Youth Survey Results

Youth Survey Results

The following is a summary of the analysis of the youth survey that was conducted during the months of August and September, 2010. The final tally for the survey was 536. After the results and analysis there is a summary of the methodology that was used to collected the data. The number of youth responding to any question may be less or more than 536 because some youth did not answer all of the questions and for some questions they were asked to respond to all the prompts that applied.

The sum of the youth responding in all the categories will not always total to 536, the total youth surveyed. On a number of occasions not every youth answered every question.

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What activities are you involved in at school?

16%

5%

7%

17%

24%

46%

0 50 100 150 200 250 300

Other

Student Government

Service

Clubs

Music

Sports

Number of youth responding

Activity Number of youth responding Sports 248 Music 130 Clubs 92

Service 38 Student Government 25

Other 86

How old are you?

Age Number of youth responding Eighteen 23

Seventeen 91 Sixteen 94 Fifteen 94

Fourteen 89 Thirteen 65 Twelve 53

The number of eighteen year olds surveyed is much smaller than the other ages because we did not specifically seek them out. The focus of the research was on twelve to seventeen year olds. The construction of the other graphs did not include the eighteen year olds.

10%

12%

17%

18%

18%

17%

4%

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Twelve

Thirteen

Fourteen

Fifteen

Sixteen

Seventeen

Eighteen


What is your gender?

Gender Number of youth responding Male 267 Female 244

51%

46% Male

Female

What is your ethnicity?

Ethnicity Number of youth responding White 367

Two or more races 54 Black 35

Hispanic 26 Asian 25

Native American 19 Other 10

This ethnicity mix reflects the demographic composition of the Redding area. See the Redding census data on www.city-data.com/city/Redding-California.html for comparison.

2%

4%

5%

5%

7%

10%

68%

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400

Other

Native American

Asian

Hispanic

Black

Two or more races

White


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How much money does your family make? Circle the one that best applies.

Family Income Number of youth responding High 33

Medium 354 Low 124

23%

66%

6%

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400

Low

Medium

High


What adults live in your home where you spend most of your time?

Adults in home Number of youth responding Two parents 292

One parent (mom) 121 Multiple responses 38 One parent (dad) 20

Grandparents 14 Foster parent(s) 15

None (no adults are in my home) 6 I do not have a home 6

Other 20

4%

1%

1%

3%

3%

4%

7%

23%

54%

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350

Other

I do not have a home

None (no adults are in my home)

Foster parent(s).

Grandparents

One parent (dad)

Multiple responses

One parent (mom)

Two parents


How many hours a week do you use the following?

>15 10 to 15 2 to 9 <2

TV 60 69 195 174 Ipod 79 77 123 218 Cell 49 65 171 226

Computer 185 67 93 160

0 50 100 150 200 250

<2 hours

2 to 9 hours

10 to 15 hours

>15 hours


TV

Ipod

Cell

Computer

How much free time (non-school/work) do you have each week during the school year?

Hours Number of youth responding >20 94

15 to 20 64 10 to 15 107 5 to 10 143 0 to 5 115

The median number of hours of free time per week was 12.5 hours.

21%

27%

20%

12%

18%

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160

0 to 5

5 to 10

10 to 15

15 to 20

>20


Hou

rs

When do you have the most free time on school days?

Times available Number of youth responding 6 to 9 PM 60 3 to 6 PM 216

12 to 3 PM 34 other 60

17%

10%

61%

17%

0 50 100 150 200 250

other

12 to 3 PM

3 to 6 PM

6 to 9 PM


How do you spend the major part of your free time? Circle up to 7.

Activity Number of youth responding With friends 346

Music 233 With family 222 By myself 188

Team sports 180 Working out 166 To the lake 164

Go to the mall 152 Movies 152

To the park 110 Church youth group 112

Individual sports 90 Dance 85

School activities 84 Art 78

Serving others 47 Clubs(4H, scouts, etc.) 44

Other organized activities 31 Other 44

8%

6%

8%

9%

15%

16%

16%

17%

21%

21%

28%

28%

31%

31%

34%

35%

41%

43%

65%

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400

Other

Other organized activities

Clubs (4H, scouts,etc)

Serving others

Art

Dance

School activities

Individual sports

Church youth group

To the park

Movies

Go to the mall

To the lake

Working out

Team sports

By myself

With family

Music

With friends


How do you find out about activities and events? Circle the main ways, up to 5.

Source of information Number of youth responding Other kids 334

Text message 299 Facebook 224

Phone 206 Parents/adult 173

Radio 166 TV 110

E-mail 93 Websites 90

Posters around town 67 Newspaper of other print 49

9%

13%

17%

17%

21%

31%

32%

38%

42%

56%

62%

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400

Newspaper or other print

Posters around town

Websites

E-mail

TV

Radio

Parents/adult

Phone

Facebook

Text message

Other kids


What is the source of your spending money?

