Youth Survey Results

Youth Survey Results
The following is a summary of the analysis of the youth survey that was conducted during the
months of August and September, 2010. The final tally for the survey was 536. After the results
and analysis there is a summary of the methodology that was used to collected the data. The
number of youth responding to any question may be less or more than 536 because some
youth did not answer all of the questions and for some questions they were asked to respond
to all the prompts that applied.
The sum of the youth responding in all the categories will not always total to 536, the total
youth surveyed. On a number of occasions not every youth answered every question.
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What activities are you involved in at school?
16%
5%
7%
17%
24%
46%
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
Other
Student Government
Service
Clubs
Music
Sports
Number of youth responding
Activity Number of youth responding
Sports 248
Music 130
Clubs 92
Service 38
Student Government 25
Other 86

How old are you?
Age Number of youth responding
Eighteen 23
Seventeen 91
Sixteen 94
Fifteen 94
Fourteen 89
Thirteen 65
Twelve 53
The number of eighteen year olds surveyed is much smaller than the other ages
because we did not specifically seek them out. The focus of the research was on
twelve to seventeen year olds. The construction of the other graphs did not
include the eighteen year olds.
10%
12%
17%
18%
18%
17%
4%
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen

What is your gender?
Gender Number of youth responding
Male 267
Female 244
51%
46% Male
Female

What is your ethnicity?
Ethnicity Number of youth responding
White 367
Two or more races 54
Black 35
Hispanic 26
Asian 25
Native American 19
Other 10
This ethnicity mix reflects the demographic composition of the Redding area. See
the Redding census data on www.city-data.com/city/Redding-California.html for
comparison.
2%
4%
5%
5%
7%
10%
68%
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Other
Native American
Asian
Hispanic
Black
Two or more races
White

How much money does your family make? Circle the one that best applies.
Family Income Number of youth responding
High 33
Medium 354
Low 124
23%
66%
6%
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Low
Medium
High

What adults live in your home where you spend most of your time?
Adults in home Number of youth responding
Two parents 292
One parent (mom) 121
Multiple responses 38
One parent (dad) 20
Grandparents 14
Foster parent(s) 15
None (no adults are in my home) 6
I do not have a home 6
Other 20
4%
1%
1%
3%
3%
4%
7%
23%
54%
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
Other
I do not have a home
None (no adults are in my home)
Foster parent(s).
Grandparents
One parent (dad)
Multiple responses
One parent (mom)
Two parents

How many hours a week do you use the following?
>15 10 to 15 2 to 9 <2
TV 60 69 195 174
Ipod 79 77 123 218
Cell 49 65 171 226
Computer 185 67 93 160
0 50 100 150 200 250
<2 hours
2 to 9 hours
10 to 15 hours
>15 hours
TV
Ipod
Cell
Computer

How much free time (non-school/work) do you have each week during the school year?
Hours Number of youth responding
>20 94
15 to 20 64
10 to 15 107
5 to 10 143
0 to 5 115
The median number of hours of free time per week was 12.5 hours.
21%
27%
20%
12%
18%
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
0 to 5
5 to 10
10 to 15
15 to 20
>20
Hours

When do you have the most free time on school days?
Times available Number of youth responding
6 to 9 PM 60
3 to 6 PM 216
12 to 3 PM 34
other 60
17%
10%
61%
17%
0 50 100 150 200 250
other
12 to 3 PM
3 to 6 PM
6 to 9 PM

How do you spend the major part of your free time? Circle up to 7.
Activity Number of youth responding
With friends 346
Music 233
With family 222
By myself 188
Team sports 180
Working out 166
To the lake 164
Go to the mall 152
Movies 152
To the park 110
Church youth group 112
Individual sports 90
Dance 85
School activities 84
Art 78
Serving others 47
Clubs(4H, scouts, etc.) 44
Other organized activities 31
Other 44

8%
6%
8%
9%
15%
16%
16%
17%
21%
21%
28%
28%
31%
31%
34%
35%
41%
43%
65%
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Other
Other organized activities
Clubs (4H, scouts,etc)
Serving others
Art
Dance
School activities
Individual sports
Church youth group
To the park
Movies
Go to the mall
To the lake
Working out
Team sports
By myself
With family
Music
With friends

How do you find out about activities and events? Circle the main ways, up to 5.
Source of information Number of youth responding
Other kids 334
Text message 299
Facebook 224
Phone 206
Parents/adult 173
Radio 166
TV 110
E-mail 93
Websites 90
Posters around town 67
Newspaper of other print 49
9%
13%
17%
17%
21%
31%
32%
38%
42%
56%
62%
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Newspaper or other print
Posters around town
Websites
E-mail
TV
Radio
Parents/adult
Phone
Facebook
Text message
Other kids

What is the source of your spending money?
Income Source Number of youth responding
Parents 303
Odd jobs 128
Regular job 89
Other adult 22
Other 44
8%
4%
17%
24%
57%
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
Other
Other adult
Reg. Job
Odd Job
Parents

What do you spend money on?
Item Number of youth responding
Cloths/accessories 279
Food/snacks 242
Music 129
Entertainment 121
Hobbies 105
Technology 85
Sports 74
Alcohol/drugs 42
Other 52
10%
8%
14%
16%
20%
23%
24%
45%
52%
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
Other
Alcohol/drugs
Sports
Technology
Hobbies
Entertainment
Music
Food/snacks
Cloths/acc.

