Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey 2015: teenage lifestyle trends

Report on the lifestyles trends of 13 and 15 year olds in Scotland.


Appendix A: Base Tables

Figure 2.1 Proportion of pupils who liked school 'a lot' or 'a little', by age and gender (2002-2015)

All 13 year old boys All 13 year old girls All 15 year old boys All 15 year old girls
2002 5594 5971 5130 5174
2006 5355 5498 5316 5268
2008 2448 2592 2213 2297
2010 8832 8984 8533 8470
2013 7930 8140 7729 7756
2015 5902 6298 5264 5384

Figure 2.2 Proportion of pupils who feel strained or pressured by schoolwork a lot of the time, by age and gender (2002-2015)

All 13 year old boys All 13 year old girls All 15 year old boys All 15 year old girls
2002 5561 5928 5106 5150
2006 5364 5506 5337 5291
2008 2444 2586 2216 2303
2010 8817 8968 8545 8484
2013 7972 8179 7754 7787
2015 5858 6263 5233 5368

Figure 2.3 Proportion of pupils who have truanted at least once in the last year, by age and gender (2002-2015)

All 13 year old boys All 13 year old girls All 15 year old boys All 15 year old girls
2002 5498 5880 5067 5128
2004 1747 1692 1640 1713
2006 5360 5498 5335 5289
2008 2442 2584 2221 2306
2010 8768 8931 8472 8450
2013 7915 8153 7724 7762
2015 5745 6176 5159 5268

Figure 2.4 Proportion of pupils who have been excluded from secondary school, by age and gender (2002-2015)

All 13 year old boys All 13 year old girls All 15 year old boys All 15 year old girls
2002 5388 5835 5003 5078
2004 1713 1687 1635 1708
2006 5360 5499 5340 5295
2008 8726 8890 8465 8443
2010 7874 8123 7721 7753
2013 5809 6196 5230 5350
2015 5388 5835 5003 5078

Figure 2.6 Post-school expectations among 15 year old boys (2002-2015) and Figure 2.7 Post-school expectations among 15 year old girls (2002-2015)

All 15 year old boys All 15 year old girls
2002 5304 5252
2008 2300 2329
2010 9046 8711
2013 8132 8002
2015 5732 5664

Figure 3.1 Proportion of pupils who had three or more close friends, by age and gender (2002-2015)

All 13 year old boys All 13 year old girls All 15 year old boys All 15 year old girls
2002 5388 5835 5003 5078
2004 1713 1687 1635 1708
2006 5360 5499 5340 5295
2008 8726 8890 8465 8443
2010 7874 8123 7721 7753
2013 5809 6196 5230 5350
2015 5388 5835 5003 5078

Figure 3.3 Proportion of all pupils with friends who are the same age, of mixed ages, older or younger (2006-2015)

All 13 year old boys All 13 year old girls All 15 year old boys All 15 year old girls
2002 5408 5963 4998 5165
2006 5389 5555 5356 5309
2008 2450 2596 2222 2313
2010 8975 9084 8641 8522
2013 7526 8023 7384 7667
2015 5977 6432 5326 5451

Figure 3.5 Number of nights spent with friends in a typical week, all pupils (2002-2015)

  All pupils
2006 21614
2008 9575
2010 35190
2013 31954
2015 23337

Figure 4.3 Weekly leisure activities (2002-2015)

  All pupils
2002 21927
2004 6754
2006 21554
2008 9532
2010 34933
2013 31463
2015 22882

Figure 4.5 Trends in sports group membership, by age and gender (2006-2015)

  Seeing friends Going to a friend's house Hanging out in the street
2002 21339 21256 21247
2004 6755 6741 6734
2006 21148 20884 20725
2008 9426 9316 9295
2010 35301 35074 34955
2013 31997 31733 31649
2015 23746 23580 23552

Figure 5.2 Family status among all pupils (2006-2015)

All 13 year old boys All 13 year old girls All 15 year old boys All 15 year old girls
2006 5231 5409 5224 5210
2008 2655 2710 2310 2337
2010 8882 9070 8562 8474
2013 8036 8272 7734 7787
2015 6015 5349 6483 5434

Figure 6.3 Whether a pupils had a physical or mental health condition or illness lasting or expected to last 12 months or more, by age and gender (2015)

All 13 year old boys All 13 year old girls All 15 year old boys All 15 year old girls
2006 5231 5409 5224 5210
2008 2655 2710 2310 2337
2010 8882 9070 8562 8474
2013 8036 8272 7734 7787
2015 6015 5349 6483 5434

Contact

Email: Julie Guy

Phone: 0300 244 4000 – Central Enquiry Unit

The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
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