Young People in 1996
A unique contemporary archive of young people, ‘Young People in 1996' provides the answers to health-related behaviour questions.
22,067 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 primary and secondary schools across the United Kingdom.
Annually since 1986 we have published the collected Health Related Behaviour Questionnaire results received during the year from pupils in secondary schools across the UK. Data from more than 350,000 pupils between the ages of 11 and 18 have now been recorded since the questionnaire's genesis in 1977. This report, the eleventh, describes 22,067 young people in Years 8, 9 and 10 of secondary schooling (aged 12-15). The data describe what young people do at home, at school, and with their friends; how they think other people see them; to whom they turn for help with problems; how they spend their money; concerns about personal safety, and beliefs that affect their lifestyle. Results from a new section on gambling (scratch cards and arcade machines) are also included for the first time.
The book is divided into ten sections covering DIET, DOCTOR & DENTIST, HEALTH & SAFETY, HOME, DRUGS, MONEY, SPORT, SOCIAL & PERSONAL, PERSONAL SAFETY, and SCRATCH CARDS & ARCADE MACHINES.
YOUNG PEOPLE IN 1996 Some highlights from the results
THE 1996 FINDINGS
THE 1986-1996 COMPARISON FOR 14-15 YEAR OLDS
YOUNG PEOPLE IN 1996 Some highlights from the results
THE 1996 FINDINGS
Group 1: DIET
Breakfast
Almost 15% of the 14-15 year old girls had nothing at all for breakfast on a schoolday. 20% had nothing to eat, although some of these did have a drink (p. 3).
Lunch
15% of the 14-15 year old girls ate no lunch on their previous day at school (p. 2).
Healthy eating
Girls are more likely than boys to take health into account when choosing what to eat. A quarter of the 14-15 year old boys never do (p. 19).
Weight
61% of the 14-15 year old girls and 24% of the boys would like to lose weight, but only 15% of the girls are `clinically' overweight, although 19% of the boys are (p. 10).
Food choices
Low-fat milk is not really popular - almost two-thirds of the boys and girls rarely or never drink it. Low-fat spreads are more popular, about two-thirds of all the young people having them at least once a week. Ordinary white bread is more popular with everyone than wholemeal or high-fibre bread. Almost a third of the boys and almost half the girls eat fresh fruit on most days. More than a quarter of the boys rarely or never eat salads.
More boys than girls enjoy fizzy drinks, biscuits, and add sugar to hot drinks (pp. 11-18).
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Group 2: DOCTOR & DENTIST
Going to the doctor
About 25% of the boys and 30% of the girls reported visiting their GP within the previous month, and about 50% of all the young people had done so within the previous three months (p. 22).
Confidence with the doctor
Almost 60% of the boys, compared with about 40% of the girls, reported being `at ease' on their last visit (p. 23).
Toothbrushing
About 70% of the boys and more than 80% of the girls brush their teeth at least twice a day (p. 24).
Going to the dentist
At least 80% of all the young people reported visiting the dentist in the previous six months; up to 18% had fillings on their last visit (pp. 2627).
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Group 3: HEALTH & SAFETY
Cycling
The percentage of cyclists that wear a safety helmet on most occasions or always falls from 20% (12-13) to 10% (14-15). 40-50% of the young people had been on a cycle training course at some time (pp. 30-32).
Toilet hygiene
More than a quarter of the boys and about 15% of the girls do not always wash their hands after using the lavatory, even if the facilities are available (p. 33).
Baths & showers
More than 40% of the 14-15 year old girls and a quarter of the boys had at least seven baths or showers during the week before the survey. 30% of the 12-13 year old girls also achieved this number of `cleansings' (p. 34).
Asthma
About 18% of the young people report having asthma, although up to 10% do not know if they have it or not(p. 35).
Disturbed nights
About a third of the boys and almost half the girls wake themselves up with coughing at least occasionally (p. 40).
Medication
Almost half the older girls had taken painkillers on at least one day during the previous week (p. 41), and during the same period a quarter of the boys and a third of the girls had taken something for colds, throat infections, or flu (p. 39).
