The experiences of young people: how do their living arrangements impact?
Anne Hampshire, Kathryn Di Nicola and Susie Scherf
Mission Australia
Contact Email: hampshirea
missionaustralia.com.au
In 2008, over 45,500 young Australians aged 11 to 24 years participated in the seventh annual Mission Australia survey of young Australians. Three hundred and seventy five respondents were homeless young people and one hundred and thirty five were in foster care, with the remainder predominantly living with family, in a share house or alone.
This presentation will provide data from the 2008 survey regarding what young people value, what concerns them, where they go for advice and support and who they admire, broken down into three groups – homeless young people, those in foster care, and the remainder of the sample, which includes young people living in families, share houses and alone. Data on homeless young people from the 2006 and 2007 surveys will also be provided to examine possible trends for this group.
The focus of the presentation will be the data from the homeless and foster care groups which offers rare insights into the lives of these young people and how their lives compare with other young Australians. Some of the significant policy and practice implications of the findings will also be examined.
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