Youth’07: A SWOT analysis

Peter Stanley

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This article presents a strength, weakness, opportunities and threat (SWOT) analysis of the Youth '07 survey on the health and wellbeing of 9,107 secondary school students in New Zealand. It says that the survey has provided valuable overviews of some physical health matters, alcohol use, sexuality and the leisure time activities of the teenagers. However, the author relates that the data gathered by Youth '07 gave an incomplete picture of adolescence in the country.

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youth'07; SWOT analysis; youth; adolescence;

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.11157/anzswj-vol22iss3id184

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