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superstar542
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 Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 3:57 pm Post subject: Survey. Please help out! |
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I am doing a project for school and and survying high school students. This question is "does family meal time matter?" Please help me by answering these questions.
Gender
Times a week you eat dinner with your family
GPA
Have you ever drank alchol?
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professorverb
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| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 8:08 am Post subject: Re: Survey. Please help out! |
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| superstar542 wrote: | I am doing a project for school and and survying high school students. This question is "does family meal time matter?" Please help me by answering these questions.
Gender
Times a week you eat dinner with your family
GPA
Have you ever drank alchol?
Thanks so much! |
I don't meet the eligibility requirements for taking your survey, but I can give you a couple of tips that might help with this one. Online survey services such as SurveyMonkey let you administer surveys of this length for free and provide you with some basic statistical analysis as well. After you design your survey, SurveyMonkey will also generate a URL link that will let you recruit respondents using this link and you can just post that in here and in other forums.
I would also recommend changing the last question to read, "Have you consumed alcohol within the past month [or two weeks]?" or another specific time frame. "Ever" is a long time...
Finally, I've pasted an excerpt from a journal article and a newspaper article on this subject below that might help with your literature review (be sure to cite your sources!).
Good luck!
Eating breakfast was reported by a reduced proportion of HS students in 2003 compared to 1999. Eating a meal with the family was reported by a similar proportion of high school students in 2003 as in 1999. A reduced proportion of district high school compared with middle school students reported eating a meal with the family during the previous 24 hours (1999, 2001, and 2003). A lower prevalence of high school females compared to males reported eating a meal with their family (2003). Similar trends were seen in Minneapolis/St. Paul with girls having fewer meals with families than boys and high school students having a reduced frequency of family meals compared to middle school students. An inverse association between the frequency of eating dinner with the family and the adolescent overweight was reported from cross-sectional data; however, eating family meals could not be used to predict overweight from longitudinal analysis. The presence of parents at the evening meal has been found to be positively associated with an increased frequency of eating recommended amounts of fruits, vegetables, and dairy foods for adolescents.
Article Title: Use of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey to Monitor Trends for Nutrition and Physical Activity in a Midwest City School District. Contributors: Jane U. Edwards - author, Rhonda Magel - author. Journal Title: Journal of School Health. Volume: 77. Issue: 7. Publication Year: 2007. Page Number: 351+.
Missing a Meal Makes You Struggle at School. Byline: ROBIN YAPP
MISSING out on family meals leaves children with more than just a growing taste for eating in front of the television. Youngsters who rarely or never sit down to eat with their parents and siblings are much more likely to struggle at school, a study has found. They are up to 50 per cent more likely to get grades of D or below. Scientists say the findings show the traditional family dinner - once the mainstay of most households - gives parents the chance to instil discipline in their children and show an interest in their school work. Those left to eat alone, often while watching TV or playing on a computer, are less likely to achieve their potential in class.
The study, carried out by researchers from Minnesota University in the U.S., also found children who miss family meals are at greater risk of smoking, drinking and using drugs. 'Eating meals together is one aspect of family life that has been demonstrated to benefit young people,' said Dr Marla Eisenberg, who led the study. 'Family meals offer routine and consistency and provide an opportunity to socialise children and teach them about communication skills, manners, nutrition and good eating habits.
'We found family mealtimes to be a potentially protective factor in the lives of adolescents and urge parents to prioritise family mealtimes as much as possible, rather than letting children eat in front of the TV or computer.' In Britain, surveys have found 85 per cent of families no longer eat together every day. One in five do not even manage to sit down together once a week while one in 20 only dine as a family on special occasions such as Christmas Day.
The demise of the family meal has followed the increase in families in which both parents work. This can leave little time to prepare meals or even sit down together. Many children are left with microwaved ready meals. In the Minnesota study, nearly 5,000 children aged 11 to 18 and from a range of social backgrounds were asked about their meal times. Around one quarter (27 per cent) had eaten seven or more family meals in the past week. A similar number (23 per cent) had eaten just two family meals or fewer. Researchers found those who hardly ever ate with their families were 50 per cent more likely to receive low grades - equivalent to D or below in Britain. They were also far more likely to smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol and smoke cannabis.
Dr Eisenberg said the study, published in the Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine, showed parents should realise that meal times were about more than just eating. They offered a chance to educate and talk to their children, she said.
Yapp, R. Missing a Meal Makes You Struggle at School. Newspaper Title: The Daily Mail (London, England). Publication Date: August 7, 2004. Page Number: 31.
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