What's Important to Young People?

SURVEY REPORT

What's Important To Young People?

A Survey Of The Issues That Matter To Young People Aged 12-24

PREPARED FOR

MINISTRY OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

JUNE - AUGUST 2010

National Research Bureau Ltd, PO Box 10118, Mt Eden, Auckland, New Zealand Phone (09) 6300 655, fax (09) 6387 846, www.nrb.co.nz NB: Please note the following explanations for CONTENTS this report: Page No. A. OBJECTIVES...... 1 Figures that are comparably higher than percentages for other respondent B. METHOD...... 2 types/groups. 1. PILOT...... 2 2. MAIN SURVEY...... 5 Figures that are comparably lower than C. FINDINGS...... 8 percentages for other respondent 1. WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU IN YOUR LIFE, RIGHT NOW?...... 8 types/groups. 2. WHAT THINGS CAUSES YOU WORRY OR TO BE ANXIOUS?...... 11 3. WHAT IS THE BIG ISSUE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN NEW ZEALAND?...... 15 4. WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU WOULD DO TO MAKE LIVING IN NEW ZEALAND BETTER THAN IT IS NOW, IF YOU WERE PRIME MINISTER?...... 19 D. PERCENTAGED TABLES...... 23 E. QUESTIONNAIRE...... 47 F. CODING APPENDICES (under separate cover) G. DATA AND DATA DICTIONARY (under separate cover) A. OBJECTIVES

The Ministry of Youth Development wished to The Ministry judged that four vantage points It is in the nature of issue research that such obtain insight into the issues of interest and would be useful in eliciting the issues. These questions will intersect and complement each concern – affectively salience, to young people in were: other, as well as each adding to the overall the 12-24 year age range. An important perspective. This was seen as an acceptable and requirement was that the issues were to originate  What young people felt was most important constructive characteristic in the light of the from youth themselves rather than represent to them in their lives, right now. essentially qualitative analysis that is produced. responses to issues pre selected for them to  Whether anything caused them to worry or grade. Given that the enquiry was framed within be anxious. a population survey the issues were to be elicited at a top-of-mind level, rather after consideration  What they felt was the big issue for young and reflection. people in New Zealand at present.  The one thing they would do if they were Prime Minister, to make living in New Zealand better than it is now.

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 1 B. METHOD * *

1. PILOT  Whether a sequence of questions judged to * A supplementary sample was prepared The survey approach and questionnaire were proceed from most personal to least by drawing names and addresses from pre-tested by means of a pilot survey. personal, attracted fuller or different the Electoral Roll(s), and then looking participation to a sequence judged to the numbers up in the White Pages. a. Purpose proceed from least personal to most This simply recognised that Maori are personal. generally undercovered by phone The broad objective of the pilot survey was to surveys. The step sought to rebalance test out the response of 12-24 year olds to being this effect rather than to be able to asked four questions relating to different domains b. Approach report separately on a Maori of personal relevance to them. The mode of pilot interview was telephone, with: subsample. Specific objectives were to determine.  Once contact was made by phone, the  The sample frame being the White Pages of interviewer identified the sponsor of the  Whether persons in this age range would the telephone directories, viz listed landline- survey and asked whether anyone in the engage with such questions, ie, attempt owning homes. home fell into the eligible age group. If more sincerely to answer them.  Two approaches were used in drawing the than one did so, the "last birthday" person was asked for.  Whether the phrasing of the questions sample. provided an acceptable fit to the way * A general sample was obtained by  Callbacks were made where the household persons in this age range expressed assigning different page number appeared co-operative to linking the themselves, viz whether the topic or ranges of the White Pages phone interviewer to the eligible person. However, phrasing of the question around it, created directory to interviewers and having sampling protocols were relaxed to allow any difficulty to understanding, or them phone each successive number available respondents, ie, home at the time dissonance in expression. to screen for the presence of persons of contact, or respondents favoured for enabling a spread across the three age  Whether the questions elicited answers of a in the surveys age range. groups of interest (12-15 years, 16-19 nature that served the interest of the survey years, 20-24 years) to be interviewed. purpose.  A total of 10 different interviewers were utilised, averaging eight successful interview completions each, leading to a final sample of 81 interviews.

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 2 c. Questionnaire Versions Version 1 Versions 2  Eight of the ten interviewers felt that the Topic Sequence Sequence version in which the "Prime Minister"  Two versions of the questionnaire were If you were Prime question was asked last, was better created. These were identical in the Minister … 1 4 received by respondents, most particularly question topics and phrasings. young respondents. One felt the two Big issue for young sequences were about comparable, and  The difference between them related to the people … 2 3 one felt that the "Prime Minister" first ordering of the topics for the four topics Important in your life … 3 1 sequence, was easier. The cues they relied addressed. One version presented the Anything causes worry, on to form these impressions were the questions from most personal to least, the anxiety … 4 2 frequency and length of hesitations, the other used the reverse sequence. The apparent difficulty in replying and the purpose of this was to see whether either d. Pilot Findings frequency with which it was deemed produced a more ready and fulsome appropriate to return to the question later, production of answers from the The pilot survey was of a scale and design after asking the other questions. respondents, or was found easier to either intended to give qualitative and operational ask by the interviewer or answer by the insights into the implementation of the full survey.  Inspection of the answers given to each of respondent. In particular whether it would The findings are therefore expressed in the versions, revealed no differences in the be advantageous to have more personal qualitative terms. level of "don't knows/nothing" style replies. questions earlier or later in the sequence. This may be because the interviewers, recognising the qualitative nature of the  Both versions of the questionnaire asked  Ten experienced telephone survey interview, cycled back to such responses three probing questions supported by the interviewers were each given the two later in the interview to see whether the reasoning that we would appreciate the versions of the question sequence to use in respondent had warmed sufficiently to the respondents' help to make the questions rotation. The idea was to tap into any process to attempt their answer again. Also easier for people to relate to. They were difficulties they may encounter in playing a part in this may be the fact that the asked what they thought the question was administering either version, and to allow sequence effect, while noticeable, was not trying to get at, and whether there was a subjective comparison of which version, if particularly strong in its final impact. clearer way we could word it for them. The either, was better received by respondents. "Prime Minister" question was considered to  be self evident and therefore not followed up in this way. 

 Copies of the two pilot versions are available in the dedicated pilot report which appears under separate cover.

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 3  For the "big issue", "most important" and  Each of the four questions attracted a range f. Pilot Conclusions "worry or anxiety" topics, follow-up of themes rather than simply one or two questions were asked around whether narrow replies. No attempt has been made We concluded from the pilot that: respondents felt they knew what the to code this small number of interviews or question was trying to get at and whether compare them to any prior expectation. The  The questions as such fulfil their purpose they could think of a clearer way the fact that some themes appear in common without requiring modification. question could be put to them. for the four questions is acceptable when  They are better asked by beginning with the taken in context with the way the four  None of the three questions attracted even issues closest to the respondent. questions complement each other in a minor level of difficulty in interpretation, intersecting the lives and concerns of young  That interviewers be briefed to encourage nor any suggestions for different wording. A people, from different vantages. more expansive articulation where possible, small proportion of respondents suggested including returning to "don't know" style the questions could "give examples" of what answers, later in the interview if relationship was intended, or "be specific" in what they and opportunity permit. should answer to. These suggestions e. however, would run counter to the survey intention of eliciting unqualified top-of-mind associations.

 Perhaps the main requirement of the survey is that the questions do attract responses as opposed to no replies or don't knows. All four questions did so, with a relatively low level of don't knows. A proportion of the answers are relatively sparse in their articulation. Some further effort could be made by interviewers in the full survey to encourage, without directing, respondents to "open up" and qualify their answers further. NRB addressed this in the briefing of interviewers for the full survey.

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 4 2. MAIN SURVEY  The survey sample protocol recognised that i. Achievement Of Sample participation in phone surveys typically g. Survey Specifications under-represents some parts of the The main survey interviewed 1,018 respondents population. Males, people aged 17-24 in the 12-24 year age range, using the preferred  Mode of interview was telephone. years, and lowest and highest socio- questionnaire sequence established in the pilot.  Sample frame was the White Pages of the economic groups are examples. For this Taking into account the spread of population in phone directory, ie, listed landline homes. survey the effort was made to manage participation by age group within gender New Zealand and sample size, three areas were  Coverage was nationwide, urban and rural such as to obtain approximate populations used to present the survey results and based on all 18 White Page directories. participating in the two gender by three age benchmarking adjustments. The three areas are  Sampling was two stage. The first stage groups, viz six population "cells". Northland and Auckland, Rest of North Island was the random selection of homes on the Interviewers were instructed that as they and South Island. basis of drawing every xth home on every progressed through their assignments they yth page. were to give priority to age-gender groups The following table shows the spread of for which there was an emerging shortfall, respondents by age group, gender and area.  The second stage was selecting a person aiming over their assignment to reflect given aged 12-24 years from those normally population proportions. 12-15 years 16-19 years 20-24 years resident in the home who fell in this age Fe- Male Fe- Male Fe- Male group. The chosen person was the "last  The relaxation of strict random protocol male male male recognised that the survey purpose was to birthday" person among those eligible. Northland & Where no person living in the home fell into obtain a broad range of qualitative Auckland 55 59 58 65 64 67 the eligible age range, the contact was perceptions among young people, rather Rest of ended. than to try to state precisely what proportion North Island 60 62 61 60 80 72 hold a particular view. In short the sample South Island 43 44 44 40 42 42  Only one person was interviewed per home. strategy was a purposive one serving the  A call pattern involving an initial call, end uses to which the findings were to be followed by two further calls if required was put. j. Benchmarking employed to try to contact the houses sampled. A fourth call was made where the h. Benchmarking is the expression which describes third established that an appointment could the arithmetic adjustment of the obtained sample be made at a given time. Calls were varied subgroups to be proportionate to the population by day and time to improve the chances of so that each has their due weight in the successful contact. calculation of the total. The 18 age-gender-area cells were used as the basis for benchmarking.