Income Source Number of youth responding Parents 303

Odd jobs 128 Regular job 89 Other adult 22

Other 44

8%

4%

17%

24%

57%

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350

Other

Other adult

Reg. Job

Odd Job

Parents


What do you spend money on?

Item Number of youth responding Cloths/accessories 279

Food/snacks 242 Music 129

Entertainment 121 Hobbies 105

Technology 85 Sports 74

Alcohol/drugs 42 Other 52

10%

8%

14%

16%

20%

23%

24%

45%

52%

0 50 100 150 200 250 300

Other

Alcohol/drugs

Sports

Technology

Hobbies

Entertainment

Music

Food/snacks

Cloths/acc.


If you have a paying job, how many hours each week do you work?

Hours/week Number of youth responding >20 27

10 to 20 40 1 to 10 89 No job 335

63%

17%

7%

5%

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400

No Job

1 to 10

10 to 20

> 20


If you want a job, what kind of work would you like to do?

Professional Retail Food services

Physical labor Self-employed Don't want a job Other

16 18 24 23 20 6 6 14 17 31 25 21 17 14 1 11

Number of youth responding in each age category

15%

6%

6%

21%

24%

25%

19%

12%

1%

15%

18%

23%

27%

33%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%

Other

Don't want a job

Self-employed

Physical labor

Food services

Retail

Professional

Percent of youth responding in each age category

17 year olds

16 year olds

What would help you get a job?

Interview/resume writing/training Internships

Job shadowing

Job coaching

Vocational skills training

Vocational aptitude test Other

16 year olds 30 15 14 26 18 11 2

17 year olds 41 26 24 22 20 6 1

Number of youth responding in each age category

2%

11%

19%

27%

15%

16%

31%

1%

6%

22%

24%

26%

28%

44%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%

Other

Vocational aptitude test

Vocational Skills Training

Job coaching

Job shadowing

Internships

Interview/resume writing/etc. training

Percentage of youth responding in each age category

17

16

What do you think we need (or need more of) in Redding?

Perceived Need Number of youth responding Places to hang out 339

Public concerts 169 Youth center 106

Different sports 37 Other 44

List examples of what Redding needs (or needs more of).

• Skate Park (new, eastside, indoor, bigger, better)(31) • Place to Hang (no trouble, music, food, games, family, chill, fun, yoga) (26) • Safe (hang, neighborhoods, drug free, no trouble, no gangs or graffiti, places to

play, less meth)(23) • Mall (more stores, better, bigger, nice people, new, affordable) (18 ) • Club (teen, dance )(12) • Concerts (more, public, theatre, live, famous, in park, punk rock ) (9) • Dance (sing, stage, cool place, dance area) (7)

8%

7%

20%

32%

63%

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400

Other

Different sports

Youth center

Public concerts

Places to hang out


Perceived needs versus family income

Low Medium High

Places to hang out 69% 60% 79% Public concerts 32% 33% 27% Youth center 25% 19% 12%

Different sports 8% 6% 15% Other 6% 9% 0%

One trend in the data is the increasing percentage of youth indicating an interest in a youth center with decreasing reported family income.

6%

8%

25%

32%

69%

9%

6%

19%

33%

60%

0%

15%

12%

27%

79%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

Other

Different sports

Youth center

Public concerts

Places to hang out

Percentage of youth responding in each family income category

High

Medium

Low

Perceived needs versus age

Age Different Sports Youth Center Public Concerts Places to hang out Other Seventeen 5 24 36 64 10

Sixteen 6 20 31 62 6 Fifteen 9 18 39 60 12

Fourteen 7 8 23 59 5 Thirteen 5 10 20 41 6 Twelve 5 13 12 31 2

Number of youth in each age category responding

4%

9%

6%

13%

6%

11%

57%

63%

66%

67%

66%

70%

23%

31%

26%

44%

33%

40%

25%

15%

9%

20%

21%

26%

9%

8%

8%

10%

6%

5%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

Twelve

Thirteen

Fourteen

Fifteen

Sixteen

Seventeen


Different sports

Youth center

Public concerts

Places to hang out

Other

Perceived needs versus gender

Places to hang out Public concerts Youth center Different sports Other

Female 160 86 55 12 14 Male 176 82 24 24 29

Number of youth in each gender responding

8%

7%

14%

23%

49%

4%

4%

17%

26%

49%

0 50 100 150 200

Other

Different sports

Youth center

Public concerts

Places to hang out

Percent of each gender responding for each activity

Female

Male

Perceived needs versus adults in the home

Different Sports Youth Center Public concerts Places to hang out Other

Two parents 21 64 94 207 23 One parent (mom) 6 22 47 207 11 One parent (dad) 5 22 6 20 6

