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1. Are you male or female?
2. How many years have you lived in Northern Ireland?
5. To which ethnic group do you consider you belong? (recoded)
6. Do you consider yourself to be a member of a minority ethnic community?
7. What have you been doing since October 2010?
8. What do you think you will be doing in two years time, in October 2012?
9. What type of school do you attend? If you have left school, what type of school did you last attend?
11. Do you currently live with your parents, including adoptive parents?
12. How well off do you think your family is financially?
14. Do you have a long-standing illness, disability or infirmity? By long-standing we mean anything that has troubled you over a period of time or that is likely to affect you over a period of time?
15. Does this illness or disability limit your activities in any way?
16. Which of the following statements applies best to you?
17. How often do you do each of the following activities in your free time? Watch TV, DVD, videos
17. How often do you do each of the following activities in your free time? Go to the movies
17. How often do you do each of the following activities in your free time? Go out shopping
17. How often do you do each of the following activities in your free time? Read books
17. How often do you do each of the following activities in your free time? Attend cultural events such as concerts, live theatre, exhibitions
17. How often do you do each of the following activities in your free time? Get together with relatives
17. How often do you do each of the following activities in your free time? Get together with friends
17. How often do you do each of the following activities in your free time? Play cards or board games
17. How often do you do each of the following activities in your free time? Listen to music
17. How often do you do each of the following activities in your free time? Take part in physical activities such as sports, going to the gym, going for a walk
17. How often do you do each of the following activities in your free time? Attend sporting events as a spectator
17. How often do you do each of the following activities in your free time? Spend time on the Internet/PC
17. How often do you do each of the following activities in your free time? Other
In the box below, please write what leisure activity you would choose to spend time on, if you were not limited in any way, for example by time, money or access to facilities.
18. Have you ever been asked your opinion by any of the following people about spaces or facilities you use to play or spend your leisure time? Your parents or another relative
18. Have you ever been asked your opinion by any of the following people about spaces or facilities you use to play or spend your leisure time? Teachers
18. Have you ever been asked your opinion by any of the following people about spaces or facilities you use to play or spend your leisure time? Youth workers
18. Have you ever been asked your opinion by any of the following people about spaces or facilities you use to play or spend your leisure time? Town planners, architects, builders, or developers
18. Have you ever been asked your opinion by any of the following people about spaces or facilities you use to play or spend your leisure time? A religious leader
18. Have you ever been asked your opinion by any of the following people about spaces or facilities you use to play or spend your leisure time? Someone else
19. Please say how much you agree or disagree with the following statements:Children and young people should have the right to be consulted about the design of spaces for play and leisure in their area.
19. Please say how much you agree or disagree with the following statements:Young people who have no space or time to play will not develop into healthy adults.
19. Please say how much you agree or disagree with the following statements:The design of spaces for play and leisure should be left to adult experts only.
19. Please say how much you agree or disagree with the following statements:Every child and young person should be able to easily access a public space for play and leisure in their area.
19. Please say how much you agree or disagree with the following statements:Playing is just something for younger children and not for 16-year olds who have to think about their studies and a job.
20. How would you assess the range of leisure time facilities available to you in your area?
21. To what extent do the following factors restrict you from taking part in playing and leisure time activities? Transport to and from the facility
21. To what extent do the following factors restrict you from taking part in playing and leisure time activities? Cost of using the facilities (e.g. transport cost, entrance fees)
21. To what extent do the following factors restrict you from taking part in playing and leisure time activities? Concerns about my personal safety
21. To what extent do the following factors restrict you from taking part in playing and leisure time activities? Concerns about the cleanliness of the facility
21. To what extent do the following factors restrict you from taking part in playing and leisure time activities? Not having enough free time
21. To what extent do the following factors restrict you from taking part in playing and leisure time activities? Other
22. If the government had extra money available for play and leisure for young people, how would you suggest they should spend this money?
23. Have you ever had caring responsibilities?
24. Is there anyone LIVING WITH YOU who is sick, disabled or elderly whom you personally look after or give special help to?
25. What about people NOT LIVING WITH YOU, do you personally provide some regular service or help for any sick, disabled or elderly relative, friend or neighbour not living with you?
