Alpine Shire 2019 Results
The 2019 CTC Youth Survey was competed by nine schools across the Alpine Shire by students in Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 9 and Year 11. The 2019 survey is the third such survey conducted in the Alpine Shire.
Goal 1:
To decrease the population of young people experiencing depressive symptomology as measured by Year 9 students reporting on the CTC survey from the current baseline of 42% to 31% by 2019.
- Depressive symptoms have tended to decrease since 2015 for Year 5, 7 and 9 students;
- Family conflict has tended to decrease for Year 5, 6 and 9 students over time, and has remained relatively unchanged for year 7 students
- Poor family management has tended to decrease for Year 9 students
Goal 2:
To decrease lifetime use of alcohol as measured by Year 9 students reporting on the CTC youth survey from 55.8% in 2015 to 41.85% by 2019.
- Reductions in alcohol and tobacco use between 2009 and 2015 have been maintained for Year 5 and Year 9 students and remains unchanged for Year 6 students
- Binge drinking is tending to decrease over the long‐term for Year 5, 7 and 9 students.
Goal 3:
To reduce adolescent alcohol intake in the last 30 days for Year 7 students in 2015 from 15.7% to 10.2% in 2018 and for Year 9 students in 2015 from 36.4% to 27.3% by 2019
- There has been a long-term decline in past-month alcohol use for students in Year 9. For students in Years 5 and 7 there was a decline in past-month alcohol consumption from 2009 to 2015, however this appears to be increasing from 2015 to 2019.
Goal 4:
To increase commitment to school by improving student and parental engagement as measured by CTC youth survey from the current baseline measurement of 33.3% Year 5/ 51.72% Year 6 in 2015 to 25% Year 5 / 38% Year 6 by 2019
- Rates of low commitment to school increase with increasing year level from Year 5 (46.2%) to Year 9 (79.1%).
- Rates of suspension from school have tended to decrease for Year 5, 7 and 9 students since 2009.
Additional Findings
- Parental attitudes favourable to drug use has continued to decrease since 2009 for Year 9 students
- Most protective factors for students remain high for young people living in the Alpine Shire