Australia: leading issues of personal concern for young Indigenous people

During a survey conducted among young people aged 15 to 19 living in Australia in 2020, coping with stress, mental health, and body image were the leading issues of personal concern of respondents who identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.

Leading issues of personal concern for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders respondents aged 15 to 19 years in Australia in 2020

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Release date

October 2020

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Region

Australia

Survey time period

April 2020 to August 2020

Number of respondents

25,800 respondents

Age group

15-19 years

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

A total of 25,800 young people between the ages of 15 and 19 responded to Mission Australia’s Youth Survey 2020, of which a total of 1,129 respondents identified as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander.

Items were ranked according to the summed responses for extremely concerned and very concerned for each item and are listed in order of frequency among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander respondents.

*Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex, Queer, Asexual issues.

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