If you have a paying job, how many hours each week do you work?
Hours/week Number of youth responding
>20 27
10 to 20 40
1 to 10 89
No job 335
63%
17%
7%
5%
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
No Job
1 to 10
10 to 20
> 20

If you want a job, what kind of work would you like to do?
Professional Retail Food services
Physical
labor Self-employed Don't want a job Other
16 18 24 23 20 6 6 14
17 31 25 21 17 14 1 11
Number of youth responding in each age category
15%
6%
6%
21%
24%
25%
19%
12%
1%
15%
18%
23%
27%
33%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%
Other
Don't want a job
Self-employed
Physical labor
Food services
Retail
Professional
Percent of youth responding in each age category
17 year olds
16 year olds

What would help you get a job?
Interview/resume
writing/training Internships
Job
shadowing
Job
coaching
Vocational
skills training
Vocational
aptitude test Other
16 year
olds 30 15 14 26 18 11 2
17 year
olds 41 26 24 22 20 6 1
Number of youth responding in each age category
2%
11%
19%
27%
15%
16%
31%
1%
6%
22%
24%
26%
28%
44%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%
Other
Vocational aptitude test
Vocational Skills Training
Job coaching
Job shadowing
Internships
Interview/resume writing/etc. training
Percentage of youth responding in each age category
17
16

What do you think we need (or need more of) in Redding?
Perceived Need Number of youth responding
Places to hang out 339
Public concerts 169
Youth center 106
Different sports 37
Other 44
List examples of what Redding needs (or needs more of).
• Skate Park (new, eastside, indoor, bigger, better)(31)
• Place to Hang (no trouble, music, food, games, family, chill, fun, yoga) (26)
• Safe (hang, neighborhoods, drug free, no trouble, no gangs or graffiti, places to
play, less meth)(23)
• Mall (more stores, better, bigger, nice people, new, affordable) (18 )
• Club (teen, dance )(12)
• Concerts (more, public, theatre, live, famous, in park, punk rock ) (9)
• Dance (sing, stage, cool place, dance area) (7)
8%
7%
20%
32%
63%
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Other
Different sports
Youth center
Public concerts
Places to hang out

Perceived needs versus family income
Low Medium High
Places to hang out 69% 60% 79%
Public concerts 32% 33% 27%
Youth center 25% 19% 12%
Different sports 8% 6% 15%
Other 6% 9% 0%
One trend in the data is the increasing percentage of youth indicating an interest in a youth
center with decreasing reported family income.
6%
8%
25%
32%
69%
9%
6%
19%
33%
60%
0%
15%
12%
27%
79%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
Other
Different sports
Youth center
Public concerts
Places to hang out
Percentage of youth responding in each family income category
High
Medium
Low

Perceived needs versus age
Age Different Sports Youth Center Public Concerts Places to hang out Other
Seventeen 5 24 36 64 10
Sixteen 6 20 31 62 6
Fifteen 9 18 39 60 12
Fourteen 7 8 23 59 5
Thirteen 5 10 20 41 6
Twelve 5 13 12 31 2
Number of youth in each age category responding
4%
9%
6%
13%
6%
11%
57%
63%
66%
67%
66%
70%
23%
31%
26%
44%
33%
40%
25%
15%
9%
20%
21%
26%
9%
8%
8%
10%
6%
5%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Different sports
Youth center
Public concerts
Places to hang out
Other

Perceived needs versus gender
Places to hang out Public concerts Youth center Different sports Other
Female 160 86 55 12 14
Male 176 82 24 24 29
Number of youth in each gender responding
8%
7%
14%
23%
49%
4%
4%
17%
26%
49%
0 50 100 150 200
Other
Different sports
Youth center
Public concerts
Places to hang out
Percent of each gender responding for each activity
Female
Male