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 5 k. Timing The same topic or issue in particular questions p. Tabulation might be mentioned by respondents with different The survey was conducted between the last intent, for example, some young people said "we The data set prepared in the way described week in June and the first week in August 2010, should put driving age up" but some said "driving above was then composed into percentaged allowing six weeks to obtain the interviews. age should be kept as the same". The other tables. These show the number of respondents example is that "government should lower tax and the percentage who gave each reply. Since l. Audit rate" was mentioned by some respondents while multiple answers were permitted the totals in any others said "tax should be raised so we can have column may add in excess of 100%. Audit calls to check fidelity of interviewing were more money on education, medical system, etc". made to 10% of each interviewers calls. We used different codes to address both "conservative" and "progressive" intent when a m. Questionnaire similar situation existed. Please note that normally a new code wouldn't be created if only A copy of the questionnaire is enclosed. three or four people offered particular opinion. However, to better present the different intent, n. Coding new codes were created for the above situations.

The questionnaires particular characteristic was This process ended with the preparation of a that the information of interest was captured in coding appendix, ie, one appendix for each of the four open-ended questions, intentionally four topic questions. The appendix states the unconstrained as to what inflection the theme, and gives examples of the variety of respondents might put on them. Each question answers coded to that theme. was coded in order to make it amenable to processing into the summary format of All questionnaires were then coded, ie, a percentaged tables. numerical value for the theme(s) offered by the respondent was entered into their data. Multiple The coding was undertaken by an experienced answers covering different themes were qualitative survey coder following systematic included. procedure. Listings of answers to each of the four questions were made, identifying recurring This data was keyboarded into survey software themes, expressed in different words, being to enable a data set to be prepared. identified as the listing proceeded. o.

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 6 q. Margin Of Error s. Notable Difference

The survey is a scientifically prepared service, Notable difference, at the 95% level of based on a random probability sample. The confidence, for different sample sizes are: maximum likely error limits occur when the sample is split 50/50 on an issue, but often the Midpoint is Midpoint is split is less, and an 80/20 split is shown below, 50% 80% or 20% as a comparison. Margin of error, at the 95% n=1,000 ±4.4% ±3.5% level of confidence, for different sample sizes n=900 ±4.6% ±3.7% are: n=500 ±6.2% ±5.0% n=400 ±6.9% ±5.5% 50/50 80/20 n=300 ±8.0% ±6.4% n=1,000 ±3.1% ±2.5% n=200 ±9.8% ±7.8% n=900 ±3.3% ±2.6% n=500 ±4.4% ±3.5% The notable difference figures above refer to the n=400 ±4.9% ±3.9% boundary, above and below a result, whereby n=300 ±5.7% ±4.5% one may conclude that the difference is notable, n=200 ±6.9% ±5.5% given a 95% level of confidence. Thus the notable difference, for the same question, The margin of error figures above refer to the between two separate surveys of 1,000 accuracy of a result in a survey, given a 95% respondents, is plus or minus 4.4%, given a 95% level of confidence. level of confidence, where the midpoint of the two results is 50%. A 95% level of confidence implies that if 100 samples were taken, we would expect the margin of error to contain the true value in all but five samples. The results in 95 of these samples are most likely to fall close to that obtained in the original survey, but may, with decreasing likelihood, vary by up to plus or minus 3.1%, for a sample of 1,000 in this survey. r.

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 7 C. FINDINGS

3. WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU IN Graph 1 YOUR LIFE, RIGHT NOW? M y f a m i l y 4 5 % All respondents were asked "Thinking about you, yourself, what is most important to you in your M y e d u c a t i o n / s c h o o l w o r k / t e r t i a r y s t u d i e s 4 2 % life right now?", multiple responses were allowed for this question. M y f r i e n d s 2 9 %

M y j o b / w o r k / c a r e e r 9 % Graph 1 shows the main responses to this question (see Section F for full verbatim S p o r t 9 % response). F i n d i n g a j o b / f u t u r e c a r e e r 8 % Key Points M y s o c i a l l i f e / h a v i n g a g o o d t i m e / h a v i n g f u n 5 % The three main responses* are … M o n e y / e a r n i n g m o n e y / h a v i n g m o n e y / f i n a n c i a l s e c u r i t y 4 %  'My family', mentioned by 45% of respondents (461 respondents), M y i n t e r e s t s / p a s t i m e s / h o b b i e s 4 %

 'My education/school work/tertiary studies', 42% (429 respondents),

 'My friends', 29% (294 respondents).

* multiple responses allowed.

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 8 Respondents more likely to mention 'family' Table 1 are … Age Gender Area  Respondents aged 12 to 15 years old, Northland Rest of 12-15 16-19 20-24 & North South  Females. years years years Female Male Auckland Island Island % % % % % % % % Respondents more likely to mention My family 53 42 40 53 38 50 41 45 'education/school work/tertiary studies' are … My education/school  Respondents aged 16 to 19 years old, work/tertiary studies 42 53 33 46 39 51 36 39

 Females. My friends 38 34 16 38 20 29 26 33 My job/work/career 1 7 20 10 8 11 8 9  Respondents who live in Northland and Auckland area. Sport 17 7 2 3 14 7 10 10 Finding a job/future career 2 7 14 6 10 9 7 8

Respondents more likely to mention 'friends' My social life/having a good are … time/having fun 4 6 4 4 5 4 5 6

 Respondents aged 12 to 15 years old and Money/earning money/having money/financial security 1 4 8 4 5 3 5 6 16 to 19 years old, My interests/pastimes/hobbies 5 2 4 2 5 5 2 4  Females. Base: 1,018, multiple responses allowed

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 9 Other responses mentioned by 9% of By 2% of respondents are … respondents are …  'The future/my future', 23 respondents,  'My job/work/career', 96 respondents,  'Music/playing music/listen to music/  'Sport', 88 respondents. singing', 18 respondents,  'Being happy/not sad or stressed', 18 By 8% of respondents are … respondents,  'Finding a job/future career', 80  'My car/my motorbike/working on respondents. them/driving them', 17 respondents,

By 5% of respondents are …  'Saving money/saving for a goal', 16 respondents.  'My social life/having a good time/having fun', 47 respondents. By 1% of respondents are …

By 4% of respondents are …  'My pets/any animals/animals generally', 13 respondents,  'Money/earning money/having money/ financial security', 44 respondents,  'Cost of tertiary study/student loan issues, etc', 12 respondents,  'My interests/pastimes/hobbies', 36 respondents.  'Travel/doing my OE', 12 respondents,  'My personal possessions/assets', 6 By 3% of respondents are … respondents,

 'My baby/child/children', 33 respondents,  'A safe environment/personal safety', 5  'My parent/boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/ respondents. wife', 32 respondents, 6% of respondents (63 respondents) gave 'other'  'Being/staying fit and healthy', 28 responses and 1% of respondents (6 respondents, respondents) were unable to comment.  'Church/God/my Christian faith', 26 respondents.

