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MYD Youth Pulse Check Survey

What is the MYD Youth Pulse Check Survey?

• Developed by the Ministry of Youth Development (MYD) -

Te Manatū Whakahiato Taiohi.

• Collects information about how young people / rangatahi

(aged 12-24 years) in Aotearoa New Zealand are impacted by COVID-19, and lockdown.

• The survey was open from 18 April 2020 and collected data

responses until 16 May 2020. The responses therefore span Alert Level 2 through to Alert Level 4.

• The survey was online and made available to the general
• public. It was widely promoted throughout the youth sector.
• Results will be used to understand the experiences of

rangatahi through lockdown, and what support and information they need following the release.

Methodology

• The MYD Youth Pulse Check Survey was an online survey, available

to rangatahi aged 12-24 years, exploring how young people in Aotearoa New Zealand were managing with the COVID-19

• pandemic. Participation was solicited through channels such as

social media and online channels, schools, the youth sector, Ministry of Social Development, Oranga Tamariki and Department

• f Corrections.
• The participants surveyed are not a random sample. The data has

not been weighted against the total Aotearoa New Zealand population, so results will be biased towards groups who are

• ver-represented (e.g. female-identified, younger youth).
• This survey was not intended to be an accurate representative

sample of the experiences of all rangatahi in Aotearoa New Zealand.

• The survey was conducted via online channels, and does not

include the perspectives of young people experiencing digital isolation.

• These results can only be used to give insight into the lives of the

rangatahi who took part in this survey during COVID-19 Alert Level 4 through to Alert Level 2. They therefore do not accurately represent the views of all young people in Aotearoa New Zealand. It is important to acknowledge the bias of this survey, and that these results cannot be generalised to the total youth population aged 12-24 years.

Who participated in the MYD Youth Pulse Check survey?

2,658 RANGATAHI PARTICIPATED IN THE SURVEY 80% WERE SCHOOL STUDENTS 18% WERE TERTIARY STUDENTS 10% WERE ESSENTIAL WORKERS 44% LIVE WITH AN ESSENTIAL WORKER

Gender and age

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Count of participants Gender

Total

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any other gender category, at 1,423 (67%). This is not unusual for online surveys.

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Total

Ethnic profile of our participants

1648 463 137 105 39 32 143

Ethnicity

New Zealand European / Pākehā Māori Pacific Peoples Asian Indian Middle Eastern/Latin American/African Other

• In the survey the participants could choose as many ethnicity options

as they liked depending on how they identified; eg Pākehā, Māori, and Pacific.

• Of the 2,658 participants, over 60% (1,648) identified (at least in part)

as Pākehā.

• Next most prevalent, is participants who identify as Māori, at a count
• f 463 (17%).
• Participants identifying as Pacific, Asian, Middle Eastern / Latin

American / African, and Indian each represent significantly less than 10% of the overall ethnic categories.

• As a socioeconomically vulnerable population, largely due to the
• ngoing repercussions of colonisation, Māori still experience many

systemic disadvantages that Pākehā and tauiwi do not. For this reason, certain relevant survey results have been broken down by ethnicity, so as to capture the particular experiences and requirements of our Māori during COVID-19.

Priority profiles

135 (5%) OF THE 2,658 RANGATAHI SURVEYED REPORTED HAVING A DISABILITY 340 (13%) OF THE RANGATAHI IDENTIFIED AS LGBTQI+ OR PART OF THIS COMMUNITY* 15 (0.6%) SAID THAT THEY WERE REFUGEES 38 (1.4%) IDENTIFIED AS BEING NEW TO THE COUNTRY

*36 of whom identify as gender diverse

Rangatahi welf lfare durin ing lo lockdown

3% 1% 2% 3% 7% 22% 10% 17% 16% 11% 9% 4% 2% 4% 8% 11% 26% 7% 14% 14% 5% 6% 4% 2% 3% 7% 8% 28% 12% 13% 13% 4% 6%

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Percentage of age group

How have you experienced lockdown so far?

12-14 15-18 19-24

We asked our respondents how they have been feeling during lockdown. They ranked out of ten their

• verall experience of lockdown so far.

