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How young people are faring: 10th annual report
How young people are faring 2008 is the tenth edition an annual series and the first to be published by the Foundation for Young Australians in alliance with the Education Foundation. The series was initiated by the Dusseldorp Skills Forum 'to draw attention to the need to improve Australia's levels of school completion, to enhance the participation of young Australians in productive and worthwhile learning and work, and to focus attention on the economic and social cost of young Australians not able to ride the up escalator of economic opportunity'.
More details (updated 2008-12-19)


2007 National Drug Strategy Household Survey first results
The 2007 National Drug Strategy Household Survey first results presents summary data collected by a survey of drug use and related issues, conducted by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
More details (updated 2008-12-19)


Sport: findings from the Australian National Children's Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey
SPORT: findings from the 2007 Australian National Children's Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey
More details (updated 2008-12-19)


2007 Australian National Children's Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey
The 2007 Australian National Children's Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey (from the Australian Government's departments of Health and Ageing and of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Australian Food and Grocery Council, and released in October 2008) is the first to survey both dietary intake and exercise in Australian children.
More details (updated 2008-12-19)


ARACY Report Card
In October 2008, the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) released its Report card on the wellbeing of young Australians. It provides data on 42 measures of the wellbeing of Australian children and young people, focusing on the domains of material wellbeing; health and safety; education, training and employment; peer and family relationships; behaviours and risks; subjective wellbeing; participation; and environment.
More details (updated 2008-12-19)


ACER report on maths and science education
The report, Participation in science, mathematics and technology in Australian education, released in October 2008 by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) confirms that Australia faces significant challenges in boosting participation in science and mathematics studies in school education, university studies and in the teaching workforce.
More details (updated 2008-12-19)


Youthspeak: A conversation for the future
The report 'YouthSpeak: A conversation for the future' describes findings from the YouthSpeak consultation project, reportedly "the largest for-youth-by-youth consultation in Australian history". This consultation was commissioned by the Australian Government and undertaken by the United Nations Youth Association of Australia (UNYA).
More details (updated 2008-12-05)


National survey of mental health and wellbeing: Summary of results, 2007
In 'National survey of mental health and wellbeing: Summary of results, 2007', the Australian Bureau of Statistics presents a summary of results from the 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing, conducted by the ABS between August and December 2007. Around 8,800 Australians aged 16 to 85 years took part in the survey, which used World Health Organisation diagnostic tools to measure the prevalence of anxiety disorders, affective disorders and substance use disorders both over the course of an individual’s lifetime and in the previous 12 months.
More details (updated 2008-12-05)


Gen Green
'Gen Green: What young Australian tradespeople think of green skills' is a December 2008 report from the Dusseldorp Skills Forum. The report outlines data from a survey of young Australian tradespeople's attitudes towards, knowledge about, and use of environmentally sustainable work skills and practices.
More details (updated 2008-12-05)


Injury among young Australians
'Injury among young Australians', a report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) in June 2008, draws together data on injury-related deaths, hospitalisations and incidence among young Australians aged 12-24 years.
More details (updated 2008-12-05)


Risks to health: The potential consequences of risk taking by young people
This page presents information from a chapter titled 'Risk taking by young people' in the the Australian Bureau of Statistics' publication, 'Australian Social Trends 2008'.
More details (updated 2008-12-05)


Suicide deaths among young Australians, 2002-2006
This page presents data about suicide deaths among young Australians aged 15 to 29 years in the period, 2002-2006, drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) report, 'Causes of death, Australia, 2006' (cat. no. 3303.0), which was released in March 2008.
More details (updated 2008-12-05)


Mission Australia's 2008 youth survey
Body image, drugs and family conflict are the top three issues of concern among young people, according to Mission Australia's seventh 'National survey of young Australians', released on 25 November 2008. More than 45,000 young Australians aged 11 to 24 took part in this year's survey, the highest number of respondents since the survey began in 2001.
More details (updated 2008-11-27)


CAYPIT
The Children and Young People in Tasmania (CAYPIT) resource provides an 'At a Glance' snapshot of children and young people in Tasmania on various topics.
More details (updated 2008-10-15)


Young people and education across Australia
Educational attainment levels and participation in education and how this has changed in last decade, and how this varies by geographic location and by Indigenous status, is the subject of a section on 'Young people and education across Australia' in the recently published report from the ABS on Australian social trends.
More details (updated 2008-10-10)


Indigenous young people in education
Although there remains a marked difference in Year 12 completion rates between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, there have been improvements in educational participation and attainment for Indigenous people across Australia in the past decade.
More details (updated 2008-10-10)


Young people, taxes and benefits, 2003-04
A recent ABS document (Australian Social Trends 2008) contains statistics on the effect of government taxes and benefits on the household income of selected life-course groups, including young singles and couples, for the period 2003-04.
More details (updated 2008-10-10)


Illicit drugs: extract from a report on the use of illicit drugs
The ABS publication, Australian Social Trends 2008, in a section on risk taking by young people, includes data on the use of illicit drugs drawn from the 2007 National Drug Strategy Household Survey.
More details (updated 2008-10-10)


Young people are at risk of experiencing violence
Young people, especially young men, are at a greater risk than other age groups of experiencing violence, according to the ABS publication, Australian Social Trends 2008, in a section on risk taking by young people.
More details (updated 2008-10-10)


Potential consequences of risk taking by young people
The burden of disease and injury, mental health and psychological distress, causes of death, and deaths attributed to suicide are some of the potential consequences of risk taking by young people examined in the ABS publication, 'Australian Social Trends 2008', in a section titled, Risk taking by young people.
More details (updated 2008-10-10)


Risk taking by young people
The ABS publication, Australian Social Trends 2008, contains a section on risk taking by young people, with data on drinking at risky levels, hospitalisation due to drug use and acute alcohol intoxication, use of illicit drugs, dangerous driving, injury and death from transport accidents, and violence. It also examines some of the potential consequences of this risk taking, providing statistics on the burden of disease and injury, mental health and psychological distress, causes of death, and deaths attributed to suicide.
More details (updated 2008-10-10)


Generation Y and crime: NSW information
Nearly one in 10 persons born in NSW in 1984 acquired a criminal record before the age of 21, according to a new study titled, Generation Y and crime: A longitudinal study of contact with NSW criminal courts before the age of 21. The report, issued by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, demonstrates the potential savings to be gained from programs that reduce recidivism.
More details (updated 2008-09-30)


The State of Victoria's young people (2007)
The state of Victoria's young people (2007) is a Victorian government report on people aged 12-24. It presents evidence based on 35 measurable aspects of young people's health, economic wellbeing, learning, safety and community engagement.
More details (updated 2008-09-12)


Snapshot 2007: Children and young people in Queensland
The 2007 edition of Queensland's annual 'snapshot' of children and young people in that state contains statistics and information about population and family characteristics, health, disability and mortality, child protection, child care, education and employment, drug use, homelessness and crime.
More details (updated 2008-09-12)


ATP: Parent-adolescent relationships
A number of papers released during 2008 present findings drawn from recent data collection waves of the Australian Temperament Project on the relationships between young people and their parents.
More details (updated 2008-09-11)


Hearing loss
Young people aged 18 to 24 seem not to accept that loud music affects their hearing adversely, according to a recent survey of Australians' awareness and perceptions of healthy hearing.
More details (updated 2008-08-22)




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