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 10 4. WHAT THINGS CAUSES YOU WORRY Graph 2 OR TO BE ANXIOUS? S u c c e e d i n g i n s t u d i e s / g e t t i n g g o o d g r a d e s / p a s s i n g e x a m s 1 8 % All respondents were asked "Can you think of anything that causes you worry or to be L a c k o f m o n e y / n o t e a r n i n g e n o u g h / n o t e n o u g h t o p a y b i l l s 1 3 % anxious?", again, multiple responses were 8 % allowed for this question. M y f a m i l y / g e t t i n g h u r t / b e c o m i n g u n w e l l / d y i n g

P e r s o n a l i s s u e s / p r o b l e m s 7 % Graph 2 shows the main responses to this question (see Section F for full verbatim C r i m e / i n c r e a s i n g c r i m e / d r u g u s e / s o f t c r i m i n a l j u s t i c e 6 % response). G e t t i n g a j o b / f i n d i n g a g o o d j o b / f u l l t i m e e m p l o y m e n t 6 % Key Points C o p i n g w i t h h o m e w o r k / t o o m u c h h o m e w o r k / h o m e w o r k d e a d l i n e s 5 % The six main responses* are … M y f r i e n d s / t h e i r w e l l b e i n g / p r o b l e m s / a r g u m e n t s w i t h f r i e n d s 4 %  'Succeeding in studies/getting good grades/ passing exams', mentioned by 18% of M y w o r k / w o r k i s s u e s / s t r e s s a t w o r k / b e i n g o u t o f w o r k 4 % respondents (185 respondents),

 'Lack of money/not earning enough/not enough to pay bills', 13% (131 respondents),

 'My family/getting hurt/becoming unwell/ dying', 8% (81 respondents),

 'Personal issues/problems', 7% (71 respondents),

 'Crime/increasing crime/drug use/soft criminal justice', 6% (59 respondents),

 'Getting a job/finding a good job/full time employment', 6% (56 respondents).

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 11 Respondents more likely to mention 'succeeding Table 2 in studies/getting good grades/passing exams' Age Gender Area are … Northland Rest of  Respondents aged 12 to 15 years old and 12-15 16-19 20-24 & North South 16 to 19 years old, years years years Female Male Auckland Island Island % % % % % % % %

 Respondents who live in Northland and Succeeding in studies/getting Auckland area. good grades/passing exams 21 25 10 19 17 24 14 16 Lack of money/not earning Respondents aged 20 to 24 years old are more enough/not enough to pay bills 1 9 27 16 10 12 13 16 likely to mention 'lack of money/not earning My family/getting enough/not enough to pay bills', than those aged hurt/becoming unwell/dying 7 8 9 9 7 9 8 7 12 to 15 years and 16 to 19 years. Also females Personal issues/problems 7 7 7 7 7 10 5 6 are slightly more likely to say this than males. Crime/increasing crime/drug use/soft criminal justice 5 3 9 6 5 6 5 8

Getting a job/finding a good job/full time employment 1 6 10 6 5 6 4 6

Coping with homework/too much homework/homework deadlines 10 4 2 7 4 4 6 6

My friends/their wellbeing/ problems/arguments with friends 3 6 3 6 2 4 5 3

My work/work issues/stress at work/being out of work 0 2 8 3 4 4 3 4

Base: 1,018, multiple responses allowed

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 12 There are no notable differences between age By 3% of respondents are … By 2% of respondents are … groups, gender groups and area groups of  'The future/what the future holds/will be', 32  'Living costs/prices going up/GST respondents in terms of those who said the respondents, increase/ETS effect', 23 respondents, following things …  'Environmental issues/pollution/animal  'Economic downturn/recession/effect on  'My family/getting hurt/becoming issues', 29 respondents, people/business', 23 respondents, unwell/dying',  'Family problems/parents fighting/financial  'Wars in the world/world hatred and  'Personal issues/problems', troubles', 28 respondents. violence/world peace', 22 respondents,  'Crime/increasing crime/drug use/soft  'Student loan issues/size of debt/paying it criminal justice', off', 22 respondents,  'Getting a job/finding a good job/full time  'BP oil spill', 21 respondents, employment'.  'My health/health concerns/getting hurt/ Other responses mentioned by 5% of becoming unwell', 20 respondents, respondents are …  'Being bullied/beaten up/youth violence  'Coping with homework/too much generally', 19 respondents, homework/homework deadlines', 54  'My personal safety/walking at night/being in respondents. dodgy areas', 19 respondents,

By 4% of respondents are …  'Climate change/global warming', 19 respondents,  'My friends/their wellbeing/problems/ arguments with friend', 40 respondents,  'Youth drinking/drunkenness/society's alcohol problem', 18 respondents,  'My work/work issues/stress at work/being out of work', 37 respondents.  'Bad world news/natural disasters', 17 respondents,

 'Parents expectation/self expectation/to be successful', 15 respondents,

 'Relationships/people argument generally', 15 respondents.

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 13 By 1% of respondents are …  'Peer pressure/being forced into doing things/fitting in', 13 respondents,  'The way of NZ going/political issues/development of NZ', 12 respondents,  'Sports/sports events/my performance/ team's performance', 12 respondents,  'Time balance/busy life/lack of time', 11 respondents,  'World poverty', 10 respondents,  'Car accidents/road deaths/drink driving/boy racers', 10 respondents,  'Boyfriend/girlfriend trouble/stressing me out', 9 respondents,  'The end of the world in 2012', 8 respondents,  'The community we live in/lack care of others', 8 respondents,  'Getting punishment/yelled at when get into trouble', 6 respondents,  'Upbringing of young people/dysfunctional families', 6 respondents,  'Learning to drive/getting a drivers licence', 5 respondents,  'Missing family members/family members away', 5 respondents.

6% of respondents (65 respondents) gave 'other' responses and 22% of respondents (224 respondents) were unable to comment.

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 14 5. WHAT IS THE BIG ISSUE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN NEW ZEALAND?

All respondents gave their answers for the question "Thinking about young people around your age group, what do you think is the big issue for young people in New Zealand at present?", multiple responses were allowed for this question.

Graph 3 shows the main responses to this question (see Section F for full verbatim response).

Key Points

The six main responses* are …

 'Teenage drinking/underage drinking/binge drinking', mentioned by 28% of respondents (280 respondents),

 'Drug/drug abuse', 14% (143 respondents),  'Unemployment/finding jobs/job opportunities/job security', 14% (138 respondents),

 'Education/school life/university/passing exams', 11% (109 respondents),

 'Social things/parties/fun lifestyle/travel/ hobbies', 10% (96 respondents),

 'Peer pressure/fitting in/getting accepted socially', 9% (92 respondents).

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 15 Graph 3

T e e n a g e r d r i n k i n g / u n d e r a g e d r i n k i n g / b i n g e d r i n k i n g 2 8 %

D r u g s / d r u g a b u s e 1 4 %

U n e m p l o y m e n t / f i n d i n g j o b s / j o b o p p o r t u n i t i e s / j o b s e c u r i t y 1 4 %

E d u c a t i o n / s c h o o l l i f e / u n i v e r s i t y / p a s s i n g e x a m s 1 1 %

S o c i a l t h i n g s / p a r t i e s / f u n l i f e s t y l e / t r a v e l / h o b b i e s 1 0 %

P e e r p r e s s u r e / f i t t i n g i n / g e t t i n g a c c e p t e d s o c i a l l y 9 %

G i r l s / b o y s / d a t i n g / r o m a n c i n g / s e x 6 %

M o n e y / l a c k o f m o n e y / s u r v i v i n g f i n a n c i a l l y / d e b t i n g e n e r a l 6 %

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 16 Respondents more likely to mention 'teenage Table 3 drinking/underage drinking/binge drinking ' are … Age Gender Area  Respondents aged 16 to 19 years old and Northland Rest of 20 to 24 years old, 12-15 16-19 20-24 & North South years years years Female Male Auckland Island Island  Females. % % % % % % % % Teenage drinking/underage Of those respondents who treated 'drugs/drug drinking/binge drinking 14 39 30 31 24 25 28 31 abuse' as the big issue for young people in New Drugs/drug abuse 12 19 12 15 13 15 14 12 Zealand at present, those aged 16 to 19 years are slightly more likely to say so, than Unemployment/finding jobs/job opportunities/job security 2 10 27 12 16 17 11 13 respondents aged 12 to 15 years old and 20 to 24 years old. Education/school life/ university/passing exams 13 12 8 12 10 15 8 8

Respondents aged 20 to 24 years old are more Social things/parties/fun lifestyle/travel/hobbies 11 12 6 9 10 11 9 9 likely to think that 'unemployment/finding jobs/job opportunities/job security' is the big issue for Peer pressure/fitting in/getting young people in New Zealand at present, accepted socially 14 11 3 11 7 9 8 11 compared with respondents aged 12 to 15 years Girls/boys/dating/romancing/ old and 16 to 19 years old. sex 11 5 4 8 5 5 9 4 Money/lack of money/surviving financially/debt in general 1 2 15 8 5 7 7 4

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 17 There are no significant differences between age Other responses mentioned by 6% of By 2% of respondents are … groups, gender groups and area groups of respondents are …  'Friend in general', 23 respondents, respondents in terms of those respondents who  'Girls/boys/dating/romancing/sex', 65 reported that the big issue in New Zealand for  'Teenage pregnancies/unwanted respondents, young people is 'education/school pregnancies/teen mothers', 21 respondents,  'Money/lack of money/surviving financially/ life/university/passing exams'. However,  'Games/computer games/video games', 20 debt in general', 65 respondents. respondents who live in Northland and Auckland respondents, area are slightly more likely to say so, compared with those who live in Rest of North Island area By 5% of respondents are …  'Young people living for today/no focus on their future', 19 respondents, and South Island area.  'Driving/car accidents/speeding/boy racers/ drink driving', 52 respondents,  'Health issues/puberty time/health It also appears that there are no notable education/sex education', 18 respondents, differences between age groups, gender groups  'Sports/all sports/World Cup/All Blacks', 50  'Body image/self image/self esteem/self and area groups of respondents in terms of respondents, acceptance/fashion', 18 respondents. identifying 'social things/parties/fun lifestyle/  'Decision about the future/what to do with travel/hobbies' as the big issue for young people your life', 47 respondents. in New Zealand at present. By 4% of respondents are … Compared with respondents aged 12 to 15 years  'Smoking', 38 respondents, old and 16 to 19 years old, those who are 20 to 24 years old are less likely to treat 'peer  'Bored young people/fighting/stealing/ pressure/fitting in/getting accepted socially' as graffiti/crime/gangs', 36 respondents. the big issue for young people in New Zealand at present. By 3% of respondents are …

 'Cost of tertiary education/student loans', 33 respondents,

 'Relationships/relationships with friends/ family', 32 respondents,

 'Bullying/cyber bulling/text bullying', 25 respondents.

