The 2009 Young Life and Times (YLT) survey was carried out between 26 November and 31 December 2009. 856 sixteen-year-olds took part.

Click on the topics below to see all the questions asked on that topic in 2009. You can link to tables and charts of results for each question.

 

• Background
• Community Relations
• Family
• Identity
• Mental Health and Self-harm
• Minority Ethnic Groups
• Rights
• Social Capital
• Volunteering

Youth Volunteering: Making a Difference to Community Relations by Christine Irvine and Dirk Schubotz (Research Update 69)

Mental and emotional health of 16-year olds? by Dirk Schubotz and Gillian McMullan (Research Update 67)

A leaflet providing a summary of results from the 2009 survey is available in PDF format (254kb).

The technical information is available in PDF format.

 

All work that uses or refers to the 2009 Young Life and Times Survey should acknowledge it using the following bibliographic citation:
ARK. Young Life and Times Survey, 2009 [computer file]. ARK www.ark.ac.uk/ylt [distributor], April 2010.

Part-funded by the Volunteer Development Agency, The Patient and Client Council and the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister.

Maintained by Paula Devine