14 March 2003
War in Iraq biggest worry for young kids
A national survey amongst children aged 6 - 13 has shown that children in these age groups are as worried about the effects of a war in Iraq as they are about school. While young children are more likely to worry a bit about their school work and how they look, when asked what they worry a lot about, over a third of children selected the war in Iraq.
|
Worry
a lot | Worry
a bit | Don't
worry at all | |
| If
there might be a war in Iraq | 35% |
38% |
36% |
| Whether
you doing ok at school | 34% |
44% |
22% |
| Whether
mom and dad have enough money | 26% |
35% |
38% |
| How
you look | 26% |
41% |
32% |
Girls were more like than boys to worry about how they look and how they are doing at school and are slightly more likely to be worried about their parents' financial position. Overall more girls were worried about the possibility of war in Iraq than boys, however the boys surveyed were more likely to say that they worried `a lot' about the possibility of war in the Middle East.
| How This Survey Was Conducted This topic was included in February 2003 wave of the ongoing Australian Kids Consumer Insights research programme conducted by McNair Ingenuity Research. The survey was conducted by means of a combination of a telephone interview and self-completion survey amongst 525 households. The results above were provided by 333 children in those households, spread across Australia. The initial interviews were conducted by trained interviewers according to standards set-out by Interviewer Quality Control Australia. The above information is copyright to McNair Ingenuity Research and must be clearly acknowledged to Ingenuity Research. For more information contact Matt Balogh ph 02 9966 9133. You
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