Force 7 write up for web

In a recent survey carried out by Force 7, they asked 263 young people a variety of questions regarding topics that young people as a general public are associated with. These included questions relating to social networking, music, and media portrayal. The categories of young people surveyed were split into age groups; 15 and under, 16-18, 19-21, and 22-24. There was also a percentage split of 56% female, and 44% male overall.

Questions relating to the social media website Facebook, found that out of the 263 young people that use the site, 37% of them said that Facebook had caused problems for them in their lives. When this percentage is split down into each individual category, it was found that in the age group 19-21 year olds, 60% of them said that it had caused them a problem, the most out of all the categories. In comparison, 16-18 year olds had the lowest percentage, at 20% saying it had caused them a problem. Aged 15 and under, and 22-24 year olds were; 37%, and 44% respectively.

The young people surveyed were also asked how many people they were currently ‘poking’ on Facebook. A reply from the overall 263 people saw a percentage of 55% saying that they were poking no-one. A further 38% said that they were poking 1-5 people, and in the survey supplied, a further 7% was uncategorised, justified as ‘other’. Splitting this figure down further, poking among the age group 16-18 is most popular, with 50% of them poking 1-5 people, whilst 19-21 year olds sees the least popular amount of people being poked, with 69% of them poking no-one. The oldest and lowest aged categories were both similar, with 15 and under at 40% poking 1-5, and 22-24 at 42%.

The age group 15 and under, saw them averaging the highest amount of friends at a figure of 696 people. Contrastingly, the oldest age group saw them having the lowest average count of friends at 476, but when asked how many of these they would actually speak to if they saw them on a bus, this age group had the highest percentage, at 47%. The lowest percentage category was the 19-21 year olds with 41%, and this group also had the second lowest average friends, at 503. The age group 16-18 averaged 618 people, of which they said they would speak to 44% of them on a bus.