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 18 By 1% of respondents or under are …  'Getting drivers licence', 6 respondents,  'Music/Justin Bieber', 14 respondents,  'Too easy to get on the dole/stay home/not work', 6 respondents,  'Family life under pressure/separated/ dysfunctional families', 14 respondents,  'Drinking age should be the same/don't increase', 6 respondents,  'Violence in community/domestic violence/child abuse', 13 respondents,  'Safety issues', 6 respondents,

 'Family in general', 13 respondents,  'Drinking age limit', 6 respondents, 'Drinking age should be increased', 5  'Cars/motorbikes', 13 respondents,  respondents,  'What's on TV/influence of TV/media', 12  'Driving age should be up', 3 respondents. respondents,

 'Movies', 12 respondents, 7% of respondents (72 respondents) gave 'other' responses and 6% of respondents (58  'Cost of living/everything going up in prices', respondents) were unable to comment. 11 respondents,

 'Depression/suicide', 10 respondents,  'Expectations of today's young people/how they're influenced', 10 respondents,  'Moving to overseas', 9 respondents,  'Driving age should be the same/don't increase', 8 respondents,  'Driving age change', 8 respondents,  'Environmental issues/natural disasters/ animal issues', 8 respondents,  'New technology', 7 respondents,  'Buying first house', 7 respondents,  'Facebook', 7 respondents, 

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 19 6. WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU WOULD DO TO MAKE LIVING IN NEW ZEALAND BETTER THAN IT IS NOW, IF YOU WERE PRIME MINISTER?

All respondents were asked "Thinking about things that would make a difference, if you were Prime Minister, what is the one thing you would do to make living in New Zealand better than it is now". Again, multiple answers were allowed for this question. Graph 4 shows the main responses to this question (see Section F for full verbatim response). Key Points The seven main responses* are …  'Address cost of education/provide free education', mentioned by 8% of respondents (80 respondents),  'Create more jobs/work for unemployment/ no dole', 8% (78 respondents),  'Address underage drinking/raise drinking age', 7% (74 respondents),  'More funding in education/improve education', 7% (71 respondents),  'Cut back/lower taxes/have no taxes/review the tax system', 7% (69 respondents),  'More assistance/support for low income families', 5% (55 respondents),  'Address driving by young people/raise driving age', 5% (46 respondents). * multiple responses allowed.

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 20 Graph 4

A d d r e s s c o s t o f e d u c a t i o n / p r o v i d e f r e e e d u c a t i o n 8 %

C r e a t e m o r e j o b s / w o r k f o r u n e m p l o y m e n t / n o d o l e 8 %

A d d r e s s u n d e r a g e d r i n k i n g / r a i s e d r i n k i n g a g e 7 %

M o r e f u n d i n g i n e d u c a t i o n / i m p r o v e e d u c a t i o n 7 %

C u t b a c k / l o w e r t a x e s / h a v e n o t a x e s / r e v i e w t h e t a x s y s t e m 7 %

M o r e a s s i s t a n c e / s u p p o r t f o r l o w i n c o m e f a m i l i e s 5 %

A d d r e s s d r i v i n g b y y o u n g p e o p l e / r a i s e d r i v i n g a g e 5 %

I n c r e a s e w a g e / m i n i m u m w a g e / y o u t h w a g e 4 %

P r o t e c t e n v i r o n m e n t / s t o p m i n i n g / a n i m a l w e l f a r e / w h a l i n g 4 %

A d d r e s s c r i m e / b u l l y i n g / g a n g s / d o m e s t i c v i o l e n c e / k e e p s a f e t y 4 %

M a k e t h i n g s m o r e a f f o r d a b l e / c h e a p e r p r i c e s / l o w l i v i n g c o s t 4 %

O v e r h a u l j u s t i c e s y s t e m / h a r s h e r s e n t e n c e 4 %

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 21 There are no significant differences between age groups, gender groups and area groups of respondents in terms of addressing the following things, if they were Prime Minister …

 'Address cost of education/provide free education',

 'Create more jobs/work for unemployment/ no dole',

 'Address underage drinking/raise drinking age',

 'More funding in education/improve education',

 'Cut back/lower taxes/have no taxes/review the tax system',

 'More assistance/support for low income families',

 'Address driving by young people/raise driving age'.

However, respondents aged 20 to 24 years old are slightly more likely to address 'cost of education/provide free education', if they were Prime Minister, compared with respondents who are 12 to 15 years old and 16 to 19 years old. Moreover, females are slightly more likely to say so than males.

Females are also slightly more likely than males in terms of those who said they would 'cut back/lower taxes/have no taxes/review the tax system', if they were Prime Minister.

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 22 Table 4

12-15 16-19 20-24 years years years % % %

Address cost of education/ provide free education 2 7 14

Create more jobs/work for unemployment/no dole 5 7 11

Address underage drinking/ raise drinking age 8 8 6

More funding in education/ improve education 9 7 6

Cut back/lower taxes/have no taxes/review the tax system 6 6 8

More assistance/support for low income families 5 5 6

Address driving by young people/raise driving age 5 6 3

Increase wage/minimum wage/youth wage 2 5 6

Protect environment/stop mining/animal welfare/whaling 7 5 1

Address crime/bullying/gangs/ domestic violence/keep safety 6 5 2

Making things more affordable/cheaper prices/low living cost 4 5 3

Overhaul justice system/ harsher sentence 1 4 6

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 23 There are topics mentioned by respondents with  Student financial issue By 3% of respondents are … both "conservative" and "progressive" intent. * 'Address cost of education/provide free  'Address smoking/ban smoking/change They are listed as follows … education/subsidised education/review smoking law', 34 respondents,  Drinking age student allowances/review student  'Provide activities/social opportunities/ loans/financial support for students', * 'Address underage drinking/raise venues for youth', 30 respondents. 8% (80 respondents), drinking age', mentioned by 7% of respondents (74 respondents), * 'Reduce student loan/no student loan/ By 2% of respondents are … allowance', 1% (5 respondents), * 'Keep drinking age the same/don't  'Address GST/no increase GST/no GST on change drinking age', 5 respondents,  Migrants issue fruit and vegetables', 25 respondents,

 Driving age * 'Open doors for immigration', 4  'Ensure same rights/benefit/opportunities/be respondents, treated same', 21 respondents, * 'Address driving by young people/raise driving age', 5% (46 respondents), * 'Better control of immigration', 4  'Make it harder to access drugs/educate respondents. against drug use', 21 respondents, * 'Keeping driving age the same/don't change driving age', 1% (14  'Overhaul NCEA system/changes to NCEA/ Apart from things mentioned above, other respondents), scrap NCEA', 19 respondents, responses mentioned by 4% of respondents  Benefit system are …  'Improve health system/more affordable/ more accessible', 18 respondents, * 'More assistance/support for low  'Increase wage/minimum wage/youth wage', income families', 5% (55 respondents), 44 respondents,  'Improve public transport', 17 respondents,

* 'Remove/review benefit system/too  'Protect environment/stop mining/animal  'More sports opportunities/get more people easy to get into', 1% (11 respondents), welfare/whaling', 44 respondents, involved in sport', 16 respondents,

 Tax issue  'Address crime/bullying/gangs/domestic  'Assist into first homes/cheaper house prices/rent', 15 respondents. * 'Cut back/lower taxes/have no taxes/ violence/keep safety', 42 respondents, review the tax system', 7% (69  'Make things more affordable/cheaper respondents), prices/low living cost', 41 respondents,

* 'Increase taxes/high income earners  'Overhaul justice system/harsher sentence', pay more taxes', 1% (9 respondents), 38 respondents. 