Here’s what we discovered:

• Over three quarters of our respondents felt that they were

managing okay to extremely well during lockdown.

• 12-14 year old respondents dealt with lockdown the best. 85%

reported managing okay to extremely well, and only 2.7% indicated that they were not managing very well.

• 19-24 year old respondents fared the next best. 75% reported

managing okay to extremely well, with 71% of 15-18 year olds providing the same response.

Access to servic ices and and technology by by age

87% 11% 1% 0% 1% 81% 16% 2% 1% 0% 65% 24% 7% 5% 0% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% None of the time Some of the time Most of the time All of the time I don’t want to say

Percentage of age group Frequency

I have had difficulties accessing essential items or services (e.g. food, medication, health or social support)

12-14 15-18 19-24 69% 20% 4% 3% 4% 63% 23% 7% 4% 3% 67% 21% 6% 2% 4% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% None of the time Some of the time Most of the time All of the time I don't have access

Percentage of age group Frequency

I have difficulties accessing data

12-14 15-18 19-24 74% 22% 3% 1% 0% 68% 26% 5% 1% 0% 67% 24% 3% 2% 4% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% None of the time Some of the time Most of the time All of the time I don't have access

Percentage of age group Frequency

I have difficulties accessing WIFI

12-14 15-18 19-24 77% 15% 5% 3% 0% 82% 13% 2% 3% 0% 83% 9% 2% 3% 3% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% None of the time Some of the time Most of the time All of the time I don't have access

Percentage of age group Frequency

I have difficulties accessing a device (e.g. computer, laptop, tablet)

12-14 15-18 19-24

Access to servic ices and and technology by by prio iority profil ile

“I have had difficulties accessing essential items or services (e.g. food, medication, health

• r social support)”
• Young people who reported having a disability experienced difficulty accessing essential items most frequently, with 44% indicating having

experienced this at least some of the time.

• One in three (33%) of respondents who identified as LGBTQI+ also reported some degree of difficulty in accessing essential services.
• 30% of participants who identified as Māori had some degree of difficulty accessing essential items (e.g. food, medication, health or social

support) during lockdown.

“I have difficulties accessing a device (e.g. computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone)”

• 29% of participants who reported having a disability young people have either experienced some difficulty accessing a device or don’t have

access.

• One in four (27%) of participants who identified as Māori, and 28% of participants who identified as Pacific have experienced some difficulty

accessing a device or don’t have access.

• One in four (27%) of the participants who have recently arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand have also experienced some degree of difficulty

accessing a device (e.g. computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone).

“I have difficulties accessing WIFI”

• Participants identifying as rural report a very high rate of difficulty accessing WIFI, with almost half (47%) experiencing it at least some of the

time.

• 36% of the participants who identified as refugee and respondents reporting disabilities both report experiencing difficulties accessing WIFI

at least some of the time.

• 34% of participants identifying as either Māori or LGBTQI+ also both report some degree of difficulty accessing WIFI.

“I have difficulties accessing data”

• 42% of rural youth said that they have difficulty accessing data at least some of the time, and 7% said they don’t have any access at all.
• 38% of young people who reported having a disability, and 39% of LGBTQI+ identifying participants report some degree of difficulty

accessing data.

• Of those who indicated refugee status, 14% said that they had no access to data at all, and 35% said their access was difficult at least some
• f the time.

Safety and and acceptance

83% 8% 3% 3% 3% 79% 11% 3% 5% 1% 75% 15% 4% 4% 2% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% None of the time Some of the time Most of the time All of the time I don’t want to say

Percentage of age group Frequency

Feeling unsafe in their bubble during lockdown

12-14 15-18 19-24 73% 17% 5% 4% 2% 62% 24% 7% 5% 1% 63% 24% 6% 6% 1% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% None of the time Some of the time Most of the time All of the time I don’t want to say

Percentage of age group Frequency

Not feeling accepted and respected in their bubble during lockdown

12-14 15-18 19-24

By By ag age gr groups

12-14 year old respondents report more positive experiences overall in their bubbles during lockdown. They were the least likely to feel unsafe in their bubbles, with only 15% reporting experiencing this at least some of the

• time. However, one out of four (25%)

rangatahi in this age group reported feeling like they were not accepted or respected some of the time – still the lowest out of the participating age categories.

64% 23% 5% 5% 4% 77% 11% 4% 6% 2% 77% 10% 4% 6% 3% 61% 20% 9% 5% 5% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% None of the time Some of the time Most of the time All of the time I don't want to say

Percentage of category Frequency

Feeling unsafe in their bubble during lockdown

LGBTQI+ Māori Pacific Peoples Disability

By vul ulnerable pop populations

• Participants who identified as LGBTQI+,

Māori, Pacific People, or having a disability reported feeling particularly at risk to feelings of unsafety within their bubbles during lockdown.

• Participants who identified as LGBTQI+,

Maori, Pacific, or having a disability were more likely to report feeling unsafe within their bubbles than other population groups

Connectedness

10% 31% 56% 3% 17% 32% 48% 3% 14% 33% 51% 2% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% No contact Not enough contact About the right amount of contact Too much contact

Percentage of age group

Connecting with family / whānau outside my bubble

12-14 15-18 19-24 59% 10% 30% 0% 58% 13% 28% 1% 52% 16% 32% 0% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% No contact Not enough contact About the right amount of contact Too much contact

Percentage of age group

Connecting with external support networks (e.g. social worker, youth mentor, youth worker)

12-14 15-18 19-24 8% 32% 57% 3% 8% 35% 55% 2% 12% 40% 47% 1% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% No contact Not enough contact About the right amount of contact Too much contact

Percentage of age group

Connecting with friends

12-14 15-18 19-24

• Around half (47-57%) of 12-24 year old rangatahi reported that they received

sufficient contact from friends and whānau throughout lockdown.

• However, responses show that 52-59% of 12-24 year old participants also received no

contact at all from external support networks such as social workers, or youth mentors.

• One in ten (8-12%) of the rangatahi who responded to the survey had experienced no

contact at all from friends during lockdown, and 32-40% claimed that they did not receive enough.

• Around one third (31-33%) of participants felt that they had not received enough

contact from family and whānau outside of their immediate bubble.

• No more than 3% of all participants indicated that they had experienced too much

contact, from either friends, whānau, or external support networks during lockdown.

What support would ld help lp our rangatahi? i?

We wanted to know what support would help rangatahi in Aotearoa New Zealand move forward as we come out

• f lockdown. So, we asked our participants if they thought various support services were very helpful, a little

helpful, not helpful at all, or if it did not apply for them. The following graphs demonstrate what percentage of

• ur 12-14, 15-18, and 19-24 year old age groups think the measures outlined below are helpful.

12 12-14 14 year ear olds

• lds
• 72% of 12-14 year old participants agreed that getting

back to education or training courses was the most helpful support for moving forward out of lockdown.

• The next most popular support for 12-14 year olds was

access to organised social/cultural events with 36% indicating as such.

• One in four (26%) of our 12-14 year old respondents

agreed that access to youth leadership and/or volunteering opportunities would be a helpful support.

• Support to find or return to a job were considered the

least helpful within this age bracket.

22% 72% 10% 14% 11% 36% 26% 21% 19% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% Having the

• pportunity to

get my ideas heard by government on the COVID-19 response and recovery plans Getting back to my education or training course Getting back to my job Reconnecting with my support services or social worker Help finding a job Access to

• rganised social

/ cultural events Access to youth leadership and/or volunteering

• pportunities

Access to

• pportunities to

help increase my skills for employment Finding a support person to talk to in private (e.g. a youth worker, counsellor or youth mentor)

Helpfulness of services for 12-14 year olds

12-14

What support would ld help lp our rangatahi? i?

15 15-18 18 year ear olds

• lds
• Like the 12-14 year old age bracket, 15-18 year old

participants by far favoured the support of returning to education / course training, with a high rate of 84% agreement.

• Similar to their younger counterparts, access to organised

social and cultural events was also considered a priority amongst 15-18 year olds, with 51% of the participants agreeing that could be helpful.

