Mode of questionnaire completion
1 = paper
2 = online
3 = phone

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

2. How many years have you lived in Northern Ireland?
99 = MISSING

4. Would you describe the place where you live as
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? [open responses recoded]
1 = White/Caucasian
2 = White European/European/Continental European
3 = White Catholic
4 = White Protestant
5 = White Irish
6 = White British
7 = Northern Irish/White Northern Irish
8 = Protestant
9 = Catholic/Irish Catholic/Roman Catholic
10 = Christian
11 = British/English
12 = Irish
13 = Don't know/none
14 = Mixed origin/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 2013?
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

8. What do you think you will be doing in two years time, in October 2015?
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

9. 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

12. Does your condition or illness/do any of your conditions or illnesses reduce your ability to carry-out day-to-day activities?
-1 = SKIP FROM Q11 - NO DISABILITY
1 = Yes, a lot
2 = yes, a little
3 = No, not at all
99 = Missing

13. Which of the following statements applies best to you?
6 = I have never felt sexually attracted to anyone at all.
99 = Missing

14. 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

15. 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

1 = Not at all
2 = A little
3 = Quite a bit
4 = A lot
5 = Don't know
99 = MISSING

17. Families have to pay for a lot of things for their children. There are ordinary things like food and clothes, and special things like holidays and birthday presents. How do you think your family is managing with money for all these things?
1 = I think we have enough money for ordinary things and special things.
2 = I think we have enough money for ordinary things but not for some special things.
4 = I don't know
5 = I don't live with a family
99 = MISSING

19. There can often be a lot of costs associated with going to school. As far as you know, over the past year has your family found it difficult to afford each of the following for you? - SCHOOL UNIFORM
1 = Yes
2 = No
3 = Don't know
4 = Haven't had this
99 = MISSING

19. There can often be a lot of costs associated with going to school. As far as you know, over the past year has your family found it difficult to afford each of the following for you? - OTHER
1 = Yes
99 = MISSING

20. Have you recently been able to concentrate on whatever you're doing?
1 = Better than usual
2 = Same as usual
3 = Less than usual
4 = Much less than usual
99 = MISSING

21. Have you recently lost much sleep over worry?
1 = Not at all
2 = No more than usual
3 = Rather more than usual
4 = Much more than usual
99 = MISSING

22. Have you recently felt you were playing a useful part in things?
1 = More so than usual
2 = Same as usual
3 = Less useful than usual
4 = Much less useful
99 = MISSING

23. Have you recently felt capable of making decisions about things?
1 = More so than usual
2 = Same as usual
3 = Less so than usual
4 = Much less capable
99 = MISSING

26. Have you recently been able to enjoy your normal day-to-day activities?
1 = More so than usual
2 = Same as usual
3 = Less so than usual
4 = Much less than usual
99 = MISSING

27. Have you recently been able to face up to your problems?
1 = More so than usual
2 = Same as usual
3 = Less able than usual
4 = Much less able
99 = MISSING

31. Have you recently been feeling reasonably happy, all things considered?
1 = More so than usual
2 = About the same as usual
3 = Less so than usual
4 = Much less than usual
99 = MISSING

32. How often do you get stressed?
1 = Very often
2 = Often
3 = Sometimes
4 = Rarely
5 = Never
99 = Missing

34. In general, are you able to talk to the following people about things that really bother you? Your Father
1 = No
2 = Yes
99 = MISSING

35. When you are worried or upset how often do you do any of the following things? Talk to someone
1 = Never
2 = Sometimes
3 = Often
99 = Missing

36. All young people have problems at some time or another, and sometimes they may try to get help. Have you in the past year had any serious personal, emotional, behavioural or mental health problem for which you felt you needed professional 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

37. (a) Most young people who harm themselves are lonely and depressed.
1 = I agree
3 = I disagree
99 = Missing

38. Have you during the past month or past year seriously thought about taking an overdose or trying to harm yourself, but not actually done so?
1 = No
2 = Yes, the last time was in the past month
3 = Yes, the last time was over a month ago, but less than a year ago.
99 = Missing

-1 = SKIP FROM Q38 - NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT SELF-HARM
1 = Yes
2 = No
99 = Missing

40. Have you ever deliberately taken an overdose (for example, of pills or other medication), or tried to harm yourself in some other way, such as cut yourself?
1 = No
2 = Yes, once
3 = Yes, more than once
99 = Missing

41. When was the last time you took an overdose or tried to harm yourself?
-1 = SKIP FROM Q40 - NEVER SELF-HARMED
1 = Less than a month ago
2 = Between a month and a year ago
3 = More than a year ago
99 = Missing