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 24 By 1% of respondents are …  'Get rid of anti-smacking law/allow spanking', 6 respondents,  'Not happy with National/vote for Labour/cut politicians', 14 respondents,  'Faster Internet/cheaper Internet', 5 respondents,  'Develop economy/business/promote NZ/ reduce inflation', 14 respondents,  'More funding for children/childcare/look after children', 5 respondents,  'More guidance/mentors/good role models', 14 respondents,  'Reduce gap between rich and poor/more help to middle class', 5 respondents.  'Sort out Treaty of Waitangi issues/racism', 14 respondents, 9% of respondents (91 respondents) gave 'other'  'Better roads/cyclist lanes/public facilities', responses and 15% of respondents (154 13 respondents, respondents) were unable to comment.

 'More police/improve police system/police in general', 12 respondents,

 'More open government system/listen to group about issues', 12 respondents,

 'Less school time/work time/more holiday', 11 respondents,

 'Address young people leaving NZ to work in Australia/overseas', 8 respondents,

 'Provide training scheme/courses/ apprenticeships', 7 respondents,

 'More consulting assistance', 6 respondents,  'Keep our business/assets under NZ ownership/don't sell them', 6 respondents,

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 25 D. PERCENTAGED TABLES

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 26 Youth Issues

Q1 Think about you, yourself, what is the most important to you in your life right now...

Age Gender Area —————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————— —————————————————————————————————————— Northland 12-15 16-19 20-24 Female Male & Rest of South Total yrs yrs yrs Auckland North Island Island ————— ———————————— ———————————— ———————————— ———————————— ———————————— ———————————— ———————————— ———————————— Unweighted Base 1018 323 328 367 507 511 368 395 255 Weighted Base 1017 336 317 364 503 514 381 399 237

My family 461 179 134 147 266 195 190 165 106 45.3 53.3 42.4 40.4 52.8 38.0 49.7 41.4 44.7

My education/school work/ 429 141 168 119 229 200 195 142 92 tertiary studies 42.2 42.0 53.1 32.8 45.6 38.9 51.1 35.6 39.0

My friends 294 129 106 59 191 103 112 104 79 28.9 38.4 33.5 16.2 38.0 20.1 29.3 26.1 33.1

My job/work/career 96 2 23 71 52 43 42 32 22 9.4 0.5 7.2 19.5 10.4 8.4 10.9 8.1 9.1

Sport 88 58 23 7 15 73 27 38 23 8.7 17.4 7.3 1.9 3.1 14.2 7.2 9.6 9.5

Finding a job/future career 80 6 23 51 29 51 34 26 20 7.9 1.8 7.1 14.1 5.7 10.0 9.0 6.5 8.3

My social life/having a good 47 13 20 14 21 26 15 18 14 time/having fun 4.6 3.8 6.4 3.8 4.2 5.1 3.9 4.6 5.8

Money/earning money/having 44 2 13 29 19 25 11 19 14 money/financial security 4.3 0.6 4.0 8.1 3.9 4.8 3.0 4.7 5.9

My interests/pastimes/ 36 17 6 14 12 24 19 8 10 hobbies 3.6 5.0 1.8 3.8 2.4 4.7 4.9 1.9 4.2

My baby/child/children 33 0 1 32 27 6 16 13 4 3.2 0.0 0.3 8.7 5.4 1.2 4.1 3.3 1.7

My parent/boyfriend/ 32 2 11 19 11 22 11 16 5 girlfriend/husband/wife 3.2 0.7 3.4 5.3 2.1 4.2 2.8 4.1 2.2

Being/staying fit and healthy 28 5 7 16 12 16 11 8 9 2.7 1.5 2.1 4.4 2.3 3.1 3.0 1.9 3.6

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 27 (continued)

Q1 Think about you, yourself, what is the most important to you in your life right now... (continued)

Church/God/my Christian faith 26 6 8 11 19 7 9 8 8 2.6 1.8 2.6 3.2 3.8 1.3 2.5 2.1 3.5

The future/my future 23 3 10 10 10 13 10 8 5 2.3 1.0 3.1 2.8 2.0 2.6 2.7 2.0 2.1

Music/playing music/listen 18 10 5 3 4 14 8 4 6 to music/singing 1.8 3.0 1.7 0.8 0.9 2.7 2.1 1.1 2.6

Being happy/not sad or 18 4 3 10 10 7 5 7 5 stressed 1.7 1.3 0.9 2.9 2.1 1.4 1.4 1.9 2.1

My car/my motorbike/working 17 5 7 5 1 16 4 6 7 on them/driving them 1.7 1.5 2.2 1.4 0.2 3.1 1.1 1.6 2.8

Saving money/saving for a 16 1 1 14 7 9 9 6 2 goal 1.6 0.3 0.3 3.9 1.5 1.7 2.3 1.4 0.9

My pets/my animals/animals 13 6 2 5 8 5 2 6 5 generally 1.3 1.8 0.6 1.4 1.6 1.0 0.6 1.6 2.0

Cost of tertiary study/ 12 0 5 7 8 4 5 7 1 student loan issues etc 1.2 0.0 1.6 1.9 1.6 0.8 1.2 1.7 0.4

Travel/doing my OE 12 0 3 9 8 4 3 7 1 1.2 0.0 1.0 2.4 1.6 0.8 0.9 1.9 0.4

My personal possessions/ 6 3 2 1 1 5 2 3 1 assets 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.2 1.0 0.5 0.8 0.4

A safe environment/personal 5 0 1 4 3 2 0 4 1 safety 0.5 0.0 0.3 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.9 0.4

Q1 Think about you, yourself, what is the most important to you in your life right now... (continued)

Other 63 18 12 33 23 40 22 33 9 6.2 5.4 3.7 9.2 4.6 7.8 5.7 8.2 3.6

Don't Know/can't say/nothing 6 2 2 2 2 4 1 3 2 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.3 0.7 0.7

Q2 Can you think of anything that causes you worry or causes you to be anxious...

Succeeding in studies/getting 185 70 79 36 97 88 91 55 38 good grades/passing exams 18.2 20.9 25.0 9.8 19.2 17.2 24.0 13.9 16.1

Lack of money/not earning 131 4 29 98 79 52 44 50 37 enough/not enough to pay bills12.9 1.2 9.2 26.9 15.8 10.1 11.6 12.5 15.7

My family/getting hurt/ 81 24 24 33 46 35 33 31 18 becoming unwell/dying 8.0 7.0 7.7 9.2 9.2 6.9 8.5 7.8 7.4

Personal issues/problems 71 22 23 26 36 35 36 21 13 7.0 6.6 7.3 7.1 7.2 6.8 9.5 5.4 5.6

Crime/increasing crime/drug 59 16 10 32 31 28 22 19 18 use/soft criminal justice 5.8 4.9 3.3 8.9 6.2 5.4 5.9 4.7 7.6

Getting a job/finding a good 56 4 18 34 28 28 24 17 15 job/full time employment 5.5 1.1 5.7 9.5 5.7 5.4 6.4 4.3 6.2

Coping with homework/too much 54 33 14 7 34 20 16 23 14 homework/homework deadlines 5.3 9.8 4.4 2.0 6.8 3.9 4.3 5.9 6.1

My friends/their wellbeing/ 40 11 19 10 30 10 14 18 8 problems/arguments with friend 3.9 3.3 6.0 2.6 6.0 1.9 3.7 4.5 3.3

My work/work issues/stress at 37 0 8 29 15 22 15 13 9 work/being out of work 3.6 0.0 2.4 8.0 2.9 4.3 3.9 3.2 3.8

The future/what the future 32 6 15 11 18 15 9 12 11 holds/will be 3.2 1.9 4.8 3.0 3.5 2.9 2.4 3.0 4.7

Environmental issues/pollution 29 10 10 9 17 12 11 9 9 /animal issues 2.8 2.9 3.3 2.4 3.3 2.3 2.9 2.2 3.7

Family problems/parents 28 12 8 8 14 14 10 9 9

Ministry Of Youth Development, Survey Report 2010, National Research Bureau 32 fighting/financial troubles 2.8 3.6 2.7 2.2 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.3 3.7

(continued)

Q2 Can you think of anything that causes you worry or causes you to be anxious... (continued)

Living costs/prices going up/ 23 0 10 13 12 11 6 9 8 GST increase/ETS effect 2.2 0.0 3.0 3.7 2.4 2.1 1.5 2.3 3.3

Economic downturn/recession/ 23 2 4 17 8 15 10 7 5 effect on people/business 2.2 0.6 1.2 4.6 1.6 2.9 2.7 1.8 2.1

Wars in the world/world hatred 22 10 6 6 11 11 9 7 6 and violence/world peace 2.2 3.1 2.0 1.5 2.2 2.2 2.4 1.7 2.6

Student loan issues/size of 22 0 7 15 11 11 11 6 5 debt/paying it off 2.2 0.0 2.2 4.2 2.2 2.2 3.0 1.4 2.2