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Group 4: FAMILY, HOME, AND NEIGHBOURHOOD
Family structure
About 70% of the young people live with both parents, and up to 14% live in single-parent families (p. 46).
School journey
About 40% of the pupils walk all the way to school; almost 50% are transported from door to door (p. 54).
Television
Half the young people spent up to two hours watching television on the previous weekday evening. Almost a fifth had watched for more than three hours (p. 55).
Homework
Over a quarter of the 14-15 year old pupils did no homework on the evening before the survey (p. 57).
Computer games
Almost 50% of the 14-15 year old boys spent some time playing computer games on the previous evening (p. 58).
Evening activities
The most popular of all is television watching (over 80%), with homework, listening to music, computer games (boys), reading magazines and looking after pets also high in the list. Over half the boys played some sport (p. 59).
Mass entertainment ITV is the most popular channel (p. 63).
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Group 5: DRUGS
Smoking levels
A quarter of the 14-15 year old boys, and almost a third of the girls, smoked at least one cigarette during the previous week. These `smoking' percentages are the highest recorded in 11 years of surveys (p. 68).
Sources of cigarettes
20% of the 14-15 year old girls were able to buy cigarettes from a shop (p. 73).
Attitude to smoking
Within the 17% of boys and 23% of girls in the 14-15 age range that call themselves `regular' smokers, only about 6% say that they do not want to give up (p. 74).
Exposure to alcohol
About 40% of the 12-13 year olds and almost 60% of the 14-15 year olds had consumed at least one of the listed alcoholic drinks during the previous week (p. 78).
Beer or lager
About 40% of the boys aged 14-15 drank beer or lager during the previous week. The average amount consumed by these boys during this period was 3.2 pints (p. 81).
Alcohol units
During the previous week, about 6% of the 14-15 year old boys drank more than 21 units, and 8% of the girls drank more than 14 units. These are the officially-recommended maximum adult figures (p. 89).
Obtaining alcohol
Among the young people aged 14-15, 18% of the boys were able to buy alcoholic drink from an off-licence, and 10% of the girls obtained it from a pub (p. 92).
Drinking at home
Of the 12-13 year olds, more than 20% had drunk alcohol at home during the previous week. This figure rises to about 30% for the 14-15 year olds. About 40% of the 14-15 year olds drink at home without their parents always knowing (pp. 93 & 94).
Exposure to illegal drugs
Among the 14-15 year olds more than a third have been offered cannabis, and over 40% have been offered one or more illegal drugs (p. 96).
Drug use
Among the boys aged 14-15, 31% have used cannabis at least once; 6% have used synthetic hallucinogens such as LSD. Among the girls of the same age, the figures are 28% and 6% respectively. Only about 6% of the 12-13 year olds had tried cannabis (p. 97).
Drug users
About 70% of the 14-15 year olds are fairly sure or certain that they know at least one drug user (p. 98).
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Group 6: MONEY
Paid work during term time
The percentage of young people with a regular job rises from about 23% (12-13) to 40% (14-15) (p. 102).
Hours worked
The 14-15 year old `workers' are working an average of 6.3 hours. About 13% of them worked for 11 hours or more during the week before the survey (p. 104).
Money earned
The 12-13 year old `workers' earned an average of 9.27 (boys) and 8.21 (girls). At 14-15 the averages were 14.76 and 13.63 respectively (p. 106).
Pocket money
For 12-13 year old boys and girls the average pocket money was 4.08 and 4.12 respectively. For the 14-15 year olds the values were 5.85 and 5.65 (p. 107).
Total income
For 12-13 year old boys and girls the average total income from pocket money and job (if any) was 5.56 and 5.02 respectively. For the 14-15 year olds the values were 10.23 and 9.61 (p. 108).
Items bought
Sweets, crisps, soft drinks, and comics or magazines are among the most popular items for boys and girls. 16% of the 14-15 year old boys purchased.
