Northern Ireland Young Life and Times Survey

Sexual Health (2003 onwards)

Listed below are the questions asked in the Sexual Health module and the years in which they were asked. If you want to see how young people actually answered the questions in a particular year, you can click on the year beside every question.

  • SEXTALKM: Is it easy to talk to your mother about sex? 2011
  • SEXTALKF: Is it easy to talk to your father about sex? 2011
  • SEXTALKB: Is it easy to talk to your brother about sex? 2011
  • SEXTALKS: Is it easy to talk to your sister about sex? 2011
  • SEXTALFR: Is it easy to talk to your close friends about sex? 2011
  • SEXTALPR: Is it easy to talk to your boyfriend or girlfriend about sex? 2011
  • SEXTALKT: Is it easy to talk to a teacher about sex? 2011
  • SEXTALKO: Is it easy to talk to somebody else about sex? 2011
  • SEXINFOM: Did you get information about sexual matters from your mother? 2011
  • SEXINFOF: Did you get information about sexual matters from your father? 2011
  • SEXINFOB: Did you get information about sexual matters from your brother? 2011
  • SEXINFOS: Did you get information about sexual matters from your sister? 2011
  • SEXINFSC: Did you get information about sexual matters from lessons at school? 2011
  • SEXINFFR: Did you get information about sexual matters from friends? 2011
  • EXINFBF: Did you get information about sexual matters from a boyfriend or girlfriend? 2011
  • SEXINFBO: Did you get information about sexual matters from books or magazines? 2011
  • SEXINFTV: Did you get information about sexual matters from TV or radio? 2011
  • SEXINFWW: Did you get information about sexual matters from the internet? 2011
  • SEXINFHL: Did you get information about sexual matters from help lines or agencies? 2011
  • SEXINFGP: Did you get information about sexual matters from a doctor, nurse or clinic? 2011
  • SEXINFCH: Did you get information about sexual matters from church? 2011
  • NOSEXINF: Did you get information about sexual matters from none of these? 2011
  • SEXINFOT: Did you get information about sexual matters from another source? 2011
  • MOSTSEXI: How did you get the MOST helpful information about sexual matters? 2011
  • PREFER: How would you have preferred to get information about sexual matters? 2011
  • EVERSEX: Have you ever had sex? 2011
  • FIRSTSEX: What age were you when you first had sex? 2011
  • HOWSEX: How that first time of having sex come about? 2011
  • SEXEXP: Sexual orientation of sexual partners. 2011
  • LOOKBACK: Was the first time you had sex happen at the right time? 2011
  • CSEX1: First time having sex: was curious. 2011
  • CSEX2: First time having sex: got carried away by feelings. 2011
  • CSEX3: First time having sex: most people in age group doing it. 2011
  • CSEX4: First time having sex: natural follow-on in relationship. 2011
  • CSEX5: First time having sex: a bit drunk. 2011
  • CSEX6: First time having sex: taken some drugs. 2011
  • CSEX7: First time having sex: wanted to lose virginity. 2011
  • CSEX8: First time having sex: in love. 2011
  • CSEX9: First time having sex: went along with other person's wishes. 2011
  • SEX10: First time having sex: against yours wishes. 2011
  • CSEX11: First time having sex: something else. 2011
  • HOWLONG: How long did the relationship with your first sexual partner continue after the first time you had sex? 2011
  • USECONDO: Did you or the other person use a condom when you first had sex? 2011
  • OTHCONT1: Did you or the other person use the Pill when you first had sex? 2011
  • OTHCONT2: Did you or the other person use a contraceptive injection when you first had sex? 2011
  • OTHCONT3: Did you or the other person make sure it was a safe period when you first had sex? 2011
  • OTHCONT4: Did you or the other person use withdrawal when you first had sex? 2011
  • OTHCONT5: Did you or the other person use another method of contraception when you first had sex? 2011
  • OTHCONT6: When you first had sex, was there no precaution by you, and don't know about your partner? 2011
  • OTHCONT7: When you first had sex, did neither of you use contraception? 2011
  • OTHCONT8: Can you remember if you used contraception when you first had sex? 2011
  • KNOWMORE: Is there anything that you now feel you should have known more about when you first had sex? 2011
  • NRSEXPRT: Altogether, how many partners have you had sex with? 2011
  • EVEREC: Have you or your sexual partner(s) ever used emergency contraception? 2011
  • EASYCONT: Would you find it easy to get contraceptives if you needed them? 2011
  • SEXHEALT: Is there anything you would like to say about the sexual health of young people in Northern Ireland? 2011

 

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