Young Persons' Behaviour and Attitudes Survey, 2016

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Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Young Persons' Behaviour and Attitudes Survey (YPBAS) is a school-based survey carried out among 11-16 year olds and covers a wide range of topics relevant to the lives of young people today. The main aim of the YPBAS is to gain an insight into, and increase understanding of, the behaviours and lifestyles of adolescents. It also aims to influence various government policies and practices relating to young people and to facilitate access to research findings and expertise. YPBAS was introduced in 2000 as an omnibus survey of post-primary school children which replaced a number of previous surveys. It is a triennial study, conducted once every three years. Repeating this survey on a regular basis will allow government to continue to identify and monitor any significant changes, and if necessary, new policies and strategies will be developed and implemented as a result. Therefore to ensure comparability, the same methodology has been applied over the all rounds to date and the questionnaires were of a similar format.Further information is available on the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) Young Persons' Behaviour and Attitudes Survey webpages.

Main Topics:The main topics covered in most years of the YPBAS include:demographicsschooltravelling to schoolnutrition and sportssmokingalcohol, solvents and drugspersonal safetysexual experience and relationshipshealtheducation

To accommodate demand for topics on the 2016 YPBAS, two versions of the questionnaire were used. Schools were randomly assigned one version of the questionnaire. In 2016 a number of new topics were added into the questionnaire: learning to drive;careers advice and guidance;university;young carers (not currently included in the UK Data Service dataset);creative industries;employment;money;sign language;self efficacy;tattooing and piercing.; The previous topics on family financial circumstances, Irish and Ulster Scots, Police Ombudsman, 'flu vaccine, social support, firework safety and attitudes towards sexual violence were removed.

Multi-stage stratified random sample

Self-completion

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-8258-1
Metadata Access https://datacatalogue.cessda.eu/oai-pmh/v0/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_ddi25&identifier=3f3591782da2218e05e0bb294e984fc524e2f4f3d13d31d60bf4d92c9022bbe4
Provenance
Creator Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Survey Unit
Publisher UK Data Service
Publication Year 2017
Funding Reference Northern Ireland, Department of Health; Northern Ireland. The Executive Office; Northern Ireland, Department of Education; Northern Ireland, Department for Infrastructure; Northern Ireland, Department for the Economy; Northern Ireland, Department for Communities
Rights <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/re-using-public-sector-information/uk-government-licensing-framework/crown-copyright/" target="_blank">© Crown copyright</a>. The use of these data is subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">UK Data Service End User Licence Agreement</a>. Additional restrictions may also apply.; <p>The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">End User Licence Agreement</a>.</p><p>Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.</p>
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Representation
Resource Type Numeric
Discipline Economics; Social and Behavioural Sciences
Spatial Coverage Northern Ireland