BP oil spill 21 6 8 7 13 8 7 5 9 2.1 1.8 2.7 1.9 2.7 1.5 1.9 1.2 3.9

My health/health concerns/ 20 10 2 8 5 15 10 5 5 getting hurt/becoming unwell 2.0 3.0 0.6 2.2 1.0 2.9 2.7 1.3 1.9

Being bullied/beaten up/ 19 13 3 4 10 9 5 9 4 youth violence generally 1.9 3.7 0.9 1.0 2.0 1.7 1.4 2.4 1.8

My presonal safety/walking at 19 8 5 5 15 4 6 7 6 night/being in dodgy areas 1.9 2.4 1.7 1.5 3.0 0.8 1.6 1.7 2.5

Climate change/global warming 19 3 9 6 9 10 9 6 4 1.8 1.0 3.0 1.6 1.7 1.9 2.4 1.5 1.6

Youth drinking/drunkenness/ 18 5 6 8 14 4 4 10 4 society's alcohol problem 1.8 1.3 1.8 2.1 2.8 0.8 1.1 2.5 1.7

Bad world news/natrual 17 8 5 4 11 6 6 7 4 disasters 1.7 2.5 1.5 1.1 2.2 1.2 1.7 1.8 1.5

Parents expectation/self 15 4 6 5 9 6 8 5 2 expectation/to be successful 1.5 1.2 1.9 1.3 1.8 1.1 2.2 1.2 0.8

Relationships/people argument 15 2 4 9 9 6 7 4 4 generally 1.5 0.6 1.1 2.5 1.8 1.1 2.0 0.9 1.5

Peer pressure/being forced 13 9 3 1 8 5 5 3 4 into doing things/fitting in 1.3 2.7 0.8 0.3 1.6 0.9 1.3 0.9 1.8

The way of NZ going/political 12 1 2 9 6 6 4 5 3 issues/development of NZ 1.2 0.3 0.6 2.5 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.3

Sports/sports events/my 12 4 8 0 4 8 4 5 3 performance/team's performance1.2 1.3 2.4 0.0 0.8 1.6 1.0 1.4 1.2

Time balance/busy life/lack 11 2 3 7 7 4 10 1 1 of time 1.1 0.6 0.9 1.8 1.5 0.8 2.5 0.3 0.4

World poverty 10 2 3 5 6 4 5 2 3 1.0 0.6 0.9 1.5 1.2 0.8 1.4 0.5 1.2

Car accidents/road deaths/ 10 3 5 2 3 7 3 3 4 drink driving/boy racers 0.9 0.9 1.5 0.5 0.6 1.3 0.8 0.8 1.6

Boyfriend/girlfriend trouble/ 9 1 6 2 3 6 4 3 2 stressing me out 0.9 0.3 1.8 0.5 0.6 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.9

The end of the world in 2012 8 4 0 4 8 0 6 2 1 0.8 1.2 0.0 1.1 1.6 0.0 1.4 0.4 0.4

The community we live in/lack 8 1 3 4 3 5 1 5 2 care of others 0.7 0.2 0.9 1.0 0.5 0.9 0.2 1.2 0.8

Getting punishment/yelled at 6 4 2 0 3 3 3 1 2 when get into trouble 0.6 1.2 0.6 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.7

Upbringing of young people/ 6 2 2 2 5 1 0 4 2 dysfuntional families 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.2 0.0 1.0 0.8

Learning to drive/getting a 5 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 drivers licence 0.5 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.8

Missing family members/family 5 1 1 3 3 2 3 1 1 members away 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.2 0.4

Other 65 9 21 35 33 32 26 26 13 6.4 2.6 6.8 9.6 6.6 6.2 6.8 6.6 5.4

Don't Know/can't say/nothing 224 109 61 54 80 144 79 108 37 22.0 32.4 19.1 14.9 15.8 28.1 20.7 27.0 15.7

Q3 Think about young people around your age group, what do you think is the big issue for young people in New Zealand at present...

Teenage drinking/underage 280 48 124 107 155 125 96 111 73 drinking/binge drinking 27.5 14.3 39.2 29.5 30.8 24.3 25.2 27.7 30.8

Drugs/drug abuse 143 40 61 42 77 66 57 57 29 14.1 12.0 19.3 11.5 15.3 12.9 15.0 14.3 12.2

Unemployment/finding jobs/ 138 7 32 100 58 80 66 42 30 job opportunities/security 13.6 2.0 10.0 27.4 11.6 15.5 17.2 10.6 12.8

Education/school life/ 109 43 39 28 58 51 58 31 20 university/passing exams 10.7 12.7 12.2 7.6 11.6 9.8 15.3 7.7 8.4

Social things/parties/fun 96 38 36 22 46 51 40 35 21 lifestyle/travel/hobbies 9.5 11.2 11.5 6.1 9.1 9.8 10.6 8.7 8.9

Peer pressure/fitting in/ 92 46 35 11 55 37 33 33 26 getting accepted socially 9.0 13.7 11.1 3.0 11.0 7.1 8.8 8.3 10.8

Girls/boys/dating/romancing/ 65 36 15 14 38 27 21 35 9 sex 6.4 10.7 4.6 4.0 7.5 5.3 5.4 8.7 3.9

Money/lack of money/surviving 65 3 6 56 41 24 26 29 10 financially/debt in general 6.4 0.9 1.8 15.4 8.1 4.6 6.9 7.2 4.1

Driving/car accidents/speeding 52 13 17 22 25 27 21 11 20 /boy racers/drink-driving 5.1 3.8 5.4 6.0 5.0 5.2 5.4 2.8 8.4

Sports/all sports/World Cup/ 50 35 7 8 10 40 22 19 9 All Blacks 4.9 10.4 2.1 2.3 2.0 7.8 5.8 4.7 3.8

Decision about the future/ 47 8 14 26 26 21 19 20 8 what to do with your life 4.7 2.3 4.4 7.1 5.2 4.2 5.1 5.1 3.3

Smoking 38 18 12 8 22 16 12 16 10 3.8 5.3 3.9 2.2 4.4 3.1 3.2 4.0 4.2

Q3 Think about young people around your age group, what do you think is the big issue for young people in New Zealand at present... (continued)

Bored young people/fighting/ 36 13 8 15 20 17 13 15 8 stealing/graffiti/crime/gangs 3.6 3.9 2.6 4.1 3.9 3.2 3.5 3.9 3.2

Cost of tertiary education/ 33 0 4 29 22 11 12 11 10 student loans 3.2 0.0 1.2 8.0 4.4 2.1 3.2 2.7 4.3

Relationships/relationships 32 12 12 8 17 15 15 10 7 with friends/family 3.2 3.5 3.9 2.2 3.4 2.9 3.8 2.6 3.1

Bullying/cyber bullying/text 25 23 2 0 14 12 9 13 3 bullying 2.5 7.0 0.6 0.0 2.7 2.3 2.3 3.4 1.4

Friend in general 23 13 7 3 11 12 9 8 5 2.2 3.7 2.3 0.7 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.1 2.2

Teenage pregnancies/unwanted 21 4 7 10 15 6 5 12 4 pregnancies/teen mothers 2.1 1.2 2.2 2.8 3.0 1.2 1.4 3.1 1.5

Games/computer games/video 20 13 4 3 2 18 12 4 3 games 1.9 3.8 1.2 0.9 0.4 3.4 3.2 1.1 1.2

Young people living for today/ 19 3 6 11 8 11 8 7 4 no focus on their future 1.9 0.8 1.8 3.0 1.5 2.2 2.1 1.9 1.5

Health issues/puberty time/ 18 6 3 8 11 7 9 7 2 health education/sex education 1.7 1.9 0.9 2.3 2.1 1.4 2.3 1.8 0.8

Body image/self image/self 18 9 5 3 16 2 7 8 3 esteem/self acceptance/fashion 1.7 2.8 1.5 0.9 3.1 0.4 1.7 2.1 1.1

Music/Justin Beber 14 7 5 2 6 8 7 3 4 1.4 2.2 1.5 0.6 1.2 1.6 1.9 0.9 1.5

Family life under pressure/ 14 9 3 2 7 7 4 7 3 sperated/dysfuntional families 1.3 2.6 0.9 0.6 1.3 1.4 1.1 1.7 1.2

Violence in community/domestic 13 4 4 5 5 8 5 6 2 violence/child abuse 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.0 1.6 1.3 1.6 0.8

Family in general 13 6 1 7 9 4 5 3 4 1.3 1.6 0.3 1.9 1.9 0.7 1.4 0.9 1.9

Cars/motorbikes 13 2 6 5 2 11 5 8 0 1.2 0.7 1.9 1.3 0.3 2.1 1.3 2.0 0.0

What's on TV/influence of TV/ 12 3 5 5 6 7 5 3 5 media 1.2 0.8 1.6 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 0.7 1.9

