ISSDA
Irish Social Science Data Archive
Planet Youth
Planet Youth Survey: Galway, Mayo, Roscommon
Study number (SN): 0071-00
Planet Youth Survey: Galway, Mayo, Roscommon 2018 (SN: 0071-01)
Planet Youth Survey: Galway, Mayo, Roscommon 2020 (SN: 0071-02)
Planet Youth Survey: Galway, Mayo, Roscommon 2022 (SN: 0071-03)
ABOUT THE STUDY
The Planet Youth study administers a lifestyle questionnaire to 15–16-year-olds in the target community.
In this instance the target community was all of the post primary schools in Galway, Mayo and Roscommon.
Major topics covered in the questionnaire include substance use, peer factors, family factors, school experience, leisure activities, internet and screen use, self-reported physical and mental health, sleep, bullying.
The purpose of the study is to examine the risk and protective factors in the lives and social environment of young people and to generate the data that will inform the development of community-based interventions to address same.
Interventions developed are in the four domains of:
1. Parents and Family
2. School
3. Leisure time and local community
4. Peer group
Data creators
Emmet Major WRDATF 6 Galway Technology Park, Parkmore, Galway City, H91 W30F
Diarmuid O’Donovan Adjunct Professor School of Medicine, NUI Galway, H91 TK33
Data collectors
Emmet Major WRDATF 6 Galway Technology Park, Parkmore, Galway City, H91 W30F
Jón Sigfússon Icelandic Centre for Social Research and Analysis 1 Menntavegur Reykjavik 101 Iceland
The study was funded by the Western Region Drug and Alcohol Task Force (WRDATF), the HSE, TUSLA – Child and Family Agency, Mayo County Council, Galway County Council and Galway City Council.
MAIN TOPICS
Health and Wellbeing
- substance use
- mental health
- physical activity
- family and school experience
- internet use
- bullying and other behaviours
COVERAGE, UNIVERSE, METHODOLOGY
Population
The target group was 15-16-year-old students in their post Junior Certificate year in counties Galway, Mayo and Roscommon. All post-primary schools and Youthreach centres were included in the study.
Observation units
• Individuals
Time dimension
This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2018, 2020 and 2022. It will be repeated in 2024.
Geographical coverage
Country: Ireland
Region: West
County: Galway, Mayo, Roscommon
Methods of data collection
The first Planet Youth (Galway, Mayo, Roscommon) data collection was in October 2018 and PAPI self-compilation.
The second Planet Youth (Galway, Mayo, Roscommon) data collection was in December 2020 and also PAPI self-compilation.
The third Planet Youth (Galway, Mayo, Roscommon) data collection was in November 2022 and used a CASI method for the first time. Alchemer was the survey platform used.
Sampling procedures
Self-completion (distributed by post, email or other)
LINKS
https://planetyouth.ie (Irish site includes county reports)
https://planetyouth.org (Icelandic international site)
ACCESS INFORMATION
Accessing the data
To access the data, please complete a ISSDA Data Request Form for Research Purposes - Pseudonymised Datasets, sign it, and send it to ISSDA by email.
For teaching purposes, please complete the ISSDA Data Request Form for Teaching Purposes - Pseudonymised Datasets, and follow the procedures, as above. Teaching requests are approved on a once-off module/workshop basis. Subsequent occurrences of the module/workshop require a new teaching request form.
Data will be disseminated on receipt of a fully completed, signed form. Incomplete or unsigned forms will be returned to the data requester for completion.
Copyright
Joint copyright to the dataset belongs to the Western Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force and the Department of Public Health, HSE West. The copyright to the Planet Youth Questionnaires belongs with ICSRA in Reykjavik University
Acknowledgements
Any work based in whole or part on resources provided by the ISSDA, should acknowledge: “Planet Youth" and also ISSDA, in the following way: “Accessed via the Irish Social Science Data Archive - www.ucd.ie/issda”.
Citation requirement
The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.
Notification
The user shall notify the Irish Social Science Data Archive of all publications where she or he has used the data.