Lottery tickets
Almost 10% of these boys bought at least one Instants card during the previous 7 days (pp. 11112).
Spending money
The average amounts spent during the week before the survey were as follows. Boys aged 12-13, 6.18; aged 14-15, 11.29. For girls these figures were 5.01 and 9.46 (p. 110).
Staying in budget
Comparing income and expenditure suggests that the girls are more responsible than the boys in this respect.
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Group 7: SPORT
Enjoyment of sport
60% of all the boys but only about 36% of the girls enjoy physical activities `a lot' (p. 116).
Active sports
Many of the listed activities show a decline in involvement with increasing age. Notable exceptions are squash, badminton, and weight-training (pp. 117-20).
Fitness
More boys than girls consider themselves fit or very fit, but even so the number of boys considering themselves very fit falls from 16% (12-13) to 13% (14-15). The number of girls considering themselves unfit or very unfit rises from 14% (12-13) to 24% (14-15) (p. 121).
Frequency of activity
In general, boys are more active than girls. A third exercised hard enough to make themselves short of breath three or more times during the previous week (p. 122).
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Group 8: SOCIAL & PERSONAL
Boyfriends and girlfriends
76% and 68% of the 14-15 year old boys and girls respectively did not have a current partner (p. 125).
Information about sex
Parents become less important, and friends become more important, with increasing age, but the majority of teenagers of all ages feel that their parents should be the main source of information (pp. 127-28).
Worries
`How you look' is the principal worry for girls, but career, family, and HIV/AIDS are also high on the list of the older teenagers (p. 129).
Self-esteem
In the scoring method used in the surveys, boys' self-esteem tends to be higher than girls' (p. 137).
Control of personal health
At least a third of the young people feel that their health is dominated by external factors that they can do nothing about. Among the rest, more boys than girls feel that they are, in fact, able to do something positive about their health (p. 13840).
Getting on with adults
About 40% of the 12-13 year olds give `mother and father' as the adults with whom they get on best. For the 14-15 age Group, `mother' alone is also nominated by a substantial percentage (p. 141).
Life satisfaction
More than 15% of the boys and 20% of the girls record a depressed outlook, while about the same proportion are not sure how they feel. About 20% of the boys and 12% of the girls, however, are very satisfied with their lives (p. 143).
Transmitting HIV
More than a third of the young people surveyed think that blood transfusions in the UK are potentially dangerous (p. 144).
Birth control services
Among the 14-15 age Group, two-thirds of the boys and almost half the girls do not know if there is a local service for young people (p. 148).
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Group 9: PERSONAL SAFETY
Neighbourhood safety
Up to a quarter of the young people think that safety outside after dark is poor or very poor (p. 150).
Bullying
About a third of the 12-13 year old girls and a quarter of the boys sometimes, often, or very often fear going to school because of bullying (p. 151).
Fear of physical attack
About 12% of the 14-15 year old girls fear physical attack often or very often, while over half the girls and more than one-third of the boys fear it at least sometimes (p. 152).
Carrying personal protection
A third of the 14-15 year old boys, and 20% of the girls, report that they may carry some kind of protection when they go out (p. 152).
Items carried
For the boys, a weapon with a blade was the most popular form of protection (12-13 year olds 13%, 14-15 year olds 18%). A sound alarm was the most likely form of protection for girls (8%), although 5% of 14-15 year old girls would also carry a weapon with a blade (p. 153).
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Group 10: SCRATCH CARDS & ARCADE MACHINES
Frequency of playing
Among the 14-15 year olds, 45% of boys and 40% of girls had tried scratch cards during the previous year (p. 164).
Amount spent
On average, the 14-15 year old male players spent 3.68 on arcade machines during the previous month. The girl players spent 1.58 (p. 165).
Stealing to play
During the previous year, about 10% of the older boys and 5% of the girls had taken, or obtained, playing money without permission (p. 174).
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22,067 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 primary and secondary schools across the United Kingdom.
