Outcomes Framework Online survey for children and young

Outcomes Framework open consultation

Online survey for children and young people

5 April to 7 June 2019

Report and analysis

9 August 2019

Online survey for children and young people: Draft preliminary analysis

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Online survey for children and young people (birth to 18 years)

South Australia is developing an Outcomes Framework for Children and Young People (birth to 18 years) to monitor, track and report the outcomes of children and young people in 5 dimensions; health, safety, wellbeing, education and citizenship. The Outcomes Framework will guide the South Australian Government’s work for children and young people and target policy, legislation, funding and services to inform a cooperative, whole-of-government (state and local) approach to the setting of objectives or policies affecting children and young people. By having robust indicators and measures, the Outcomes Framework will allow longitudinal tracking and reporting and provide a way or means of telling how all children and young people in South Australia are developing and progressing over time. Feedback from children and young people, their parents, carers, families and others in South Australia will help determine the indicators and measures that are crucial to tracking and reporting the outcomes of our youngest South Australians. Open consultation on proposed indicators and measures were held from 5 April 2019 to 31 May 2019 (and submissions were accepted until 12 June 2019). Feedback from children and young people was obtained through focus groups, forums and a short online survey for children and young people from 5 April to 7 June 2019. The online survey content was developed with the Youth Affairs Council of South Australia and the Secretariat commissioned SoNET Systems to design the survey. The online survey was widely promoted as part of the open consultation including via YourSAy. In addition, it was promoted in all face-to-face consultation with children and young people.

About the survey

The short online survey asked children and young people to indicate their age, tick one or more of 15 categories of description eg disability, young carer etc (and/or to add an additional descriptor) and to provide their postcode. The survey had one ‘page’ for each of the 5 dimensions (topics) of health, safety, wellbeing (having a good life), education and citizenship. Five or more statements were listed for each topic and children and young people were able to select none, any or all of the statements that they agreed with and/or to complete a sentence such as ‘children and young people are healthy when…’. The topics of health, wellbeing and citizenship each listed 5 statements from which children and young people could choose. The topic of safety had 8 statements and the topic of education had 7 statements.


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Results

A total number of 328 survey responses were recorded.

Analysis

Of the 328 online survey responses, 11 were removed from analysis on the basis that they had been essentially left blank (eg a respondent had only indicated an age but did not proceed with the survey). The analyses of the remaining 317 responses indicated the following participation rates:

62 responses from metropolitan Adelaide

210 responses from non-metropolitan areas of South Australia (noting that 193 responses [92%] are from the postcode 5725 [Roxby Downs])

45 responses had invalid or missing postcodes. The high response rate from postcode 5725 may be as a result of consultation carried out at the Roxby Downs Area School (RDAS) on 22 and 23 May 2019 at the invitation of the school principal, Ms Annette Williams, who is a member of the Council. Because the non-metropolitan data include the Roxby Downs data, non-metropolitan data have not been extrapolated or generalised for all of non-metropolitan South Australia. The first three graphs below indicate answers for 328 responses as follows:

age category of participants (first graph)

‘Tell us about yourself’ categories/selection (two graphs). The online survey responses have been analysed for each of the 5 topics as follows:

1. Percentage of responses that selected at least one statement that they agreed with (in any of the five topics) – 317 responses

2. The number of statements selected for each topic (ie did they agree with one statement only or did they agree with more or even all of statements in that topic?) – 317 responses

3. Sub-category analysis by age (7-12 years and 13-17 years) – 317 responses

4. Sub-category analysis by postcode in metropolitan Adelaide and non-metropolitan SA – 272 responses (minus the 45 responses with invalid/missing postcodes)

5. Word clouds for the free text questions in each topic – 317 responses

6. Positive/negative sentiment analysis – utilising Bing lexicon which uses a program that labels and categorises words as either positive or negative – 317 responses.

The graphs featuring data for metropolitan SA include the description Metro SA. The graphs featuring data for non-metropolitan SA are headed Roxby Downs & Non-Metro SA to clearly convey that 92% of the data are from Roxby Downs (postcode 5725).


