Kids’ Life and Times: The Attitudes of Primary 7 Boys

Data from the 2010 Kids' Life and Times (KLT) online survey of Primary 7 school children are now available in the form of summary tables broken down by gender.  The full dataset is also available to download.  Over 5,000 children from across Northern Ireland took part in the 2010 survey, and the topics included bullying, attitudes towards the new transfer system, and sport.  Some key findings from the survey included: 23% of boys had been physically bullied at school and 34% had been bullied in other ways; 81% of boys had been mostly happy in their P7 year, while 6% had been mostly unhappy (the main reasons why they were unhappy were too much work, not liking the teacher, and getting into trouble); 14% of boys felt a lot of pressure when preparing for the Transfer Tests, and 35% said they were most worried while waiting for the results; 44% of boys thought there was not enough sport or PE in their school.  Full results and further information are available on the KLT website at www.ark.ac.uk/klt