Mode of completion
1 = paper
2 = online

1. Are you male or female?
1 = Male
2 = Female
99 = Missing

2. How many years have you lived in Northern Ireland? (recoded)
1 = 0-5 years
2 = 6-10 years
3 = 11-15 years
4 = 16 years

1 = A big city
2 = The suburbs or outskirts of a big city
3 = A small city or town
4 = A country village
5 = Or, a farm or home in the country?
99 = Missing

5. To which ethnic group do you consider you belong? (recoded)
1 = White/Caucasian
2 = White European
3 = White Catholic
4 = White Protestant
5 = White Irish
6 = White British
7 = Northern Irish
8 = Protestant
9 = Catholic/Irish Catholic/Roman Catholic
10 = Christian/White Christian
11 = British
12 = Irish
13 = Mixed origin
14 = don't know/none
15 = other
99 = Missing

6. Do you consider yourself to be a member of a minority ethnic community?
1 = Yes
2 = No
99 = Missing

7. What have you been doing since October 2009?
1 = At school or college full time
2 = Working full time
3 = Working part time
4 = At school or college and working part time
5 = On a training scheme
6 = Unemployed
7 = Other
99 = Missing

8. What do you think you will be doing in two years time, in October 2011?
1 = Going to college or university full time
2 = Working full time
3 = Working part time
4 = At college or university and working part time
5 = On a training scheme
6 = Unemployed
7 = Other
99 = Missing

9. What type of school do you attend? If you have left school, what type of school did you last attend?
1 = Planned Integrated
2 = Grammar
3 = Secondary
4 = Irish language
5 = Special School
6 = Other
99 = Missing

1 = All or nearly all Protestant
2 = All or nearly all Catholic
3 = Mostly Protestant
4 = Mostly Catholic
5 = About half Protestant and half Catholic
99 = Missing

11. Do you currently live with your parents, including adoptive parents?
1 = Yes, with my mother and my father in the same household
2 = Yes, with my mother, but not my father
3 = Yes, with my father, but not my mother
4 = Yes, with my mother for some of the time, and with my father for some of the time
5 = Other
99 = Missing

14. How well off do you think your family is financially?
1 = Not at all well off
2 = Not very well off
3 = Average
4 = Well off
5 = Very well off
99 = Missing

0 = None
1 = 1
2 = 2-3
3 = 4-5
4 = 6-10
5 = more than 10

17. Does this illness or disability limit your activities in any way?
-1 = SKIP FROM Q16 DISAB - NO DISABILITY
1 = Yes
2 = No
99 = Missing

18. Which statement below best describes what you know about the rights of children and young people living in Northern Ireland?
3 = We have rights, and I could list a few
4 = We have rights, and I know a great deal about them
99 = Missing

20. How much do you know about the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child?
-1 = SKIP FROM Q19 HEARDUNC - 'NO' OR 'DON'T KNOW'
1 = A lot
2 = A little
3 = Nothing
99 = Missing

21. How well do you think the government protects your rights as a young person?
1 = Not a lot
2 = A little
3 = Adequately
4 = Very well
99 = Missing

22. If you wanted to find out about volunteering opportunities, how would you like to receive such information? Through your school
0 = Not Ticked
1 = Ticked

24. How have you heard about the Programme? Through school
-1 = SKIP FROM Q23 EVMILVOL - 'NO' OR 'DON'T KNOW'
0 = Not Ticked
1 = Ticked

25. Have you volunteered in the past 12 months?
1 = Yes, I have volunteered for one or more than one organisation
2 = Yes, I have volunteered informally (not for an organisation)
3 = Yes, I have volunteered both for an organisation as well as informally
4 = No, I have not volunteered
99 = Missing

26. And how often have you volunteered in the following fields in the past 12 months? Within your school
-1 = SKIP FROM Q25 VOLPAST - NEVER VOLUNTEERED
1 = Once a week
2 = Once a fortnight
3 = Once a month
4 = Less than once a month
5 = Only once in the last year
99 = Missing

27. What type of roles do you undertake when volunteering? Organising or helping to run an activity or event
-1 = SKIP FROM Q25 VOLPAST - NEVER VOLUNTEERED
0 = Not Ticked
1 = Ticked

-1 = SKIP FROM Q25 VOLPAST - NEVER VOLUNTEERED
1 = Strongly agree
2 = Agree
3 = Neither agree nor disagree
4 = Disagree
5 = Strongly disagree
99 = Missing

