Young Life and Times Survey, 2023

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><p>The <em>Young Life and Times Survey</em> (YLT) originally began as a companion survey to the <a href="https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/series/series?id=2000040">Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey</a> (NILT) series. It surveyed young people aged 12-17 living in the households of adults interviewed for NILT, and YLT ran alongside it from 1998-2000. Following an evaluation in 2001, the YLT series recommenced in 2003 (see SN 4826) using a completely different methodology and independent of the adult NILT. This new YLT survey uses Child Benefit records as a sampling frame.</p><p>The aims of the YLT series are to:</p><ul>
<li>monitor public attitudes towards social policy and political issues in Northern Ireland;</li>
<li>provide a time series on attitudes to key social policy areas;</li>
<li>facilitate academic social policy analysis; provide a freely available resource on public attitudes for the wider community of users in Northern Ireland;</li>
<li>give a voice to young people.</li>
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</p><p>An open access time-series teaching dataset has been created from the 2003-2012 YLTs - see SN 7548.</p><p>The <a href="https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/series/series?id=2000040#!/access-data">Kids’ Life and Times</a> (KLT) survey of P7 children (10-11 year olds) is also part of the same suite of surveys as YLT and NILT.</p><p>Further information about the YLT, including publications, may be found on the Access Research Knowledge (ARK) <a title="Young Life and Times Survey" href="http://www.ark.ac.uk/nilt/ylt/index.html">YLT</a> webpages.</p><br><p>In 2023 all 16-year-olds who celebrated their 16th birthday in January, February or March 2023 were invited to take part. YLT 2023 was a split survey. YLT is part of a suite of surveys, which includes the Kids’ Life and Times (KLT) survey of P7 children (10-11 year-olds), and Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT) survey of adults (18 years +).&nbsp;</p><br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br><p>In 2023 the following topics were included in the survey: Background; Good Relations (including minority ethnic groups) - funded by the Executive Office (TEO); Refugees and Asylum Seekers funded by the Executive Office (TEO); Gender-based Violence funded by the Executive Office (TEO); Safety and Attitudes to Paramilitaries funded by the Department of Justice (DoJ); Cost of Living funded by National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC); Sport and Physical Activity funded by Sport NI; Mental Health funded by Mental Health Champion Northern Ireland; Personal Relationships funded by Queen’s University Belfast (QUB); Age of Criminal Responsibility funded by QUB</p>