This site uses cookies

Some of these cookies are essential, while others help us to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used.

For more detailed information please check our Cookie notice.

Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies enable core functionality. This website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Cookies that measure website use

If you provide permission, we will use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on our understanding of user needs. Google Analytics sets cookies that store anonymised information about how you got to the site, the pages you visit, how long you spend on each page and what you click on while you're visiting the site.

 

Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Young Life and Times Survey, 2013

Variable Details

Variableprofhelp
Label36. Have you in the past year had any serious problem for which you felt you needed professional help?
Question text All young people have problems at some time or another, and sometimes they may try to get help. Have you in the past year had any serious personal, emotional, behavioural or mental health problem for which you felt you needed professional help (for example, a GP, social worker, psychologist, psychiatrist, telephone helpline)? (Please tick ONE box only)
Responses
1 Yes, but I did not try to get professional help 133
2 Yes, and I did ask for professional help 148
3 No, I have had few or no problems 969
4 I have had, or now have, serious problems, but have never fe 106
99 MISSING 11
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYoung Life and Times Survey, 2013
UniverseNorthern Irish young people;National;Random sample of 16-year olds resident in Northern Ireland, drawn from the Child Benefit Register.
SamplingSimple random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Some survey questions are repeated annually.
UKRI logo

Funded by UKRI through the ESRC with contributions from our partners.

© 2025 UK Data Service
We are supported by the University of Essex, University of Manchester, Jisc, UCL and University of Edinburgh. We are funded by UKRI through the Economic and Social Research Council.