31. Approximately how many hours have you spent volunteering in the past 4 weeks?
-1 = SKIP FROM Q25 VOLPAST - NEVER VOLUNTEERED
1 = Less than one hour
2 = 1-5 hours
3 = 6-10 hours
4 = More than 10 hours
99 = Missing

34. Since you began your volunteering work, has your network of friends increased, decreased or remained the same?
-1 = SKIP FROM Q25 VOLPAST - NEVER VOLUNTEERED
1 = Increased
2 = Remained the same
3 = Decreased
99 = Missing
999 = Not Applicable

35. And how about your contact with people of a different community or religious backgrounds? Has this increased, decreased or remained the same?
-1 = SKIP FROM Q25 VOLPAST - NEVER VOLUNTEERED
1 = Increased
2 = Remained the same
3 = Decreased
99 = Missing

36. Which of the factors below help explain why you do not volunteer? I have too many other commitments (e.g. work, at school, at home)
-1 = SKIP FROM Q25 VOLPAST - HAS VOLUNTEERED IN PAST
0 = Not Ticked
1 = Ticked

39. All young people have problems at some time or another, and sometimes they may try to get help.
1 = Yes, but I did not try to get professional help
2 = Yes, and I did ask for professional help
3 = No, I have had few or no problems
4 = I have had, or now have, serious problems, but have never felt the need for professional help
99 = Missing

40. If you had such emotional or mental health problems, how helpful, do you think, these people or sources would be to you? Friends
1 = Not at all helpful
2 = A little helpful
3 = Quite helpful
4 = Very helpful
99 = Missing

43. Please say how much you agree or disagree with these statements. a.I believe that doctors and nurses understand and respect my right to confidentiality when it comes to my emotional or mental health problems.
1 = Strongly agree
2 = Agree
3 = Neither agree nor disagree
4 = Disagree
5 = Strongly disagree
99 = Missing

1 = Mainly Catholic
2 = Mainly Protestant
3 = Or mixed?
99 = Missing

46. If yes, which?
-1 = SKIP FROM Q45 - no religious belonging
1 = Church of Ireland (Anglican)
2 = Catholic
3 = Presbyterian
4 = Methodist
5 = Baptist
6 = Free Presbyterian
7 = Brethren
8 = Other
99 = Missing

47. How important is religious identity to you?
1 = Very important
2 = Quite important
3 = Neither important nor unimportant
4 = Not very important
5 = Not at all important
99 = Missing

48. Which of these best describes the way you think of yourself?
1 = British
2 = Irish
3 = Ulster
4 = Northern Irish
5 = Other
99 = Missing

50. And do you see yourself as:
1 = Part of the Protestant community
2 = Part of the Catholic community
3 = Neither
99 = Missing

51. 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?
1 = Better
2 = Worse
3 = About the same
4 = Other
99 = Missing

53. Do you think that religion will always make a difference to the way people feel about each other in Northern Ireland?
1 = Yes
2 = No
3 = Other
99 = Missing

54. 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?
1 = Own religion only
2 = Mixed-religion neighbourhood
3 = Other
99 = Missing

55. And if you were looking for a job, would you prefer a workplace with people of only your own religion, or a mixed-religion workplace?
1 = Own religion only
2 = Mixed-religion workplace
3 = Other
99 = Missing

56. And if you were deciding where to send your children to school, would you prefer a school with children of only your own religion, or a mixed-religion school?
1 = Own religion only
2 = Mixed-religion school
3 = Other
99 = Missing

57.Thinking about how you feel about people from other ethnic backgrounds to yourself, what do you think has been the most important influence on your views?
1 = My church or place of worship
2 = My family
3 = My school
4 = My friends
5 = The media
6 = Other
99 = Missing

58. How favourable or unfavourable do you feel about people from minority ethnic groups?
1 = Very favourable
2 = Favourable
3 = Neither favourable nor unfavourable
4 = Unfavourable
5 = Very unfavourable
99 = Missing

59. How often do you socialise or play sport with people from a different ethnic background to yourself?
1 = Very often
2 = Sometimes
3 = Rarely
4 = Never
99 = Missing

60. About how many of your friends would you say are the same race or ethnic origin as you?
1 = All
2 = Most
3 = Half
4 = Less than half
5 = None
7 = Other
99 = Missing

63. Which of the following statements applies best to you?
1 = only to females and never to males
2 = more often to females and at least once to a male
3 = about equally often to females and males
4 = more often to males and at least once to a female
5 = only to males and never to females
6 = I have never felt sexually attracted to anyone at all.
99 = Missing

1 = Not at all
2 = A little
3 = Quite a bit
4 = A lot
99 = Missing

1 = Catholic
2 = Protestant
3 = Other
4 = No religion