Annually since 1986 we have published the collected Health Related Behaviour Questionnaire results received during the year from pupils in secondary schools across the UK. Data from more than 350,000 pupils between the ages of 11 and 18 have now been recorded since the questionnaire's genesis in 1977. This report, the eleventh, describes 22,067 young people in Years 8, 9 and 10 of secondary schooling (aged 12-15). The data describe what young people do at home, at school, and with their friends; how they think other people see them; to whom they turn for help with problems; how they spend their money; concerns about personal safety, and beliefs that affect their lifestyle. Results from a new section on gambling (scratch cards and arcade machines) are also included for the first time.
The book is divided into ten sections covering DIET, DOCTOR & DENTIST, HEALTH & SAFETY, HOME, DRUGS, MONEY, SPORT, SOCIAL & PERSONAL, PERSONAL SAFETY, and SCRATCH CARDS & ARCADE MACHINES.
YOUNG PEOPLE IN 1996 Some highlights from the results
THE 1996 FINDINGS
- Group 1: DIET
- Group 2: DOCTOR & DENTIST
- Group 3: HEALTH & SAFETY
- Group 4: FAMILY, HOME, AND NEIGHBOURHOOD
- Group 5: DRUGS
- Group 6: MONEY
- Group 7: SPORT
- Group 8: SOCIAL & PERSONAL
- Group 9: PERSONAL SAFETY
- Group 10: SCRATCH CARDS & ARCADE MACHINES
THE 1986-1996 COMPARISON FOR 14-15 YEAR OLDS
- Group 1: DIET
- Group 2: DOCTOR & DENTIST
- Group 3: HEALTH & SAFETY
- Group 4: FAMILY, HOME & NEIGHBOURHOOD
- Group 5: DRUGS
- Group 6: MONEY
- Group 7: SPORT
- Group 8: SOCIAL & PERSONAL
YOUNG PEOPLE IN 1996 Some highlights from the results
THE 1996 FINDINGS
Group 1: DIET
Breakfast
Almost 15% of the 14-15 year old girls had nothing at all for breakfast on a schoolday. 20% had nothing to eat, although some of these did have a drink (p. 3).
Lunch
15% of the 14-15 year old girls ate no lunch on their previous day at school (p. 2).
Healthy eating
Girls are more likely than boys to take health into account when choosing what to eat. A quarter of the 14-15 year old boys never do (p. 19).
Weight
61% of the 14-15 year old girls and 24% of the boys would like to lose weight, but only 15% of the girls are `clinically' overweight, although 19% of the boys are (p. 10).
Food choices
Low-fat milk is not really popular - almost two-thirds of the boys and girls rarely or never drink it. Low-fat spreads are more popular, about two-thirds of all the young people having them at least once a week. Ordinary white bread is more popular with everyone than wholemeal or high-fibre bread. Almost a third of the boys and almost half the girls eat fresh fruit on most days. More than a quarter of the boys rarely or never eat salads.
More boys than girls enjoy fizzy drinks, biscuits, and add sugar to hot drinks (pp. 11-18).
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Group 2: DOCTOR & DENTIST
Going to the doctor
About 25% of the boys and 30% of the girls reported visiting their GP within the previous month, and about 50% of all the young people had done so within the previous three months (p. 22).
Confidence with the doctor
Almost 60% of the boys, compared with about 40% of the girls, reported being `at ease' on their last visit (p. 23).
Toothbrushing
About 70% of the boys and more than 80% of the girls brush their teeth at least twice a day (p. 24).
Going to the dentist
At least 80% of all the young people reported visiting the dentist in the previous six months; up to 18% had fillings on their last visit (pp. 2627).
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Group 3: HEALTH & SAFETY
Cycling
The percentage of cyclists that wear a safety helmet on most occasions or always falls from 20% (12-13) to 10% (14-15). 40-50% of the young people had been on a cycle training course at some time (pp. 30-32).
Toilet hygiene
More than a quarter of the boys and about 15% of the girls do not always wash their hands after using the lavatory, even if the facilities are available (p. 33).