43 (a). Do any of the following reasons help to explain why you took an overdose or harmed yourself in some other way? I wanted to show how desparate I was feeling
-1 = SKIP FROM Q40 - NEVER SELF-HARMED
1 = Yes
2 = No
99 = Missing

51. Would you describe your area as
1 = Mainly Catholic
2 = Mainly Protestant
3 = Or mixed?
99 = Missing

53. If yes, which?
-1 = SKIP FROM ANYRELIG
1 = Church of Ireland (Anglican)
2 = Catholic
3 = Presbyterian
4 = Methodist
5 = Baptist
6 = Free Presbyterian
7 = Brethren
8 = Other
99 = Missing

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

54. Some people feel very strongly about their religious identity, that is, whether they are Catholic, Protestant or something else - even if they don't go to church. Other people say that their religious identity is not important to them. How important i
1 = Very important
2 = Quite important
3 = Neither important nor unimportant
4 = Not very important
5 = Not at all important
7 = Don't know
99 = Missing

55. Which of these best describes the way you think of yourself?
1 = British
2 = Irish
3 = Ulster
4 = Northern Irish
5 = Other
6 = Don't know
99 = Missing

56. Some people feel very strongly about their national identity, that is, whether they feel British or Irish or something else. Other people say that their national identity is not important to them. How important is your national 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

57. How favourable or unfavourable do you feel about people from the Catholic community?
1 = Very favourable
2 = Favourable
3 = Neither favourable nor unfavourable
4 = Unfavourable
5 = Very unfavourable
6 = Don't know
99 = MISSING

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

60. How often do you socialise or play sport with people from a different religious community to yourself?
1 = Very often
2 = Sometimes
3 = Rarely
4 = Never
5 = Don't know
99 = MISSING

61. 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

63. 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

64. 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

65. 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

66. 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

68 (a). And thinking about bringing the two main religious communities in Northern Ireland together, how much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? Young people in Northern Ireland can make a big contribution in bringing the two main rel
1 = Stronly agree
2 = Agree
3 = Neither agree nor disagree
4 = Disagree
5 = Strongly disagree
6 = Don't know
99 = MISSING

69. Thinking about this immediate neighbourhood, the kind of place it is and the kind of people who live around here, would you say that you feel a sense of belonging to this neighbourhood?
1 = Yes, definitely
2 = Yes, probably
3 = Probably not
4 = Definitely not
5 = Don't know
99 = MISSING

1 = Yes, definitely
2 = Yes, probably
3 = No, probably not
4 = No, definitely not
5 = None in this area
6 = Don't know
99 = MISSING

74. And have there been any riots or sectarian troubles in this neighbourhood in the last twelve months?
1 = Yes
2 = No
3 = Not sure
99 = Missing

75. In your opinion, what is the main reason that some people in Northern Ireland get involved in rioting or sectarian trouble?
1 = A specific incident usually sparks it
3 = People like the excitement
4 = Paramilitaries organise it
5 = Something else
6 = DON'T KNOW
99 = MISSING

76. Has there been any time in the last year when you personally have felt intimidated by republican murals, kerb paintings, or flags?
1 = Yes
2 = No
3 = Don't know
99 = MISSING

77. And do you think there are more republican murals and flags on display these days than there were five years ago, less, or about the same number?
1 = More
2 = Less
3 = About the same number
4 = Don't know
99 = MISSING

80 (a). How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements about flags? "I support the flying of flags on lampposts throughout Northern Ireland on special dates for particular celebrations"
1 = Stronly agree
2 = Agree
3 = Neither agree nor disagree
4 = Disagree
5 = Strongly disagree
6 = Don't know
7 = It depends on the flag
99 = MISSING

83. Thinking of people from minority ethnic communities, do you think there is a lot of prejudice against them in Northern Ireland nowadays, a little, or hardly any?
1 = A lot
2 = A little
3 = Hardly any
99 = MISSING

84. Do you think there is generally more racial prejudice in Northern Ireland now than there was 5 years ago, less, or about the same amount?
1 = More now
2 = Less now
3 = About the same
4 = Other
5 = Don't know
99 = MISSING

85. And would you describe yourself as very prejudiced against people of minority ethnic communities, a little prejudiced, or not prejudiced at all?
1 = Very prejudiced
2 = A little prejudiced
3 = Not prejudiced at all
4 = Don't know
99 = MISSING

1 = Yes when I was in primary school
2 = Yes when I was in post-primary school
3 = Both in primary and post-primary school
4 = No, I never had private tuition
5 = Other
6 = Can't remember
99 = MISSING