Grandparents 3 4 12 18 2 Foster parents(s) 1 8 8 13 1 None (no adults) 0 1 2 5 0

No home 1 3 3 6 2 Other 3 9 17 19 1

Number of youth in each family composition responding

2%

13%

0%

3%

5%

14%

7%

6%

39%

40%

63%

42%

46%

48%

49%

51%

35%

20%

25%

26%

31%

14%

28%

23%

18%

20%

13%

26%

10%

13%

13%

16%

6%

7%

0%

3%

8%

4%

4%

5%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

Other

No home

None (no adults)

Foster parents(s)

Grandparents

One parent (dad)

One parent (mom)

Two parents

Percent of youth responding for each family compostion

Different Sports

Youth Center

Public concerts

Places to hang out

Other

School activities versus family income

Sports Music Clubs Service Student Government Other

Low 53 23 23 12 5 22 Middle 164 97 60 21 16 57 High 19 7 6 4 3 5

Number of youth in each family income bracket responding

16%

4%

9%

17%

17%

38%

14%

4%

5%

14%

23%

40%

11%

7%

9%

14%

16%

43%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%

Other

Student Government

Service

Clubs

Music

Sports

Percent of youth responding in each family income category

High

Middle

Low

School activities versus age

Sports Clubs Music Service

Student Government Other

Twelve 26 7 14 2 2 11 Thirteen 32 8 18 4 5 9 Fourteen 48 15 19 7 1 12 Fifteen 45 17 27 6 4 14 Sixteen 45 25 12 9 6 24

Seventeen 34 17 27 11 4 11

Number of youth in each age category responding

It appears that involvement in sports peaks at age fourteen and slowly declines to age seventeen.

18%

3%

3%

23%

11%

42%

12%

7%

5%

24%

11%

42%

12%

1%

7%

19%

15%

47%

12%

4%

5%

24%

15%

40%

20%

5%

7%

10%

21%

37%

11%

4%

11%

26%

16%

33%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%

Other

Student Government

Service

Music

Clubs

Sports


Seventeen

Sixteen

Fifteen

Fourteen

Thirteen

Twelve

School activities versus gender

Sports Music Clubs Service

Student Government Other

Male 132 54 38 17 11 37 Female 111 76 52 19 14 46

Number of youth in each gender responding

It appears that males are more involved in sports than females while females are more involved in music, clubs and student government.

13%

4%

6%

13%

19%

46%

14%

4%

6%

16%

24%

35%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

Other

Student Government

Service

Clubs

Music

Sports

Percent of youth responding by gender

Female

Male

School activities versus adults in the home

Sports Clubs Music Service Student Government Other

Two parents 152 56 89 23 20 46 One parent (mom) 61 22 27 7 2 25 One parent (dad) 13 4 2 1 1 4

Grandparents 13 7 8 1 0 5 Foster parent(s) 5 6 5 2 0 1

None 3 0 0 0 0 1 No home 2 3 2 4 1 0

Other 15 6 4 3 2 11

Number of youth in each family composition responding

The percentage of youth involved in sports for the category of “none” is misleading given the small sample size.

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

Other

No home

None

Foster parent(s)

Grandparents

One parent (dad)

One parent (mom)

Two parents

Percentage of youth responding by family compostion

Sports

Clubs

Music

Service

Student Government

Other

Methodology We attempted to address three questions concerning our methodology 1) The ethics of conducting the survey, 2) The validity of the survey instrument, and 3) the representativeness of the sample. Survey Ethics: In the absence of an Institutional Review Board, we approached the ethical questions associated with the survey research by considering the issue from a public domain perspective. What are the guidelines for communicating in public? The individual must have the right to not communicate with you if they so choose. We told each participant verbally and in writing that they could chose to not answer any of the questions. Some chose not to participate. We asked for the permission of the owners of any private property (ex. malls) if we could administer our survey on their property. Some said no and we respected their wishes. We consulted with a local attorney about the legality of surveying minors. Although he could not find any specific laws concerning this, he did find some court rulings that suggested that it was OK. Instrument Validity: The survey was reviewed by people familiar with youth and a pilot study was conducted resulting in a number of changes to the survey. Sample Representativeness: We addressed the question of representativeness by 1) dividing the city into 10 regions and intentionally assigning surveyors (we had around 30) to one of these regions. We requested that they only survey in their assigned region. We suggested public locations to try within each region. 2) We gave instructions to each surveyor on how to choose youth to survey without consideration of any characteristic except that they were 12 to 17. 3) Finally, we looked at questions 3 (age), 4 (gender) and 5 (ethnicity) for indications of a representative sample. The findings for question five were also compared to census data for Redding in order to determine the representativeness of our sample. This analysis suggested that the sample was representative of youth in the areas of age, gender and ethnicity.

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