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Year: 2026
Module: Social Media
Variable: SMACROSS

Excludes respondents who did not spend any time on social media SMTIME; includes respondents who answered 'Yes' to SMUPSET

How did you come across this upsetting content? [Multiple Response Table]

 
%
I came across it myself 79
A friend/classmates sent this to me 29
Another young person I know sent this to me 14
Someone I met on social media sent this to me 5
An adult known to me offline sent this to me 2
A stranger sent this to me 5
I don't know 5
I prefer not to say 2


 

Go to results for men and women, and people of different religions.
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Results for men and women

 
%
 MaleFemale
I came across it myself 79 79
A friend/classmates sent this to me 32 28
Another young person I know sent this to me 14 14
Someone I met on social media sent this to me 7 5
An adult known to me offline sent this to me 1 2
A stranger sent this to me 5 4
I don't know 1 7
I prefer not to say 4 1


 


 

Results for people of different religions

 
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
I came across it myself 77 81 81
A friend/classmates sent this to me 30 28 29
Another young person I know sent this to me 13 14 14
Someone I met on social media sent this to me 5 5 6
An adult known to me offline sent this to me 1 0 3
A stranger sent this to me 5 1 6
I don't know 3 7 5
I prefer not to say 1 2 2


 


 

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