Baths & showers
More than 40% of the 14-15 year old girls and a quarter of the boys had at least seven baths or showers during the week before the survey. 30% of the 12-13 year old girls also achieved this number of `cleansings' (p. 34).
Asthma
About 18% of the young people report having asthma, although up to 10% do not know if they have it or not(p. 35).
Disturbed nights
About a third of the boys and almost half the girls wake themselves up with coughing at least occasionally (p. 40).
Medication
Almost half the older girls had taken painkillers on at least one day during the previous week (p. 41), and during the same period a quarter of the boys and a third of the girls had taken something for colds, throat infections, or flu (p. 39).
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Group 4: FAMILY, HOME, AND NEIGHBOURHOOD
Family structure
About 70% of the young people live with both parents, and up to 14% live in single-parent families (p. 46).
School journey
About 40% of the pupils walk all the way to school; almost 50% are transported from door to door (p. 54).
Television
Half the young people spent up to two hours watching television on the previous weekday evening. Almost a fifth had watched for more than three hours (p. 55).
Homework
Over a quarter of the 14-15 year old pupils did no homework on the evening before the survey (p. 57).
Computer games
Almost 50% of the 14-15 year old boys spent some time playing computer games on the previous evening (p. 58).
Evening activities
The most popular of all is television watching (over 80%), with homework, listening to music, computer games (boys), reading magazines and looking after pets also high in the list. Over half the boys played some sport (p. 59).
Mass entertainment ITV is the most popular channel (p. 63).
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Group 5: DRUGS
Smoking levels
A quarter of the 14-15 year old boys, and almost a third of the girls, smoked at least one cigarette during the previous week. These `smoking' percentages are the highest recorded in 11 years of surveys (p. 68).
Sources of cigarettes
20% of the 14-15 year old girls were able to buy cigarettes from a shop (p. 73).
Attitude to smoking
Within the 17% of boys and 23% of girls in the 14-15 age range that call themselves `regular' smokers, only about 6% say that they do not want to give up (p. 74).
Exposure to alcohol
About 40% of the 12-13 year olds and almost 60% of the 14-15 year olds had consumed at least one of the listed alcoholic drinks during the previous week (p. 78).
Beer or lager
About 40% of the boys aged 14-15 drank beer or lager during the previous week. The average amount consumed by these boys during this period was 3.2 pints (p. 81).
Alcohol units
During the previous week, about 6% of the 14-15 year old boys drank more than 21 units, and 8% of the girls drank more than 14 units. These are the officially-recommended maximum adult figures (p. 89).
Obtaining alcohol
Among the young people aged 14-15, 18% of the boys were able to buy alcoholic drink from an off-licence, and 10% of the girls obtained it from a pub (p. 92).
Drinking at home
Of the 12-13 year olds, more than 20% had drunk alcohol at home during the previous week. This figure rises to about 30% for the 14-15 year olds. About 40% of the 14-15 year olds drink at home without their parents always knowing (pp. 93 & 94).
Exposure to illegal drugs
Among the 14-15 year olds more than a third have been offered cannabis, and over 40% have been offered one or more illegal drugs (p. 96).
Drug use
Among the boys aged 14-15, 31% have used cannabis at least once; 6% have used synthetic hallucinogens such as LSD. Among the girls of the same age, the figures are 28% and 6% respectively. Only about 6% of the 12-13 year olds had tried cannabis (p. 97).
Drug users
About 70% of the 14-15 year olds are fairly sure or certain that they know at least one drug user (p. 98).
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Group 6: MONEY
Paid work during term time
The percentage of young people with a regular job rises from about 23% (12-13) to 40% (14-15) (p. 102).
Hours worked
The 14-15 year old `workers' are working an average of 6.3 hours. About 13% of them worked for 11 hours or more during the week before the survey (p. 104).
Money earned
The 12-13 year old `workers' earned an average of 9.27 (boys) and 8.21 (girls). At 14-15 the averages were 14.76 and 13.63 respectively (p. 106).
