Hopelab & Well Being Trust 8
We are fortunate that the advent of probability-based online survey
providers has made it possible for us to gather extensive amounts
of qualitative input through open-ended questions, along with
the nationally representative quantitative data. In this survey, we
used open-ended questions to ask teens and young adults to give
us examples of personal experiences, such as times they have gone
online for health information, or how they use social media when
they are feeling down. These qualitative responses have been invalu-
able in adding depth and insight to our findings. While all statistics
cited in the report are from the quantitative results, the qualitative
responses have been evaluated for themes and have helped inform
the text of the report. In addition, numerous verbatim responses from
teens and young adults are provided throughout the report. We are
grateful for the number of respondents who took the time to answer
these questions – as many as 600 individual responses per topic.
It is almost as if they were waiting for someone to ask;
now it is our turn to listen.
Introduction
