondents agreeing that they: (%)
Not well off Average
Well off
On the whole, felt very happy at
school
55
72
77
Learned in school the skills and
knowledge they later need in life
66
66
66
Were NOT respected by teachers
as individuals
23
14
13
Were satisfied to have achieved
to the best of their ability
54
68
72
School experience
Difficulty to afford school-related expenses by financial
affluence of respondent’s family (%)
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
School Uniform
School books
and materials
Day trips/events Day trips/events School holidays
during school outside school
and trips
day
Not w ell off
Average
Well-off
School experience
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%
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%
School experience
Respondents having say in schools by school type attended (%)
Grammar
Secondary
Integrated
All
18
26
49
24
The budget
6
8
5
7
The curriculum
7
10
14
9
Facilities
42
42
54
43
School policies
36
49
67
44
Other
30
22
33
27
School uniform
Global Issues
There are people who do not have enough to eat, cannot go
to school to learn to read and to write? (%)
Very concerned
Fairly concerned
No strong feelings
Not very concerned
Not concerned
Don’t know
Male
Female
Not well
off
Average
Well off
22
41
37
47
34
45
31
43
31
49
30
2
2
13
<1
<1
18
2
2
22
2
1
17
1
1
3
2
0
3
<1
Global Issues
There are people who do not have enough to eat, cannot go
to school to learn to read and to write? (%)
Very concerned
Fairly concerned
Aware, but no strong feelings
Not very concerned
Not concerned
Don’t know
MORI survey
in Eng/Wales
YLT
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41
32
46
30
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4
20
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Global Issues
Do you think you personally, or your family, can do
anything to help children in developing countries? (%)
Yes
No
Don’t know
Male
Female
61
22
17
74
9
17
Not well Average
off
63
18
19
66
16
18
Well
off
78
9
13
Global issues
Respondents saying they are interested in finding out
about children’s lives in the developing world. (%)
90
86
84
85
80
80
77
74
75
70
65
75
65
64
60
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Community Relations
Community Relations
Respondents saying relations between Catholics and
Protestants are better now than 5 years ago (%)
55
50
45
40
35
30
2003
2004
Catholic
2005
Protestant
2006
No religion
Community Relations
Respondents saying that relations between Catholics and
Protestants will be better in 5 years than now (%)
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
2003
2004
Catholic
2005
Protestant
2006
No religion
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. ‘
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.
Northern Ireland
Young Life and Times Survey
Preview of the 2006 results