1970 British Cohort Study
Age 16 Survey (1986)
BCS70 Age 16 ‘Health-Related Behaviour’ Student Self-Completion Questionnaire
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YOUTHSCAN U.K.
An initiative of the International Centre for Child Studies
STUDENT SELF-COMPLETION QUESTIONNAIRE
HEALTH-RELATED BEHAVIOUR
Director: Professor Neville Butler MD, FRCP, FRCOG, DCH International Centre for Child Studies
PLEASE COMPLETE IN BLOCK CAPITALS
Surname
Forenames
Sex
Date of Birth
Today's Date
Name of School
Address of School
Local Education Authority
To the student
You are among 15,000 boys and girls in England, Wales and Scotland who are being asked to answer these questions in your own writing.
We want to find out what young people of your age are doing and thinking. We should be very pleased if you would answer all the questions as well as you can. It will help us in our work, and that means that we shall be able to do more for the teenagers of tomorrow.
Whatever you write will not be shown to anybody.
Thank you for your help
NEVILLE BUTLER
DIRECTOR OF YOUTHSCAN
IMPORTANT: BEFORE HANDING THIS FORM TO THE STUDENT PLEASE SEE THE APPROPRIATE PART OF THIS BOOKLET FOR ADVICE ON ADMINISTRATION OF THE FORM.
HEALTH RELATED BEHAVIOUR
(1) Please answer all questions honestly.
(2) Do NOT write your name on any page.
Today is:
(please circle)
Your sex is (male/female)
Which year group are you in?
(please circle)
English set ... Maths set
Your age is ... years ... months
Your shoe size is
You have ... brothers and ... sisters
How many brothers and sisters are older than you?
Have you ever been on a Cycling Proficiency Training Course?
could you have gone on one if you had wanted to?
Would you go on an Advanced Cycling Training Course if you knew about one?
Have you ever been a passenger on a motorcycle?
Circle ONE number only
Do you intend learning to ride a moped or motorcycle?
Have you signed up for motorcycle training by an expert, either at school or as a special course?
Are you an "L" driver with a provisional licence for a moped or motorcycle?
Have you taken a driving test for a moped or motorcycle? Part 1
Have you taken a driving test for a moped or motorcycle? Part 2
Do you own a moped or motorcycle?
Do you intend learning to drive a car?
Have you ever tried to drive a car, even for a VERY short distance?
Have you had driving lessons on the highway from any of these? Your parents
(Please circle an answer on each line.)
Have you had driving lessons on the highway from any of these? A relative or friend
(Please circle an answer on each line.)
Have you had driving lessons on the highway from any of these? A qualified driving instructor
(Please circle an answer on each line.)
Have you taken a driving test for a car?
Was any homework set for you yesterday?
For how long did you watch television programmes (live or home-recorded) after school yesterday?
Circle ONE number only
For how long did you watch video films (bought or borrowed) after school yesterday?
Circle ONE number only
How long did you spend playing computer games after school yesterday?
Circle ONE number only
How long did you spend doing homework after school yesterday?
Circle ONE number only
How long did you spend reading a book for pleasure at home yesterday?
Circle ONE number only
Do you help at home (e.g. housework, gardening)?
Circle ONE number only
Do you do a regular job DURING TERM TIME for which you earn money?
Circle ONE number only
please describe the work you do as accurately as possible.
When do you do this regular work?
How many hours did you work for money last week? ... hours
(Please tick the appropriate boxes. If you play the same sport IN SCHOOL and OUT OF SCHOOL, you will need to tick two boxes.)
(Please tick the appropriate boxes. If you play the same sport IN SCHOOL and OUT OF SCHOOL, you will need to tick two boxes.)
(Please tick the appropriate boxes. If you play the same sport IN SCHOOL and OUT OF SCHOOL, you will need to tick two boxes.)
Within the last year, have you represented your school in any sporting activities?
please list the sports:
Within the last year, have you represented a club outside school in any sporting activities?
please list the sports:
Are there lots of things about yourself you would like to change?
Circle ONE number only
Do you think that your parents usually like to hear about your ideas?
Circle ONE number only
When you have to say something in front of teachers, do you usually feel uneasy?
Circle ONE number only
Do other pupils in the school often fall out with you?
Circle ONE number only
Do you often feel lonely at school?
Circle ONE number only
Do you think that other pupils in the school often say nasty things about you?
Circle ONE number only
When you want to tell a teacher something, do you usually feel silly?
Circle ONE number only
Do you often have to find new friends because your old friends are with somebody else?
Circle ONE number only
Do you usually feel foolish when you talk to your parents?
Circle ONE number only
Do other people often think that you tell lies?
Circle ONE number only
Are you confident when swimming out of your depth?
Circle ONE number only
Do you wash your hands after visiting the lavatory?
Circle ONE number only
How many times did you clean your teeth yesterday?
Circle ONE number only
How many times in the last 7 days have you washed your hair with soap, shampoo, or shower gel? ... times
How many times in the last 7 days have you had a bath or shower at school?
Circle ONE number only
How many times in the last 7 days have you had a bath or shower at home or elsewhere?
Circle ONE number only
How often do you use an anti-perspirant or deodorant?
