Youth Lifestyles Survey
- Abstract
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The aims of the survey were primarily to investigate offending amongst young people and how this differs by lifestyle and demographic factors and to look at the way the pattern of offending changes with age. This study was the second sweep of the YLS - the first was conducted in 1992-1993 (young people and crime survey).
- Main Topics/Subject Category
- Lifestyles: schooling, work, training, unemployment, income and expenditure, family life, housing and experience of leaving home, leisure activities, fear of crime, victimisation, contact with police, smoking, drinking, illegal drugs, offending
- Variables
- http://www.esds.ac.uk/findi[…]&class=0&from=sn#gs
- Keywords
- England and Wales, yorkshire east riding, crime, life styles, young offenders, youth, youth courts, youth crime, youth culture
- Identifier Variables
- LA, standard regions
- Economic/Subject Categories
- Lifestyle
- Area of Health System
- Other
- Data Available
- Demographic
- Data collecting organization (s)
- Social and Community Planning Research
- Data Type
- Survey (cross-sectional)
- National/Regional
- National
- Coverage (date of field work)
- 1998, 1999
- Unit of Analysis
- Individual
- Sample
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Approximately 4866 young people aged 18-30 living in private households in England and Wales between October 1998 and January 1999
- Availability
- ESDS Access and Preservation, UK Data Archive
- Conditions of Access
- Free registration access
- Link
- http://www.esds.ac.uk/findi[…]45&key=Youth+Lifestyles
- Contact
- help@esds.ac.uk
- Publications
- http://www.esds.ac.uk/findingData/publicationListForSN.asp?sn=4345