Movies 12 6 3 3 4 8 10 1 1 1.2 1.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.6 2.7 0.3 0.4

Cost of living/everything 11 0 1 10 5 6 0 4 6 going up in prices 1.1 0.0 0.3 2.7 0.9 1.2 0.0 1.1 2.6

Depression/suicide 10 2 6 2 8 2 2 6 3 1.0 0.7 2.0 0.5 1.7 0.4 0.5 1.5 1.1

Expectations of today's young 10 0 1 9 7 3 4 3 2 people/how they're influcenced 0.9 0.0 0.3 2.4 1.3 0.6 1.1 0.9 0.9

Moving to overseas 9 1 1 7 3 6 3 5 1 0.9 0.3 0.3 1.8 0.6 1.2 0.8 1.2 0.4

Driving age should be the same 8 5 4 0 5 4 2 1 5 /don't increase 0.8 1.4 1.1 0.0 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.3 2.2

Driving age change 8 5 3 1 3 5 3 3 2 0.8 1.3 0.9 0.3 0.6 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.8

Environmental issues/natrual 8 2 5 1 7 1 2 3 3 disasters/animal issues 0.7 0.6 1.5 0.2 1.3 0.2 0.5 0.7 1.1

New technology 7 3 3 1 5 2 3 2 2 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.3 1.0 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.8

Buying first house 7 0 1 6 4 3 2 4 1 0.7 0.0 0.3 1.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.4

Facebook 7 3 2 2 3 4 3 1 3 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.2 1.2

Getting drivers licence 6 3 3 0 2 4 2 3 1 0.6 1.0 0.9 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.4

Too easy to get on the dole/ 6 0 2 4 3 3 5 0 1 stay home/not work 0.6 0.0 0.6 1.2 0.6 0.6 1.3 0.0 0.4

Drinking age should be the 6 0 5 1 2 4 4 0 2 same/don't increase 0.6 0.0 1.5 0.3 0.4 0.7 1.0 0.0 0.8

Safety issues 6 4 0 2 5 1 0 4 2 0.6 1.2 0.0 0.5 0.9 0.2 0.0 1.0 0.7

Drinking age limit 6 0 5 1 2 4 3 1 2 0.6 0.0 1.5 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.8

Drinking age should be 5 1 2 2 2 3 1 0 4 increased 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.0 1.6

Driving age should be up 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.8

Other 72 13 21 38 34 38 28 22 22 7.1 3.9 6.5 10.6 6.8 7.3 7.3 5.4 9.5

Don't know/can't say/nothing 58 31 15 11 23 35 18 31 9 5.7 9.2 4.8 3.1 4.6 6.7 4.7 7.8 3.7

Q4 Thinking about things that would make a difference, if you were Prime Minister, what is the one thing you would do to make living in New Zealand better than it is now...

Address cost of education/ 80 8 22 50 51 29 35 27 17 provide free education 7.8 2.3 6.9 13.8 10.1 5.6 9.2 6.8 7.4

Create more jobs/work for 78 16 23 39 33 45 35 27 16 unemployed/no dole 7.7 4.6 7.2 10.8 6.6 8.7 9.2 6.7 6.8

Address underage drinking/ 74 25 27 22 40 34 26 25 23 raise drinking age 7.3 7.6 8.4 6.0 8.0 6.6 6.9 6.2 9.8

More funding in education/ 71 29 21 21 28 43 27 28 16 improve education 7.0 8.6 6.5 5.8 5.6 8.3 7.0 7.1 6.7

Cut back/lower taxes/have no 69 19 20 30 25 44 27 24 18 taxes/review the tax system 6.8 5.5 6.3 8.4 5.1 8.5 7.1 6.1 7.4

More assistance/support for 55 16 16 23 35 20 18 23 14 low income families 5.4 4.8 5.1 6.3 7.0 3.9 4.8 5.7 6.1

Address driving by young 46 17 19 10 19 27 14 14 18 people/raise driving age 4.6 5.2 5.9 2.8 3.8 5.3 3.7 3.5 7.8

Increase wage/minimum wage/ 44 6 16 22 20 25 20 12 11 youth wage 4.4 1.7 5.2 6.1 3.9 4.8 5.4 3.1 4.8 protect envrionment/stop 44 23 17 4 26 18 14 16 13 mining/animal welfare/whaling 4.3 6.7 5.4 1.2 5.2 3.5 3.8 4.1 5.6

Address crime/bullying/gangs/ 42 18 15 9 25 18 21 13 8 domestic violence/keep safety 4.2 5.5 4.8 2.4 4.9 3.5 5.6 3.3 3.3

Make things more affordable/ 41 15 14 11 23 17 15 14 11 cheaper prices/low living cost 4.0 4.3 4.6 3.2 4.6 3.3 4.0 3.5 4.7

Overhaul justice system/ 38 4 14 20 24 14 16 16 6 harsher sentence 3.7 1.2 4.3 5.5 4.7 2.7 4.2 4.1 2.4

Q4 Thinking about things that would make a difference, if you were Prime Minister, what is the one thing you would do to make living in New Zealand better than it is now... (continued)

Address smoking/ban smoking/ 34 17 10 7 16 18 13 13 8 change smoking law 3.3 5.2 3.0 1.9 3.2 3.5 3.5 3.2 3.4

Provide activities/social 30 15 7 8 12 18 10 14 5 opportunities/venues for youth 2.9 4.5 2.1 2.1 2.4 3.4 2.6 3.6 2.2

Address GST/no increase GST/ 25 4 7 13 12 12 7 11 6 no GST on fruit and vegetables 2.4 1.3 2.2 3.6 2.5 2.4 2.0 2.8 2.6

Ensure same rights/benefit/ 21 6 5 11 12 9 8 9 4 opportunities/be treated same 2.1 1.7 1.5 3.0 2.4 1.8 2.2 2.3 1.7

Make it harder to access drugs 21 8 9 4 11 10 8 4 8 /educate against drug use 2.1 2.2 2.8 1.2 2.2 1.9 2.2 1.1 3.5

Overhaul NCEA system/changes 19 4 13 2 11 8 5 9 5 to NCEA/scrap NCEA 1.9 1.2 4.1 0.5 2.2 1.5 1.3 2.4 1.9

Improve health system/more 18 2 8 8 10 8 9 5 4 affordable/more accessible 1.7 0.6 2.4 2.2 2.0 1.5 2.4 1.2 1.6

Improve public transport 17 2 13 2 10 7 11 5 1 1.7 0.7 4.0 0.6 2.0 1.3 2.8 1.3 0.4

More sports opportunites/get 16 10 5 2 2 14 3 9 5 more people involved in sport 1.6 2.9 1.5 0.5 0.4 2.8 0.8 2.2 2.0

Assist into first homes/ 15 1 0 14 8 7 9 5 1 cheaper house prices/rent 1.5 0.3 0.0 3.8 1.6 1.4 2.3 1.3 0.4

Keep driving age the same/ 14 11 2 1 4 10 4 6 4 don't change driving age 1.4 3.4 0.6 0.3 0.8 2.0 1.1 1.4 1.8

Not happy with National/vote 14 3 2 9 3 11 7 4 3 for Labour/cut politicians 1.4 0.9 0.6 2.5 0.6 2.1 1.9 1.0 1.2

Develop economy/business/ 14 2 3 9 4 10 7 5 2 promote NZ/reduce inflation 1.4 0.6 0.9 2.4 0.7 2.0 2.0 1.2 0.8

More guidence/mentors/good 14 2 7 5 12 2 3 7 4 role models 1.4 0.7 2.1 1.3 2.3 0.4 0.8 1.7 1.6

Sort out Treaty of Waitangi 14 0 3 11 6 8 2 7 4 issues/racism 1.3 0.0 0.9 2.9 1.2 1.5 0.5 1.9 1.7

Better roads/cyclist lanes/ 13 5 7 1 3 10 4 3 6 public facilities 1.3 1.5 2.2 0.3 0.6 2.0 1.1 0.8 2.4

More police/improve police 12 3 3 6 2 10 7 5 0 system/police in general 1.2 1.0 0.9 1.7 0.4 2.0 1.9 1.3 0.0

More open government system/ 12 3 6 3 4 8 4 5 3 listen to group about issues 1.2 1.0 1.8 0.8 0.7 1.6 1.0 1.3 1.2

Less school time/work time/ 11 7 2 2 2 8 4 3 3 more holiday 1.0 2.0 0.6 0.6 0.4 1.6 1.1 0.9 1.3

Remove/review benefit system/ 11 1 2 8 6 5 4 3 3 too easy to get into 1.0 0.3 0.6 2.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.2

Increase taxes/high income 9 3 3 3 2 7 3 3 3 earners pay more taxes 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.4 1.4 0.9 0.8 1.3

Address young people leaving 8 0 0 8 1 7 3 4 1 NZ to work in Aussie/overseas 0.8 0.0 0.0 2.1 0.2 1.4 0.8 0.9 0.4

