SURVEY YEAR | Young-HUNT1 1995–1997 | Young-HUNT3 2006–2008 | Young-HUNT4 2017–2019 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 N | % | N | % | N | % | |
8980 | 100 | 8199 | 100 | 8066 | 100 | |
GENDER | ||||||
Girls | 4464 | 49.7 | 4128 | 50.3 | 4108 | 50.9 |
Boys | 4516 | 50.3 | 4071 | 49.7 | 3958 | 49.1 |
AGE | ||||||
13–15 years | 3002 | 33.4 | 3083 | 37.6 | 2676 | 33.2 |
16–19 years | 5978 | 66.6 | 5116 | 62.4 | 5390 | 66.8 |
LONELINESS | ||||||
Rarely lonely | 8305 | 92.5 | 6908 | 84.3 | 6925 | 85.8 |
Very lonely | 533 | 5.9 | 735 | 9.0 | 819 | 10.2 |
Missing | 142 | 1.6 | 556 | 6.8 | 322 | 4 |
Total | 8980 | 100 | 8199 | 100 | 8066 | 100 |
MENTAL DISTRESS (Hopkins Symptom Checklist – 5 (HSCL-5)) * | ||||||
Low (HSCL < 2) | 7436 | 82.8 | 6465 | 78.9 | 5431 | 67.3 |
High (HSCL ≥ 2) | 1404 | 15.3 | 1562 | 19.0 | 2423 | 29.8 |
Girls | 945 | 21.4 | 1121 | 27.6 | 1790 | 44.5 |
Boys | 459 | 10.4 | 441 | 11.1 | 633 | 16.5 |
13–15 years | 322 | 10.9 | 428 | 14.2 | 561 | 21.6 |
16–19 years | 1082 | 18.4 | 1134 | 22.6 | 1862 | 35.4 |
Missing | 140 | 1.6 | 172 | 2.1 | 212 | 2.6 |
SELF-RATED HEALTH | ||||||
Poor self-rated health | 968 | 10.8 | 874 | 10.7 | 1118 | 13.9 |
Girls | 530 | 12.1 | 499 | 12.3 | 671 | 16.5 |
Boys | 438 | 9.9 | 375 | 9.3 | 447 | 11.4 |
13–15 years | 274 | 9.3 | 233 | 7.7 | 251 | 9.5 |
16–19 years | 694 | 11.8 | 641 | 12.7 | 867 | 16.2 |
Good self-rated health | 7859 | 87.5 | 7212 | 88 | 6868 | 85.1 |
Missing | 153 | 1.7 | 113 | 1.4 | 80 | 1 |
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS | ||||||
Low | 6724 | 74.9 | 708 | 8.6 | 629 | 7.8 |
Moderate to high | 1936 | 21.6 | 6928 | 84.5 | 7318 | 90.7 |
Missing | 320 | 3.5 | 563 | 6.9 | 119 | 1.5 |
CLOSE FRIENDS | ||||||
No friends | 143 | 1.6 | 113 | 1.4 | 100 | 1.2 |
One or more friends | 8647 | 96.3 | 7628 | 93 | 7929 | 98.3 |
Missing | 190 | 2.1 | 458 | 5.6 | 37 | 0.5 |
PARENT’S CIVIL STATUS | ||||||
Not divorced | 6956 | 77.5 | 5396 | 65.8 | 5306 | 65.8 |
Divorced | 1741 | 19.4 | 2234 | 27.2 | 2663 | 33 |
Missing | 283 | 3.1 | 569 | 7 | 97 | 1.2 |