How much do you know about Generation `Selfie'?
Ipsos carried out a survey of 975 young people aged 14-22 in the UK for Barnardo's to find out what they think about Westminster politics, their future aspirations, online safety and sex and relationships education.
Ipsos carried out a survey of 975 young people aged 14-22 in the UK for Barnardo’s to find out what they think about Westminster politics, their future aspirations, online safety and sex and relationships education. The research focused in particular on ‘disadvantaged’ young peoplenote1.
The research found that just 9% of young people felt that politicians at Westminster represent the views of young people their age.
Overall young people were relatively confident that in the future they would be able to earn enough money to support themselves without relying on benefits (72%), earn enough money to support a family (61%) and own their own house (51%). However, there is a wide gulf in views between those who consider themselves among the “best off” and “worst off” in society as shown below.
The report also sheds light on challenges facing young people growing up today. A third of young people (33%) said they find it easier to show their real personality on the Internet than when they are with people face-to-face.
Fewer than half of young people reported that they were taught about relationships (not just sex) at school (49%), yet almost over three-quarters (78%) thought they should be.
Ipsos interviewed a representative sample of 975 young people in the UK aged 14-22. Fieldwork was conducted using Ipsos’s online panel between 13-30 August 2015. Data are weighted by age within gender and region to the UK population (using Office for National Statistics data) and the proportion of young people who report qualifying for or having ever qualified for Free School Meals in the survey.
Note 1 Two measures of disadvantage were used in the survey. The first measure is whether respondents reported qualifying for or having ever qualified for Free School Meals while at secondary school in the survey. The second measure looked at how respondents defined their own position in society using a ladder. This is based on the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status.