26. Please tell us who you care for. Your mother
26. Please tell us who you care for. Your father
26. Please tell us who you care for. Your brother
26. Please tell us who you care for. Your sister
26. Please tell us who you care for. Your grandmother
26. Please tell us who you care for. Your grandfather
26. Please tell us who you care for. Somebody else
27. Taking account of all the help you give, including travelling time, about how long do you spend looking after people in an average week?
28. And on how many days per week do you usually provide care?
29. How long have you been caring for or helping this person?
30. What kind of caring tasks do you have to do? Washing the person you care for
30. What kind of caring tasks do you have to do? Dressing the person you care for
30. What kind of caring tasks do you have to do? Helping someone to get to and use the toilet
30. What kind of caring tasks do you have to do? Cooking
30. What kind of caring tasks do you have to do? Cleaning
30. What kind of caring tasks do you have to do? Watching over someone
30. What kind of caring tasks do you have to do? Managing medication
30. What kind of caring tasks do you have to do? Other
31. Have you told anyone outside your family about your caring role?
31. If yes, who have you told [re-coded]
32. Do you feel that the caring that you do is private and should not be spoken about outside the family?
33. Does your family feel that the caring that you do is private and should not be spoken about outside the family?
34. Do the people you care for receive any further support from any of the following sources? Your mother
34. Do the people you care for receive any further support from any of the following sources? Your father
34. Do the people you care for receive any further support from any of the following sources? Your sister
34. Do the people you care for receive any further support from any of the following sources? Your brother
34. Do the people you care for receive any further support from any of the following sources? Your grandparents
34. Do the people you care for receive any further support from any of the following sources? Another relative
34. Do the people you care for receive any further support from any of the following sources? A social worker
34. Do the people you care for receive any further support from any of the following sources? A teacher
34. Do the people you care for receive any further support from any of the following sources? A counsellor
34. Do the people you care for receive any further support from any of the following sources? A GP
34. Do the people you care for receive any further support from any of the following sources? A district nurse
34. Do the people you care for receive any further support from any of the following sources? Home help
34. Do the people you care for receive any further support from any of the following sources? A voluntary organisation (e.g. Barnardo! s or Crossroads)
34. Do the people you care for receive any further support from any of the following sources? Other
37. If yes, please say, what it is.
38. In general do you think that young people are judged negatively just because they are young?
39. And have you ever been treated with disrespect because you are a young person?
40. Have you ever experienced the following things because you are a young person? Been told to leave your schoolbag outside a shop
40. Have you ever experienced the following things because you are a young person? Been excluded from a shop or shopping centre
40. Have you ever experienced the following things because you are a young person? Been treated as suspicious by staff in a shop
41. Have you ever been standing with friends on the street and told to move on?
42. And who told you to move on? Police
42. And who told you to move on? Resident
42. And who told you to move on? Community representative
42. And who told you to move on? Paramilitary representative
42. And who told you to move on? Other
42. And who told you to move on? Other (Please write in) [recoded]
43. Please state here how this made you feel.
44. How do you feel the media portrays young people?
45. What do you think could be done to improve attitudes to young people?
46. Have you ever heard about the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child?
47. Have you ever heard about the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities?
48. As far as you are aware, who is the current Commissioner for Children and Young People in Northern Ireland?
49. And what do you think the Commissioner does? Looks after children when they are in court, in legal cases
49. And what do you think the Commissioner does? Is an independent watchdog for children, protecting their rights and best interests
49. And what do you think the Commissioner does? Working for government and responsible for delivering for children
50. The Commissioner has a duty to let children and young people know about their work and how they can help. How would you prefer to get information from the Commissioner? At school or youth group
50. The Commissioner has a duty to let children and young people know about their work and how they can help. How would you prefer to get information from the Commissioner? On social networking sites (eg. Twitter, Facebook)
50. The Commissioner has a duty to let children and young people know about their work and how they can help. How would you prefer to get information from the Commissioner? Through a website
50. The Commissioner has a duty to let children and young people know about their work and how they can help. How would you prefer to get information from the Commissioner? Through email
50. The Commissioner has a duty to let children and young people know about their work and how they can help. How would you prefer to get information from the Commissioner? Through text messages
50. The Commissioner has a duty to let children and young people know about their work and how they can help. How would you prefer to get information from the Commissioner? Through the media (TV, radio, newspapers)
50. The Commissioner has a duty to let children and young people know about their work and how they can help. How would you prefer to get information from the Commissioner? Other
52. Northern Ireland has its own devolved government at Stormont. In general, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with the way the Northern Ireland government is doing their job?
