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Students' Perspective
To whom do students say they can turn? In the case of the school-related issues, stu-
dents see all three groups -- family, friends and educators -- as people they could go
to for advice. Family is a slightly more likely source for advice about classes.
Educators are a slightly less likely source for help when they feel threatened at school
(Exhibits 4.1 - 4.3). When students are feeling sad or depressed they are most likely
to say they could go to friends for help (77%), followed by family (63%) and
educators (33%).
Exhibit 4.1
Sources of Advice about Classes
Q330 (Students) Who are the people you could go to if you needed advice about what classes
to take at school?
Q410/410 (Parents/Teachers) Who are the people your child/your students would most like-
ly go to if they needed advice about what classes to take at school?
Student Base: All students
Parent Base: Secondary school parents
Teacher Base: All teachers
Students
Parents
Teachers
Base: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3961 . . . . . . . . .855 . . . . . . . . .1010
%
%
%
Sources of support
Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 . . . . . . . . . . .87 . . . . . . . . . . .44
Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 . . . . . . . . . . .33 . . . . . . . . . . .49
Educators . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 . . . . . . . . . . .53 . . . . . . . . . . .94
Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 . . . . . . . . . . .5 . . . . . . . . . . . .3
None/no one . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 . . . . . . . . . . . .- . . . . . . . . . . . .-
Don't know/not sure . . . . . . . . .* . . . . . . . . . . . .3 . . . . . . . . . . . .-
No answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .* . . . . . . . . . . . .- . . . . . . . . . . . .*
Education support index . . . . . .2.3 . . . . . . . . . .1.8 . . . . . . . . . .1.9
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