CNN Youthscape

-- COMPARING THE VIEWS OF 12 - 24 YEAR OLDS IN 11 COUNTRIES ON THEMSELVES AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT -- -- "KEEPING YOUR WORD" (95%), "HELPING OTHERS" (89%), "WORKING HARD" (84%) ARE MOST IMPORTANT VALUES TO THE WORLD'S YOUTH -- -- TRADITIONAL VALUES PREFERRED TO TRADITIONAL INSTITUTIONS - "LIFELONG PARTNER" (77%) versus "GETTING MARRIED" (56%) - "GOING TO CHURCH" (41%) versus "RESISTING TEMPTATION" (71%) --

In March 1999, a total of 4,380 interviews were conducted with youth between the ages of 12 and 24 in Argentina, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain, UK, US, and Canada by the Angus Reid Group for CNN International.

The sample size for each country is 300, except for Canada. Canadian youth data were collected using the Angus Reid Group's omnibus research vehicle "Youthscape", which sampled over 1300 Canadian youths. The margin of error for a sample of 300 is plus or minus 5.7%, nineteen times out of twenty. The margin of error for the Canadian data is plus or minus 2.7%, nineteen times out of twenty.

For more information, please contact:

John Wright
Senior Vice-President
Angus Reid Group
(416) 324-2900
[email protected]