Table 2 Percentage with high or medium indication of alienation item by item stratified by sex and age
Boys | Girls | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alienation dimension and indicator of alienation | n | 13-year olds (n = 824) | 15-year olds (n = 718) | n | 13-year olds (n = 828) | 15-year olds (n = 713) | ||||||
Degree of alienation | Degree of alienation | Degree of alienation | Degree of alienation | |||||||||
13-year olds | 15-year olds | High | Medium | High | Medium | 13-year olds | 15-year olds | High | Medium | High | Medium | |
Powerlessness a | ||||||||||||
Cannot overcome problems | 805 | 697 | 3.4 | 15.9 | 3.0 | 10.6 | 816 | 702 | 5.6 | 17.7 | 2.6 | 13.5 |
Cannot manage things | 804 | 697 | 2.1 | 17.6 | 2.3 | 12.2 | 813 | 702 | 2.7 | 20.7 | 2.4 | 17.4 |
Feeling helpless | 800 | 696 | 3.8 | 8.4 | 4.0 | 9.8 | 813 | 702 | 5.2 | 16.1 | 3.7 | 21.4 |
Meaninglessness a | ||||||||||||
Things have no meaning | 791 | 691 | 18.2 | 35.9 | 23.9 | 36.6 | 807 | 691 | 18.1 | 36.3 | 17.2 | 40.2 |
Not knowing what is going on | 791 | 690 | 11.9 | 32.5 | 15.7 | 32.2 | 813 | 692 | 16.0 | 31.0 | 13.0 | 37.0 |
School is not preparing me for the future | 783 | 690 | 13.2 | 21.5 | 13.0 | 23.0 | 807 | 688 | 13.1 | 26.0 | 9.9 | 24.3 |
Social isolation a | ||||||||||||
Feeling left out | 803 | 699 | 3.7 | 10.5 | 6.0 | 10.9 | 815 | 700 | 4.9 | 19.5 | 3.6 | 18.7 |
Not feeling close to family | 804 | 697 | 2.9 | 7.7 | 4.5 | 10.3 | 812 | 699 | 4.9 | 8.9 | 4.3 | 13.0 |
No support when unhappy | 802 | 694 | 4.6 | 7.7 | 5.0 | 7.2 | 812 | 699 | 3.2 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 5.6 |
Feeling lonely | 818 | 713 | 3.9 | 19.3 | 4.6 | 21.0 | 823 | 709 | 6.6 | 30.1 | 5.1 | 29.8 |
Not belonging | 789 | 691 | 10.9 | 16.7 | 11.4 | 18.7 | 809 | 689 | 13.0 | 22.4 | 11.9 | 20.9 |