\n \nYPBAS 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.
Please note that from the 5th edition (2013) the title has been changed to the Young Persons' Behaviour and Attitudes Survey. \n
Main Topics: The main topics covered in most years of the YPBAS include:
demographics
school
travelling to school
nutrition and sports
smoking
alcohol, solvents and drugs
personal safety
sexual experience and relationships
health
education
To accommodate demand for topics on the 2013 survey, two versions of the questionnaire were used. Schools were randomly assigned one version of the questionnaire. Whilst some of the questions were amended the overall format was similar to that used in 2010. A number of new topics were added into the questionnaire: \n \n
family financial circumstances,
starting a business,
shared education,
Irish and Ulster Scots,
Police Ombudsman,
breastfeeding,
flu vaccine,
organ donation,
health and wellbeing,
firework safety,
medicines and long term conditions.
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