Young People in 2003 - Compact Edition
A unique contemporary archive of young people, "Young People in 2003 - Compact Edition' provides the answers to over 100 health-related behaviour questions at a very reasonable price - email SHEU for a discounted price.
15,526 young people, between the ages of 10 and 15, tell us about what they do at home, at school, and with their friends. These data have been collected from 196 primary and secondary schools across the United Kingdom. The 'Compact Edition' has all the key findings from 'Young People in 2003' (£45) an established reference resource of over 170 printed pages within perfect binding. The 'Compact Edition' is over 90 pages within wire binding.
Some figures from this report:
- 41% of 10-11 year old females 'read a book for enjoyment' as an after-school activity compared with 18% of 14-15 year old females.
- Up to 63% will have smoked by the time they are 14 years old. Young people's own smoking habits are strongly correlated with the number of other people smoking at home. This report shows that around 50% of 12-15 year olds live in a 'smoky' home.
- 57% of 10-11 year old females think they are ‘fit’ or ‘very fit’. This falls to 29% by the time they reach 14-15 years of age.
- 22% of the 14-15 year old females had ‘nothing at all’ for breakfast ‘this morning’, and 20% of 14-15 year old females ‘did not have any lunch’.
- 58% of 14–15 year old females ‘would like to lose weight’. The proportion of the 14-15 year old females who missed breakfast today and lunch yesterday and ‘would like to lose weight’ is 25%.
- 27% of the 14-15 year old males were 'fairly sure' or 'certain' that their friends carried weapons for protection when going out.
- 40% of 10-11 year old females feel afraid (at least 'sometimes') of going to school because of bullying.
- As pupils get older many school lessons in health education are reported to be 'less useful'.
- More females than males did homework on the evening before the survey, and they tended to spend longer at it. 37% of the 14-15 year old males did no homework.
- Up to 58% of the 14-15 year olds are ‘fairly sure' or ‘certain' that they know a drug user. Up to 19% of 14-15 year olds have mixed drugs and alcohol 'on the same occasion'.
- The percentage of young people with a regular job rises from around 26% (12-13 years) to 35% (14-15 years). Over 17% of 14-15 year olds earned more than £30 'last week'.
- ‘The way you look’ remains the principal worry for females aged 14-15 years. Up to 32% of 10-11 year olds worry about 'family problems'. The greatest concern for 14-15 year old males is ‘school-work’ and 'career' problems.
- Up to 27% of 10-11 year olds (which has been consistent for a number of years) report that they have been scared or upset by an adult stranger.
- 25% of 10-11 yr old males drank alcohol 'last week'. 43% of the same group are not aware of AIDS.