Provide training schemes/ 7 1 2 4 1 6 3 3 1 courses/apprenticeships 0.7 0.3 0.6 1.1 0.2 1.2 0.8 0.7 0.4

More consulting assistance 6 2 0 4 4 2 2 3 1 0.6 0.7 0.0 1.1 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.4

Keep our business/assets under 6 1 1 4 0 6 3 2 1 NZ ownership/don't sell them 0.6 0.3 0.3 1.1 0.0 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.4

Get rid of anti-smacking law/ 6 4 0 2 2 4 3 0 3 allow spanking 0.6 1.1 0.0 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.8 0.0 1.1

Reduce student loan/no 5 0 2 3 3 2 1 3 1 student loan/allowance 0.5 0.0 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.8 0.4

Faster internet/cheaper 5 4 0 1 0 5 1 1 3 internet 0.5 1.2 0.0 0.3 0.0 1.0 0.3 0.3 1.2

More funding for children/ 5 0 1 4 3 2 2 1 2 childcare/look after children 0.5 0.0 0.3 1.1 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.9

Reduce gap between rich and 5 0 2 3 3 2 1 2 2 poor/more help to middle class 0.5 0.0 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.8

Keep drinking age the same/ 5 1 3 1 4 1 2 0 3 don't change drinking age 0.4 0.2 0.8 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.5 0.0 1.1

Open doors for immigration 4 1 1 2 0 4 1 0 3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.8 0.3 0.0 1.2

Better control of immigration 4 0 1 3 0 4 0 4 0 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.8 0.0 0.7 0.0 1.0 0.0

Other 91 24 27 40 52 39 32 35 23 8.9 7.0 8.4 11.1 10.3 7.5 8.4 8.8 9.9

Don't know/can't say/nothing 154 69 47 38 77 77 51 73 30 15.1 20.5 14.8 10.3 15.3 14.9 13.3 18.3 12.6

Q5 Which of these age groups do you fall into...

12 to 15 years 336 336 0 0 164 172 123 139 74 33.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 32.6 33.5 32.3 34.8 31.2

16 to 19 years 317 0 317 0 156 161 116 125 76 31.2 0.0 100.0 0.0 31.0 31.3 30.4 31.3 32.1

20 to 24 years 364 0 0 364 183 181 142 135 87 35.8 0.0 0.0 100.0 36.4 35.2 37.3 33.8 36.7

Q6 Including yourself, how many people aged between 12 and 24 years usually live in your household...

Just me 439 155 121 163 204 234 168 175 96 43.1 46.0 38.1 44.8 40.6 45.6 44.1 43.9 40.4

Two of us 372 126 133 112 186 186 136 147 89 36.6 37.5 42.1 30.8 36.9 36.2 35.6 36.8 37.6

Three 152 39 48 66 82 70 59 58 35 15.0 11.5 15.0 18.1 16.3 13.7 15.4 14.6 14.9

Four 38 11 10 16 22 16 15 13 10 3.7 3.4 3.3 4.4 4.4 3.0 3.8 3.2 4.4

Five plus 17 5 5 7 9 8 4 6 7 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.1 1.5 2.8

Q7 Which of these describes you...

Studying or training, unpaid 712 331 244 138 362 351 260 286 166 70.0 98.4 76.9 37.9 71.9 68.2 68.3 71.7 70.0

Working for pay, part or full 220 3 49 168 97 123 84 84 51 time 21.6 1.0 15.4 46.0 19.2 23.9 22.0 21.1 21.6

Unemployed, seeking work 40 1 12 27 18 21 16 17 7 3.9 0.3 3.8 7.3 3.7 4.1 4.2 4.2 3.0

Unemployed, not seeking work 14 0 0 14 11 3 4 8 2 1.4 0.0 0.0 3.9 2.3 0.6 1.2 2.0 0.9

Working full time and studying 3 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 1 part time 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.6 0.5 0.0 0.4

Studying full time and working 26 1 12 13 14 12 13 3 10 part time 2.6 0.3 3.9 3.5 2.8 2.3 3.5 0.7 4.0

Studying part time and working 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 part time 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0

Other 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0

Q8 Your gender...

Female 503 164 156 183 503 0 189 198 116 49.5 48.8 49.2 50.3 100.0 0.0 49.6 49.6 48.9

Male 514 172 161 181 0 514 192 201 121 50.5 51.2 50.8 49.7 0.0 100.0 50.4 50.4 51.1

Which area do you live...

Northland and Auckland 381 123 116 142 189 192 381 0 0 37.5 36.6 36.6 39.0 37.6 37.4 100.0 0.0 0.0

Rest of North Island 399 139 125 135 198 201 0 399 0 39.2 41.4 39.4 37.1 39.4 39.1 0.0 100.0 0.0

South Island 237 74 76 87 116 121 0 0 237 23.3 22.0 24.0 23.9 23.1 23.5 0.0 0.0 100.0

Interview time duration...

Age Gender Area —————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————— —————————————————————————————————————— Northland 12-15 16-19 20-24 Female Male & Rest of South Total yrs yrs yrs Auckland North Island Island ————— ———————————— ———————————— ———————————— ———————————— ———————————— ———————————— ———————————— ———————————— Weighted Base 1017 336 317 364 503 514 381 399 237

Interview time duration 7.9 7.5 7.9 8.2 8.0 7.8 7.9 7.4 8.7

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MINISTRY OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

YOUTH ISSUES

START TIME: ______

CONTACT: "Good morning/afternoon/evening. I'm Xxx from National Research Bureau. We have been asked by the Ministry of Youth Development to talk to young people about issues they relate to. The interview takes about 7 or 8 minutes. May I ask whether or not you have anyone living in your home who falls into any of these age groups? They needn't be available right now. I'm happy to make a time to call back if necessary." (READ OUT) "12-15 years?" "16-19 years?" "20-24 years?"

IF NO HOUSEHOLD MEMBER IN ANY ABOVE AGE, THANK AND CLOSE.

RECORD AGE DETAILS ON SAMPLING SHEET (YES OR NO).

IF 'YES' TO ANY, CHECK YOUR AGE AND GENDER QUOTAS AND ASK: "May I speak to the person (male/female) aged living in your home who had the last birthday please? If they are out I'd like to call back at a time you suggest."

IF AVAILABLE ASK TO SPEAK TO HER/HIM AND RE-INTRODUCE. PROCEED TO INTERVIEW OR MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO CALL BACK.

INTRODUCTION: "The Ministry of Youth Development wants to know what young New Zealanders are thinking about. They would like to take young people's thoughts to the Government to see if they can make something happen."

Q.1 "Firstly, thinking about you, yourself, what is most important to you in your life, right now?" (RECORD VERBATIM AND PROBE) (IF QUERY SAY: "It's just your own definition of 'important'. Everyone has their own feeling of what is important.")

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Q.2 "Now can you think of anything that causes you worry or causes you to be anxious?" (RECORD VERBATIM AND PROBE) (IF QUERY SAY: "That could be in your own life, your family life, your community, for New Zealand or the world.")

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Q.3 "Now thinking about young people around your age group, what do you think is the big issue for young people in New Zealand at present?" (RECORD VERBATIM AND PROBE) (IF QUERY SAY: "Just the topic that lots of people your age seem to discuss.")

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Q.4 "Thinking about things that would make a difference, if you were Prime Minister, what is the one thing you would do to make living in New Zealand better than it is now?" (RECORD VERBATIM AND PROBE)

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Q.5 "Finally, just a few quick questions about yourself. Which of these age groups do you fall into please?" (READ OUT ALL AND CIRCLE ONE)

“12 to 15 years”------1 "16 to 19 years"------2 "20 to 24 years"------3

Q.6 "Including yourself, how many people aged between 12 and 24 years usually live in your household?" (CIRCLE ONE ONLY) Just me – 1 Two of us – 2 Three – 3 Four – 4 Five plus – 5

Q.7 "Which of these describes you?" (CIRCLE ONE ONLY)

"Studying or training, unpaid?"------1 "Working for pay, part or full time?"------2 "Unemployed, seeking work?"------3 Unemployed, not seeking work?"------4 Other______(DESCRIBE)

Q.8 RECORD GENDER WITHOUT ASKING: Female – 1 Male – 2

THANK AND CLOSE

READ OUT: "Thank you for taking part in our survey. May I just have your name in case my Supervisor wishes to audit this interview?" (RECORD)

Respondent's Name: ______

Telephone Number: ______(RECORD)

AREA PHONE BOOK: ______(RECORD)

READ OUT: "Thank you very much for you time. We appreciate your taking part in this survey."

END TIME: ______Interview Duration: ______minutes (RECORD)

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CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that this is a true and accurate record of an interview conducted by me at the time and with the person specified. TICK WHEN CHECKED:

INTERVIEWER'S NAME: ______Date: ______(Please PRINT)

Supervisor Sign: ______Audit: ______

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