NI Young Life and Times Survey

	Number of respondents	% of respondents
Not being confident with the opposite sex	169	20
Thinking I may be gay	43	5
Having too much homework	387	46
Having to cope with criticism from family and teachers	317	38
Being pressurised to take drugs	39	5
Thinking about suicide	107	13
Being concerned that I drink too much	64	8
My appearance or body shape	426	51
Being in debt	119	14
Something else	123	15
None of the above	169	19

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Results for young men and women

	%
	Males	Females
Not being confident with the opposite sex	18	22
Thinking I may be gay	5	5
Having too much homework	35	53
Having to cope with criticism from family and teachers	32	41
Being pressurised to take drugs	6	4
Thinking about suicide	9	15
Being concerned that I drink too much	9	7
My appearance or body shape	29	65
Being in debt	11	16
Something else	13	18
None of the above	31	12

Results for people of different religion

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Not being confident with the opposite sex	23	18	18
Thinking I may be gay	6	4	5
Having too much homework	44	51	42
Having to cope with criticism from family and teachers	40	37	36
Being pressurised to take drugs	7	3	4
Thinking about suicide	14	11	14
Being concerned that I drink too much	9	6	8
My appearance or body shape	49	51	57
Being in debt	17	12	13
Something else	15	12	19
None of the above	20	18	20

'Something else' responses included:

A family member with a mental disability
Abuse from frickin chavs
ADHD - medical condition
anger
Anxiety
Attempted suicide of a family member
Being bullied, dealing with alcoholic parent
being compared to an older sister
Being dissapointed in myself
Being expected to produce top exam marks all the time, in every subject
being forced into things which i don't want and maybe at times not having enough money to spend
Break up of parents,.
Bullied at school
Bullying
Changing schools
Constantly feeling overwhelmed both at home and in school
Criticism from peers, attempted suicide of friend.
failure, sporting failures, tests.
Depression
eating too much
Estranged relationship with father who passed away recently.
Exams
Exams, family illness - mental and physical, family fighting, friends fighting, me in a fight (non-violent).
Family Arguments
Family arguments/relationships
Family financial difficulties, wanting to do really well in exams and school. family problems (2 repondents)
Fights with friends or family
Friend problems and moral issues.
Friends (2 respondents)
Friends being two-faced about girls
Friendship difficulties.
Frustration & feelings of insignificance in world terms.
Fundraising
Generally low self-esteem.
Getting thoughts in my head when I am in a relationship with a boy and I worry sometimes and don't know what to do.
Having confident with other people
Having no money
Having problems trying to cope with work/6th yr/thinking I'm not good enough of university.
Health and relationship problems
I do not suffer emotional problems. I have faith in God! These questions assume I do suffer emotional problems...!
I don't have any worries.
If you have family problems or if you are extremely unhappy in school.
Immature people thinking they are funny and knowing they are making me miserable with their childish snide comments.
Inability to read due to Dyslexia.
Issues with friends, confidence
Just in general thinking you aren't good enough & people not encouraging you.
Lack of confidence
Lonely and depressed
Lonely.
Loss of people close to me.
Low confidence, unable to do things by myself.
my dad
My Disability
My family
My friend who suffers severe depression - and now I deal with this is very difficult.
My friends' emotional problems
My mother is very depressed, she is suicidal.
My mum not being well
No money
None.
Not attracting the opposite sex
Not being accepted.
Not being the best that I can be.
Not having a boyfriend.
Not having enough time.
Not having time to have a part time job while studying 4 as levels and not receiving EMA. This is highly unfair - either all get it or no one gets it.
Not knowing how to say 'no' when asked to do stuff, then not being able to cope & letting people down.
Not understanding other people's feelings.
Nothing really
Paranoia and low self-esteem
Parents divorce
Peer pressure, negative teachers, no encouragement at school.
People from past relationships
Personal issues
Pressure from parents to be perfect.
Pressure from sporting activities.
Pressure to pass exams, get high grades, do extra-curricular activities, all in order to get into university.
Pressures from my part time job.
Problems with boyfriend.
Problems with friends.
Problems within the family.
Problems/arguments with friends
Relationship breaks down.
Relationship problems, a lot of studying for tests.
Relationships
Sexual abuse
Shyness
Sometimes situations at home and family illness, and death of relatives.
Stress from school
stress of exams
The stress of full time education and 2 part-time jobs.
The stress sport e.g. Gaelic football bring concerning the competiveness of it.
the way my sister treats my parents
Thinking about problems that we've in the past.
Thinking there's no point in anything that I do, no motivation to succeed in my schoolwork. Thinking I have depression, my friends having depression, my family life. No confidence at all.
Trouble getting to know people, lack of confidence generally
Trying to figure out how I should fit into life, what my future holds.
Under pressure to meet deadlines with school work, under pressure to achieve good results.
Wanting some money of my own. " wasting time, thinking.. Where did that day go?
[...] I have been receiving death threats.
Worried that I don't fit it, that I'm losing my friends.
Worrying about pregnancies or having knowledge on sex that I don't feel is 100% fact.
Worrying about school exams and pressurised to go out drinking at weekends with friends who go regularly to clubs.
Worrying what other people say behind your back!