Mission Australia Youth Survey Report 2017

Every year, Mission Australia conducts a survey of young people, in order to find out the issues of concern for young people.  A total of 24 055 young people aged 15-19 completed the survey in 2017, with 19.1% of participants from Queensland, with 4.1% of those young people identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.  The Queensland young people identified "Coping with stress" as their top issue of concern, with 42.5% of young people indicating they were either extremely concerned or very concerned with this.  The second most commonly nominated issue of concern was "School or study problems", with 34.1% of young people indicating they were either extremely or very concerned.  The third most nominated issue of concern was "Body image" with 28.2% of respondents either extremely or very concerned.

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