• Access to opportunities to help increase employable

skills was the third most popular service within this age group, closely following social/cultural events, with one in two (50%) agreeing with its helpfulness.

19 19-24 24 year ear olds

• lds
• 19-24 year old respondents on average ranked the

supports as more helpful overall. Although returning to education/training courses was considered 20% less helpful than amongst the 15-18 year old bracket, 63% of 19-24 year old participants still found the prospect helpful.

• Within this age category, social/cultural events were

also considered the most helpful support for easing

• ut of lockdown, equalling the support provided by a

return to education.

• Returning to work, access to improve on employable

skills, and access to youth leadership opprtunities were all believed to be helpful supports for more than

• ne half of 19-24 year olds, with rates of 59%, 56%,

and 51% respectively.

32% 84% 38% 21% 36% 51% 42% 50% 28% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% Having the

• pportunity to

get my ideas heard by government on the COVID-19 response and recovery plans Getting back to my education or training course Getting back to my job Reconnecting with my support services or social worker Help with finding a job Access to

• rganised

social/cultural events Access to youth leadership and/or volunteering

• pportunities

Access to

• pportunities to

help imcrease my skills for employment Finding a support person to talk to in private (for example a youth worker, counsellor or mentor)

Helpfulness of services for 15-18 year olds

15-18 48% 63% 59% 30% 37% 63% 51% 56% 40% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% Having the

• pportunity to

get my ideas heard by government on the COVID-19 response and recovery plans Getting back to my education or training course Getting back to my job Reconnecting with my support services or social worker Help finding a job Access to

• rganised social /

cultural events Access to youth leadership and/or volunteering

• pportunities

Access to

• pportunities to

help increase my skills for employment Finding a support person to talk to in private (e.g. a youth worker, counsellor or youth mentor)

Helpfulness of services for 19-24 year olds

19-24

How the prospect of

• f returning to education and

and work supported rangatahi durin ing lo lockdown

8% 38% 33% 21% 6% 33% 51% 10% 4% 19% 44% 33% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Not helpful at all A little helpful Very helpful Does not apply to me

Percentage of age group Helpfulness

How returning to education might help

12-14 15-18 19-24

When we asked participants to tell us more about what support would help them moving forward out of lockdown, their responses indicated that the prospect of returning to their education / training course or work was helpful. Across all age categories, we can surmise that the stability provided by education or jobs appears to be a helpful reminder of normality for rangatahi.

• 84% (1,010) of the 15-18 year old rangatahi in the survey agreed that they

would find returning to their education or training course at least a little helpful moving out of lockdown.

• 72% (362) of the 12-14 year old respondents, and 63% (193) of the 19-24

year old cohort found this to be the case.

• More likely to be in employment than their younger counterparts, 59%

(193) of the 19-24 year old respondents agreed that they would find returning to their work at least a little helpful moving out of lockdown.

• 36% (117) of the 19-24 year old respondents indicated that the question
• f returning to work did not apply to them.

5% 21% 38% 36% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% Not helpful at all A little helpful Very helpful Does not apply to me

Percentage of age group Helpfulness

How returning to work might help

19-24

Future support needs for rangatahi in Aotearoa New Zealand

• Overall, three quarters of young people surveyed managed okay to

extremely well during lockdown!

• Across all age groups, the prospect of returning to school or training

courses provided a vital support in their transition out of lockdown.

• 19-24 year olds also hoped that getting back to work would be a helpful

support for them.

• Across all age categories, the significance of social interaction must not

be underestimated, with access to organised social and cultural events a highly ranked support, and many rangatahi feeling disconnected from friends and whānau during lockdown.

• Many rangatahi across Aotearoa New Zealand struggled with access to

essential services and technology. Participants identifying as LGBTQI+, having a disability, Māori, Pacific Peoples, and refugee struggled the most with access across the board. Youth living rurally also experienced elevated difficulty accessing internet.

• It is vital that future support be directed towards vulnerable and at risk

youth populations, so as to increase their general sense of safety and acceptance at home. This is especially pertinent for rangatahi identifying as having a disability and/or being LGBTQI+ – both of whom experienced particularly troubling hardships throughout lockdown.