Youth’07: A SWOT analysis

Authors

  • Peter Stanley Lectures in the Department of Human Development and Counselling in the University of Waikato at Tauranga.

DOI:

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

Keywords:

youth'07, SWOT analysis, youth, adolescence,

Abstract

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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2016-07-08

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Stanley, P. (2016). Youth’07: A SWOT analysis. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 22(3), 56–64. https://doi.org/10.11157/anzswj-vol22iss3id184

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