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Table of Contents
- The Questionnaires
- The Sample
- Presentation of Findings
- Composite Measures
- Organization of the Report
Chapter 2: Socio-Economic Inequalities
- Socio-Economic Status - Parent Occupation
- Socio-Economic Status - Income
- Major Findings
- Family Structure
- Communication With Parents
- Home Life and Relationship With Parents
- Parent Relationship Scale
- Family Affluence Scale and Relationship With Parents
- Major Findings
- Same-Sex Friendships
- Opposite-Sex Friendships
- Best Friends
- Time Spent With Friends
- Peer Risk Behaviour and Substance Use
- Social Integration and Peer Influence
- Major Findings
Chapter 5: The School Experience
- Academic Achievement
- School Satisfaction
- Relationship With Teachers and Classroom Atmosphere
- Relationships With Other Students
- Parents and School
- Pressure to Achieve at School
- Major Findings
Chapter 6: Youth Health Risk Behaviours
- Smoking
- Alcohol
- Substance Use
- Sexual Behaviour
- Initiation to Risk
- Major Findings
- Eating Patterns
- Fruits and Vegetables
- Milk Products
- Grains and Cereals
- Foods High in Sugar, Salt, and Caffeine
- Dietary Habits and Body Weight
- Dental Hygiene
- Physical Activity and Leisure
- Factors Associated With Physical Activity
- Asthma
- Medication Use
- Major Findings
Chapter 8: Bullying and Fighting
- Concerns About Bullying
- The Size of the Bullying Problem in Canada
- How Young People Bully Others
- Fighting Behaviour
- Major Findings
- Magnitude of the Youth Injury Problem
- Activities Associated With the Occurrence of Injuries
- Locations of Injury
- When Do Injuries Happen?
- Physical Damage Caused by Injury
- Patterns of Injury Treatment
- Health Risk Behaviours That Lead to Injury
- Major Findings
- Psychosomatic Indicators of Emotional Health
- Headaches
- Backaches
- Feeling Depressed or Low
- Irritability or Bad Mood
- Global Views of Emotional Health
- Life Satisfaction
- Perceived Health
- Major Findings