Aspect of Survey: Family Relationships (scores are expressed as percentages)

City/Town:	Male	Female	Age Group (Please Tick)
Country:	48	52	15 -17: 76	18 -20: 24

Family Structure

1. How many members are in your family?	Father	Mother	Children (please tick)			Others
	94	98	1: 1	2 -3: 34	4+: 65	2
2. Are your parents	Married	Divorced	Separated	Remarried	Single	Other
	86	4	6	1	2	2
3. Are your parents employed outside the home? Yes/No	Mother	Father
	70	84
4. Age Range:	Mother (please tick)		Father (please tick)		Childrens Ages
	30 -39	6.25	30 - 39	2	Youngest		12
	40 - 49	69	40 - 49	60	Oldest		21
	50+	25	50+	38

Family Attitudes & Behaviour

5. Do you consider your parents/guardians to be equal partners?			Yes	No
			78	22
6. Do your family sit down together for:	All meals	Dinner only	Weekend meals only	Occasional meals only
	17	20	17	46
7. Do you participate in celebrations and outings with your extended family i.e. cousins, grandparents etc.		Very Frequently	Frequently	Rarely
		6	42	52

Family Rules/Discipline

8. Do you have family rules in relation to your behaviour?	Yes	No
	58	42
(i) If yes were you involved/consulted in formulating/agreeing the rules?	43	57
(ii) Are your parents/guardians consistent in applying these rules?	45	55
9. Are your parents/guardians strict about how much study you do?	54	46
10. Are your parents/guardians strict about your boyfriends/girlfriends?	15	85
11. Do you have a curfew to be home by?	33	67

Communication

12. Do you deceive your parents/guardians in relation to how/where or with whom you spend your leisure time?		Often	Sometimes			Never
		23	43			34
13. Do your parents/guardians put too much pressure on youto perform well at school?		Yes	No			Maybe
		11	50			39
14. Are your parents/guardians informed about teenage issues and behaviour?		Very Well		Well	Not Well
		15		67	18
15. Do your parents/guardians understand you		21		48	31
16. If you had a serious problem would you discuss it with	Mother	Father		Both	Neither
	39	1		12	48
17. How would you rate your relationship with your parents/guardians	Excellent	Good		Fair	Bad
	25	55		18	1

18 On a scale of 1 to 4 what issues cause friction between you and your parents/guardians:
(1 = Most Friction; 2 = Moderate friction; 3 = Some friction; 4 = No friction)

(Our results are based on the issue which scored 1 i.e. most friction)

Issue	Homework	Clothes/Fashion	Staying out late	Alcohol/Drugs
Score	14	1	14	36
Issue	Smoking	Religion	Friends	Other - specify:
Score	26	8	2

19 How influential in your life are the following:

	Very Influential	Reasonably Influential	Not Influential
Parents/Guardians	44	50	6
Other Family Members	23	58	19
Friends	42	52	6
Teachers	4	57	39
Pop Groups/Magazines	8	35	57

20

How important is it to you to pleaseyour parents/guardians?	Very Important	Fairly Important	Not Important
	30	65	5

 

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