CensusAtSchool is a non-profit making international project funded by organisations interested in promoting good use of statistics, mathematics and data handling. Ireland became involved in CensusAtSchool in 2009 when the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST), the CSO, Project Maths and the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) collaborated to set-up the Irish website www.censusatschool.ie.
4,906 (1.3%) from an estimated 368,000 secondary school students completed the Phase 13 questionnaire of the CensusAtSchool survey between September 2013 and August 2014. The questionnaire covered a variety of topics ranging from how much students earned each week to their favourite takeaway food and their resting heart rates.
Interesting findings from Phase 13 results:
| X-axis label | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|
| Trainers /sports shoes | 3.3041343 | 2.7272727 |
| Shoes (casual + formal) | 5.2726156 | 2.4342051 |
| Boots | 2.286533 | 1.0855127 |
| Sandals | 1.8497749 | 0.5645496 |
| Wellies | 0.991404 | 0.6625156 |
| Other | 1.9930413 | 0.7222914 |
| X-axis label | Level of Trust |
|---|---|
| Politicians | 3.352322 |
| The Press | 3.4685113 |
| National Government | 4.006397 |
| Financial institutions | 4.0284771 |
| Religious Institutions | 4.1790429 |
| The Internet | 4.4876135 |
| TV | 5.1620227 |
| Garda | 6.555097 |
| Your Classmates | 6.7352456 |
| X-axis label | Non-Fee Paying | Fee Paying |
|---|---|---|
| Physical Education | 13.29 | 8.39 |
| Art | 12.3 | 8.22 |
| History | 7.12 | 8.22 |
| English | 6.72 | 9.54 |
| Mathematics | 6.6 | 10.86 |
| Home Economics | 5.63 | 6.91 |
| Materials Technology (Wood) | 4.19 | 1.48 |
| Geography | 3.72 | 3.29 |
| Music | 3.72 | 2.96 |
| Biology | 3.49 | 4.61 |
| Table 1 Student's Reading and library use | ||
| % | ||
| Yes | No | |
| Have you read a book in the last month ? | 64 | 36 |
| Have you read an e-book in the last month ? | 17 | 83 |
| Do you borrow books or e-books from your local library ? | 27 | 73 |
| Table 2 Student's favourite type of books | |
| % | |
| Fantasy/sci-fi | 18.7 |
| Adventure | 18.6 |
| Romance | 12.8 |
| Crime | 9.9 |
| Horror | 8.8 |
| Other | 10.6 |
| I don't read books | 20.6 |
The Royal Statistical Centre for Statistical Education (RSSCSE) started the CensusAtSchool project in 2000 in conjunction with the Office of National Statistics (ONS) in the UK. The project, originally a one-off, was linked to the UK population census of 2001. It has now developed into a dynamic, on-going and exciting initiative running in a number of countries.
4,906 secondary school attendees from 155 secondary schools completed the Phase13 questionnaire of the CensusAtSchool survey between September 2013 and August 2014. Because the survey is voluntary and not part of a representative sampling process, the results of the survey are less reliable in providing inferences about the overall secondary school student population.
The CensusAtSchool Phase 13 questionnaire and more results from the survey can be found on the CensusAtSchool website at http://www.censusatschool.ie/en/take-part/questionnaires.
A data tool for examining CensusAtSchool data can be found at: http://datatool.censusatschool.org.uk/datatool.swf
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