Life at age 17: initial findings from the Growing Up in Scotland study (Sweep 11)

Footnotes

1 Growing Up in Scotland

2 Growing Up in Scotland | Accessing GUS data

3 Covid-19 restrictions affected the fieldwork design; see the section on ‘Sweep 11 methodology’ for details.

4 Further details are available in the Sweep 11 User Guide, available at: Growing Up in Scotland | Data documentation.

5 Young people were asked about the main adult respondent at the previous sweep – in 96.1% of cases this was their biological mother.

6 Further details can be found in the study user guide accompanying the Sweep 11 dataset.

7 https://www.gov.scot/publications/mixed-mode-research-report-inform-scottish-government-long-term-survey-strategy/pages/9/ - Chapter 6

8 Missing data on disability for those without a parent interview at Sweep 11 could have been imputed from previous sweeps. However, this is potentially problematic because the gap between the Sweep 10 and Sweep 11 interviews was as much as four years for some cohort members because of the delays that the COVID introduced. As such, young people with a reported disability or long-term condition at Sweep 10 would not necessarily still have that condition at Sweep 11. For the analysis undertaken for this report, it was deemed more appropriate to only include those cases where disability data had been provided at sweep 11.

9 Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020 (www.gov.scot).

10 Please note that some of the percentages in this section are based on a small sub-sample

11 A young person was categorised as being not in education, employment or training based on answers to several questions.. They were not attending school or home schooled at CkSSch2, and not studying at college or university at CkFhest, and not doing an apprenticeship at CkAprnt and not in any other kind of work-based training course or scheme at CkTraSch and had not ever had a job nor were currently working at CkWevr01 or CkWNow01

12 Please note that the percentages in this section are based on a small sub-sample

13 Young people responded to the above set of statements in relation to up to four parents, whether they lived with them full-time or not. The results presented here are restricted to young people’s responses in relation to the main parent respondent from the last time the family took part. For 96.1% of young people, this was their biological mother and for almost everyone else it was their biological father (3.3%).

14 At an address different to that of the main parent taking part in the study at Sweep 11 when the cohort member was aged 17.

15 Note that this will include, in many of these cases, situations where the young person lives with their other parent at the other address for a regular (or irregular) period every week/fortnight/month etc.

16 Questions about ‘ever’ having used or taken a substance have been asked at multiple sweeps. Where a young person has previously answered ‘yes’ they are not asked the question at the subsequent sweep.

17 A drink was specified as ‘half a pint of lager, beer or cider, one alcopop, a small glass of wine, or a measure of spirits’.

18 In the questionnaire the category ‘Not at all’ was labelled ‘never’ but has been updated in the chart to clarify it refers to not having drunk alcohol in the last 30 days.

19 Depressive symptoms were measured using selected items from the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) - Kroenke K., Spitzer R. L., Williams J. B. (2001). The PHQ-9: validity of a brief depression severity measure. J. Gen. Intern. Med. 16 606–613. 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2001.016009606.x

20 Spitzer R. L., Kroenke K., Williams J. B. W., Löwe B. (2006). A brief measure for assessing generalized anxiety disorder the GAD-7. Arch. Intern. Med. 166 1092–1097

21 It should be noted that the young disabled people group also includes those with a mental health condition

22 Huebner, E. S. (1991). Initial Development of the Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale. School Psychology International, 12(3), 231-240. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143034391123010

23 The chart shows all items chosen by 1% or more of participants who answered this question

24 It should be noted that the young disabled people group also includes those with a physical health condition

25 Young people were provided with the following clarification alongside the question: “We’re interested in any activity that increases your heart rate and makes you get out of breath some of the time, no matter if it’s as part of organised activities or when you’re on your own or with your friends and family. Some examples are running, walking quickly, cycling, dancing, skateboarding, swimming, or doing sports. Please include time for the whole week, Monday to Sunday, and include any activities you do at school.”

26 UK Chief Medical Officers’ Physical Activity Guidelines

27 Please note that the percentages in this section are based on a small sub-sample

28 Young people were asked to only include time when they were asleep and to not include any time they might spend lying in bed before falling asleep.

29 How to sleep well for teenagers, NHS

30 Young people were asked to only include time when they were asleep and to not include any time they might spend lying in bed before falling asleep.

31 Excluding any time they might have spent in bed doing other activities such as using electronic devices, watching TV, or reading

32 Life at age 14: initial findings from the Growing Up in Scotland study - gov.scot pg 49

33 Life at age 14: initial findings from the Growing Up in Scotland study - gov.scot pg 23 (parents) and pg 30 (peers)

34 Life at age 14: initial findings from the Growing Up in Scotland study - gov.scot pg 55

35 Life at age 14: initial findings from the Growing Up in Scotland study - gov.scot pg 59

36 Life at age 14: initial findings from the Growing Up in Scotland study - gov.scot pg 63