Circle ONE number only
When do you use an anti-perspirant or deodorant? After washing
(Please circle an answer on each line.)
When do you use an anti-perspirant or deodorant? At other times
(Please circle an answer on each line.)
Prescribed medicines During the last 7 days, have you taken any pills or medicine, or used lotions or creams, on doctor's orders?
Circle ONE number only
When did you last use aspirin, Anadin, paracetamol, or other similar pain-killer?
Circle ONE number only
When you last took medicine or pills that were not on doctor's orders, who decided that you should do so?
Circle ONE number only
When did you last visit your doctor?
Circle ONE number only
When you last visited your doctor, did you go into the surgery on your own?
Circle ONE number only
On this last visit, was the doctor a man or a woman?
Circle ONE number only
Did you feel at ease with your doctor on this last visit?
Circle ONE number only
Have you been vaccinated against: Polio
Circle ONE number only
Have you been vaccinated against: Tetanus
Circle ONE number only
Have you been vaccinated against: Tuberculosis (BCG)
Circle ONE number only
Rubella (German Measles)
Circle ONE number only
Please circle this number
When did you last have a school dental inspection?
Circle ONE number only
When did you last visit the dentist in his or her surgery?
Circle ONE number only
What treatment did you have then? Fillings
(Please circle an answer on each line.)
What treatment did you have then? Extraction (having teeth out)
(Please circle an answer on each line.)
What treatment did you have then? Scaling and polishing
(Please circle an answer on each line.)
What treatment did you have then? Brace fitted or checked
(Please circle an answer on each line.)
What treatment did you have then? Other treatment
(Please circle an answer on each line.)
What treatment did you have then? Check-up only
(Please circle an answer on each line.)
What is your main reason for looking after your teeth? (Please circle one response only.)
Circle ONE number only
What sort of lunch did you have yesterday?
Circle ONE number only
What sort of breakfast did you have this morning? (Please circle the closest answer.)
Circle ONE number only
Have you ever tried to lose weight or to avoid putting on weight?
Circle ONE number only
please describe what you did.
Have you ever tried to gain weight?
Circle ONE number only
Since this time yesterday, how many cigarettes have you smoked? ... cigarettes
Since this time last week, how many cigarettes have you smoked? ... cigarettes
Smoking. Which of the following most nearly describes you?
Circle ONE number only
Which adult do you get on best with? (Please circle one response only.)
Circle ONE number only
Have you got a regular boyfriend or girlfriend?
Circle ONE number only
how long has this relationship lasted?
Circle ONE number only
When you meet new people of your own age and sex, how do you feel?
Circle ONE number only
When you meet new people of your own age and opposite sex, how do you feel?
Circle ONE number only
For close friends, whom do you have?
Circle ONE number only
Have you done a course in First Aid within the last 2 years?
Circle ONE number only
who instructed you?
Circle ONE number only
Was it in school time?
Circle ONE number only
When did you last go to a disco or dance in school or outside school?
Circle ONE number only
When you last went to a disco or a dance, in school or outside school, how did you go?
Circle ONE number only
What is your main reason for going to a disco or dance? (Please circle one response only.)
Circle ONE number only
Please indicate who or what is your main source of information about sex (Please circle one response only.)
Circle ONE number only
Who or what do you think should be your main source of information about sex?
Whenever you ride in the front seat of a car, how often do you fasten the seat-belt? (We know you are supposed to, but that is not the question!)
Circle ONE number only.
on how many days did you do so? ... days
Since this time last week, how much of the following have you drunk? (Assume that one small can = half a pint.) Shandy ... pints
Since this time last week, how much of the following have you drunk? (Assume that one small can = half a pint.) Beer (including lager) ... pints
Since this time last week, how much of the following have you drunk? (Assume that one small can = half a pint.) Cider ... pints
Since this time last week, how much of the following have you drunk? (Assume that one small can = half a pint.) Wine ... glasses
Since this time last week, how much of the following have you drunk? (Assume that one small can = half a pint.) Martini, Cinzano, vermouth, port, sherry ... glasses
Since this time last week, how much of the following have you drunk? (Assume that one small can = half a pint.) Spirits (gin, whisky, vodka, brandy, Pernod, rum, Bacardi, etc.) ... measures
where did you get it from? (Please circle an answer on each line.) Somewhere else (Please state where)
Please say how many times you have visited a pub or bar within the last 2 weeks (even if you didn't drink anything) ... times
When you last went to a pub or bar, how did you go?
Circle ONE number only.
What was the time when you got up this morning?
(Please write the time.)
What was the time when you went to bed last night?
(Please write the time.)
(You will need to circle an answer on each line.)
Have you spent money on any of the following in the last 4 weeks? Other things (Please state what)
(You will need to circle an answer on each line.)
How much money did you receive last week as: Pocket money/allowance (including money earned for working around your home)? £ ... : ... p
How much money did you receive last week as: Money earned from your regular job (if any)? £ ... : ... p
How much money did you receive last week as: A gift? £ ... : ... p
How much of your money did you spend last week? ... : ... p
How much money did you put into a bank, post office savings account, building society, or other savings scheme, last week? ... : ... p
Now please draw a circle round the names of any of the following national daily newspapers that are regularly in your home: