Health and Wellbeing Census sexual experience questions: FOI release

a.

This question is sourced from
the Growing Up In Scotland
(GUS) Sweep 10 – 2019/20
young person questionnaire
and Northern Ireland Statistic’s
and Research Agency (NISRA)
Young Persons’ Behaviour and
Attitudes Survey (YPBAS)
Questionnaire Version B.
Section 25(1) applies as
information on each survey and
question wording is otherwise
already accessible here:

• Growing Up in Scotland | About GUS
• Growing Up in Scotland Sweep10 Face-to-face Questionnaires.pdf
• Young Persons’ Behaviour & Attitudes Survey | Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
• Previous YPBAS Questionnaires | Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency

b.

Section 25(1) applies
as information on the
age of those who took
part in Sweep 10 of
GUS is otherwise
already accessible
here:

Life at age 14: initial
findings from the
Growing Up in Scotland
study - gov.scot.

Sweep 10 of GUS was
intended to be
answered in S3, but a
minority of participants
were in S2, S4 or S5 at
the time of interview.

Section 25(1) applies
as information with
regards which year
groups are asked what
questions in YPBAS
can be seen in
published materials.
You may also wish to
contact NISRA who may
be able to help you.

c.

Participation in GUS is
confidential and the
results are not made
available to anyone in a
form which identifies
individual young people.
Scottish Government
does not hold any
identifying details about
GUS participants and
receives anonymised
datasets of their survey
responses only. GUS
datasets are not
available to the general
public and can only be
accessed by researchers who submit an application to the UK
Data Service. Before release, GUS datasets undergo disclosure checks, to ensure that an individual cannot be
identified from their survey responses. As the study is
longitudinal, the research contractor (who is the data
processor) must retain
contact details so that
participants can be invited to future waves of the study. Names and addresses of
participants are not stored together with the data obtained. A data breach would therefore need to access both
datasets and link them together for survey responses to be
identifiable. The research contractor stores data on secure servers which are
compliant with the relevant ISO standards and uses encrypted
devices to the FIPS 140-2 standard, minimising the
possibility of a breach.
If welfare concerns are
identified, the research
contractor is permitted
to share information if
that is necessary in order to safeguard the young person. This is common ethical practice
when researching children. There has only ever been one incidence of this on GUS, where
limited data was provided to the police investigating the death of a child.

s.17(1) no recorded
information is held for
YPBAS as the Scottish
Government is not
responsible for the
survey. However, you
may wish to contact
NISRA who may be able
to help you.

d.

s.17(1) no recorded
information is held as
exact wording came
from the surveys stated.

d.
s.17(1) no recorded
information is held. The
Health and Wellbeing
Questionnaire Content
Group, chaired by NHS
Health Scotland (now Public Health Scotland),
created and agreed a
set of core ageappropriate
questionnaires. Notes
and minutes of the
Content Group were
either not taken or have
not been stored on local
systems. However, you
may wish to contact
Public Health Scotland
who may be able to help
you.

Wording of the response
option included in the
Health and Wellbeing
Census was updated to
reflect the language
used in
the Relationships,
Sexual Health and
Parenting (RSHP)
tool. Alongside the age
and stage appropriate
learning activities
available in the tool,
information about sexual
activity language is in
FAQ question 19.

a.
See the response to 1a.

In addition, the wording of this
response option draws on
Perth and Kinross
Evidence2Success (E2S)
2013 wellbeing survey.

Section 25(1) applies as
information on the E2S survey
and question wording is
otherwise already accessible
here:

• PERTH AND KINROSS COUNCIL
• Paper Questionnaire_14 plus years old_School Wellbeing Survey_P&K.docx

d.
s.17(1) no recorded
information is held. The
Health and Wellbeing
Questionnaire Content
Group, chaired by NHS
Health Scotland (now
Public Health Scotland),
created and agreed a
set of core ageappropriate
questionnaires. Notes
and minutes of the
Content Group were
either not taken or have
not been stored on local
systems. However, you
may wish to contact
Public Health Scotland
who may be able to help
you.

Wording of the response
option included in the
Health and Wellbeing
Census was updated to
reflect the language
used in the Relationships,
Sexual Health and
Parenting (RSHP)
tool. Alongside the age
and stage appropriate
learning activities
available in the tool,
information about sexual
activity language is in
FAQ question 19.