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The Youth19 Rangatahi Smart Survey (Youth19) is the latest in the Youth2000 series of health & wellbeing surveys. Youth19 was conducted in 2019 in the Auckland, Northland & Waikato regions by researchers from The University of Auckland, Victoria University of Wellington, University of Otago & Auckland University of Technology.

The survey builds on previous Youth2000 surveys conducted by the Adolescent Health Research Group. Beginning in 1999, the Youth2000 series has included over 36,000 young people in Aotearoa, with findings used widely to inform policy and practice, here and overseas. Youth19 combines core Youth2000 questions with a new focus on rangatahi wellbeing and, for the first time, direct access to digital help options for participants.

In Youth19, we surveyed 7891 young people including:

7721 year 9–13 students
92 Alternative Education students &
78 who are not in education, training or employment.

Each participating school received a summary of their own school results. We are now analysing survey data and reporting results in fact sheets, reports, academic articles and more – see our publications section.

We will complete much of this work ourselves, but also invite collaborations and input from others. Please contact us if your group is interested in commissioning outputs or your researchers would like to apply to access data within approved processes.

Youth19 is a scientifically & ethically rigorous survey, funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand and approved by The University of Auckland Human Participants Ethics Committee. On this site you can learn more about our project, who we are & check out our other research. Info and research outputs from previous Youth2000 surveys are available here.

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