This factsheet presents trends in alcohol use among secondary school students based on Youth 2000 survey data. It was developed in partnership with Alcohol Healthwatch. Further detail about methods is available in the associated Technical Report.

The findings are also presented in a webinar, which can be viewed here.

Suggested citation: Ball, J., Zhang, J., Kim, A., Crengle, S., Farrant, B., Birks-Ang, B., Jackson, N. (2022) Drinking patterns among secondary school students. Factsheet. Auckland: Alcohol Healthwatch, University of Otago & Adolescent Health Research Group.

This report focuses on the lives of young people who are Not in Education, Employment, or Training and explores their home and family life, their health and wellbeing, their experiences in the community, and their socioeconomic situations.

This paper uses data from Youth19 and previous Youth2000 surveys to explore the influence of health policies on Indigenous adolescent health in Aotearoa New Zealand.

This paper explores how rangatahi understand and experience whanaungatanga, and describes Te Tapatoru, a model of whanaungatanga based on the experiences and insights of 51 rangatahi.

This factsheet presents findings about the perspectives of rangatahi Māori on improving health and wellbeing websites.

This factsheet presents findings about the perspectives of Asian adolescents on improving health and wellbeing websites.

This factsheet presents findings about the perspectives of Pacific adolescents on improving health and wellbeing websites.

In this series of reports to be published in 2022 we use survey data from Youth19 to explore life for young people who report being involved with Oranga Tamariki or Child Youth and Family Services.

This report focuses on the lives of takatāpui and rainbow young people from mainstream schools, alternative education, and those not in education, employment or training. The report explores topics for trans-gender and same-sex or multiple-sex attracted young people, including their cultural identity, home and housing, health and wellbeing, and community involvement for takatāpui and rainbow young people who have never been involved with Oranga Tamariki, and who have ever been involved.

This narrative review summarises the latest evidence on the causes and consequences of substance use in adolescence and describes long-term trends in adolescent alcohol, tobacco and cannabis use in Aotearoa.

This paper uses Youth19 data to explore time the trends for health and wellbeing indicators for adolescents in Aotearoa between 2001 and 2019.

This report highlights findings from the Youth19 Rangatahi Smart Survey about the health and wellbeing of same-sex and multiple-sex attracted students, students who are not sure of their sexual attractions, and students who do not experience sexual attractions.

In this series of reports to be published in 2022 we use survey data from Youth19 to explore life for young people who report being involved with Oranga Tamariki or Child Youth and Family Services.

This report explores the themes of the Youth19 open-text survey responses for young people who have ever been involved with Oranga Tamariki.

In this series of reports to be published in 2022 we use survey data from Youth19 to explore life for young people who report being involved with Oranga Tamariki or Child Youth and Family Services.

This report focuses on the community involvement, substance use, school life, and violence for young people who have never been involved with Oranga Tamariki, ever been involved, and are currently involved.

In this series of reports to be published in 2022 we use survey data from Youth19 to explore life for young people who report being involved with Oranga Tamariki or Child Youth and Family Services.

This report focuses on the mental health, physical health, and access to healthcare for young people who have never been involved with Oranga Tamariki, ever been involved, and are currently involved.

This paper uses Youth19 data to explore factors predicting forgone healthcare among Asian adolescents

The study found that some factors impacting students’ access to health services, such as discrimination by healthcare professionals, were consistent across Asian groups. Other factors varied between South and East Asian students, highlighting the importance of disaggregating Asian youth data.

More info including media releases can be found here.

There have been many attempts at measuring Māori identity and cultural engagement, yet there have been no scales created to specifically explore whanaungatanga.

Whanaungatanga can be operationalised as active participation in and a sense of belonging to social groups and collective, reciprocal caring relationships.

In this article, we document the development of a whanaungatanga scale alongside a measure of Māori identity.

In this series of reports to be published in 2022 we use survey data from Youth19 to explore life for young people who report being involved with Oranga Tamariki or Child Youth and Family Services.

This report focuses on life at home and the security of housing for young people who have never been involved with Oranga Tamariki, ever been involved, and are currently involved.

In this series of reports to be published in 2022 we use survey data from Youth19 to explore life for young people who report being involved with Oranga Tamariki or Child Youth and Family Services.

This report focuses on the cultural connectedness of young people who have never been involved with Oranga Tamariki, ever been involved, and are currently involved.

This brief explores the lives of students with a disability including health and wellbeing, housing insecurity, and creating a brighter future.

In this article author Jude Ball explores the high levels of vaping and nicotine use reported by students who participated in the Youth19 survey.