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Age

Tell us about yourself


14

16

111

105

60

7

13

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

4-6 years

7-9 years

10-12 years

13-15 years

16-17 years

18-20 years

21-24 years

Age range (n=328)

5% 8%

2% 4%

73% 5%

2% 7%

16% 12%

2% 2% 3%

1% 12%

8%

0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 70.0% 80.0%

Apprentice or traineeAboriginal

Chronic IllnessDisability

Education (preschool, primary, secondary, home)Education (college, TAFE, university

Homeless/at risk of homelessnessLGBTIQ+

MainstreamMental Health Issues

Migrant/refugee/new arrival/CALDOut of home care

Young carersYouth justice contact

WorkingOther


24 172

78 39

10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Total number of selected statements

chosen in the tell us about

yourself question



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Health

The children and young people who responded to the online survey were asked to choose all of the statements that they agreed with from the following list:

I feel fit and healthy

I have enough food to eat

I have somewhere safe and stable to live

I can go to a doctor/dentist when I need to

I look forward to the future. Choosing one or more statements was not compulsory and if a child or young person selected none of the statements he or she could move to the next topic whether or not the sentence ‘Children and young people are healthy when…’ had been completed. The most commonly selected statements, with more than 8 out of 10 children and young people agreeing, were:

‘I have enough food to eat’

‘I have somewhere safe and stable to live’. The least agreed-with health statement was ‘I feel fit and healthy’, with fewer than 7 out of 10 children and young people agreeing with this statement. More than 5 out of 10 children and young people agreed with all 5 health statements. Only 1 in 10 children and young people agreed with only 1 health statement. Children and young people aged 7-12 years were more likely to agree with all of the health statements compared to those aged 13-17 years. For example, 9 out of 10 children and young people aged 7-12 years agreed with the two statements above (ie ‘I have enough food to eat’ and ‘I have somewhere safe and stable to live’). Children and young people from Roxby Downs and other non-metropolitan areas of South Australia1 were more likely to agree with all of the health statements compared to those living in metropolitan Adelaide.

1 92% of non-metropolitan data are from the postcode 5725 (Roxby Downs).


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Health statements – all surveys

68%

85%

85%

80%

70%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%





I look forward to the future

Health - all

20

22

11

41

57

166

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180

0

1

2

3

4

5


chosen in the health

question

Health statements (n=317)


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Health statements – Age (7-12 years & 13-17 years)

82%

90%

90%

83%

81%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%






Health - 7-12 years

59%

84%

85%

83%

66%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%






Health - 13-17 years


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Health statements – Metropolitan Adelaide and Roxby Downs & Non-Metro SA2

2 92% of non-metropolitan data are from the postcode 5725 (Roxby Downs). Responses with

invalid/missing postcodes (n45) were excluded from these two graphs.

55%

77%

71%

74%

56%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%






Health - Metro SA

73%

90%

90%

87%

76%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%






Health - Roxby Downs & Non-Metro SA


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Health free-text analysis

Health statements


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Safety


I feel safe at home

I feel safe at school/work

I feel safe online

I feel safe in my neighbourhood

I know how to get help if I feel unsafe

I have at least one adult that I can talk to about things that matter to me

I have a friend or friends that I can talk to

I stand up for myself and others. Choosing one or more statements was not compulsory and if a child or young person selected none of the statements he or she could move to the next topic whether or not the sentence ‘Children and young people are safe when…’ had been completed. The most commonly selected statement, with 8 out of 10 children and young people agreeing, was ‘I feel safe at home’. The least agreed-with safety statement was ‘I feel safe online’, with 6 out of 10 children and young people agreeing with this statement. Almost 5 out of 10 children and young people agreed with all 8 safety statements. Almost 2 in 10 children and young people agreed with 7 safety statements. Children and young people aged 7-12 years were more likely to agree with 6 of the safety statements compared to those aged 13-17 years.

The two statements that more 13-17 year olds agreed with (than 7-12 year olds) were:

I feel safe online

I feel safe in my neighbourhood. Children and young people from Roxby Downs and other non-metropolitan areas of South Australia3 were more likely to agree with all of the safety statements compared to those living in metropolitan Adelaide.