Perceived needs versus adults in the home
Different Sports Youth Center Public concerts Places to hang out Other
Two parents 21 64 94 207 23
One parent (mom) 6 22 47 207 11
One parent (dad) 5 22 6 20 6
Grandparents 3 4 12 18 2
Foster parents(s) 1 8 8 13 1
None (no adults) 0 1 2 5 0
No home 1 3 3 6 2
Other 3 9 17 19 1
Number of youth in each family composition responding
2%
13%
0%
3%
5%
14%
7%
6%
39%
40%
63%
42%
46%
48%
49%
51%
35%
20%
25%
26%
31%
14%
28%
23%
18%
20%
13%
26%
10%
13%
13%
16%
6%
7%
0%
3%
8%
4%
4%
5%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Other
No home
None (no adults)
Foster parents(s)
Grandparents
One parent (dad)
One parent (mom)
Two parents
Percent of youth responding for each family compostion
Different Sports
Youth Center
Public concerts
Places to hang out
Other

School activities versus family income
Sports Music Clubs Service Student Government Other
Low 53 23 23 12 5 22
Middle 164 97 60 21 16 57
High 19 7 6 4 3 5
Number of youth in each family income bracket responding
16%
4%
9%
17%
17%
38%
14%
4%
5%
14%
23%
40%
11%
7%
9%
14%
16%
43%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%
Other
Student Government
Service
Clubs
Music
Sports
Percent of youth responding in each family income category
High
Middle
Low

School activities versus age
Sports Clubs Music Service
Student
Government Other
Twelve 26 7 14 2 2 11
Thirteen 32 8 18 4 5 9
Fourteen 48 15 19 7 1 12
Fifteen 45 17 27 6 4 14
Sixteen 45 25 12 9 6 24
Seventeen 34 17 27 11 4 11
Number of youth in each age category responding
It appears that involvement in sports peaks at age fourteen and slowly declines
to age seventeen.
18%
3%
3%
23%
11%
42%
12%
7%
5%
24%
11%
42%
12%
1%
7%
19%
15%
47%
12%
4%
5%
24%
15%
40%
20%
5%
7%
10%
21%
37%
11%
4%
11%
26%
16%
33%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%
Other
Student Government
Service
Music
Clubs
Sports
Seventeen
Sixteen
Fifteen
Fourteen
Thirteen
Twelve

School activities versus gender
Sports Music Clubs Service
Student
Government Other
Male 132 54 38 17 11 37
Female 111 76 52 19 14 46
Number of youth in each gender responding
It appears that males are more involved in sports than females while females
are more involved in music, clubs and student government.
13%
4%
6%
13%
19%
46%
14%
4%
6%
16%
24%
35%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Other
Student Government
Service
Clubs
Music
Sports
Percent of youth responding by gender
Female
Male

School activities versus adults in the home
Sports Clubs Music Service Student Government Other
Two parents 152 56 89 23 20 46
One parent (mom) 61 22 27 7 2 25
One parent (dad) 13 4 2 1 1 4
Grandparents 13 7 8 1 0 5
Foster parent(s) 5 6 5 2 0 1
None 3 0 0 0 0 1
No home 2 3 2 4 1 0
Other 15 6 4 3 2 11
Number of youth in each family composition responding
The percentage of youth involved in sports for the category of “none” is
misleading given the small sample size.
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Other
No home
None
Foster parent(s)
Grandparents
One parent (dad)
One parent (mom)
Two parents
Percentage of youth responding by family compostion
Sports
Clubs
Music
Service
Student Government
Other

Methodology
We attempted to address three questions concerning our methodology 1) The ethics of
conducting the survey, 2) The validity of the survey instrument, and 3) the representativeness
of the sample.
Survey Ethics: In the absence of an Institutional Review Board, we approached the ethical
questions associated with the survey research by considering the issue from a public domain
perspective. What are the guidelines for communicating in public? The individual must have the
right to not communicate with you if they so choose. We told each participant verbally and in
writing that they could chose to not answer any of the questions. Some chose not to
participate. We asked for the permission of the owners of any private property (ex. malls) if we
could administer our survey on their property. Some said no and we respected their wishes. We
consulted with a local attorney about the legality of surveying minors. Although he could not
find any specific laws concerning this, he did find some court rulings that suggested that it was
OK.
Instrument Validity: The survey was reviewed by people familiar with youth and a pilot study
was conducted resulting in a number of changes to the survey.
Sample Representativeness: We addressed the question of representativeness by 1) dividing
the city into 10 regions and intentionally assigning surveyors (we had around 30) to one of
these regions. We requested that they only survey in their assigned region. We suggested
public locations to try within each region. 2) We gave instructions to each surveyor on how to
choose youth to survey without consideration of any characteristic except that they were 12 to
17. 3) Finally, we looked at questions 3 (age), 4 (gender) and 5 (ethnicity) for indications of a
representative sample. The findings for question five were also compared to census data for
Redding in order to determine the representativeness of our sample. This analysis suggested
that the sample was representative of youth in the areas of age, gender and ethnicity.
Contact karen@reddingtransformation.com for more information.

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