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Q1. Are you male or female?
Q2. How many years have you lived in Northern Ireland?
Q4. Would you describe the place where you live as:
Q5. To which ethnic group do you consider you belong? recoded
Q6. Do you consider yourself to be a member of a minority ethnic community?
Q7. What do you think you will be doing in October 2007?
Q8. What do you think you will be doing in two years time, in October 2009?
Q9 What type of school did you last attend?
Q10 Would you describe your school as?
Q11 School uniform
Q11 School books and materials
Q11 Day trips/events during the school day
Q11 Day trips/events outside school hours
Q11 School organised holiday trips
Q11 Other
Q12 How well off do you think your family is financially?
Q13 Some people have extra family responsibilties because they look after someone who is sick disabled or elderly is there anyone living with you who is sick disabled or elderly whom you personally look after or give special help to?
Q15 What about people not living with you, do you personally provide some regular services or help for any sick, disabled, or elderly friend or neighbour not living with you
Q17 Do you have a long standing illness, disability?
Q18 Does illness or disability limit your activities in any way?
Q19 Do you think that most people in Northern Ireland would mind or not mind if one of their close relatives were to marry someone with a physical disability?
Q20 And you personally? Would you mind or not mind?
Q21 About how many of your friends would you say have a disability?
Q22 Would you say that someone in Northern Ireland was in poverty if they did not have enough to eat and live?
Q23 Would you say that someone in Northern Ireland was in poverty if they had enough to eat and live, but not enough to buy other essential items?
Q24 Do you consider each of the following items to be essential for children and young people in Northern Ireland: three meals a day including fresh fruit and vegetables
Q24 Do you consider each of the following items to be essential for children and young people in Northern Ireland: A tv
Q24 Do you consider each of the following items to be essential for children and young people in Northern Ireland: a warm, secure home
Q24 Do you consider each of the following items to be essential for children and young people in Northern Ireland: being able to participate in social activities outside school
Q24 Do you consider each of the following items to be essential for children and young people in Northern Ireland: a week's holiday away from home each year
Q24 Do you consider each of the following items to be essential for children and young people in Northern Ireland: new clothes when needed
Q24 Do you consider each of the following items to be essential for children and young people in Northern Ireland: educational items such as school books
Q24 Do you consider each of the following items to be essential for children and young people in Northern Ireland: being able to have a birthday celebration
Q25 Which comes closest to your view - that there is very little real child poverty in Northern Ireland, or that there is quite a lot?
Q26 Which of the following statements best describes what you think about the number of children living in poverty in Northern Ireland?
Q27 The Northern Ireland Assembly was restored in May of this year. Do you think that child poverty should be a low or high priority for the new Assembly?
Q29 Do you think that these laws should be changed in order to prevent people from being discriminated against because they are poor?
Q31 Which statement below best describes what you know about the rights of children and young people living in Northern Ireland?
Q32 Have you ever heard about the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child?
Q33 How much do you know about the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child?
Q34 How well do you think the government protects your rights as a young person?
Q35 Have you recently been able to concentrate on whatever you are doing?
Q36 Have you recently lost much sleep over worry?
Q37 Have you recently felt you were playing a useful part in things?
Q38 Have you recently felt capable of making decisions about things?
Q39 Have you recently felt constantly under strain?
Q40 Have you recently felt you couldn't overcome your difficulties?
Q41 Have you recently been able to enjoy your normal day to day acticvities?
Q42 Have you recently been able to face up your problems?
Q43 Have you recently been feeling unhappy and depressed?
Q44 Have you recently been loosing confidence in yourself?
Q45 Have you recently been thinking of yourself as a worthless person?
Q46 Have you recently been feeling reasonably happy, all things considered?
Q47 How much interest do you generally have in what is going on in politics?
Q48 How much do you feel you know about politics in Northern Ireland?
Q49 What do you think should be the age from which people should be entitled to vote in parliamentary elections?
Q50 How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement? When people like me get involved in politics, they really can change the way things are run.
Q51 Have you ever been personally involved in any political activities, such as a local Shadow Youth Council or a youth wing of a political party?
Q51 Please say what political activity you have been personally involved in
Q52 Would you describe your area as:
Q53 Do you regard yourself as belonging to any particular religion?
Q55 Apart from special occasions such as weddings,funerals,baptisms,and so on how often nowadays do you attend services or meetings connected with your religion?
Q56 Some people feel very strongly about their religious identity that is whether they are Catholic, Protestant, or something else even if they dont got to church. How important is religious identity to you?
Q57 Which of these best descibe the way you think of yourself?
Q58 How important is national identity to you?
Q59 How favourable or unfavourable do you feel about people from the Catholic community?
Q60 How favourable or unfavourable do you feel about people from the Protestant community?