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Safety statements – all surveys

83%

77%

64%

72%

72%

76%

81%

78%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

I feel safe at home


I feel safe online



I have at least one adult that I can talk to about thingsthat matter to me


I stand up for myself or others

Safety - all

27

9

7

12

15

26

28

51

142

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8


chosen in the safety

question

Safety statements (n=317)


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Safety statements – Age (7-12 years & 13-17 years)

90%

86%

60%

73%

79%

85%

88%

83%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

I feel safe at home


I feel safe online






Safety - 7-12 years

83%

77%

73%

77%

73%

76%

81%

80%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

I feel safe at home


I feel safe online






Safety - 13-17 years


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Safety statements – Metropolitan Adelaide and Roxby Downs & Non-Metro SA4



65%

60%

52%

55%

63%

63%

68%

65%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

I feel safe at home


I feel safe online






Safety - Metro SA

90%

84%

70%

78%

78%

83%

88%

84%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

I feel safe at home


I feel safe online






Safety - Roxby Downs & Non-Metro SA


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Safety free-text analysis

Safety statements

dangerharm

hurtattack

badproblem

scarestranger

threatcrime

demeandrunk

fearfuck

harmfulrisksad

stupidtoxic

violentwrongbetter

funrich

rightsuccess

workbravecalmnice

respectstrong

welllike

comfortlove

protectsupport

goodtrustsafe

0 20 40

Contribution to sentiment

term

sentiment

negative

positive


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Wellbeing


I get to do fun things in my spare time

My parents or caregivers have enough money to pay for basic stuff like food and clothes

I am proud of my culture

I can cope when life gets hard

Overall, I am happy with how things are in my life. Choosing one or more statements was not compulsory and if a child or young person selected none of the statements he or she could move to the next topic whether or not the sentence ‘To have a good life children and young people need…’ had been completed. The most commonly selected statement was ‘My parents or caregivers have enough money to pay for basic stuff like food and clothes’. More than 8 out of 10 children and young people agreed with this statement. The least agreed-with wellbeing statement was ‘I am proud of my culture’, with 6 out of 10 children and young people agreeing with the statement. Almost 5 out of 10 children and young people agreed with all 5 statements. More than 1 in 10 children and young people did not agree with any of the statements. Children and young people aged 7-12 years were more likely to agree with all of the statements compared to those aged 13-17 years. For example, 9 out of 10 children and young people aged 7-12 years agreed with the statement ‘My parents or caregivers have enough money to pay for basic stuff like food and clothes’. Children and young people from Roxby Downs and other non-metropolitan areas of South Australia5 were more likely to agree with all of the wellbeing statements compared to those living in metropolitan Adelaide. For example, fewer than 4 out 10 children and young people in metropolitan Adelaide agreed with the statement ‘I am proud of my culture’.



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Wellbeing statements – all surveys

79%

84%

63%

65%

66%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%


My parents or caregivers have enough money to pay forbasic stuff like food and clothes



Overall, I am happy with how things are in my life

Wellbeing - all

36

21

21

36

61

142

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160

0

1

2

3

4

5


chosen in the wellbeing question

Wellbeing statements (n=317)


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Wellbeing statements – Age (7-12 years & 13-17 years)

90%

92%

71%

71%

78%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%






Wellbeing - 7-12 years

77%

84%

62%

65%

60%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%






Wellbeing - 13-17 years


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Wellbeing statements – Metropolitan Adelaide and Roxby Downs & Non-Metro SA6



60%

65%

39%

50%

53%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%






Wellbeing - Metro SA

88%

90%

72%

70%

71%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%






Wellbeing - Roxby Downs & Non-Metro SA


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Wellbeing free-text analysis

Wellbeing free-text analysis

diehardbad

hangbore

bullshitdickfear

harmharsh

problemrisk

scarestigmaawardbetterbravecalm

cleanerenough

freedomluck

passionproper

skillstrong

warmthenjoy

entertainrespect

warmworkbest

cleanfreewelltrustlikefun

safelove

goodsupport

0 10 20 30


term

sentiment

negative

positive


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Education


I am learning useful things that will help me now and when I'm older

I have opportunities to build skills and knowledge for my future

I feel I belong at school

I feel I belong at TAFE

I feel I belong at Uni

I like learning

I get enough free time. Choosing one or more statements was not compulsory and if a child or young person selected none of the statements he or she could move to the next topic whether or not the sentence ‘To enjoy school/learning, children and young people need…’ had been completed. The most commonly selected statement, with 7 out of 10 children and young people agreeing, was ‘I am learning useful things that will help me now and when I'm older’. More than 3 out of 10 children and young people agreed with 5 of the statements. One in 10 children and young people agreed with only 1 statement. Children and young people aged 7-12 years were more likely to agree with all of the statements compared to those aged 13-17 years. For example, 8 out of 10 children and young people aged 7-12 years agreed with the statement ‘I am learning useful things that will help me now and when I'm older’. Children and young people from Roxby Downs and other non-metropolitan areas of South Australia7 were more likely to agree with all of the statements compared to those living in metropolitan Adelaide.