53. What do you think has been the effect of the Stormont government on children and young people in Northern Ireland: Have things improved or did things get worse?
54. Do you think any adult has ever tried to groom you? It does not matter whether or not anything sexual happened in the end.
55. What age were you when this first happened? [recoded]
56. What age was the person who first tried to groom you?
57. And was this person:
58. How did this adult first make contact with you?
59. Which of these statements describe what happened? I stopped contact with the person before they suggested anything sexual
59. Which of these statements describe what happened? The person asked me to do something sexual but I refused
59. Which of these statements describe what happened? I exchanged sexual texts/email/conversations with the person
59. Which of these statements describe what happened? I sent them sexual images of myself or received sexual images from them
59. Which of these statements describe what happened? I met them and we had face to face sexual contact (sexual touching, oral sex, intercourse etc.) on one occasion
59. Which of these statements describe what happened? I met them and we had face to face sexual contact (sexual touching, oral sex, intercourse etc.) on more than one occasion
59. Which of these statements describe what happened? We started a romantic relationship
59. Which of these statements describe what happened? Other
60. Has anyone ever given you alcohol, solvents or drugs and then taken advantage of you sexually while you were under the influence of this?
61. What age were you when this first happened? [recoded]
62. Have you ever been offered any of the following things in return for having sex or taking part in any other kind of sexual activity (pictures, conversations, sexual touching etc.)? Drugs, alcohol or solvents
62. Have you ever been offered any of the following things in return for having sex or taking part in any other kind of sexual activity (pictures, conversations, sexual touching etc.)? Money or gifts (mobile phones, clothes, computer games etc.)
62. Have you ever been offered any of the following things in return for having sex or taking part in any other kind of sexual activity (pictures, conversations, sexual touching etc.)? Somewhere to stay/hang out
62. Have you ever been offered any of the following things in return for having sex or taking part in any other kind of sexual activity (pictures, conversations, sexual touching etc.)? No
62. Have you ever been offered any of the following things in return for having sex or taking part in any other kind of sexual activity (pictures, conversations, sexual touching etc.)? Something else
63. What age were you when someone first offered you something in return for doing something sexual? [re-coded]
64. What age was the person who first offered you something in return for doing something sexual?
65. And was this person:
66. How did you first come into contact with this person?
67. Did you ever tell a parent or anyone in a position of authority that this had happened? Yes - I told a parent/other adult relative
67. Did you ever tell a parent or anyone in a position of authority that this had happened? Yes - I told the police
67. Did you ever tell a parent or anyone in a position of authority that this had happened? Yes - I told a teacher, youth worker or social worker
67. Did you ever tell a parent or anyone in a position of authority that this had happened? Yes - I told someone else
67. Did you ever tell a parent or anyone in a position of authority that this had happened? No, I did not
69. Is there anything else you would like to tell us about the risks that young people face in relation to people who might try to take advantage of them sexually?
71. Do you regard yourself as belonging to any particular religion?
72. If yes, which?
73. Which of these best describes the way you think of yourself?
74. And do you see yourself as:
75. 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?
76. And what about in 5 years time? Do you think relations between Protestants and Catholics will be better than now, worse than now, or about the same as now?
77. Do you think that religion will always make a difference to the way people feel about each other in Northern Ireland?
78. 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?
79. 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?
80. 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?
81. How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Every child has the right to be paid for by both parents, even if they do not live with them.
81. How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Both parents should be involved in making arrangements to pay for their children who do not live with them.
81. How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Parents should be provided with information and guidance to help them make arrangements to pay for their children
82. How do you think parents should support their children if they do not live with them? By paying money for them
82. How do you think parents should support their children if they do not live with them? By giving them occasional gifts
82. How do you think parents should support their children if they do not live with them? By paying the rent or mortgage of the home the children live in
82. How do you think parents should support their children if they do not live with them? By contributing to the household bills for the home the children live in
82. How do you think parents should support their children if they do not live with them? Other