Pocket money
For 12-13 year old boys and girls the average pocket money was 4.08 and 4.12 respectively. For the 14-15 year olds the values were 5.85 and 5.65 (p. 107).
Total income
For 12-13 year old boys and girls the average total income from pocket money and job (if any) was 5.56 and 5.02 respectively. For the 14-15 year olds the values were 10.23 and 9.61 (p. 108).
Items bought
Sweets, crisps, soft drinks, and comics or magazines are among the most popular items for boys and girls. 16% of the 14-15 year old boys purchased.
Lottery tickets
Almost 10% of these boys bought at least one Instants card during the previous 7 days (pp. 11112).
Spending money
The average amounts spent during the week before the survey were as follows. Boys aged 12-13, 6.18; aged 14-15, 11.29. For girls these figures were 5.01 and 9.46 (p. 110).
Staying in budget
Comparing income and expenditure suggests that the girls are more responsible than the boys in this respect.
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Group 7: SPORT
Enjoyment of sport
60% of all the boys but only about 36% of the girls enjoy physical activities `a lot' (p. 116).
Active sports
Many of the listed activities show a decline in involvement with increasing age. Notable exceptions are squash, badminton, and weight-training (pp. 117-20).
Fitness
More boys than girls consider themselves fit or very fit, but even so the number of boys considering themselves very fit falls from 16% (12-13) to 13% (14-15). The number of girls considering themselves unfit or very unfit rises from 14% (12-13) to 24% (14-15) (p. 121).
Frequency of activity
In general, boys are more active than girls. A third exercised hard enough to make themselves short of breath three or more times during the previous week (p. 122).
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Group 8: SOCIAL & PERSONAL
Boyfriends and girlfriends
76% and 68% of the 14-15 year old boys and girls respectively did not have a current partner (p. 125).
Information about sex
Parents become less important, and friends become more important, with increasing age, but the majority of teenagers of all ages feel that their parents should be the main source of information (pp. 127-28).
Worries
`How you look' is the principal worry for girls, but career, family, and HIV/AIDS are also high on the list of the older teenagers (p. 129).
Self-esteem
In the scoring method used in the surveys, boys' self-esteem tends to be higher than girls' (p. 137).
Control of personal health
At least a third of the young people feel that their health is dominated by external factors that they can do nothing about. Among the rest, more boys than girls feel that they are, in fact, able to do something positive about their health (p. 13840).
Getting on with adults
About 40% of the 12-13 year olds give `mother and father' as the adults with whom they get on best. For the 14-15 age Group, `mother' alone is also nominated by a substantial percentage (p. 141).
Life satisfaction
More than 15% of the boys and 20% of the girls record a depressed outlook, while about the same proportion are not sure how they feel. About 20% of the boys and 12% of the girls, however, are very satisfied with their lives (p. 143).
Transmitting HIV
More than a third of the young people surveyed think that blood transfusions in the UK are potentially dangerous (p. 144).
Birth control services
Among the 14-15 age Group, two-thirds of the boys and almost half the girls do not know if there is a local service for young people (p. 148).
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Group 9: PERSONAL SAFETY
Neighbourhood safety
Up to a quarter of the young people think that safety outside after dark is poor or very poor (p. 150).
Bullying
About a third of the 12-13 year old girls and a quarter of the boys sometimes, often, or very often fear going to school because of bullying (p. 151).
Fear of physical attack
About 12% of the 14-15 year old girls fear physical attack often or very often, while over half the girls and more than one-third of the boys fear it at least sometimes (p. 152).
Carrying personal protection
A third of the 14-15 year old boys, and 20% of the girls, report that they may carry some kind of protection when they go out (p. 152).
Items carried
For the boys, a weapon with a blade was the most popular form of protection (12-13 year olds 13%, 14-15 year olds 18%). A sound alarm was the most likely form of protection for girls (8%), although 5% of 14-15 year old girls would also carry a weapon with a blade (p. 153).
