Mission Australia Youth Survey 2019 results
Nov 29, 2019
Every year, Mission Australia conduct a survey of young Australian’s to find out their values, aspirations and concerns. Just over 25 000 young people aged 15 - 19 completed the survey in 2019. The respondents identified the top three most important issues in Australia today to be mental health (36%), the environment (34%) and equity / discrimination (25%). The respondents reported that the top three personal concerns included coping with stress (45%), school or study problems (34%) and mental health (33%). More than twice the number of females reported they were extremely or very concerned about coping with stress (58% compared with 26% of males.)