Q61 And how favourable and unfavourable do you feel about people from minority ethnic communities?
Q62 And do you see yourself as:
Q63 Thinking about how you feel about the other religious community, what do you think has been the most important influence on your views?
Q64 Thinking about your close friends, how many friends do you have from the other main religious community?
Q65 How often do you visit the homes of friends who are from the other religious communities?
Q66 How often do these friends visit your home?
Q67 And how often do you phone or text friends who are from the other religious community?
Q68 Have you ever attended any cross-community project OUTSIDE school? By that we mean a project that actively sought to involve young people from different ethnic or religious backgrounds.
Q69 Are you CURRENTLY involved in such a cross-community project outside school?
Q70 Thinking about the most recent cross- community project you took part in, how would you describe your contact with people from different religious or ethnic backgrounds?
Q71 Thinking about this project again, to what extent were you yourself actively involved in the organisation and running of the programme?
Q72 How much do you agree or disagree with this statement: If more cross-community projects were formed relations between different religions would be better.
Q72 How much do you agree or disagree with this statement: Sometimes cross-community events can feel awkward - not because of sectarian prejudices, but because you are automatically expected to get on with people you don't know.
Q72 How much do you agree or disagree with this statement: The sectarian hatred is now being directed towards minority ethnic communities, especially foreign workers coming into Northern Ireland.
Q72 How much do you agree or disagree with this statement: Most people would like to have more friends of a different religion, but never have the opportunity.
Q72 No amount of money-grabbing cross community projects will unite the two sides. Even if they were somehow magically reunited, people would find something else to stir up trouble.
Q73 How often do you socialise or play sport with people from a different religious community to yourself?
Q74 What about relations between Protestants and Catholics? Would you say they are better than they were 5 years ago, worse or about the same now as then?
Q75 And what about in 5 years time?
Q76 Do you think that religion will always make a difference to the way people feel about each other in Northern Ireland?
Q77 If you had a choice would you prefer to live in a neighbourhood with people of only your own religion or in a mixed religion neighbourhood?
Q78 And if you were looking for a job, would you prefer a workplace with people of only your religion or a mixed religion workplace?
Q79 And if you were deciding where to send your children to school would you prefer a school with children of your own religion or a mixed religion school?
Q80 About how many of your friends would you say are the same race or ethnic origin as you?
Q81 How much do you agree or disagree: 'In relation to colour and ethnicity I prefer to stick to people of my own kind.'
Q83 Which statement applies to you best: I have sexually attracted to:
Q84 Have you ever felt pressurised to do any of the following things even though you did not really want to? Join a paramilitary organisation
Q84 Have you ever felt pressurised to do any of the following things even though you did not really want to? Take illegal drugs
Q84 Have you ever felt pressurised to do any of the following things even though you did not really want to? Smoke cigarettes
Q84 Have you ever felt pressurised to do any of the following things even though you did not really want to? Drink alcohol
Q84 Have you ever felt pressurised to do any of the following things even though you did not really want to? Have sexual intercourse
Q84 Have you ever felt pressurised to do any of the following things even though you did not really want to? Lose weight
Q84 Have you ever felt pressurised to do any of the following things even though you did not really want to? Other
Q85 Where did the pressure TO JOIN A PARAMILITARY ORGANISATION mainly come from: friends, peers, the media or from some other source?
Q85 Where did the pressure TO TAKE ILLEAGAL DRUGS mainly come from: friends, peers, the media or from some other source?
Q85 Where did the pressure TO SMOKE CIGARETTES mainly come from: friends, peers, the media or from some other source?
Q85 Where did the pressure TO DRINK ALCOHOL mainly come from: friends, peers, the media or from: some other source?
Q85 Where did the pressure TO HAVE SEXUAL INTERCOURSE mainly come from: friends, peers, the media or from some other source?
Q85 Where did the pressure TO LOSE WEIGHT mainly come from: friends, peers, the media or from some other source?
Q85 Where did the pressure TO DO SOMETHING OTHER mainly come from friends, peers, the media or from some other source?
Q86 And have you yourself ever done any of these things? Used illegal drugs
Q86 And have you yourself ever done any of these things? Smoked tobacco
Q86 And have you yourself ever done any of these things? Drunk alcohol
Q86 And have you yourself ever done any of these things? Used solvents to get high
Q86 And have you yourself ever done any of these things? Had sexual intercourse
Q86 And have you yourself ever done any of these things? Stopped eating although you were hungry in order to lose weight
Q88 On average how much time a week to you spend on your hobbies and leisure time activities?
Q89 And, on average, how much money a week does it cost to follow your hobbies and leisure-time activities - regardless of whether you pay this money yourself or if someone else, e.g. a parent, is paying this money for you?