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Group 10: SCRATCH CARDS & ARCADE MACHINES
Frequency of playing
Among the 14-15 year olds, 45% of boys and 40% of girls had tried scratch cards during the previous year (p. 164).
Amount spent
On average, the 14-15 year old male players spent 3.68 on arcade machines during the previous month. The girl players spent 1.58 (p. 165).
Stealing to play
During the previous year, about 10% of the older boys and 5% of the girls had taken, or obtained, playing money without permission (p. 174).
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YOUNG PEOPLE IN 1996 Some highlights from the results
THE 1986-1996 COMPARISON FOR 14-15 YEAR OLDS
Group 1: DIET
Compared with what they recorded doing in 1986...
Group 2: DOCTOR & DENTIST
Compared with what they recorded doing in 1986...
Group 3: HEALTH & SAFETY
Compared with what they recorded doing in 1986...
Group 4: FAMILY, HOME & NEIGHBOURHOOD
Compared with what they recorded doing in 1986...
Group 5: DRUGS
Compared with what they recorded doing in 1986...
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Group 6: MONEY
Compared with what they recorded doing in 1986...
Group 7: SPORT
Compared with what they recorded doing in 1986...
Group 8: SOCIAL & PERSONAL
Compared with what they recorded doing in 1986...
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THE 1986-1996 COMPARISON FOR 14-15 YEAR OLDS
Group 1: DIET
Compared with what they recorded doing in 1986...
- More are having something for BREAKFAST
- More are having PACKED LUNCH at school
- Fewer go HOME for lunch
- More girls are having SOMETHING for lunch
- Fewer are eating CHIPS frequently
- Fewer are eating CRISPS frequently
Group 2: DOCTOR & DENTIST
Compared with what they recorded doing in 1986...
- They are going to the DOCTOR slightly more frequently
- More are BRUSHING their teeth twice daily instead of only once
- The FREQUENCY of visits to the dentist has not changed
- Fewer record having had FILLINGS on their last visit to the dentist
Group 3: HEALTH & SAFETY
Compared with what they recorded doing in 1986...
- Fewer seem to have gone on a CYCLING COURSE
- More are WASHING THEIR HANDS whenever possible after using the toilet
- Similar numbers are recording taking PAINKILLERS
Group 4: FAMILY, HOME & NEIGHBOURHOOD
Compared with what they recorded doing in 1986...
- Fewer (especially boys) are going to school by BICYCLE
- Fewer are watching TELEVISION for 3 hours or more
- More are watching NO TELEVISION at all
- More play COMPUTER GAMES
- Fewer are reading BOOKS for enjoyment
Group 5: DRUGS
Compared with what they recorded doing in 1986...
- More are smoking CIGARETTES
- BEER AND LAGER drinking patterns are similar
- CIDER consumption has fallen slightly
- Consumption of WINE may have increased slightly
- Consumption of FORTIFIED WINE by girls has dropped considerably
- SPIRITS appear to have become more popular with girls
- Overall, fewer young people are DRINKING more per head
- Fewer are BUYING alcoholic drink in a pub or bar, but more are purchasing it from an off-licence and possibly from a supermarket
- More are drinking at friends' and relations' HOMES
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Group 6: MONEY
Compared with what they recorded doing in 1986...
- Fewer, especially boys, report having a regular paid JOB
- More girls work as BABYSITTERS
- Fewer girls work in a SHOP or have a PAPER ROUND
- The `workers' are not working such long HOURS
- More are putting money into SAVINGS schemes
Group 7: SPORT
Compared with what they recorded doing in 1986...
- FEWER GIRLS are participating in the listed sports
Group 8: SOCIAL & PERSONAL
Compared with what they recorded doing in 1986...
- A similar percentage have a BOYFRIEND OR GIRLFRIEND
- Fewer use their parents as their main source of information about SEX; more turn to their friends
- Teachers are much less likely to be approached about SCHOOL PROBLEMS
- More would share problems to do with money, health, and career with MOTHER AND FATHER together
- Their selection of their FAVOURITE ADULT was very similar
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