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Education statements – all surveys

73%

70%

61%

9%

10%

54%

63%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

I am learning useful things that will help me now andwhen I'm older

I have opportunities to build skills and knowledge formy future




I like learning

I get enough free time

Education - all

49

24

28

28

65

98

13

12

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7


chosen in the education question

Education statements (n=317)


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Education statements – Age (7-12 years & 13-17 years)

83%

78%

76%

11%

12%

71%

75%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%






I like learning


Education - 7-12 years

70%

68%

55%

7%

9%

44%

61%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%






I like learning


Education -13-17 years


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Education statements – Metropolitan Adelaide and Roxby Downs & Non-Metro SA8



60%

56%

45%

3%

11%

48%

31%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%






I like learning


Education - Metro SA

80%

76%

67%

11%

12%

58%

75%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%






I like learning


Education - Roxby Downs & Non-Metro SA


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Education free-text analysis

Education statements

hardbreak

stresslimitstrict

wrong

bettercorrect

enoughentertain

enthusiast

freedomhelpful

passionstrongsupertough

leanlove

respectbest

comfort

greatniceskillwellrightfree

enjoysafelike

worksupport

fungood

0 10 20 30 40 50


term

sentiment

negative

positive


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Citizenship


I am able to make decisions for myself

Adults listen when I speak up about things that affect my life

I feel that others respect me

I can take part in events and activities in my community

Media reports about children and young people are positive. Choosing one or more statements was not compulsory and if a child or young person selected none of the statements he or she could move to the next topic whether or not the sentence ‘Children and young people feel valued and important because…’ had been completed. The most commonly selected statement was ‘I am able to make decisions for myself’. Almost 8 out of 10 children and young people agreed with this statement. The least agreed-with statement was ‘Media reports about children and young people are positive’, with only 4 out of 10 children and young people agreeing with this statement. More than 3 out of 10 children and young people agreed with all 5 statements. Almost 2 in 10 children and young people did not agree with any of the statements. Children and young people aged 7-12 years were more likely to agree with all of the statements compared to those aged 13-17 years. Children and young people from Roxby Downs and other non-metropolitan areas of South Australia9 were more likely to agree with all of the statements compared to those living in metropolitan Adelaide. For example, only 1 in 10 children and young people from metropolitan Adelaide agreed with the statement ‘Media reports about children and young people are positive’.



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Citizenship statements – all surveys

78%

66%

65%

74%

43%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%


Adults listen when I speak up about things that affectmy life



Media reports about children and young people arepositive

Citizenship - all

49

17

27

40

81

103

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

0

1

2

3

4

5


chosen in the citizenship question

Citizenship statements (n=317)


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Citizenship statements – Age (7-12 years & 13-17 years)

83%

75%

75%

79%

53%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%






Citizenship - 7-12 years

81%

61%

64%

76%

40%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%






Citizenship - 13-17 years


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Citizenship statements – Metropolitan Adelaide and Roxby Downs & Non-Metro SA10

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92% of non-metropolitan SA data are from the postcode 5725 (Roxby Downs). Responses with invalid/missing postcodes (n45) were excluded from these two graphs.

55%

52%

52%

55%

10%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%






Citizenship - Metro SA

87%

73%

73%

83%

54%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%






Citizenship - Roxby Downs & Non-Metro SA


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Citizenship free-text analysis

Citizenship free-text analysis

lie

problem

punish

dick

fell

grate

hard

hurt

slave

suck

upset

award

better

excel

fun

honest

lean

right

strong

work

nice

skill

trust

well

good

safe

support

like

respect

love

0 5 10 15


term

sentiment

negative

positive

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