Teen CovidLife: The results of Surveys 1 and 2

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Teen CovidLife Survey 1

From 22nd May - 5th July 2020, we invited young people, aged 12-17, across Scotland to take part in TeenCovidLife. It's an online survey about health and wellbeing. It provides a voice for young people. They told us about how lockdown affected them. The survey included questions about social distancing, home schooling and cancelled exams.

We've been amazed by the response. Over 5,000 young people took part. We've brought together the volunteer answers into three different reports. We're happy to share these with you all. We hope you find the results as interesting as we do!

We've made an infographic of some of the results. You can see it in the image to the right. The larger pdf version is below:

There is also a one page report available. It talks about the key findings of the study. You can read it below:

The full report talks about all the results we've found so far. The results are in tables and graphs. We've not had a chance to study the data in detail. We hope to begin understanding it further in the near future. To read the report, click the link below:

TeenCovidLife Survey is part of a series of studies. The Generation Scotland team, with support from the Wellcome Trust, run it. We worked together with the the Schools Health and Wellbeing Improvement Research Network (SHINE), based at the University of Glasgow. We'd like to thank the Wellcome Trust and SHINE for their continued support.

To learn more about the Wellcome Trust and SHINE, you can visit their websites.

SHINE

Wellcome Trust

Teen CovidLife Survey 2

TeenCovidLife 2 is our second TeenCovidLife survey about the health and wellbeing of young people. We felt it was important for young people to be able to have their say on the COVID-19 pandemic. They told us about how the pandemic affected their lives and what it meant to them. The survey included questions about vaccines, exams, wellbeing and COVID-19 measures.

Thank you to all of the TeenCovidLife volunteers who took part in our second survey. 2,232 young people got involved! We have 2 reports covering everything you need to know. 

For the general report, click the link below:

We also have a report specific to those who received SQA results this year. We wanted to know what they thought about how grading was handled. Read more in the report below:

We also made an infographic of the results, which you can see to the right. The larger pdf version is available below: