The What About Youth? study Questionnaire topics The What About Youth? questionnaire contains 72 questions in total, split into 11 questionnaire sections on important subjects such as alcohol, smoking, exercise and bullying. This document details the topic of each of the 72 questions so that you know what young people are being asked questions about. Remember that participation in the What About Youth? study is completely voluntary. If a young person decides to complete the questionnaire, they do not have to answer any questions that they feel uncomfortable answering – they may simply leave it blank. Please also bear in mind that not all young people will be asked to answer all questions. The questions that they answer will depend on their experiences. For example, if a young person has never smoked a cigarette, they will not be asked to answer the questions on frequency of smoking cigarettes and age of first cigarette. If having read this document, you would like further information about the What About Youth? study, please contact Ipsos MORI at [email protected] or on Freephone 0800 2600526. What about you and what you eat? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Health in general Healthiness of food eaten at home, at school and out with friends Portions of beans or pulses eaten yesterday Portions of vegetables eaten yesterday Portions of fruit juice drank yesterday Portions of fruit eaten yesterday Frequency of eating take-away food, breakfast and sleeping for 8 hours or more What about free time? 8. 9. 10. 11. Hours a day spent watching television programmes or films Hours a day spent playing games on computer or console Hours a day spent using a computer for chatting on-line Hours a day spent using a smart phone 12. Hours a day spent reading books What about physical activity? 13. 14. 15. Hours spent being physically active over the past 7 days Frequency of exercise outside school hours Hours spent exercising outside school hours per week What about smoking? 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. Use of cigarettes Frequency of smoking cigarettes Age of first cigarette Use of e-cigarettes Use of other tobacco products Attitudes towards smoking What about drinking? 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. Whether had an alcoholic drink Age of first alcoholic drink Frequency of alcohol consumption Whether been drunk in past four weeks Frequency of drunkenness in past four weeks Whether tried to get drunk intentionally Consequences of drinking alcohol experienced What about drugs? 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. Whether been offered Cannabis Use of Cannabis Age of first Cannabis use Most recent Cannabis use Incidence of Cannabis use Whether been offered drugs (other than Cannabis) Use of drugs Age of first drug use Most recent drug use Incidence of drug use Attitudes towards drug use What about how you feel? 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. Attitude towards body size Feelings and thoughts (Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale) Satisfaction with life Worth of life activities Feelings of happiness Feelings of anxiety What about bullying? 46. 47. Frequency of being bullied Frequency of participating in bullying What about family? 48. 49. Household composition Number of siblings What about how you live? The questions in this section of the questionnaire are about the young person’s life and where they live. These questions are important to enable us to see how experiences vary between different groups of young people. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. Household car ownership Bedroom of their own Household computer ownership Personal computer Number of bathrooms in house Household dishwasher ownership Number of family holidays in past year What about you? 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. Gender Month of birth Year of birth Country of birth Postcode Ethnicity Sexual orientation Religion Learning disability Long-term illness Health effects of long-term illness Medication for long-term illness Effect of long-term illness on school attendance Any other comments on health and well-being (open-ended) Whether received help to complete the questionnaire Permission to re-contact for future research